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Ocean Ridge's Nick Kaleel is the overall half-marathon champion in the Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic on Sunday in Tampa. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
Street smarts guide first-time Gasparilla half-marathon champ Nick Kaleel
The 24-year-old, who had run on Bayshore Boulevard in the past, uses his knowledge of the Tampa skyline to know when to make his move.
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Blame for Florida’s nonprofit pay scandal points to state officials as hearings start
Tiffany Carr, the former executive director of Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, left, at a 2004 news conference held by Gov. Jeb Bush. [PHIL COALE | AP]
“The problem is, the state has to admit it screwed up, too,’’ said one oversight expert. “The state should not be handing out millions of dollars to employees without adequate oversight and diligence.
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At Hillsborough gun show, people wonder: What loophole do lawmakers want to close?
A Shoot Straight employee conducts background checks and others finish sales at the Florida Gun Show in Tampa. [ZACHARY T. SAMPSON | Times]
A Republican-sponsored bill this session could close the so-called gun show loophole. Dealers say it might not have much effect.
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Union prefers Rays stay put but could approve Montreal plan
Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark, shown here in a 2017 file photo, said getting the players to go along with the Rays' Tampa Bay-Montreal split season plan would “be difficult.’’ [VRAGOVIC, WILL | Tampa Bay Times]
Tony Clark says “strong preference” is a full-time Tampa Bay stadium, but he adds it’s not impossible the players union could agree to the sharing plan.
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Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Pierre Engvall (47) scores his team's third goal of the game against Carolina Hurricanes emergency goalie David Ayres (90) during second-period NHL hockey game action in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) [FRANK GUNN | AP]
Zamboni driver, 42, gets win as emergency goalie for ’Canes
Ayres allowed goals on the first two shots he faced before settling down and stopping the next eight in a suffocating defensive performance by his new teammates as Carolina picked up a stunning 6-3...
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Bernie Sanders wins Nevada caucuses, takes national Democratic lead
Joe Biden was a distant second.
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Jacksonville man visiting Tarpon Springs arrested for child neglect
The man left his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter alone, police say
2 hours ago• Crime
One person believed dead after vehicle plunges into Tampa Bypass Canal
Two vehicles were involved in a collision that sent one into the water, troopers say.
Earlier today• Breaking News
Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) gives up a goal to Arizona Coyotes' Derek Stepan as Lightning defenseman Luke Schenn (2) slides along the ice and Coyotes right wing Conor Garland (83) looks at the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Glendale, Ariz. [ROSS D. FRANKLIN | AP]
Lightning give up seven to Arizona Coyotes, lose second straight
Tampa Bay had not lost consecutive games in regulation since November.
Earlier today• Lightning
Elaine Jeffers, left, and mom Jennifer are all smiles in their pirate and parrot costumes after finishing the 15K and 5K races Saturday morning. Today, both Elaine, 33, and Jennifer, 60, will run their 61st half-marathon. [SCOTT PURKS | Special to the Times]
For this mother-daughter running duo, it’s all about the look on race day
Elaine Jeffers, who has Down syndrome, has run 60 half-marathons, and she and mom Jennifer are appropriately decked out in full pirate garb for this weekend’s Gasparilla Distance Classic.
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Angela Tejada recalls the day her son, Gabriel Cordova Tejada disappeared, two years ago. Angela believes Gabriel is dead although her two other sons believe he could still be alive. At the family's home on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 in St. Petersburg. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times]
A USF student left home on a February morning. Two years later, he’s still missing.
Gabriel Cordova Tejada’s family in St. Petersburg waits for answers, closure.
Brena Kramer, the owner of Railroad Pass Equestrian Center, boards her horses in late January in an a undisclosed location after they were nearly stolen from her sanctuary in Zephyrhills. That incident happened about a month after three horses in three different central Florida counties were stolen, killed and butchered. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
Who’s killing horses in Central Florida? A mystery terrifies owners.
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Reporters have been exploring the unintended consequences of the state’s mental health law
Police have found that it's not unusual for one gun owner to have dozens of weapons. This cache of guns, owned by one man, is stored in the evidence room at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
Dangerous but disarmed: How Florida has confiscated thousands of guns
Jomari DeLeon, is pictured at at Gadsden Correctional Facility in Quincy, Florida August 7, 2019. Jomari is three years into a 15-year sentence for drug trafficking. She sold 48 tablets of prescription tablets over two days to an undercover officer. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
Hundreds of Florida inmates are serving drug sentences no longer in state law
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Italy cancels Carnival, postpones soccer matches, as coronavirus spreads in country
Inter Milan's Christian Eriksen controls the ball during an Europa League, round of 32, first leg, soccer match between PFC Ludogorets Razgrad and Inter Milan at Huvepharma Arena in Razgrad, Bulgaria, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Hudson woman dies weeks after Pasco car crash
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Jacksonville man visiting Tarpon Springs arrested for child neglect
Bernie Sanders wins Nevada caucuses, takes national Democratic lead
Motorcycle crash leads to big backup on Howard Frankland Bridge
One person believed dead after vehicle plunges into Tampa Bypass Canal
Body found in Picnic Island Park, Tampa police say
At Hillsborough gun show, people wonder: What loophole do lawmakers want to close?
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Land O' Lakes 11-year-old Elli Black now has the distinction of being the Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic's youngest champion. She won the women's 8K in 30:56.21 on Sunday.
Elli Black, 11, takes over as Gasparilla’s youngest champion, winning the 8K
Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Pierre Engvall (47) scores his team's third goal of the game against Carolina Hurricanes emergency goalie David Ayres (90) during second-period NHL hockey game action in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Zamboni driver, 42, gets win as emergency goalie for ’Canes
Ocean Ridge's Nick Kaleel is the overall half-marathon champion in the Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic on Sunday in Tampa.
Street smarts guide first-time Gasparilla half-marathon champ Nick Kaleel
Tampa Bay Rays Japanese slugger Yoshi Tsutsugo prepares to head to the batting cage during batting practice on the Rays first full-squad workout at the Charlotte Sports Park, 2300 El Jobean Rd, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 in Port Charlotte.
Game day report: Rays vs. Yankees, 1:05 in Port Charlotte
Carolina Hurricanes right wing Nino Niederreiter (21) and center Martin Necas (88) speak to Hurricanes emergency goalie David Ayres as he takes the ice against the Toronto Maple Leafs during second-period NHL hockey game action in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Carolina Hurricanes’ emergency backup goalie beats Toronto Maple Leafs
USF guard Laquincy Rideau drives to the basket between Houston's Nate Hinton, left, and Fabian White during a game on Jan. 26, 2020, in Houston.
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Florida Gators fall to No. 10 Kentucky Wildcats
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Jesuit returns to first state soccer final since 2001
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Sarasota Ballet will use dance, movement to help Parkinson’s patients
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