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The Laugh Tract — who's bringing the funny
It's only August, but this will be the biggest comedy weekend of 2014. It all stems from the Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival, where some of the biggest names in the business will be at one place...
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Tampa to study creating "Quiet Zone" regarding CSX trains
Tampa officials said today that they intend to contract with an engineering firm to develop a study about how to create a Train "quiet zone" along CSX tracks that run through Ybor City, downtown Tampa...
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Charlie Crist announces his "Fair Shot Florida" plan for the middle-class
Today in Fort Lauderdale, Democratic gubernatorial would -be nominee Charlie Crist unveiled what advisers are calling the first part of his middle-class jobs and opportunity plan called "Fair Shot...
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Movie review: James Brown biopic Get On Up
During a rehearsal scene in Get on Up, James Brown asks each of his band members what instrument they're playing. Horn? Wrong. Guitar? Nope. Oh, it may look like that in their hands, but as far as the...
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Tonight in live music: Peter Murphy at Orpheum
Deep-voiced Godfather of Goth Peter Murphy has graced locals with his presence on a few occasions over the years, and the feedback is always the same: dude still knows how to rock ‘n’ roll with the...
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Mitch Perry Report 8.6.14: How soon before gay marriage ban reaches the...
Yesterday Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Diana Lewis became the fourth judge in Florida in the past few weeks to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage in a single county. All four have found...
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Norm Roche tells voters to ignore the media in evaluating his race against Ed...
It was Ed Hooper's 67th birthday on Tuesday, so who better to lead a rendition of "Happy Birthday" to the Clearwater House Republican than Norm Roche? With his rich baritone voice leading the way, the...
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Album review/Show preview: Luxury Mane, Gold Standard
Billy Summer may have stopped making music with The Semis but his current project with Semis bandmates Kyle Lovell (drums) and Jason Schultz (bass) more than makes up for its absence. Luxury Mane...
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Free until close: A&W root beer floats
A&W Restaurants across Tampa Bay, and the country, are providing patrons with complimentary small root beer floats from 2 p.m. to close on Wednesday. The 95-year-old fast-casual chain is running...
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Kent Curtis says he can be a vital part of revitalizing the Pinellas public...
There are five Pinellas County School Board seats up for election this year, four of them to be on the ballot later this month. On Tuesday night at a candidate forum hosted by the Historic Kenwood...
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Crist raises record amount of money in July, but Rick Scott & RPOF raise more
The Survey USA poll released on Wednesday shows Rick Scott with a narrow 45-43 percentage lead over Charlie Crist, with 8 percent of the vote going to "other." An educated guess would be that the 8...
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Beat the heat: A summery twist on caprese salad
If the sweltering summer heat has you cringing at the thought of slaving over a hot stove or dreading turning on your oven, then I've got the perfect, no-cook side dish recipe for you. This summery...
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Gather 'round the table
At an unassuming cottage surrounded by tall trees on all sides, a two-seater swing and cozy front porch welcome home “relatives” carrying Tupperware and instruments.“Our group is the...
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Restaurant review: Little Tommie’s Tiki is laid-back and lovely
As this special neighborhood issue attests, Gulfport has a unique personality all its own. The same is true of Little Tommie’s Tiki. It’s casual (like Gulfport), but the food and staff are as...
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NRDC Action Fund goes after Marco Rubio as one of its "Daily Dirty Denier$"
An environmental activist group is naming Marco Rubio one of its "Daily Dirty Denier$" based on his evolving stance on climate change. The NRDC Action Fund, which is affiliated with but is a separate...
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Growing up in G-town
Some of my earliest memories are from Gulfport — at a house by the marina and a pizzeria just outside the city limits on 22nd Avenue South, off 49th Street. Today a Subway franchise occupies the...
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Florida's juvenile lifers spotlighted on PBS' POV
Partly thanks to the still-smoldering fallout of the War on Drugs in the 1980s and 1990s, there are more than 2,500 juveniles serving life sentences in the United States, many of them after being...
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Theater review: freeFall's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
There are at least three reasons why the intermittently successful freeFall Theatre version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest offers a less than totally satisfying experience. The first is the...
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The Gabber —"hyperlocal" news from the 'hood
Since 1968, Gulfport residents have been getting their local news, gossip and business updates from The Gabber, a community newspaper formerly known as the Gulfport Gabber. These days the paper covers...
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DrunkCameraGuy takes on Tampa Bay Comic Con
For a fan, prepping for a comic book convention is a ritual. It involves going through your longboxes to pull the books you want signed, putting backing boards in bags for books you'll be picking up,...
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