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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:31 pm

Hillsborough County News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

6 hrs ago | Tampa Bay Online

4 Overdoses Since '06 Linked To Doctor

Terry Underwood remembers when his wife found their son's body. Timothy Underwood had gone out the night before with friends, his father said.

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Related Topix: Wimauma, FL, Brandon, FL, Tampa, FL

14 hrs ago | Tampabays10.com

K9's collar Lakeland carjack suspect

Deputies have arrested a man who allegedly stole a truck after ordering a 9-year-old child to get out of the vehicle.

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Related Topix: Lakeland, FL

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Tampa Bay Online

County OKs Funding To Lure Draper Laboratories To USF

A bioengineering research company that will create 100 high-paying jobs is set to build on the University of South Florida's campus after receiving key funding approval today from the Hillsborough County ...

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Related Topix: University of South Florida, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Massachusetts College of Art

York Dispatch

Small plane crash near Tampa kills 3

Authorities say a woman who died in a small plane crash east of Tampa was a cancer patient being flown home from treatment at an area hospital.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents

Tampa Bay Online

Affidavit Describes Seffner Doctor's Clinic As Prescription Mill

The atmosphere in the waiting area of John Mubang's clinic in Seffner was "a social event with everyone involved in conversations about how easy it was to get prescriptions," according to an affidavit filed in ...

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Related Topix: Seffner, FL, Clearwater, FL, Drugs

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Tampa Bay Online

Prosecution Rests After Experts Testify In Rosa Trial

Prosecutors called their final witnesses Thursday - several experts who testified about DNA links and bloodstain patterns - then rested its murder case against youth minister Joshua Rosa.

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98ROCK Tampa

Plane burst into flames at Vandenburg airport

The debris is scattered 100 yards from one of the runways at Vandenburg Airport in eastern Hillsborough county.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents

Tampa Bay Online

Man Charged With 3 Counts Of Animal Cruelty

Two chickens, a pitbull mix and her two puppies were living outside a duplex within inches of feces and urine, according to Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL

Tampa Bay Online

Voters To Decide On Protecting Environmentally Sensitive Lands

Hillsborough County voters will decide in November whether to continue paying a property tax assessment to protect environmentally sensitive lands from development.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Tampabays10.com

Body found at apartment identified

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has identified a body that was discovered at the Altamonte Apartments located at 8730 N. Himes Avenue in Tampa.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL

Tampa Bay Online

Ex-Hillsborough Jail Medical Director Arrested On Drug Charges

The former medical director of the Hillsborough County Jail is going to jail after being arrested this afternoon on charges he prescribed drugs for monetary gain and trafficked in controlled substances, ...

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Related Topix: Seffner, FL, Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs

Tampa Bay Online

Father, Son Escape House Fire In Progress Village

A man and his son escaped a structure fire in the Progress Village area of Tampa on Wednesday afternoon, but the house was destroyed.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL, Progress Village, FL, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Tampa Bay Online

Woman, 68, Accused Of Forcing Sex On Handicapped Man

A 68-year-old Tampa woman was arrested today for forcing a severally mentally handicapped man to perform oral sex on her, police say.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Tampa Bay Online

Jury Selection Under Way In Slaying Of Citrus Park Boy

Jury selection is ongoing in the case against Joshua Rosa, who faces a first-degree murder charge in the Dec.

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Related Topix: Citrus Park, FL

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Tampa Bay Online

Search Is On For Missing Woman In Lithia

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for assistance in finding a 50-year-old woman missing since 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

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Related Topix: Lithia, FL

Tampa Bay Online

Litterbugs Rile Trash Troopers

Hate it when you see a litterbug? Now you can exact vengeance by cell phone. Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful, a nonprofit organization aimed at keeping the county free of litter, has started a pilot program ...

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Related Topix: Thonotosassa, FL, Mango, FL, Seffner, FL

Sun Jul 13, 2008

The Post Chronicle

Mystery Disease Threatens Fla. State Tree

Florida agricultural experts say they are working to learn more about a mysterious disease that is killing sabal palms -- the state tree.

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Tampa Bay Online

Storms Pelt Hillsborough County With Rain, Hail

A line of severe thunderstorms moving northwest toward the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon has dumped at least 2 inches of rain - and golf ball-sized chunks of hail - in some parts of Hillsborough County, ...

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Related Topix: Weather, Pinellas County, FL, Tampa Metro, Tampa, FL, St. Pete Beach, FL

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Tampa Bay Online

Trio Arrested On Coke Charges

Francisco Pecina was on the phone last night with Joe Luis Castanada, according to police, talking about a cocaine deal involving a couple hundred grams.

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Related Topix: Gibsonton, FL, Tampa Metro, Tampa, FL, Wimauma, FL

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Tampa Bay Online

Lutz Couple Charged With Armed Robbery Of Drugstore

Deputies arrested a couple Thursday they say wore motorcycle helmets and carried handguns when they robbed a Tampa pharmacy of OxyContin in May.

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Related Topix: Lutz, FL, Tampa, FL

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