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Tiger has surgery for giant hairball

A 400 pound tiger had surgery today to remove giant hairballs. Thai, a 17-year-old tiger owned by Vernon Yates, was brought to BluePearl Veterinary Partners in Clearwater to have the hairballs surgically removed from its belly Wednesday. The hairballs weighed over 4 pounds. Surgery took a couple of hours, according …

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    President of company in line to get $52 million has track record of insurance violations

    Before launching an upstart insurance firm and donating $110,000 to Gov. Rick Scott’s campaign, the president of Heritage Property and Casualty Corp. repeatedly ran into trouble with Florida’s insurance regulators at previous companies he led. ...

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    Proposed Safety Harbor neighborhood clears next hurdle

    Safety Harbor is poised to get a new subdivision after city commissioners agreed Monday to annex a 5-acre former auto salvage yard that's being primed for 21 homes....

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    Lew Williams Project prepares for fall opening

    The Pinellas County School District is getting ready to open the new Lew Williams Center for Early Learning in the 2013/14 school year....

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