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Welcome 2007 at First Night in St. Petersburg

By TIMES WIRES
Published December 30, 2006

St. Petersburg will herald the new year Sunday with First Night, a music, food and entertainment event in more than 30 venues downtown and in Midtown. Admission is $8 in advance, $10 Sunday and $5 for children ages 6 to 12. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the Northeast Shopping Center Publix; Sweetbay Supermarkets in the Midtown and Tyrone Square areas; the Bayfront Center and Coliseum box offices; the chamber of commerce; Vista Galleries; the Arts Center; and the Florida Craftsmen Gallery. Call (727) 823-8906 or go to www.firstnightstpete.com.

Girl is 7,000th born at hospital in 2006

At 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, a 6-pound, 11-ounce baby girl broke a record at St. Joseph's Women's Hospital in Tampa. The third daughter born to Darcie Caraballo, the girl was the 7,000th baby born at the hospital in 2006 - marking the most births the busy hospital has experienced in a year. Last year, about 6,500 babies were born at the hospital.

'Girls Gone Wild' order is appealed

The company that produces the Girls Gone Wild video series has appealed a federal judge's order that its founder and three top officers perform community service for filming underage girls. Traveling from the company's Santa Monica, Calif., corporate headquarters to Panama City is an unfair burden on the corporate officers, they said in their appeal. The company also appealed the $1.6-million fine that the judge levied for filming drunken 17-year-olds during spring break on Panama City Beach in 2003.

Note, cash bring theft victims cheer

When the bikes Dennis and Tamie Leporin of Pensacola bought themselves for Christmas disappeared from their front lawn, the couple posted a sign: "I hope U crooks enjoy our bikes U stole; Merry X-Mas." The next evening the couple heard a knock at their door and found an envelope with $200 inside. Also inside was a note that read, "For every crook, there are 1,000 good people," Dennis Leporin told the Pensacola News Journal. "I thought it was awesome," he said.

Clarification

A story Friday said both sides in a legal battle involving former U.S. Ambassador Mel Sembler agreed in court that Richard Bradbury rooted through Sembler's garbage, retrieving personal items. But Sembler's attorney, Leonard Englander, says they also agreed that Bradbury broke the law by doing so. However, Bradbury's attorney, Thomas McGowan, says he did not agree that the law was broken. The story was unclear on their differing interpretations.

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