Homeless shelters filling up [Times photo: Dirk Shadd] Across the bay area, shelters are turning away people seeking refuge from the cold. As sales slow, charity thrives Even with a softening economy that has hit retailers hard, people in the Tampa Bay area still appear to be doling out healthy contributions to charity.

Howard Troxler
The clout isn't often stored in the Cabinet
Our president-elect has spent the week "filling his Cabinet," which is a great phrase. Even after I understood as a kid that it wasn't a literal thing, filling a Cabinet still seemed like a fun job, in the way you might stock a toy fort, or a dollhouse.

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Campus may get more power
A compromise would keep the St. Petersburg campus in the USF system but give it more independence.

Court orders talks on Sam
The meaning of the Alabama high court's order for mediation over the adopted boy is unclear.

All drivers may appear in digital lineups
The Pinellas Sheriff's Office gets $3.5-million for a new photo-matching program.

Tampa Bay briefs
Girl mauled by family dogs listed in fair condition

Man, 18, sentenced to life for slaying
He, with two others, killed a man during a home invasion, investigators say.

Aisenberg spying extension unlawful
An investigator admits his application to continue secret surveillance wasn't legal.

'Crowbar robber' evades capture
In and out of banks in less than a minute, the man is responsible for a two-year crime wave, authorities say.

Drug case snitches lie, defense claims
TAMPA -- Defense attorneys for three St. Petersburg men accused of running a crack cocaine operation taking in more than $8-million a year told jurors Thursday that federal authorities had no evidence and relied on snitches with poor credibility to build their case.

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