Marchers take to St. Petersburg streets, protest police and other top stories.

• Marchers take to St. Petersburg streets, protest police

  

  ST. PETERSBURG — All along Martin Luther King Jr. Street S, drivers rolled down their windows to raise their fists in solidarity. "The pigs in my hood ain't no good!" a group of about 70 protesters shouted as they marched in the streets of Midtown. "Arrest the police! Indict the police!" They had set out Sunday from the Uhuru House, home of the African People's Socialist Party, holding signs: Fists up, fight back! From Dallas to St. Pete, time to rise up! Micah X. Johnson: African Hero. The grou..

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• Family, shriners mourn three killed in crash on Howard Frankland ...

  

  Sam Getter knew the Tampa-St. Petersburg area well.The retired truck driver regularly piled handicapped children from Lake County into a van and ferried them to Tampa General Hospital for surgeries and treatments. As the Lake County Shrine Club's transportation director, it was more than just his duty. "Sam always said 'I put the children first, that's what I do,'" said Lake County Shriner Fred Weil. "He would do anything for the kids."He was back in Tampa-St. Pete on July 1, accompanied by his..

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• Concert review: Aesop Rock delivers thoughtful rhymes at State ...

  

  VIEW GALLERY   Aesop Rock throwing down words at State Theatre on Fri., July 8, 2016. Brian Mahar Aesop Rock is the stuff of legend. With an underground hip-hop career spanning 20 years, the man's vocal style, practically unmatched lexicon and verbose lyrical content have become a staple of the scene, while his performances add a high level of passion to his rhyme-slung communication of ideas, thoughts and observations. He definitely delivered on tr..

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• Derby puts 'a hurtin'' on invasive lionfish

  

  Mote intern Sarah Schmid opens Lionfish for the public at Sunday's event. The third annual Sarasota Lionfish Derby, hosted by Mote Marine Laboratory with Reef Envioronmental Education Foundation was held this weekend. The public was invited to join Mote scientists and derby participants and free lionfish tasting on Sunday. July 10, 2016; Herald Tribune/Carla Varisco photo Facts Derby winners Most lionfishFirst (award: $1,000):Team: We Be Dreamin’Members: Michael DeRemer, Charlie Barnes..

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• Hulk scores, injured in incredible China debut

  

  Shanghai (AFP) – Record Asian signing Hulk scored on his Chinese Super League debut but was carried off injured minutes later as Shanghai SIPG smashed Henan Jianye 5-0 at the weekend. The muscle-bound Brazilian forward, who moved to Shanghai from Zenit St Petersburg for an eye-watering 55 million euro ($61 million) last month, bundled home a low cross from Chinese international Wu Lei after nine minutes. However, his joy was short-lived as he was stretchered off in considerable pain 10 minutes..

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Pavel Datsyuk signs two-year deal with KHL's SKA St. Petersburg .	Man linked to burning of St. Petersburg woman has been accused of ... .
St. Pete police question boyfriend after woman badly burned .	St. Petersburg's Dr. Charles Crist talks about his career, his politics ... .