Cleared of cruelty, DJ vows revenge [Times photo: Ken Helle] TAMPA -- Bubba the Love Sponge Clem, the radio shock jock who presided over the on-air slaughter of a wild boar, was acquitted Thursday of animal cruelty charges, along with his producer and two listeners.

Hillsborough County news
VA's shelter probe has ripples
TAMPA -- Spurred by problems at the Veterans Village homeless shelter in Tampa, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has adopted a new policy requiring beefed-up inspections of similar facilities nationwide.

USF cleared in ouster of black doctor
TAMPA -- A federal jury decided Thursday that the University of South Florida did not discriminate against a black doctor when officials removed him from a surgical residency program. The eight white jurors deliberated for almost four hours before reaching the decision in Jean-Marc Loubeau's case, which began Feb. 11.

Panel names six possible successors to Bonanno
TAMPA -- The Hillsborough Judicial Nominating Commission sent the governor the names of six lawyers Thursday to replace Circuit Judge Robert Bonanno, who resigned amid a scandal.

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