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EPA visits St. Petersburg to announce Jacksonville project  -  06 Aug 2009
Bizjournals.comUS Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson appeared at the Jim and Heather Gills YMCA in St. Petersburg Wednesday to announce the

Family of bicyclist in St. Petersburg hit-and-run offers $2000 reward  -  06 Aug 2009
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG — The family of a bicyclist who was hit by a car Monday is offering a reward to anyone with information

One man reportedly shot at St. Petersburg apartment  -  06 Aug 2009
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG — There was a shooting at an apartment on Russell Street early Thursday, though few details are known at

St. Petersburg Housing Authority wants drastically smaller Graham ...  -  06 Aug 2009
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG - Darrell Irions, executive director of the St. Petersburg Housing Authority, unveiled Thursday a $17 million proposal to makeover the city's

Town Hall Talk: The Latest Banter on Health Care  -  06 Aug 2009
Washington PostSt. Petersburg, Fla. -- Alex Leary of the St. Petersburg Times writes on The Buzz, that the DCCC launched a robocall campaign yesterday targeting 25

Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg Fishing Report 8/6/09  -  06 Aug 2009
The LedgerGeorge Hastick of St. Petersburg, aka "The Fish Hunter" has been fishing the waters of Tampa Bay and Florida's Gulf coast for over 20 years and has been a

St. Petersburg mayor's race: …And the rest  -  06 Aug 2009
Creative Loafing SarasotaI've spent some time interviewing the seven major candidates for St. Petersburg mayor, in the Sept. 1 primary election. You can still listen to podcasts of

BayWalk plan moves forward  -  06 Aug 2009
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG-- The City Council voted 7-1 Thursday to move forward with a controversial plan to privatize the sidewalk fronting BayWalk and improve

Diamond and Schmitt: The New Mariinski Theatre in St. Petersburg ...  -  06 Aug 2009
DeZona.comToronto Architects Diamond and Schmitt were chosen to Design The New Mariinski Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia from among five international and Russian

Man falls 40 feet off escalator, seriously injured  -  06 Aug 2009
MiamiHerald.comAP ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A man took quite a fall at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Officials say the unidentified man suffered serious injuries

Scott Wagman's crime solution  -  06 Aug 2009
Tampabay.comReported crime rose 9 percent, according to St. Petersburg Police Department statistics, compared with the first six months of 2008.

John Quincy Adams, Twitterer?  -  06 Aug 2009
New York TimesLike most Twitter feeds, Adams's will chronicle the substantial, including his arrival in St. Petersburg, and the mundane: the diary makes many references

Two Face Drug Charges After Police Pursuit  -  06 Aug 2009
North Country GazetteDuring the attempt by deputies to conduct the stop, Victor Butler Jr., 21, of St. Petersburg, operator of the car, put his vehicle in reverse and attempted

Labrador retriever found after ride in stolen SUV  -  06 Aug 2009
Tampa TribuneThe 2003 Yukon, owned by St. Petersburg firefighter George Ottley, was recovered Wednesday night, but Hanna remained missing, along with Ottley's tools.

Serious Strangeness from the Church of Scientology  -  06 Aug 2009
Indianapolis StarBut a report earlier this summer in the St. Petersburg Times describing the inner workings of Scientology management has taken the strange quotient to

Yankees get run for their money as trio helps forge AL East lead  -  06 Aug 2009
USA TodaySteinbrenner no longer is in day-to-day control of the team because of failing health (he was in a wheelchair for the game in St. Petersburg), but these are

council poised to close Baywalk sidewalk  -  06 Aug 2009
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG–– The spot that has become the city's soapbox could soon be off limits to rowdy teenagers and

Electric vehicles rev up officials  -  06 Aug 2009
Brandon News and TribuneST. PETERSBURG - Creating an efficient and affordable electric car will be a major environmental goal of the Obama administration,

Attractions: Week of Aug. 6  -  06 Aug 2009
Bradenton HeraldSt. Petersburg Museum of History: 335 Second Ave. NE Five themed exhibit areas take visitors on a journey through St. Petersburg and the Pinellas peninsula,

Smoltz to kick off crucial set with Yanks  -  06 Aug 2009
Redsox.comST PETERSBURG -- Whether he is ready or not, the glare that always accompanies a Red Sox-Yankees matchup is about to shine right in

St. Petersburg College partners with Green Building Council  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
Bizjournals.comSt. Petersburg College's corporate training office has partnered with the Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of the US Green Building Council to provide a new

St. Petersburg's Crown Buick Pontiac GMC dealership hit by General ...  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
Tampabay.comThe St. Petersburg dealership will continue selling and servicing GM vehicles through October 2010. After that, it will no longer offer warranty service but

Rick Baker says he's interested in becoming St. Petersburg College ...  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG — Mayor Rick Baker said Tuesday he's interested in replacing Carl Kuttler as president of St.

St. Petersburg candidates weigh in on prickly parking issue  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Tampabay.comSt. Petersburg's vigilant parking enforcement officers have struck again. Parking enforcement is a heated topic downtown. When city officials recently tried

St. Petersburg Times uses the front page to correct columnist's ...  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
editorsweblog.orgThe cover of today's edition of Florida's St. Petersburg Times emphasised a correction to the ill-founded comments made by columnist Eric Deggans.

Mistrial declared in shooting of St. Petersburg cop after ...  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
Business ExchangeReactions to Mistrial declared in shooting of St. Petersburg cop after Blockbuster robbery Please sign in to share your reaction on this article.

Crime still climbing in St. Petersburg  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG — Burglaries and thefts continue to climb across the city, according to the latest numbers.

A Goliath (Davis) expense in St. Petersburg: the results of an ...  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
Creative Loafing TampaBy Bill Stone As towns, cities and municipalities scramble to cut budgets, St. Petersburg continues to spend unnecessarily. For example, former Police Chief

St. Petersburg's Central Avenue could be centerpiece of streetcar plan  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Tampabay.comAfter reading the article about St. Petersburg's Central Avenue in Sunday's paper, I am in even more support of the proposal by "Ride the Tide,

A case of bicycle road rage in St. Petersburg  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG — A man has been arrested in an unusual case of bicycle road rage. Dale Arthur Single, 55,

Change in insurance helps St. Petersburg employee get prosthesis  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Tampabay.comTom Papaleo cared for St. Petersburg's softball and baseball fields under the Florida sun for more than 25 years.

St. Petersburg drops challenge to EMS funding  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Tampabay.comCLEARWATER — St. Petersburg has dropped a legal challenge against Pinellas County over efforts to reduce the amount of

St. Petersburg mayor candidates tackle panhandling problem  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG — Mayoral hopeful Deveron Gibbons' vow to crack down on panhandlers drew a roar of applause last month

Media cite White Sox ruling in Florida St. case  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
The Associated PressAn appellate court in 1990 ruled against a similar move by St. Petersburg and the Chicago White Sox to hide an agreement for moving the team to Florida,

Political Whore Podcast #17: St. Petersburg council candidate ...  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Creative Loafing TampaAngela Rouson stepped into the Creative Loafing recording studio this week to discuss her campaign for St. Petersburg City Council in District 5,

Down and Out (and Disaffected) in St. Petersburg  -  ‎Jul 23, 2009‎
New York TimesSet in St. Petersburg, Fla., during the aftermath of civil unrest that broke out in October 1996 following the shooting of a young black man by white police

St. Petersburg security chief under investigation  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG--The city's top security officer is being investigated by the police department, but officials won't say why. Ronald Whitaker, City Hall's

Wakefield, Dice-K making progress  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
MLB.comST. PETERSBURG -- At a time the Red Sox are getting spotty results in the rotation after the top two of Josh Beckett and Jon Lester,

St. Petersburg scientists claim to invent a “soul cameraâ€?  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
Interfax-ReligionSt. Petersburg, August 5, Interfax – The Saint-Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Sports has designed a special device referred to as a “soul

St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons returns ...  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG — Mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons has refunded political contributions from a St. Petersburg man

CORRECTED-Sberbank may up lending to St Petersburg developers  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
ReutersMM), is ready to double its loan portfolio to St Petersburg developers if needed, the bank's head German Gref told press conference on Tuesday.

Zenit striker Pogrebnyak joins Stuttgart  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
ESPNST PETERSBURG, Aug 1 - Russia striker Pavel Pogrebnyak has joined Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart from Zenit St Petersburg, the Russian Premier League side

Helm, Diviki and Danner submit treasurer's reports in St ...  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG -- A handful of candidates did not submit their treasurer's report to City Hall by 5 pm Friday, but at least two met the state guideline by

St. Petersburg man accused of impersonating police officer to run ...  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG — A 31-year-old contractor is accused of impersonating a police officer after authorities say he used fake

St. Petersburg mayor's race revives community policing debate  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Tampabay.comFor 15 years St. Petersburg police officers got to know a lot of people. The department practiced a form of community policing unlike any other city in

Fraport CEO Signs MoU For Airport Concession In St Petersburg  -  ‎Jul 16, 2009‎
Wall Street JournalXE) said Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding for an airport concession in St. Petersburg, Russia. Fraport said in late June a consortium in

Trial begins for man accused of shooting St. Petersburg detective  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Tampabay.comThe shooting came during a robbery attempt last year at a Blockbuster Video store, at 5100 66th St. N in St. Petersburg. Joseph Hollings Jr. and Velislav

St. Petersburg City Attorney accused of making racist comments  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Tampabay.comST. PETERSBURG-- Four anti-war protestors alleged Monday that Chief Assistant Attorney Mark Winn made racist comments about black teenagers at BayWalk while

St. Petersburg Times:  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
Huffington PostGov. Charlie Crist attended the Tuesday memorial for Sen. Jim King in Tallahassee, but by then, it was almost too late for some of the former Republican

Arrest made in 1991 murder of St. Petersburg woman  -  ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
Tampabay.comThis week, 18 years and one day after the killing, officials from that small town came to Pat Gicking's door in St. Petersburg. They brought news.

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