St. Petersburg man credits psychic numbers for lottery win and other top stories.

• St. Petersburg man credits psychic numbers for lottery win

  TBO.com staff Published: April 15, 2016 Updated: April 15, 2016 at 04:04 PM A St. Petersburg couple appears to have gotten a little supernatural help with winning a big lottery prize. Richard Klosterman, 60, claimed a $700,000 Lucky Money prize from Tuesday’s drawing at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. He told lottery officials the numbers he chose were given to his wife more than 20 years ago by a psychic, who told her the numbers represent her. He said they’ve been playing..

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• This Friday in live music: Black Tiger Sex Machine, Steve Hackett + ...

  

  It's Friday, it's Friday, you made it, you made it ... here's some live music happening this 15th day of April, as well as a breakdown of what's coming up on Saturday and Sunday. click to enlarge Black Tiger Sex Machine with Apashe, Dabin Trying to get noticed amid the current glut of EDM purveyors is tough. A trending atten..

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• Editorial: Deadly violence in broad daylight

  No child should see his father shot dead before his eyes. In an American city. In broad daylight. But that is exactly what happened last week to an 11-year-old boy in south St. Petersburg. The circumstances of the shooting are still under investigation. But drugs and guns seem to be the well-worn elements of this nightmare. It would be easy to shrug off this shooting as a violent act in a part of town that has seen plenty of them. But that is a callous response in the face of such needless death..

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• From the street corner to the fancy restaurant: Have you noticed BBQ ...

  

  Barbecue is the new pizza. Smoked meats have infiltrated the menus of just about every genre of restaurant you can think of. You can get a plate of ribs at Stillwaters Tavern on St. Petersburg's swanky Beach Drive or from the guy smoking meat outside the VFW hall on Central Avenue. Pair brisket with a craft beer at Urban Brew and BBQ in St. Peterburg's hipster downtown or kick it old-school-style under the big oak trees at Kojak's House of Ribs in South Tampa. And there's even still the old sta..

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• Panthers split with Titans

  

  AVON PARK — The South Florida State College softball team finished the season on a high note by winning its final game by a score of 2-0 over St. Petersburg College on Tuesday at Panther Field. The Titans won the first game by a score of 9-1, which dropped South Florida to 23-24 overall and 5-14 in Suncoast Conference play. The loss eliminated the Panthers from postseason play. “This is a great group of girls,” said South Florida softball coach Carlos Falla. “I’m proud of the way they fought an..

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• St. Pete real estate agent gets prison in mortgage fraud scheme

  TBO.com staff Published: April 15, 2016 A St. Petersburg real estate agent was sentenced to eight months in federal prison for his part in a mortgage fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said today. Gary Blankenship, 45, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud on Feb. 4. According to the plea agreement, in 2005 a group entered into a contract to purchase The Arbors, an apartment complex in Hillsborough County, then worked to convert the complex from rental apartmen..

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• Winner of Charlie Crist and Eric Lynn contest will decide Pinellas ...

  ST. PETERSBURG — The fresh face and the career politician. The policy wonk and the hometown boy. The political opportunist and the carpetbagger. Six months of political posturing between partisans of Charlie Crist and Eric Lynn in the 13th Congressional District race has produced plenty of possible narratives, but one ending appears clear. Whoever wins the Democratic primary on Aug. 30 will almost certainly be the next congressman for the newly drawn district, thanks to a Florida Supreme Court d..

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• Moviegoers get pampered with oversized recliners, creative cuisine

  

  ST. PETERSBURG — How about an Emerald City Appletini to wash down that movie popcorn instead of a cola? In fact, why not forego the traditional snack for a couple of Korean-style barbecued beef tacos? Moviegoers, long consigned to uncomfortable seats, sticky floors and overpriced popcorn, candy and soda at theater concession stands, are starting to get pampered. Pinellas County got a taste of the new trend this week with the opening of the Cobb Luxury 10 Theatre at Tyrone Square Mall, which fea..

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• Rowdies hope heat, humidity help vs. FC Edmonton

  

  ST. PETERSBURG — If ever the Rowdies are going to take advantage of homefield, there might not be a better time. Tampa Bay's opponent tonight at Al Lang Stadium is Edmonton. Those who don't have their weather apps handy, we'll save you some time: Low temperatures are around 40, highs in the mid 60s these days in Edmonton. Down here, different story. New Rowdies striker Tom Heinemann played for Ottawa the previous two seasons and knows what's in store for Edmonton. He even knows when the effects ..

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• Four Tampa Bay firms were venture capital magnets in Q1

  

  PowerChord Inc., a St. Petersburg-based digital brand management firm, got $10 million from Ballast Point Ventures and an undisclosed firm, the MoneyTree ...

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