en-us Last articles. http://tampaplanet.com/img/tiki/tikilogo.png http://tampaplanet.com/ Sun, 20 May 2012 02:51:22 +0000 Zend_Feed_Writer 1.10.9 (http://framework.zend.com) http://tampaplanet.com/ ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 12:06:00 +0000 http://tampaplanet.com/article94641-Media-General-sells-newspapers-except-Tampa-Tribune-to-Berkshire-Hathaway http://tampaplanet.com/article94641-Media-General-sells-newspapers-except-Tampa-Tribune-to-Berkshire-Hathaway 0



]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:22 +0000 http://tampaplanet.com/article94614-Fixed-mortgages-new-lows-for-15-30-year-loans http://tampaplanet.com/article94614-Fixed-mortgages-new-lows-for-15-30-year-loans 0 Sarasota aerialist's daily practices are drawing crowds in anticipation of his attempt to become the first person to walk on a wire over the landmark cataract

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]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 10:08:00 +0000 http://tampaplanet.com/article94617-Fla-to-double-check-names-on-voter-purge-list http://tampaplanet.com/article94617-Fla-to-double-check-names-on-voter-purge-list 0 ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 06:53:01 +0000 http://tampaplanet.com/article94618-News-Analysis-A-Greek-Exit-Euro-Zone-May-Be-Ready http://tampaplanet.com/article94618-News-Analysis-A-Greek-Exit-Euro-Zone-May-Be-Ready 0 ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 04:33:02 +0000 http://tampaplanet.com/article94619-White-House-Enlists-45-Firms-to-Give-3-Billion-to-Grow-Food-for-World-s-Poor http://tampaplanet.com/article94619-White-House-Enlists-45-Firms-to-Give-3-Billion-to-Grow-Food-for-World-s-Poor 0 Bicyclists on a cross-state fundraising drive for people with disabilities will rest their wheels in Lakeland on Saturday to raise awareness of their cause.

]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 03:23:06 +0000 http://tampaplanet.com/article94620-Push-America-Bicyclists-Stopping-In-Lakeland http://tampaplanet.com/article94620-Push-America-Bicyclists-Stopping-In-Lakeland 0 ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 02:00:28 +0000 http://tampaplanet.com/article94621-Florida-Steps-Up-Effort-Against-Illegal-Voters-New-York-Times http://tampaplanet.com/article94621-Florida-Steps-Up-Effort-Against-Illegal-Voters-New-York-Times 0 Thursday, May 17, 2012
ST. PETERSBURG — With just one resolute dissenter, the St. Petersburg City Council voted Thursday to move forward with a new $50 million Pier.The decision came after more than a dozen speakers tried to make a case for saving the current inverted pyramid and a lengthy discussion by council members, who spoke both of their reservations about the design and agreement and praised the merits of the contract.The $4.7 million architectural and engineering services agreement with Michael Maltzan Architecture, designer of the new Pier, is the first for the project known as the Lens. Thursday's action kicked off a three-year process that will include demolishing the old Pier in the late summer of next year, constructing its replacement in 2014 and opening it in late 2015.The agreement does not address a potential challenge posed by ...
]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 01:25:41 +0000 http://tampaplanet.com/article94622-St-Petersburg-Council-votes-to-move-forward-with-new-Pier http://tampaplanet.com/article94622-St-Petersburg-Council-votes-to-move-forward-with-new-Pier 0 Thursday, May 17, 2012
TAMPA — John Dingfelder, one of the leading voices in the discussion of Tampa's plans for the Republican National Convention, is leaving his job as an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union.Dingfelder, 55, is a former two-term Tampa City Council member who joined the ACLU as senior staff attorney last summer. He is leaving at the end of May for a public defender's job, ACLU executives said, though further details about his plans were not available late Thursday.The move has been under discussion for a while, and "John agreed to get us to a good place with regard to preparations for the Republican National Convention (RNC) before he left," ACLU of Florida executive director Howard Simon said in an email to staff. "We have agreed that this is a good time for him to now make ...
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