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  1. Teen finds her voice and support after string of foster homes

    05/24/13 Human Interest By Elaine Markowitz, Times Correspondent

    DUNEDIN — Nikki Schama is excited about her future. Her dark eyes sparkle just talking about it. Her biggest dream is performing in musical theater in New York City, but this gifted young singer is armed with other plans just in case.

  2. His dad played Liberace for Liberace

    05/22/13 Human Interest By Jeff Klinkenberg, Times Staff Writer

    We were a Liberace family when I was growing up in Miami.

  3. Tree stump, chain saw artists combine for a lasting lesson

    05/11/13 Human Interest By Christopher Guinn, Times Correspondent

    ST. PETERSBURG

    As the tree service stripped the limbs from the 80-year-old laurel oak at her day care, Rose Samuels couldn't stand the idea of losing the tree that had shaded the playground at Rosie's Playschool II at 4500 38th Ave. N since she bought the school nine years ago.

  4. To his mother, Trisomy 18 child in St. Petersburg is forever her perfect boy

    05/10/13 Human Interest By Lane DeGregory, Times Staff Writer

    ST. PETERSBURG

    Every afternoon about 4 p.m., Karen Heaton walks through her house, out the back door, and stands at the top of the wheelchair ramp.

    Waiting for Donnie.

  5. What to do with all those swarming cicadas?

    05/07/13 Human Interest By Ben Montgomery, Times Staff Writer

    Be ready. Pretty soon, billions of cicadas will start crawling out of the earth after 17 years underground and swarm the East Coast, looking to make love. Not with you, probably. This flock of flying nasty has been underground since Bone Thugs-N-Harmony were on the music charts, nursing on tree roots and growing. When …

  6. Old-school barbershop keeps Dunedin residents coming back

    05/07/13 Human Interest By Elaine Markowitz, Times Correspondent

    DUNEDIN — In 1949 when McGuire's Barbershop, then called Taylor's Barbershop, opened at Main Street and Louden Avenue, Dunedin was a quiet little seaside place.

  7. At Harry Potter's quidditch pitch, she roots for the snitch

    05/01/13 Human Interest By Melissa Lyttle, Times Staff Photographer

    What happens when you send a muggle to a quidditch match? Something magical, of course.

  8. AuCoins of New Port Richey celebrate 50th anniversary

    05/04/13 Human Interest Times staff

    Anniversary

    The AuCoins

    Eric and Rosalinde AuCoin of New Port Richey celebrated their 50th anniversary on March 16 with friends and family at their home.

  9. Your news: Hometown Pasco for May 5

    05/04/13 Human Interest Reader submitted

    We need your news! Hometown publishes Thursdays and Sundays with your good news. Tell us about your club or thank someone for a job well done. Keep it under 100 words. E-mail photos in JPEG format. Contact Hometown news coordinator Gail Diederich at gdiederich@tampabay.com; by phone at (727) 869-6243 or (813) …

  10. From This Day: Clark Jordan-Holmes and Heather Caswell get in sync

    05/04/13 Human Interest By Amy Scherzer, Times Staff Writer

    SOUTH TAMPA — Two years ago, Clark Jordan-Holmes would have laughed if you told him he'd be hiking —and getting hopelessly lost — in the Ocala National Forest.