Sandra Thompson
Why let cell phones ring our lives? It's a tough call
A woman standing in line at Woody's, a popular South Tampa lunch place, peers over the people in front of her at the blackboard and says into her cell phone, "Armenian lentil and butternut squash apple," the soup specials for the day.

Around town: Hillsborough may put more bite in pet rules
Dog owners will have to scoop that poop if a proposed pet ordinance is adopted by Hillsborough County commissioners next week.

By Tampa man's count, he's 120 years old
Juan Ramos is so old he called airplanes "ships with wings" when she was growing up, granddaughter Maria Mora recalls.

2 in BMW sought in killing
TAMPA -- Shaqena McAllister was fast asleep Thursday night when she heard three gunshots from her next-door neighbor's home at the Marbella Apartments.

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