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815 18th Ave. NE: The home was purchased June 11 for $715,000. Projected rent: $5,000 a month.My Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service

Retired Jabil Circuit head's new job: high-end landlord

ST. PETERSBURG — Three months after stepping down as chief executive of electronic powerhouse Jabil Circuit, Tim Main is trying out a much more low-tech vocation: landlord. This month, Main and his wife, Donna, have spent more than $4 million buying seven high-end homes and condos in or near St. Petersburg's Old No …

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    Tea party returns to D.C. with loads of anger for Marco Rubio

    Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank:

    The tea party returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, but this time the don’t-tread-on-me crowd trod upon one of its own....

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    Resident challenges residency of St. Petersburg candidates Rice and Mckalip

    ST. PETERSBURG — The former president of the St. Petersburg Democratic Club wants two City Council candidates blocked from the Aug. 27 primary ballot....

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    Scott tells BOG he's against university fee increases

    Only Florida Gulf Coast University and Florida Atlantic University have agreed to forgo the slight tuition increase that is coming to state universities because of requirements in the law. Now, Gov. Rick Scott is turning his focus on the fee increases that every state university except University of Florida and Polytechnic, which doesn't have students yet, have asked for. He sent members of the Board of Governors a letter today asking them to think long and hard before they approve any fee hikes....

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