Man detained in fire investigation
Police were questioning the man, who had not been charged in a suspicious Ybor City fire.

4 more days of school okayed
County students will attend class longer next year than required by the state.

Suit blames driver, club for crash
TAMPA -- Dione Ortiz buried her 15-year-old daughter last year with a dolphin necklace around her neck and ticket stubs from a recent rap concert tucked in the casket beside her.

Two charged with elderly exploitation
TAMPA -- A Citrus Park couple has been charged with fleecing an 80-year-old Tampa widow out of $300,000, leaving her almost penniless.

Neighbors help stop duplex fire
TAMPA -- If not for the help of some neighbors, the duplex at 8622 N Mulberry St. in Sulphur Springs might have been destroyed by a fire Tuesday morning.

Tampa General officials, staffers, patients cheer legislators
TAMPA -- As he stepped to the podium, state Sen. Jim Sebesta, R-St. Petersburg, began to cry.

Accomplice now hazy on details during murder hearing
The getaway driver in a 1995 murder, who in the past testified to the details of the crime, now says he might have lied.

Trial begins for man in DNA link to '89 slaying
TAMPA -- Eleven years ago, witnesses described the man who abducted Eileen Mangold from a Riverview convenience store as a scruffy looking 30-year-old with a full head of long, blond, curly hair.

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