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Mitch Perry Report 8.27.13 - Little drama expected in tonight's St. Pete primary 27 Aug 2013 | 04:45 pm
Unlike the Tampa mayoral primary some two and a half years ago, there is little drama going into tonight's St. Petersburg primary election. Both Bill Foster and Rick Kriseman are predicted to move int...
The One Thing You're Not Hearing About Miley Cyrus' VMA Performance 27 Aug 2013 | 03:34 pm
When it comes to monsters, we really shouldn't forget that we often make them ourselves. We've sort of morphed into a Franken-society. Miley Cyrus' VMA performance, an undeniable gag-ganza, is our fau...
New Music Tuesday! (August 27): Dodos, Belle and Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand, Lumerians, Bob Dylan, Big Sean & More 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
August, week four, brings some much anticipated new releases. Check out the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of (but should know), with audio & video...
freeFall and American Stage lead in nominations for Theatre Tampa Bay Awards 27 Aug 2013 | 08:07 am
Theatre Tampa Bay, the alliance of local professional theater artists and organizations, announced nominations Monday for the 2013 TTB awards, as well as the winner of the first Jeff Norton Dream Gran...
At Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, sequestration cuts hit hard 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
During a tour of some of the facilities at Tampa's acclaimed Moffitt Cancer Center on Monday, Congressman Dennis Ross got an earful from some researchers about how sequestration is stifling their effo...
Congressman Dennis Ross says U.S. has become "totally irrelevant" in Syria 26 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm
It looks like if the U.S. engages in any type of military strike against Syria, it will be in concert with their European allies. Today, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the United States is e...
Hillsborough Transportation Commission executive director done moonlighting as a security guard 26 Aug 2013 | 11:50 pm
It looks like Hillsborough Public Transportation Commission executive director Cesar Padilla won't be working security as a second job anymore. It was discovered last week that Padilla had been moonli...
Mitch Perry Report 8.26.13 - U.S. & Allies to bomb Syria this week? 26 Aug 2013 | 04:11 pm
Welcome to the last Monday in August, the most unforgiving time of the year in Florida. How was your weekend? Mine started out with a viewing of Woody Allen's searing new drama, Blue Jasmine, followed...
New poll says Tampa residents want city to deal with homeless -not stadium - with downtown tax money 25 Aug 2013 | 11:44 pm
Although it's been prominently discussed as a potential source of revenue that could help construct a new baseball stadium in Tampa, the majority of the public says such funds should go towards solvin...
Colin Powell says GOP laws to tamp down minority voters are no way to draw them to party 25 Aug 2013 | 08:46 pm
In recent weeks there has been much collected outrage of an elections reform bill passed in North Carolina that has been called “the most sweeping anti-voter law in at least decades” by Rick Hasen of ...
