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By TIMES WIRES
Published August 11, 2006
Orlando is saddled with unhappy label: angriest city The angriest city in America, says the September issue of Men's Health magazine, is not New York or Chicago or Washington, D.C. (Maybe Americans are just angry at Washington). No, it's Orlando, home of Mickey and Shamu and all that's magical. St. Petersburg didn't fare much better, getting an F along with Detroit, Baltimore and Miami. The least angry? Manchester, N.H. The ranking was based on the percentage of men with high blood pressure, rates of aggravated assaults and workplace deaths from assaults and other violence. Traffic congestion and speeding citations also were factored in. Long months of cold and snowy weather apparently were not. Activist says the cause, not the cash, drew him to work for Schiavo family Randall Terry helped turn Terri Schiavo from a case of largely local interest into a worldwide cause celebre. But he didn't do it for free, the Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday. Terry, now a candidate for state Senate, was paid $10,000 last year for roughly two months of work as the spokesman for Schiavo's family, the newspaper reported. Terry, the anti-abortion activist who is trying to unseat veteran legislator Jim King of Jacksonville in the Sept. 5 Republican primary, said he was worth every penny as he tried to keep the brain-damaged woman alive. He was paid by the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation, a St. Petersburg nonprofit set up by Schiavo's parents and siblings. "My services were worth the investment. I would have done it for free in a heartbeat." But he didn't. Latex optional when FetishCon hits Tampa The dress code is wide open this weekend for FetishCon, the biggest East Coast fetish trade show held every year in Tampa. At least 2,500 people are expected for workshops such as "I've Got Them Tied Up, Now What?" and "The Social History of Flogging." Day passes are $25, Friday through Sunday at the Hyatt Regency Tampa, 211 N Tampa St. And if that doesn't fill your fetish quota, the Castle in Ybor City is holding the Vamps and Vixens Ball on Friday to welcome the conventioneers; $10 at the door if you are wearing leather or latex, $15 for boring street clothes.
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