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ST. PETERSBURG — Black leaders on Wednesday vented frustration at being left out of new proposals to aid St. Petersburg's black students and failing schools, but said they welcomed the spotl …
TAMPA — During last year's Stanley Cup playoff run, the Tampa Bay Lightning frustrated fans of opposing teams with tight restrictions on who could buy tickets to games at Amalie Arena.
PINELLAS PARK — The bang went off at about 8 a.m. Wednesday, and the students sprung into action.
It starts like a joke — Gov. Rick Scott walks into a Gainesville Starbucks — but one patron wasn't laughing.
![A confrontation between a former politician and Governor Rick Scott in a Gainesville Starbucks is captured on film. [Stephen Bender YouTube channel]](/resources/images/dti/2016/04/scott_starbucks_17001467.jpg)
NEW PORT RICHEY — Pasco County authorities seized 87 dogs and cats Tuesday from a home in the Griffin Park neighborhood of New Port Richey.
TAMPA — The Quinnipiac men's hockey team finished the 2008-09 season with as many wins as losses, and as longtime Bobcats coach Rand Pecknold recalls, everything was fine in Hamden, Conn. After all, those were the kind of results — and perennial top 25 finishes — that were celebrated for a team that …

TALLAHASSEE — Congratulations, all you unmarried lovers in Florida who are shacking up together. You are no longer breaking the law.
He left this world on April 6, the same day he came in back in 1937. Really, there's no other way Merle Haggard could've gone out.
![Singer-songwriter Merle Haggard performs at the 2015 Big Barrel Country Music Festival in Dover, Del., in June. Haggard died of pneumonia Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Palo Cedro, Calif. He was 79. [Associated Press (2015)]](/resources/images/dti/2016/04/500761585_16999787.jpg)
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ST. PETERSBURG — Along with being months behind schedule in demolishing the Pier, Sonny Glasbrenner Inc. is again the target of allegations that it has fallen behind paying its bills.
OF Jake Goebbert was claimed on waivers from the Pirates, added to the Rays 40-man roster and optioned to Triple-A Durham.
Goebbert, 28, has played only 51 games in the majors, all with San Diego in 2014. He was a 2009 draft pick by Houston.
Goebbert is a lefty hitter and thrower who can also play …
NEWARK — The Lightning will be in the playoffs when they begin Wednesday, and could even have home ice for the first round.

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All Gov. Rick Scott wanted was a cup of coffee....
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The injury hits keep on coming for the already shorthanded Lightning....
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OF Jake Goebbert was claimed on waivers from the Pirates, added to the Rays 40-man roster and optioned to Triple-A Durham.
Goebbert, 28, has played only 51 games in the majors, all with San Diego in 2014. He was a 2009 draft pick by Houston.
Goebbert is a lefty hitter and thrower who can also play first base.
Though their 40-man roster is now full, the Rays can move RHP Alex Cobb to the 60-day DL if the need to add a player....