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Monday Jul 6 | St. Petersburg Times

Homeless veterans are honored at St. Jude's Church in Odessa

Outside the little white church with lilac painted doors, balloons were bursting in the heat, popping like gunfire.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

First United Methodist Church in New Port Richey to welcome the Rev. Betty Batey

The Rev. Betty Batey is looking forward to having more joy in her ministry. After 19 years as a hospice chaplain in South Florida, Batey is on the brink of becoming a pastor again.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

ABC News

Shrinks to Gosselins: Try New Divorce Therapy

When reality-TV star Jon Gosselin said he was throwing in the towel without marriage counseling, his wife Kate and their 10.6 million television viewers were not the only ones aghast.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Motorcyclists in Bayside Bridge crash identified, no longer at hospital

One of the four men seriously injured in a Saturday motorcycle crash on Bayside Bridge remains unconscious at Bayfront Medical Center, according to family member.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Tampa Bay Online

Chain reaction motorcycle crash causes serious injuries

Five people were injured when four motorcycles traveling at high speed across the Bayside Bridge got into a chain-reaction crash late Saturday night.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Tampa Bay Online

Pasco begins examining middle school boundaries

As a committee began the process this week of redrawing attendance boundaries for middle schools in west Pasco County, the school district's planning director quickly put to rest any thoughts that the task would be a snap.

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Wed Jun 03, 2009

Tampa Bay Online

New Pasco elementary school up for vote

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board is scheduled to vote this morning on a $13.7 million contract for construction of a new elementary school.

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Sat May 09, 2009

Venice Gondolier

Young woman's trek of determination to help others

Tattooed on her forearm is her motto: "What can't be cured must be endured." Nineteen-year-old Angela Hegge of Odessa, Fla., is philosophical for her age, she said, and she has a message -- how we look in life is unimportant compared to what we do with it.

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Thu Apr 30, 2009

Tampa Bay Online

Poker tournament turns out to be bad bet for bar owners

The owners of a sports bar and grill near Lutz were arrested Wednesday night for hosting what appears to be illegal poker tournaments at the establishment, the state's Division of Alcohol Beverages and Tobacco said.

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Fri Apr 24, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

West Pasco school notes

May 1: No school for students and teachers. Class notes Calusa Elementary: Book fair, through Friday.

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Wed Apr 22, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

East Pasco school notes

May 1: No school for students and teachers. Class notes Denham Oaks Elementary: Kindergarten roundup/open house, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Wed Apr 15, 2009

Creative Loafing Tampa

Hillsborough commission aide Rich Reidy enters House race against Brian Blair

I'll put the disclosure right up front: I worked with Rich Reidy in my political consulting firm before returning to journalism in 2004.

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Mon Apr 13, 2009

Tampa Bay Online

Hagan aide plans run for House seat

Rich Reidy, chief aide to Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan, announced today he will run for the Florida House in a district that includes much of the northern and northwest areas of the county.

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Tue Apr 07, 2009

CLTV - Chicago Land's TV

'Pitchmen' celebrates advertising as...

Billy Mays films a segment for A A'Pitchmen,A A' a reality show featuring Mays and fellow TV yell-and-seller Anthony Sullivan.

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Mon Mar 16, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Rural Hillsborough residents grow weary of butting heads with developers

This sticker sums up the feelings Keystone residents have about efforts to amend the area's community land use plan.

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Sat Mar 14, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Driver arrested in Odessa faces DUI, weapons charges

When he was 30 and living in Reno, William Pennypacker stabbed his roommate five times in front of a 10-year-old boy.

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Fri Mar 13, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Odessa lighting shop adds gently used furniture

Uncertain times often dictate moving into uncharted waters. After 12 years of selling lighting fixtures at three locations on the west coast of Florida, Terry Richards was forced to close Keystone Lighting and ...

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Thu Mar 12, 2009

WTSP-TV - Top Stories

Gunn Highway closed by pipe bomb investigation

Odessa, Florida - Pasco deputies have re-opened Gunn Highway and State Road 54 they had ordered closed earlier tonight because of a pipebomb investigation/ A Hess gas station there remains closed but a nearby ...

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Thu Mar 05, 2009

UnionLeader.com

'Ponzi-esque scheme' leads to 3 arrests

The top executives of a former New Hampshire trust company have been charged with running a Ponzi-esque scheme that used $780,000 in funds from new clients to cover 12 percent returns for clients whose ...

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The Stuart News

Survivor tells family about football buddies' last moments at sea

BY ALEXANDRA ZAYAS, BRAND JAMES and JOHN FRANK The St. Petersburg Times Originally published 07:21 a.m., March 5, 2009 Updated 07:21 a.m., March 5, 2009 TAMPA - As Coast Guard rescuers closed in on Nick ...

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