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Teen May Have Abducted Woman, North Port Police Say

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Published March 17, 2009 at 3:10 p.m.

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A reported abduction in North Port on Monday night touched off a multi-agency search that briefly shut down Interstate 75 as authorities scrambled to find a 44-year-old woman, who was eventually located in a local restaurant with her alleged abductor, a 17-year-old boy ...

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Land O' Lakes' Benedetto Likely Out As Football Coach

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Published March 17, 2009 at 3:06 p.m.

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After 38 years as a teacher in Pasco County, John Benedetto was informed Tuesday afternoon he will not be eligible for the final year of his extension in the Deferred Retirement Option Program, also known as DROP ...

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Recessionistas and restaurant critics are evil

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Published March 17, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.

Picked up my beloved local paper this morning, sipped my coffee, got to page 7A. And there it was, a big, fat indictment of restaurant critics. To be precise, in a story lambasting "recession chic," New York writer Kelly Marages ...

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Son helps former Lightning executive find new job

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Published March 17, 2009 at 10:57 a.m.

When Ben Gullett saw a businessman carrying a sign in Tampa that said he was looking for work, he got an idea to help his own father’s job prospects. The son of a Tampa Bay Lightning marketing director knew his ...

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SBA to host stimulus Web chat

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Published March 17, 2009 at 10:11 a.m.

The Small Business Administration will host a Web chat Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on what the economic stimulus legislation means for small businesses ...

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Buccaneers Head Coach Raheem Morris ready to get tough

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Published March 17, 2009 at 8:59 a.m.

I do as commanded ... Posted on behalf of JScott ... A lot of us have questioned the moves of new General Manager Mark Dominik and Head Coach Raheem Morris, specifically the decision to cut future Hall of Fame LB Derrick Brooks, the consummate professional in RB Warrick Dunn, and the Brooks-replacement-in-waiting in LB Cato June. It was difficult to come to grips with the loss of these guys (admittedly some of us haven’t yet) as we were told these moves were made in order to fit the system

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WellCare drops into the red in 2008

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Published March 17, 2009 at 8:17 a.m.

Legal expenses and a write-off of some of the value of its Medicare business resulted in a net loss for 2008 at WellCare Health Plans Inc ...

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Road Closed By Polk Brush Fire Reopens

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Published March 16, 2009 at 4:09 p.m.

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Smoke from a fast-moving brush fire in Polk County has forced officials to close a portion of Jamison Road ...

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Jealousy Leads To Stabbing

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Published March 16, 2009 at 3:10 p.m.

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies were investigating a stabbing sparked by jealously this afternoon in Wimauma ...

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Prix fixes crop up all over

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Published March 16, 2009 at 3:09 p.m.

I did a high-end steakhouse prix fixe story last Thursday. I was trying to explain how, for publicly traded or large chain concepts, there are two numbers that are scrutinized regularly to determine the health of a restaurant: check average ...

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