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  1. Zephyrhills revels in sale of winning $590M Powerball ticket

    05/19/13 Human Interest By Joey Knight and Caitlin Johnston, Times Staff Writers

    ZEPHYRHILLS — Some time in the weekend's wee hours, as Saturday segued into Sunday, the pecuniary bombshell shaped like a Powerball landed about 300 yards from their adjacent porches.

  2. Coast Guard rescues 13 people from sinking boat

    05/18/13 Public Safety Times staff

    The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 13 people whose boat sank Saturday morning off Sand Key Beach in Clearwater.

  3. Tampa historian Leland Hawes dies at 83

    05/18/13 Human Interest By Will Hobson, Times Staff Writer

    TAMPA — The love affair between Leland Hawes and newspapers began in the 1930s, with an old L.C. Smith typewriter in his father's office in their Thonotosassa home. Mr. Hawes, then a boy of 8 or 9, was fascinated by the typewriter, he told an interviewer later. His father, who worked in the citrus business, had an …

  4. Rays rally in ninth to beat Orioles

    05/18/13 The Heater By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer<br /><br />

    BALTIMORE — The once-comfortable lead was withering away, the closer was squirming around and the crowd was getting restless.

  5. Gibsonton woman dead after I-75 crash Saturday

    05/18/13 AccidentsTimes staff

    A Gibsonton woman died Saturday morning after a crash on Interstate 75 near Gibsonton Drive, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

  6. Bicyclist in Dade City seriously injured after being struck by SUV, authorities say

    05/18/13 AccidentsTimes Staff

    A woman was seriously injured Friday evening after her bicycle was struck by an SUV in Pasco County, authorities said.

  7. Ireland Nugent meets Winter the dolphin

    05/18/13 Human Interest Times staff

    Ireland Nugent, the 2-year-old Palm Harbor girl who lost part of her legs in a lawn mower accident, met a new friend today: Winter the dolphin.

  8. Celebrity Waiter Night for Bucs

    05/18/13 BucsBy Times Staff

    Shelton Quarles, scout for the Tampa Bay Bucs and former All-Pro linebacker, hosted a Celebrity Waiter Night to benefit his IMPACT Foundation, on Friday. The event featured a number of current and former Buccaneers.

  9. Tampa police investigating man's death

    05/18/13 CrimeTimes staff

    TAMPA — Police are investigating the death of a man discovered on N 30th Street Friday night.

  10. Trinity man dies weeks after being trapped for two days in his car

    05/18/13 Human Interest By John Woodrow Cox, Times Staff Writer

    Justyn Ambrozia, the 90-year-old Trinity man who survived for two days in a car after breaking his hip and wrist, died Thursday due to complications from the trauma.