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Taking part in any of the myriad "comic con" events that have proliferated around the country, John Rhys-Davies said, is pretty much busy work for most actors.

This past Christmas we bought for my middle child something called a Spooner Board, which is marketed as a toy for gifted children but is really just a sort of a curved plastic skateboard without wheels.

Turner is one of 11 employees at the agency who now works while standing up. She does everything while standing on a cushioned pad that she normally would have done from her seat.

The taxi cabs here might not be the newest, swankiest ones on Earth. But are they really the "deplorable, embarrassing" pigsties that one critic alleges? Hotel developer Lou Plasencia blasted the city's taxi industry during a recent meeting of the Hillsborough County Hotel Motel Association.

In the studio at Standing Art Tattoos and Art Gallery, owner Adam Natonio usually covers arms, legs and backs in ink for profit.

Lots of noteworthy news in local music coming from bands that hail from here, and from venues bringing big name acts back to town to get our adrenaline pumping and hearts thumping.

The buyer of the Fifth Third Center was looking to enter the Tampa market when the 19-story downtown office tower went up for sale.

I was almost hit by lightning this weekend. It wasn't even raining out and a lightning bolt struck a tree about 150 away from me.

Here are five things you need to know happening in Florida on Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

Ever wonder where the dead bodies from some of your favorite TV dramas come from? A local company here in Tampa Bay.

He looked at the weather and saw all the storms south of St. Pete Beach. So he decided to stay close to Clearwater and relax on the beach at Sand Key Park.

The Tampa woman accused of stalking rock star Chris Cornell is not allowed to go near the MidFlorida Amphitheater next month when his group performs.

July 12th's Tampa Zine Fest turned out to be a great opportunity, as always, for networking among like-minded weirdos.

Some live music highlights for this Tuesday; one is a day full of death metal that starts in the afternoon, while the other features three indie rock bands, two out-of-towners and a local.

The co-owner of an Anytime Fitness gym in Lutz is accused of collecting sales tax from his customers that he never turned over to the state.

For our unscientific test of these products, we tried three devices that range in price from $25 to $99: The Clarisonic Mia cleanser, the Pro X by Olay cleansing system and the Neutrogena Microdermbrasion kit.

Denny and Lauren Murray teared up when they saw their eldest son get down on one knee.

Most Apple Store thieves we've seen prefer to go with the classic smash and grab technique, but according to federal court charges, one fraudster in Florida broke his Apple heist into 42 separate scams by using a simple but major flaw in Apple's credit card processing system to plunder $309,768 worth of products from Apple's retail locations.

The Fifth Third Center in downtown Tampa has been sold. The sale of the 19-story 281,187-square-foot office building at 201 E. Kennedy Blvd. closed Monday, CBRE Group Inc. confirmed to the Tampa Bay Business Journal.

He patrols Tampa's streets and has taken part in some of the city's biggest events, like the Super Bowl.