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- Pinellas schools employee tries to scam colleague
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 09:33 PMA Pinellas County public school employee was taken into custody Monday, accused by deputies of using a colleague's personal information to try to open a credit card account.Michele J. Roe, 55, of St.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Rays replace pitching coach Jim Hickey with Kyle Snyder
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 10:13 PMST. PETERSBURG - Rays general manager Erik Neander and manager Kevin Cash had many nice things to say Tuesday about highly successful and well-respected longtime pitching coach Jim Hickey, but the most telling - and surprising - was goodbye.At a time when the Rays plan to continue
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The fatal night they met
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 07:12 PMUp-and-coming country star Luke Combs had just started his set on the smaller of the two festival stages when Kody Robertson, an auto parts salesman from Columbus, Ohio, squeezed in at the end of the bar next to Michelle Vo, an insurance agent from L.A.The 32-year-olds connected immediately.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Want to really be back, Miami? Gotta beat FSU
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 07:49 PMSixteen games into the Mark Richt era, No. 13 Miami looks on its way back. The Hurricanes' eight-game win streak is the fourth longest active run in the country. An offense putting up 41 points per game isn't even the most impressive unit on the team; the defensive front is as relentless as any
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Yahoo says all 3 billion of its accounts were affected by 2013 breach
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 06:01 PMYahoo has tripled down on what was already the largest data breach in history, saying it affected all 3 billion of its users, not the 1 billion it revealed late last year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- SoundBytes: Beach Boys, Moody Blues, Duke Dumont, Hollywood Undead and more
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 04:54 PM-- Two groups of classic rock royalty are coming to Ruth Eckerd Hall: The Moody Blues (above), joined by a rock symphony and performing Days of Future Passed, on Jan.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Fans launch petition to build Tom Petty statue in Gainesville
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 05:18 PMIt didn't take long for the tributes to flow in Monday for the late, great Tom Petty. Many fans tweeted their respects before the legendary Florida rocker had even officially died.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Can Steven Stamkos make it all the way back?
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 03:44 PMTAMPA - Someone joked with Steven Stamkos that they knew his right knee was ready when they saw a clip of him dancing at his June wedding."They didn't see me ice it after," said Stamkos, smiling.Whether Stamkos, 27, can return to his elite form is the No.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- CBS fires VP for writing 'Republican gun toters' killed in Las Vegas don't deserve sympathy
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 02:19 PMCBS fired a company executive Monday after she criticized some victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting as "Republican gun toters" who did not deserve sympathy.Hayley Geftman-Gold, who was a vice president and senior legal counsel at CBS in New York, also wrote on Facebook that she had no hope that
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bucs' DeSean Jackson doesn't know why he hasn't clicked with Jameis Winston
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 02:35 PMBucs receiver DeSean Jackson can't explain why he has not connected more with quarterback Jameis Winston this season but says it's not for a lack of practice time together.Jackson, who signed a three-year, $30.5-million contract in March, has been targeted 20 times in three games, catching nine
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- Brent Grimes gives Bucs defense a significant lift
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 09:56 PMTAMPA - He ran out of the tunnel and onto the field before Sunday's game at Raymond James Stadium, with the familiar No. 24 on his back, a youthful spring in his step and a smile on his face.Yes, Aiden Grimes celebrated his seventh birthday in style, as the Bucs granted his wish to run out
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police: argument outside St. Petersburg YMCA leads to gunfire
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 09:07 PMST. PETERSBURG - An argument in front of a YMCA led to gunfire Tuesday evening, police said.Two men, neither of whom were identified, argued in front of the YMCA of Greater St.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Bucs' DeSean Jackson says sideline blowup no big deal
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 07:19 PMTAMPA - DeSean Jackson was brought to the Bucs during the offseason to be an explosive playmaker. But blowing up on the sideline was not expected to be part of the deal.It's hard to blame the receiver for showing his frustration after a failed two-point conversion pass in the Bucs' 25-23 win
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tom Brady or Bill Belichick: More responsible for the Pats' success?
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 05:35 PMWho is more responsible for the Patriots' success: Bill Belichick or Tom Brady? The Times' Bucs coverage team weighs in:GIVE ME BELICHICKTom Jones, @tomwjones: The Pats are the dynasty they are because of both.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Hillsborough schools: The welcome mat is out for displaced students from Puerto Rico
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 06:18 PMTAMPA - Students from Puerto Rico and other islands ravaged by recent hurricanes are welcome in Hillsborough County. It says so at the top of the district website, in Spanish.And now it's a message that has been passed to the principals of the district's more than 240 schools, in writing last
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In Gainesville, Tom Petty memorialized on 34th Street wall
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 04:57 PMGAINESVILLE - Gainesville's No. 1 son. That's what Tom Petty is to his hometown, and now he's been memorialized on one of its most iconic walls. The SW 34th Street wall is recognizable by the varying shades of spray-painted images and messages, many of which have been repainted dozens of
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Louvre pulls art exhibit, saying it was sexually explicit
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 03:13 PMThe Louvre has withdrawn a large installation by a Dutch art and design collective for being sexually explicit right on the heels of the Guggenheim's decision to pull three controversial artworks from its upcoming China show.The piece "Domestikator" by the collective Atelier Van Lieshout, whose
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bill Belichick has eclipsed Vince Lombardi
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 02:05 PMTAMPA - No name echoes in NFL history like Lombardi. The Super Bowl trophy bears the name.But the name Belichick will echo, too.Bill Belichick is our Vince Lombardi.Or maybe Lombardi was their Belichick.Forty-seven years after his death, Lombardi, who coached the Green Bay Packers to five
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bucs' Lavonte David, Alexander still out; T.J. Ward practicing
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 02:21 PMTwo days before the Bucs play host to the Patriots, they're still without starting linebackers Lavonte David and Kwon Alexander, who were not practicing Tuesday and will likely miss another game.Alexander (hamstring) has been out since the Bucs' season opener, while David (ankle) was injured late
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bucs punter Anger 'randomly' tested after big punts
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 02:59 PMThere's always some skepticism about just how random the NFL's random drug testing might be, and Bucs punter Bryan Anger, after averaging 49.8 yards in his net punting Sunday, was summoned for a drug test Tuesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Volleyball: CCC pulls out five-setter vs. Tarpon Springs
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 09:48 PMCLEARWATER — Both Tarpon Springs and Clearwater Central Catholic were hoping for a competitive match Tuesday night in preparation for postseason tournaments. They got what they wanted. The Spongers took the first two games, but the Marauders came back to win the final three and take the match
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Alex Morgan among group of Orlando City players kicked out of Disney World
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 09:21 PMA group including some Orlando City Soccer Club players and U.S. women's national team star Alex Morgan was kicked out of Epcot Center, a Disney World park, on Sunday.Morgan and Orlando City players Donny Toia and Giles Barnes were among six people listed on an Orange County Sheriff's Office
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Caribbean storm system could become Nate by weekend
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 07:14 PMThe National Hurricane Center was tracking a storm system east of Central America that forecasters said had a good chance of developing into a cyclone.As of Tuesday night, the large area of low pressure casting clouds over Panama and Costa Rica, named Invest 90-L, had a 40 percent chance of growing
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two days before his execution, a convicted killer speaks out
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 05:35 PMSTARKE - Two days before his scheduled execution, Michael Lambrix decided he won't go quietly - not after 34 years on death row.For an hour at Florida State Prison on Tuesday, the convicted murderer talked of life and death, his last meal and his upcoming funeral, and criticized a court
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida coach Mike White tempers Elite Eight expectations a bit
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 06:18 PMGAINESVILLE - It took a top-five defense and a game-winning buzzer beater for Florida to make the Elite Eight last season. And despite a little luck, success is now the expectation for coach Mike White as he enters his third season at UF.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Hillsborough Sheriff: Our deputies are preparing for Vegas style massacre
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 05:13 PMTAMPA - In one of his first acts as Hillsborough County sheriff, Chad Chronister took to YouTube on Tuesday to assure people that his office is preparing for an emergency situation like the massacre in Las Vegas which left 59 dead and injured more than 500.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Jim Hickey won't be back as Rays pitching coach
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 05:24 PMPitching coach Jim Hickey won't return to the Rays in 2018.Hickey had been with the Rays for 11 seasons and was considered to be one of the best in the game.Though he had a year remaining on his contract, the decision was said to be mutual, and the likely spin will be that both sides felt it was
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Las Vegas gunman had device that lets guns fire like automatic
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 02:13 PMLAS VEGAS - The man who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas had two accessories that could have allowed his semi-automatic rifles to fire rapidly and continuously, as if they were fully automatic weapons, officials said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- DeSean Jackson on his lack of chemistry with Jameis Winston: 'We get paid to do a job.'
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 02:19 PMBucs receiver DeSean Jackson can’t explain why he has not connected more with quarterback Jameis Winston this season but says it’s not for a lack of practice time together. Jackson, who signed a three-year, $30.5-million contract in March, has been targeted 20 times in three games,
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bill Burr talks Trump vs. Obama, Netflix specials, the new comedy boom and more
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 12:48 PMBill Burr once saw a video on chimpanzees. “For the longest time, I thought they were vegetarians,” the comic said by phone from a hotel room in Toronto, days before a deadly chimp attack last week at the Lowry Park Zoo.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share