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Peaches the flamingo walks along the shallow waters on the northern tip of the east beach at Fort De Soto Park on Tuesday, Sept. 26 in Pinellas County. Peaches, who has been solo, probably came from the Yucatan Peninsula or Cuba, gliding on the winds of Hurricane Idalia. Peaches was rescued, tagged and released. Her tag number is USO2, only the second flamingo to be tagged in the U.S.
From tracking devices to environmentalism, Tampa Bay’s famous pink flamingo is drawing out the most human questions.
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She broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics.
Eugene Frank Becker fatally shot Jodie Stout, owner of Stout’s Automotive, at the shop on Belcher Road on Wednesday, police say.
Fishing boats pushed onto land from during Hurricane Ian are pictured on Dec. 2 in Fort Myers Beach.
If a shutdown begins, Florida may see funding for 272 disaster recovery projects “further delayed,” the White House said.
Some speakers said they were against public money for a stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays.
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The stipend will be $3,000 a year, which is around the value of the theme park passes the new board took away, an official with the governing district said.

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