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A look back: Top 10 lists for the decade
Our writers and critics take a look back at the past decade and deliver their Top 10 lists for people, news, TV, movies, books, music, performing and visual arts and a host of other topics.
Some of you might not agree with these Top 10 lists, but we wanted to try to capture the essence of the decade as best we could.
Agree or no, we think these Top 10 lists will spark memories and help us put the decade into perspective.
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A more manageable drive around TIA
Attention Tampa International Airport travelers and Tampa Bay area commuters: Are you traveling to, from or around Tampa International Airport for the busy 2009 holiday season? [12/13/09]
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Second chances
The Florida Department of Children and Families has granted people with felony backgrounds the opportunity to show "clear and convincing evidence" that they've been rehabilitated and can be trusted to care for other people's children in child care or foster care. [12/13/09]
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Mmmm, holiday cookies
Christmas cookies -- some tender, some chewy, some even overcooked -- hit the tripwire of memory and send us back in time to Mom's kitchen and to Grandma's house. To a time when we had to stand on a chair to help mix the holiday cookie dough. [11/25/09]
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The New All Children's Hospitial
After four decades, St. Petersburg's All Children's Hospital has a new home with 259 beds and all the latest technology, as well as impressive amenities for children and their families. Take a tour of the highlights using our interactive map. [11/20/09]
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 Camp Lejeune water history detailed in documents
A St. Petersburg Times review of Marine Corps documents shows that Camp Lejeune failed to close its toxic wells for years -- despite stark warnings that its drinking water was befouled by industrial cleaning solvents. [10/16/09]
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Maxed out: Insured but not covered
Much of the debate about health care reform has centered on the nation's 47 million uninsured. But those pushing the nearly $1 trillion plan are also concerned about families who have insurance but find that it runs out or becomes prohibitively expensive when they need it most. [9/25/09]
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Keeping track: Economic quiz
We're not reminiscing about the Wall Street meltdown; that's old news. It's time once more for faithful readers to test how well they've been paying attention to our latest economic twists and turns. It'll stimulate your brain cells, if not the economy. Best of all in these penny-pinching days, it's free. [9/25/09]
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Real Florida, in words and video
In work that has taken him from Pensacola to Key West, Jeff Klinkenberg has written about Florida panthers, key lime pies, grits, worm grunters, smoked mullet, skinny-dippers, fish camps, the Corkscrew Swamp, manatees, ghost orchids, barefooted swamp boys, shark attacks, landscape painters, landscape photographers, orange juice, and Florida icons. [9/20/09]
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Hardscrabble
The Great Depression has been used as a sort of economic yardstick to give us an idea of how bad our economy and our lives might be in comparison. Times artist Don Morris has set out to capture scenes from everyday life that evoke the images captured in photographs during the Great Depression of 80 years ago. [8/16/09]
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Scientology:
The Truth Rundown
Scientology leader David Miscavige is the focus of this special report. Former executives of the Church of Scientology, including two of the former top lieutenants to Miscavige, have come forward to describe a culture of intimidation and violence. These former Scientology leaders served for years with Miscavige. [6/21/09]
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Meet the candidates
Meet the candidates: Ten people want to be the mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida. Four are former City Council members. Others have long-standing community ties. All say they want to help make the city better. [6/22/09]
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125th anniversary
On July 25, 2009, the St. Petersburg Times marks a historic milestone. That day is the newspaper's 125th anniversary. From humble beginnings as a four-page weekly paper in 1884, the Times has become one of the nation's most influential news organizations. [6/18/09]
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How Buddy Johnson's ad campaign cost taxpayers $643,016
The St. Petersburg Times undertook a comprehensive review of the ad campaign and found that Johnson approved spending $643,016 -- 16 times greater than the original contract amount -- on materials that promoted his own re-election efforts as much as its intended purpose of educating voters. [6/12/09]
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Last mission to repair the Hubble telescope
Hubble space telescope discoveries have enriched our understanding of the cosmos. In this special report, you will see facts about the Hubble space telescope, discoveries it has made and what the last mission's goals are. [5/7/09]
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For their own good
Fifty years ago, they were screwed-up kids sent to the Florida School for Boys to be straightened out. But now they are screwed-up men, scarred by the whippings they endured. [4/16/09]
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Rays season preview
Everything you need to get ready for the season, from stories to player profiles, schedule, stadium and ticket information, baseball cards and more. [4/5/09]
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Florida drought 2009
We're in the third year of a drought and Tampa Bay's biggest reservoir is running low on water. So local officials asked the state water managers to crack down. What you need to know. [4/2/09]
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Geothermal: Using the Earth to cool your home
Geothermal heat pumps use the constant cool temperature underground to efficiently cool and heat a house. The technology can cut electricity use by 25 percent to 50 percent. [3/29/09]
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Sean Daly's Top 10 John Williams themes
We gave music critic Sean Daly a simple task: Give us your Top 10 Williams themes of all time. Little did we realize that his choices would leave us shaking our heads and wondering, "How could he leave off...?" Yeah, it's that kind of list. [3/25/09]
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Product Label Challenge
The group responsible for the clothing care symbols meant to make instructions easier to decipher than a word description.
Unfortunately, we're not so sure we get it. [3/20/09]
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Barbie at 50
As Barbie turns 50, we celebrate her sense of fashion and iconic style while checking out other celebrities who are turning 50. [3/9/09]
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The BayWalk of our dreams
Try our folding puzzle to learn the missing piece. (Hint: It's lying down on the job.) [2/27/09]
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The ABCs of fire safety
Officials say Floridians should treat wildfire season as they would hurricane season: heed the warnings and prepare for the worst [2/25/09]
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Like Ripples In a Pond
What happens when a home builder goes out of business? We found the ripple effects of one company's demise told a larger story of the bay area's sinking economy. [2/20/09]
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Happy
Valen-
"tunes"
Love is in the air for Valentines day. See how well you know your "love" songs. [2/15/09]
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Tampa Bay's guide to the Super Bowl
Super Bowl week is about more than just a football game. Here's our guide to the game, the area and the events for Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa. [2/5/09]
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Plant care
in cold weather
In Florida, those cold snaps followed by balmy temperatures followed by another cold front just come with the territory. But it can be tough on your greenery. Here are tips on protecting your plants from cold weather damage. [2/5/09]
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Escape from Monkey Island
No matter how bad things got for Lex Salisbury, CEO of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, no matter how many officials called for his job, no matter how swiftly his zoological empire came undone, it is not fair to blame the monkeys. [1/30/09]
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Concussions in Sports
Doctors said they have found evidence of permanent, concussion-related damage in the brain of former NFL players. [1/27/09]
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