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Judge takes more time to consider Couey's mental state
By TIMES WIRES
Published August 2, 2007
INVERNESS
A Citrus County judge has postponed the formal sentencing of convicted sex offender John Couey until Aug. 24. Couey, 48, convicted in March of killing Jessica Lunsford, was scheduled to be sentenced next week on Friday, Aug. 10.
Circuit Judge Ric Howard delayed the sentencing to have more time to consider whether Couey is mentally retarded, as his defense attorneys assert. If found retarded, Couey would be ineligible for the death penalty, which a Miami jury recommended as punishment for kidnapping, raping and killing the 9-year-old Homosassa girl in 2005.
USF ST. PETERSBURG
Northern Trust executive named to campus board
A senior vice president for Northern Trust is the newest appointee to the USF St. Petersburg Campus Board.
Stephanie Goforth replaces Gus Stavros, who resigned in February to accept an appointment to the board created to oversee Florida's 11 state universities. A USF graduate with a bachelor's degree in business management, Goforth, 46, has more than 24 years of trust, investment and banking experience.
Goforth is a board member and treasurer of All Children's Hospital Foundation, the CASA board of trustees, the Heroes of St. Petersburg board and the St. Petersburg YMCA.
She joins USF St. Petersburg campus board members Debbie Sembler, William Habermeyer and Larry Morgan.
WESLEY CHAPEL
60 big-name retailers listed in mall's site plan
Since announcing in mid 2005 that JCPenney and Dillard's would be the anchors of the Shops at Wiregrass, the mall's developers have maintained a wall of secrecy about the rest of its lineup.
But now, a site plan filed at county offices by the developer's planners shows a cavalcade of 60 heavy-hitting brand names filling the mall's open-air layout.
They include a two-story Barnes & Noble bookstore, Apple, Victoria's Secret, J. Crew, Banana Republic, Pottery Barn and Starbucks.
Mall developers would not confirm the lineup Wednesday.
TAMPA
Romney to take questions at campaign event Monday
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will hold a town hall-style meeting that is free and open to the public Monday in Tampa.
The former Massachusetts governor's "Ask Mitt Anything" event starts at 5:30 p.m. at La Teresita Restaurant at 3246 W Columbus Drive. The campaign asks people to RSVP toll free at 866-701-2079 or
FloridaRSVP@MittRomney.com. Earlier Monday, Romney will be campaigning in Daytona Beach and Melbourne.
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