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In Brief
Somewhere, some guy looks really spiffy
By Times Staff
Published May 23, 2006
Former gubernatorial candidate Bill McBride has a custom Saks Fifth Avenue tux. He also has a teenage son who rents a tux for prom. It doesn't fit, so he borrows Dad's. Uses it, returns it to Dad's closet. Or so he thinks. Oops, he mixed them up. Dad discovers the goof when dressing for a United Way dinner in Tampa on Saturday. So McBride is the only male wearing a suit, not a tux, to the event. Rental place says the Saks tux is untraceable. Which means someone, somewhere, not named McBride has a fine, custom-tailored tux. Prediction update: up to 16 named storms Four to six major hurricanes will slash through the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico this season, the National Hurricane Center predicted Monday, and the season will see up to 16 named storms. Some context: Last year, the center predicted up to 15 tropical storms, up to nine of them becoming 'canes. What really happened? The busiest season on record, using up the Roman alphabet and moving on to the Greek to cover all 28 storms, one which lasted into 2006. Tax-free days for some 'cane supplies are on-going. You've been warned. A 'thrilling' 41 more days for gator hunters Get that .44 Magnum bang stick cleaned up and oiled. Gator hunting season will last 41 days longer this year, Aug. 15 to Nov. 1. As the state says, these hunts "provide a thrilling, hands-on hunting adventure unlike any other hunting experience imaginable." Permit sales begin 10 a.m. June 15. First come, first served. Call 1-888-HUNT FLORIDA or visit MyFWC.com/gators and click on "Statewide Hunts." An unconventional use of a teddy bear Under the teddy bear in the crib of a 2-week-old infant Monday, Tampa police say they found something shocking: 20 ecstasy pills in a bag. Javon Dante Green, 26, and his girlfriend, Ariane Janelle Johnson, 24, both of 2003 Giddens Ave., are accused having 900 ecstasy pills, 20 grams of cocaine, an assault rifle and a semiautomatic handgun in the home. They face child abuse charges, are being held without bail. Correction Sumo wrestlers gave a demonstration Friday at the Central City YMCA in Tampa. A photo caption Saturday named an incorrect YMCA.
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