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• Conviction stands in St

  

  The double murder conviction of Jerry Tyrone Jones will stand, in spite of problems with the testimony of an eyewitness, a state appeals court has ruled. Jones is serving three consecutive life sentences after hewas convictedmore than two years ago of murdering Cabretti Wheeler, 21, and Kyle Ellis, 24, on Sept. 6, 2008, at Dat’s Right Audio, a studio located in a warehouse-style building on 46th Avenue North in St. Petersburg. Jurors also found Jones gu..

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• Top things to do in Tampa Bay the week of Nov. 30-Dec. 6

  

  Kinky Boots:The Tony Award-winning musical with songs by Cyndi Lauper tells of a shoemaker whose business is brought back to life by a drag queen Tuesday to Sunday at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts. $55-$130.St. Pete Action Sports:More than 40 top X Games pros — including Bucky Lasek and Bob Burnquist — bring the heat Friday and Saturday at St. Petersburg's Al Lang Stadium. $30.$5 Weekend:Deal alert! The St. Petersburg Arts Experience offers a tour of the Chihuly Collection and a glass..

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• Driver charged after fleeing accident scene

  

  PINELLAS COUNTY - A 31-year-old St. Petersburg woman was charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death after authorities say she hit a pedestrian and fled the scene.Around 12:50 a.m. on Friday, Christina M. Bayes was driving a 2001 GMC SUV southbound on 34th Street North in the center lane near 54th Avenue North when a pedestrian was walking eastbound in the crosswalk on the south side of the intersection, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol.Bayes hit the man, later..

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• After 25 years, Pinellas Trail continues to grow in size and relevance

  

  ON THE PINELLAS TRAIL — Cars and trucks rush along Park Street while a long line of traffic idles on Tyrone Boulevard. Fumes from a tractor trailer mingle with the aroma of grilled meat and Bloomin' Onions from the nearby Outback Steakhouse.This intersection — one of Pinellas County's busiest — would ordinarily be a danger zone for pedestrians and cyclists. Instead, 20 feet above, cyclists zip along an overpass that's part of the Fred E. Marquis Pinellas Trail. Pedestrians and joggers, some push..

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• Hundreds of Russian truck drivers head to Moscow for protest | Miami Herald

  

  Hundreds of the Russian truck drivers who have been protesting around the country were driving their rigs toward Moscow on Sunday to demand that the government cancel a new road tax, one protest leader said.The truck drivers, many of whom own and operate their vehicles, say the hefty road tax for long-distance haulers threatens to put them out of business. They have little faith that the money will go toward maintaining Russia's notoriously bad roads.Alexander Rastorguyev, one of the leaders of ..

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• This Sunday in live music: Billy Gibbons, Ky-Mani Marley, Holey...

  

  It's a pretty jammed day and evening of live music on this Sun., Nov. 29. Take a look at the breakdown below. click to enlarge ..

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• USF may cut degrees with few students, job prospects for grads | TBO

  

  TAMPA — Low enrollment numbers and a lack of job prospects for graduates have landed some degrees at the University of South Florida on the chopping block, officials said. The USF Board of Trustees’ Academics and Campus Environment workgroup approved a recommendation Nov. 12 to cut the bachelors-level Foreign Language Education and the bachelors- and masters-level American Studies degree programs, pending a final vote from the board on Dec. 3. The decision came t..

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• A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida's leading newspapers

  

  St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman has imaginative plans to spend BP settlement dollars to fight environmental calamity and enhance the city's quality of life.

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• Pinellas boy hospitalized after nearly drowning

  

  A 6-year-old boy was airlifted to All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg with life threatening injuries after nearly drowning in a swimming pool at a home in Seminole, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reported. Matthew Dixon was playing with friends near the pool at a home in the 12000 block of 92nd Avenue North around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday when he accidentally fell in, deputies say. A 10-year-old girl, Destiny Reny, jumped into the pool to help ..

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• USF to ban all tobacco use on Tampa campus starting in January | Tampa Bay Times

  Times Staff WriterTAMPA — Senior Daniel LaForce puffed on a blue e-cigarette and exhaled outside the Marshall Student Center on the campus of the University of South Florida last week. The rising gray smoke quickly disappeared into the air — just like USF's 25 smoking zones that will disappear next year.USF recently announced the Tampa campus will become tobacco-free starting Jan. 4."We've been on a journey to going tobacco and smoke free since 2011," USF's Environmental Health and Safety direct..

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