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'Nothing will hold her back': 2-year-old mower accident victim walks on new legs

By Keyonna Summers, Times Staff Writer

ORLANDO — Perhaps it was the pretty Dora the Explorer stickers and the pink Velcro sneakers. Perhaps it was the prayers of her dozens of supporters. Perhaps it was just her resilient, spitfi …

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    The Heater

    For starters: Rays at Red Sox again, 8:05 start

    7:51PM

    After a 5-1 loss in Tuesday's rain-delayed opener, the Rays are set for the second game of their day night doubleheader, with Jake Odorizzi on the mound facing the Red Sox....

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    Bucs Beat

    Jonathan Casillas started just eight games in three seasons with the Saints, but he played a great deal as a reserve and now wants to take the next step to become a more consistent contributor.

    Jonathan Casillas strives to make Bucs' LB battle interesting

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    We told you earlier this week about linebacker Dekoda Watson and his efforts to lock up the starting job on the strong-side....

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    The Buzz

    Sorry Charlie Crist, you may yet face fight from Alex Sink

    7:16PM

    TAMPA — Alex Sink barely lost the 2010 governor's race to Rick Scott and as she weighs whether to take him on again, there is no shortage of armchair shrinks speculating about her thinking:

    • The sudden death in December of her husband, former gubernatorial candidate Bill McBride, was too big a blow for her to run another grueling campaign without him.

    • Sink wants to run because she needs to throw herself into something big and all-consuming after McBride's death.

    • She resents all the attention on lifelong-Republican-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist and is intent on being courted for as long as possible.

    • She resents Crist so much, his expected candidacy would ensure she jumps in.

    "Don't waste your time," Sink said Tuesday in a 45-minute interview with the Tampa Bay Times. "You're going to talk to people and they'll tell you I'm definitely running or that I'm definitely not. That's only because I'm not subtle enough to be giving little hints out there."

    Sink will decide by Sept. 1, but she sounded anything like a retired politician merely intent on keeping her name in the mix. She spoke angrily about the direction of the state under Gov. Scott — "I mean, pick a day. Read the newspaper. This governor's incompetent" — and nearly as revolted by the prospect of Crist as the Democratic nominee.

    "A disaster" is how she described the possibility....

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