Ernest Hooper: Arteries, obsessions, quitting time and recipes
Friends familiar with the acerbic wit of Tampa Tribune columnist Dan Ruth can't help but give him a dose of his own medicine as he recovers from triple bypass surgery this week.

Hillsborough County news
Iorio reconsiders mayor's race
The much-praised elections supervisor left the Tampa contest. But now she suggests she could re-enter the race.

Clerk beaten with bat in one of a rash of robberies
TAMPA -- A 36-year-old Circle K convenience store clerk was beaten with a baseball bat during one of several armed robberies in Hillsborough County over the weekend.

Tampa police shooting cited as self-defense
TAMPA -- The Hillsborough County State Attorney has ruled that a Tampa police officer who fired his weapon at a homeless man last month was acting in self-defense.

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