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Doggie-Dining Goes Legit in Tampa

Tampa eatery receives city's first canine permit

(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...

Tampa Drug Bust Nets 41 Arrests
 Tampa Drug Bust
 Nets 41 Arrests

Tampa Drug Bust Nets 41 Arrests

Villa Palms apartment complex a base for trafficking

(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, and...

Young Gospel Singer Killed in Tampa

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

(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....

America's 10 Cleanest Cities
 America's 10 Cleanest Cities 

America's 10 Cleanest Cities

Forbes picks top 10

(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, Fla.
  5. Portland, Ore.

Deputy Charged for Dumping Quadriplegic

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

(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...

Fla. Cop Throws Quadriplegic From Chair

Four suspended after 'indefensible' tape of arrest surfaces

(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...

Two Habs Find Trouble in Tampa
Two Habs Find Trouble in Tampa

Two Habs Find Trouble in Tampa

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

(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...

Who's the (Next) Boss?
Who's the (Next) Boss?

Who's the (Next) Boss?

Steinbrenner's failing health intensifies concerns over his successor

(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...

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