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Tampa stories: 16 news summaries

 Inmates Rescue Guard 
 in Jailhouse Brawl 

'These inmates likely saved deputy Moon's life,' says police commander

Nov 5, 09 10:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Deputy Kenneth Moon was alone at his station in a Florida county jail when Douglas Burden got the drop on him. The 24-year-old inmate quickly overpowered the 64-year-old guard, getting him in a choke hold that might have killed him, had a flock of other inmates not jumped into the... More »

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fight • jail • Tampa • inmates

Tampa Town
Hall on Health
Turns Ugly

Forum turns into
rowdy shouting,
shoving match

Aug 7, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rowdy protesters turned a Tampa town hall meeting on health care reform into a near-riot last night, reports the St. Petersburg Times, whose reporter at the scene likened the atmosphere to a wrestling cage match. Local Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor was shouted down by audience members crying "Tyranny!"... More »

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Florida • Republican Party • Tampa • Glenn Beck • health care reform • town hall meeting

TRAVEL

 Salt Lake Tops 
 Best Airports List 




Jul 25, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some airports just seem to be charmed when it comes to on-time departures. Travel + Leisure ranks the 10 best in America based on percentage of flights delayed:
  1. Salt Lake City: Last year's winner continues its reign, cutting delays by 2% from 2008, to just 12%.
  2. Portland,
... More »

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Washington DC • airline industry • Detroit • San Diego • Salt Lake City • Orlando • airport • Tampa • air travel • Minneapolis airport • Los Angeles International Airport • Portland, Oregon • Reagan National Airport • Boston Phoenix

(Newser) - Initial autopsy results suggest that infomercial celebrity Billy Mays died of heart failure, the medical examiner announced today. The autopsy didn’t reveal any head trauma or drug abuse, both rumored causes of the 50-year-old's death, but did find hardening of his arteries, the St. Petersburg Times reports. He was... More »

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advertising • autopsy • heart failure • infomercial • Tampa • Billy Mays


 Infomercial 
 Icon Mays 
 Dead at 50 

TV Pitchman wasn't wearing a seatbelt: FAA

Jun 28, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Television pitchman Billy Mays was found dead in his Tampa, Fla., home today, the St. Petersburg Times reports. He was 50. The promoter of everything from baking soda to cleaning supplies said he felt unwell last night after landing in a 737 airplane that blew out a front tire. Mays... More »

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television • advertising • death • infomercial • Tampa • cause of death • Billy Mays

(Newser) - A Tampa teen is skipping school for the rest of the year because of a supposedly revealing yearbook photo, WTSP reports. The girl, a junior, didn’t wear underwear the day of the picture because she was worried about visible panty lines—and when the yearbooks came out this week,... More »

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Florida • high school • photograph • Tampa • student • underwear • panties • yearbook • revealing photo

 Strip Clubs Look 
 to Score at Super Bowl 

Super Bowl venue is lap dance capital

Jan 27, 09 7:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The road to Super Bowl XLIII is paved with Tampa's 43 strip clubs, and their owners are expecting a bonanza, the AP reports. Some are going the extra mile to attract free-spending Super Bowl tourists, spiffing up their interiors, hiring extra dancers, and keeping doors open around the clock. Although... More »

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Arizona Cardinals • tourism • Super Bowl • Pittsburgh Steelers • Tampa • stripper • Super Bowl XLIII • strip clubs • lap dancing

(Newser) - Tampa residents are the nation’s most caffeinated—and in the deepest denial about their addiction, reports Reuters. Though tops in ingesting caffeine-based pain relievers, "respondents in Tampa rank number one in saying they're least likely to be addicted to caffeine," said a rep for the company that... More »

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Starbucks • coffee • caffeine • addiction • Seattle • Tampa • chocolate • Coca-Cola • polls

 Doggie-Dining
 Goes Legit
 in Tampa

Tampa eatery receives city's first canine permit

Aug 21, 08 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Puppy-lovers can now legally chow down in the company of their canine companions at Tampa's Java & Cream cafe, the first eatery in the city to boast a dog-dining permit. Permits for pups have been required in Tampa since 2006, though restaurateurs have apparently been unaware of the law: The... More »

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restaurant • Tampa • dog

 Tampa Drug Bust
 Nets 41 Arrests

Villa Palms apartment complex a base for trafficking

Aug 13, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police surveillance at a Tampa apartment complex resulted in 41 drug-related arrests, more than investigators expected, the Tampa Tribune reports. "I figured it would be four or five people," one deputy remarked. The bust turned up 67.7 grams of crack cocaine, 466.7 grams of marijuana,... More »

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Florida • drug trafficking • marijuana • Tampa • crack cocaine • bust

 Young Gospel Singer
 Killed in Tampa

Levi Dixon Jr. may have been mistaken for someone else: family

Jul 28, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A promising 17-year-old gospel singer was shot to death early yesterday morning in West Tampa while staying at a friend’s house, the St. Petersburg Times reports. An unknown assailant burst through the door at 4 am and shot Levi Dixon Jr., whom relatives speculate he mistook for someone else.... More »

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music • crime • Tampa • gospel • shooting

 America's 10 Cleanest Cities 

Forbes picks top 10

Mar 26, 08 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Clean air and water makes for happy city dwellers, and clean streets help attract tourists—and businesses. Forbes went coast-to-coast to pick the 10 cleanest big cities in America. The Sunshine State led the way, with four entries:
  1. Miami, Fla.
  2. Seattle, Wash.
  3. Jacksonville, Fla.
  4. Orlando,
... More »

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Minneapolis • San Francisco • Miami • list • San Jose • Seattle • Tampa • Jacksonville • cities • Oklahoma City

Deputy Charged for Dumping Quadriplegic

She turns herself
in to Fla. jail after thousands see video

Feb 16, 08 6:12 PM CST
(Newser) - A Florida sheriff’s deputy turned herself in today after dumping a quadriplegic from his wheelchair during a jailhouse booking last month, MSNBC reports. Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones was promptly released on $3,500 bail and will face a charge of felony abuse of a disabled person. She was already a... More »

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Florida • crime • abuse • felony • Tampa • bail • wheelchair

Fla. Cop Throws Quadriplegic From Chair

Four suspended after 'indefensible' tape of arrest surfaces

Feb 13, 08 12:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Four Florida deputies have been suspended after one was taped dumping a quadriplegic man from his wheelchair and searching him on a jailhouse floor, Tampa Bay’s 10 News reports. The footage is silent, but Brian Sterner says deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones was irritated he refused to stand up. “It... More »

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Florida • crime • Tampa

Two Habs Find Trouble in Tampa

Pair should play Tuesday and won't face wrath of Canadiens' brass

Feb 11, 08 10:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Two Montreal Canadiens players, Ryan O' Byrne and Tom Kostopoulos, were arrested this morning outside a Tampa club and later released on bail, reports the AP. Montreal's players were out during the equivalent of a rookie hazing night when O'Byrne was accused of stealing a woman's purse, and Kostopoulos was... More »

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NHL • police • hockey • Tampa • Montreal Canadiens

Who's the (Next) Boss?

Steinbrenner's failing health intensifies concerns over his successor

Aug 3, 07 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - George Steinbrenner has mysteriously disappeared from the public eye, and Portfolio reveals that he appears to be in the early stages of dementia. Reporter Franz Lidz made a rare visit to Steinbrenner on an invitation from a golfing buddy—and found the legendary owner pale and swollen, stuck repeating the... More »

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MLB • dementia • New York • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Hank Steinbrenner • Hal Steinbrenner • Tampa • baseball

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