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Louis Thornton at Louis Loves Food, and Andy Huse at Delicious History have joined Creative Loafing’s food blogging army.

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Jaden cooks some Kobe steak burgers on CBS.

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“Find farmers’ markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area” at Local Harvest.

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Michael Pollan is disappointed with Obama’s choice of Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture.

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Alex checks out the hot dog stand in front of Home Depot on Florida.

Police Searching for Sexual Battery Suspect July 30, 2010
City of TampaPolice Searching for Sexual Battery Suspect […]
Couple Used Disabled Police Officer Charity to Con Local Businesses out of Money July 30, 2010
City of TampaCouple Used Disabled Police Officer Charity to Con Local Businesses out of Money […]
Adult Softball League Registration July 29, 2010
City of TampaThe City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department is holding an organizational meeting for Adult Softball Leagues in August. […]
Second Suspect Arrested in Murder and Police still Searching for Third Suspect July 29, 2010
City of TampaSecond Suspect Arrested in Murder and Police still Searching for Third Suspect […]
Bicyclist Fatally Injured After Collision with SUV July 29, 2010
City of TampaBicyclist Fatally Injured After Collision with SUV […]

Broken - Trifonic (SolarRain mix) June 20, 2010
Featuring 86minutes.com latest music video of Broken - Trifonic (SolarRain mix). SolarRain takes an already moving song to another level. Broken - Trifonic (SolarRain mix) Director: Alex Valle Editing: Alex Valle Soundtrack: Broken - Trifonic (SolarRain mix) read more […]
Alex Valle
The Meaning of Random June 16, 2010
I'm in the Florida Film Festival spirit, so I'm going to share with you my 4 part series named: The Meaning of Random. The Meaning of Random Director: Alex Valle Camera: Alex Valle Editing: Alex Valle read more […]
Alex Valle
Bella's Italian Cafe June 15, 2010
Location Bella's Italian Cafe 1413 S Howard Ave #100 Tampa, FL 33606United States Phone: (813) 254-3355 See map: Google Maps WiFi: No Takeout: Yes Lavatory Conditions: Clean Parking: Lot Outdoor Seating: Yes Credit Cards: Debit/Credit Delivery: No Handicap Access: Yes Happy Hour: Check website http://www.bellasitaliancafe.com/ […]
Alex Valle
Broadway Ristorante & Pizzeria June 15, 2010
Location Broadway Ristorante & Pizzeria 2784 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33612United States Phone: (813) 971-1700 See map: Google Maps Hours: 'till 4am Weekends WiFi: No Takeout: Yes Lavatory Conditions: Dirty Parking: Lot Outdoor Seating: Yes Credit Cards: Debit/Credit Delivery: Yes Handicap Access: Yes Happy Hour: Check website http://w […]
Alex Valle
Skipper's Smokehouse & Oyster June 15, 2010
Location Skipper's Smokehouse & Oyster 910 Skipper Road Tampa, FL 33613United States Phone: (813) 977-6474 See map: Google Maps Hours: Closed Mondays WiFi: No Takeout: Yes Lavatory Conditions: Dirty Parking: Lot Outdoor Seating: Yes Credit Cards: Debit/Credit Delivery: No Handicap Access: Yes Happy Hour: Tues-Fri 4pm-8pm http://www.skipper […]
Alex Valle
Pane Rustica June 15, 2010
Location Pane Rustica 3225 South MacDill Avenue Tampa, FL 33629United States Phone: (813) 902-8828 See map: Google Maps WiFi: Yes Takeout: Yes Lavatory Conditions: Clean Parking: Lot Outdoor Seating: Yes Credit Cards: Debit/Credit Delivery: No Handicap Access: Yes http://www.panerusticabakery.com/ […]
Alex Valle
Bungalow Tampa - Restaurant and Bar June 15, 2010
Location Bungalow Tampa - Restaurant and Bar Westland Ave & Kennedy Blvd Tampa, FL 33606United States Phone: (813) 253-3663 See map: Google Maps WiFi: Yes Takeout: Yes Lavatory Conditions: Clean Parking: Lot Outdoor Seating: Yes Credit Cards: Debit/Credit Delivery: No Handicap Access: Yes http://bungalowtampa.com/ […]
Alex Valle
Gino's Restaurant & Bar June 15, 2010
Location Gino's Restaurant & Bar 10006 North Armenia Avenue Tampa, FL 33612United States Phone: (813) 933-1089 See map: Google Maps WiFi: No Takeout: Yes Lavatory Conditions: Clean Parking: Lot Credit Cards: Debit/Credit Delivery: No Handicap Access: Yes http://ginosrestaurantbar.com/ […]
Alex Valle
La Pollera Colorada June 15, 2010
Location La Pollera Colorada 2315 West Linebaugh Avenue Tampa, FL 33612United States Phone: (813) 930-8826 See map: Google Maps WiFi: No Takeout: Yes Lavatory Conditions: Clean Parking: Lot Outdoor Seating: No Credit Cards: Debit/Credit Delivery: No Handicap Access: Yes […]
Alex Valle
La Prima Pizza June 15, 2010
Location La Prima Pizza 1211 Bruce B Downs Boulevard Wesley Chapel, FL 33544United States Phone: (813) 907-2878 See map: Google Maps WiFi: No Takeout: Yes Lavatory Conditions: Clean Parking: Lot Outdoor Seating: No Credit Cards: Debit/Credit Delivery: No Handicap Access: Yes […]
Alex Valle

Bucs, Penn nearing contract - Tampabay.com July 31, 2010
Tampabay.comBucs, Penn nearing contractTampabay.comTAMPA — Here's all you need to know about why the Bucs were so desperate to reach a long-term deal with Donald Penn ...Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp news and notesTampabay.comBucs talking with McCoy, Penn, but no deals yetTbo.comBucs don't expect McCoy at first camp workoutTbo.comThe Ledger -P […]
New Tampa council member Curtis Stokes ends dispute with bank - Tampabay.com July 31, 2010
New Tampa council member Curtis Stokes ends dispute with bankTampabay.comTAMPA — City Council member Curtis Stokes has resolved his dispute with Progress Bank, avoiding foreclosure of nine ...and more » […]
Federal agents seize US Navy Veterans Association records - Tampabay.com July 31, 2010
Tampabay.comFederal agents seize US Navy Veterans Association recordsTampabay.comTAMPA — Armed with a search warrant, federal and state agents on Friday seized documents and computer records from the Clair-Mel home of residents who ...and more » […]
PwC downsizing in the Bay area - Tampa Bay Business Journal July 31, 2010
Wink NewsPwC downsizing in the Bay areaTampa Bay Business JournalThe company is undergoing a restructuring that affects US and UK operations. A vendor based in India will provide PwC with information technology services. ...Hundreds of Tampa jobs cut; headed overseasMyFox Tampa BayPricewaterhouseCoopers laying off hundreds in TampaTbo.comBriefingsThe LedgerG […]
Tampa couple pretended to collect cash for charity, police say - Tampabay.com July 31, 2010
MyFox Tampa BayTampa couple pretended to collect cash for charity, police sayTampabay.comTAMPA — A Tampa couple arrested Thursday on fraud charges may have deceived hundreds of companies by pretending ...2 people arrested for police charity scamTbo.comTwo accused of using police charity to scam Tampa businessesTampabay.comPolice: Couple posed as charity work […]
Things to do in Tampa Bay for July 31 - Tampabay.com July 30, 2010
Tampabay.comThings to do in Tampa Bay for July 31Tampabay.comBuccaneers Training Camp: See the team practice and hang out for autographs at One Buccaneer Place in Tampa. ...Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp 2010: Special TeamsBleacher ReportTampa Bay Buccaneers 2010: Welcome To Camp HopeBleacher Reportall 3 news articles » […]
Lightning sign free-agent center Moore to 2-year deal - Tbo.com July 30, 2010
Globe and MailLightning sign free-agent center Moore to 2-year dealTbo.comAP Dominic Moore is regarded as a solid two-way player who is especially strong on faceoffs. TAMPA - The Tampa Bay Lightning signed free-agent center ...Tampa Bay Lightning signs free-agent center Dominic MooreTampabay.comLightning add F MooreMiamiHerald.comDominic Moore Signs With Tam […]
Tampa police search for rapist who posed as a cop - Tampabay.com July 30, 2010
Tbo.comTampa police search for rapist who posed as a copTampabay.comTAMPA — Police are searching for a man they believe posed as an undercover narcotics officer Thursday night to rape ...Police search for fake cop who raped woman on Bayshore10 ConnectsPolice search for man who raped woman on Bayshore BoulevardTbo.comPolice looking for rape suspect who cuffed […]
Collins' death shows dangers of biking on city streets - Tbo.com July 30, 2010
Collins' death shows dangers of biking on city streetsTbo.comTAMPA - The death of LeRoy Collins Jr. this week in South Tampa illuminates the dangers faced by bicyclists on city ...and more » […]
Convicts in horrific 1993 Valrico racist attack want verdict reversed - Tampabay.com July 30, 2010
Tbo.comConvicts in horrific 1993 Valrico racist attack want verdict reversedTampabay.comTAMPA — Seventeen years ago, two white day laborers from Lakeland shocked the nation and lost their freedom by ...Convict in racial attack did homeworkTbo.comHate crime felons want new trial10 Connectsall 12 news articles » […]

Chain e-mail: When Obama went to Pakistan in 1981, he could not have been traveling as a U.S. citizen. July 30, 2010
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | E-mail says Obama had to have been traveling on another country's passport to get into Pakistan In an effort to prove that Barack Obama is not eligible to be president, birthers have come up with some very creative arguments. A curious reader forwarded a chain e-mail that made an interesting claim. "Pakistan […]
Chain e-mail: A transcript released by Occidental College proves that Barack Obama was an Indonesian citizen. July 30, 2010
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | E-mail claims Obama's college transcripts reveal Indonesian citizenship One of our readers tipped us off to a chain e-mail that contains a purported Associated Press article claiming that, among other things, smoking-gun evidence has been found that proves Barack Obama really is not eligible to be president. […]
Chain e-mail: Justice Antonin Scalia agreed for the Supreme Court to hear a case about whether Barack Obama is eligible to be President. July 30, 2010
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | E-mail claims Supreme Court agreed to rule on Obama's citizenship Despite overwhelming evidence that Barack Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States and eligible to be president, there are still plenty of people out there who believe that President Obama is a fraud. One of our loyal readers forwarded […]
Mark Dayton: "Tim Pawlenty has cut education funding in Minnesota. Classrooms are overcrowded. Districts have gone to four-day school weeks." July 29, 2010
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Mark Dayton says Gov. Tim Pawlenty cut education spending Minnesota governor and potential Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty's decision not to run for re-election this fall sparked a contentious gubernatorial battle in the North Star State. With the Aug. 10 primaries nearing, the candidates took their att […]
Tim Pawlenty: "I don't think the argument can be credibly made that the United States of America is undertaxed compared to our competitors." July 29, 2010
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Tim Pawlenty says the U.S. is not undertaxed compared to its competitors Tim Pawlenty -- Minnesota's outgoing Republican governor and a likely candidate for president in 2012 -- met with Washington reporters on July 26, 2010, for a wide-ranging discussion of politics and policy. One of the things he said made it into the […]
Barack Obama: The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK." July 29, 2010
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Barack Obama says his budget would lower non-defense spending to JFK levels At a July 22, 2010, ceremony to sign the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act, President Barack Obama took the opportunity to tout his administration's approach to reining in federal spending. "We’ve drafted a budget for next […]
Donna Brazile: Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent "have grown." Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, "they've seen their wages stagnate." July 29, 2010
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Brazile claims income has grown for the top 1 percent; stagnates for the bottom half During the July 25, 2010 roundtable of ABC's This Week, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile made the case for extending tax cuts for low and middle-income families, rather than for the wealthy. "Everyone is concerned about the deficit […]
David Gregory: "25 percent of our economy is the financial sector." July 28, 2010
The Truth-o-Meter says: Barely True | On "Meet the Press", David Gregory says financial sector equals 25 percent of U.S. economy On July 25, 2010, David Gregory, the host of NBC's Meet the Press, asked Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner if the relative size of the financial sector in the United States bothered him. "As someone's who […]
Marc Morial: The Latino unemployment rate is higher than the white rate and the black rate is higher than the Latino rate. July 27, 2010
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Marc Morial correct on unemployment rates for whites, blacks, Latinos On July 25, 2010, David Gregory, the host of NBC's Meet the Press, asked his roundtable panelists to consider "Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege," a Wall Street Journal op-ed column from July 22, in which Sen. James Webb, D-Va., argues […]
Stephen Hayes: People in the top tax bracket, "these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners." July 27, 2010
The Truth-o-Meter says: Barely True | So-called wealthy are actually small business owners? The data is dubious Across-the-board tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush are set to expire at the end of the year, stoking the political debate over tax policy. President Barack Obama campaigned on the position that lower tax rates should only be extended […]

Appeals panel sides with Rick Scott, says Bill McCollum not entitled to matching funds July 31, 2010
By Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Friday, July 30, 2010 TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court in Atlanta turned Florida's public campaign financing law on its head Friday, halting a critical provision that was expected to inject taxpayer cash into Attorney General Bill McCollum's struggling campaign.The ruling by a three-judge pan […]
Times Staff
With Crist gone, will Florida conservatives go on a Arizona-like hot streak? July 30, 2010
By Alex Leary - Fri, Jul 30 2010 PHOENIX — Lost in the uproar over Arizona's immigration crackdown is another groundbreaking law that took effect this week. Anyone over 21 now can carry a concealed weapon without a permit."We sure are on a roll," said Sen. Russell Pearce, sponsor of both bills. "It's a great time for conservative Rep […]
Alex Leary
Poll: Florida voters want to decide whether to ban offshore oil drilling July 30, 2010
By Lesley Clark, Miami Herald Friday, July 30, 2010 Nearly three-quarters of Floridians support giving the state's voters a chance to decide whether to permanently ban offshore oil drilling, a new poll shows.The Quinnipiac University survey — which comes a week after the Florida Legislature rejected Gov. Charlie Crist's proposal to put a referendum […]
Times Staff
Wide-open, three-way primary for Republican attorney general July 30, 2010
By Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Friday, July 30, 2010 TALLAHASSEE — Three's a crowd in the most wide-open race on the statewide primary ballot: the Republican nomination for attorney general.With the Aug. 24 vote less than four weeks away, this down-ballot race appears wide open, with most voters not paying close attention and all thr […]
Times Staff
Hillsborough County Commission candidates face Tiger Bay -- well some of them July 30, 2010
Voters won't just be deciding whether they support raising the sales tax by a penny to pay for new commuter rail, expanded bus service and road work in November. It's also a big part of how they're judging candidates for the Hillsborough County Commission, the political body who put the sales tax question on the ballot. The proposed tax was a […]
tampabaycom
New public money totals released. July 30, 2010
By Lee Logan - Fri, Jul 30 2010 Here's this week's update on the public money (this section of the public finance law is not affected by today's injuction on the so-called "millionaire's amendment.") Bill McCollum is the only candidate for governor taking public money -- for various reasons. Rick Scott won't take it. Alex S […]
Lee Logan
Court grants Scott injunction, halts 'millionaire's' matching $$$ to McCollum July 30, 2010
By Mary Ellen Klas - Fri, Jul 30 2010 The 11th District Court of Appeal in Atlanta reversed a Florida court Friday and agreed to Republican Rick Scott's request for a prelliminary injunction halting Florida's public financing law, saying that the provision that allows his opponent to get an excess subsidy of taxpayer dollars violates his 1st Amendm […]
Mary Ellen Klas
Charlie Crist loses two brains July 30, 2010
By Marc Caputo - Fri, Jul 30 2010 Two of Gov. Charlie Crist's top aides, David Foy and Kathy Mears, are leaving the governor's office. Both are deputy staff chiefs. Foy is going to a "Fortune 500 company" in Texas and Mears next employer is unknown right now. […]
Marc Caputo
Video: Bill McCollum's 'far out' immigration flip flop July 30, 2010
By Marc Caputo - Fri, Jul 30 2010 1 question. 1 politician. 2 answers. […]
Marc Caputo
Heller to have campaign kickoff Aug. 11 July 30, 2010
With Florida Republicans making his seat a target, state Rep. Bill Heller, D-St. Petersburg, plans a campaign fundraiser and kick-off at 5:30 Aug. 11 at the Great Explorations Children's Museum in St. Petersburg.Hosts include fellow Democratic House members Janet Long and Rick Kriseman, County Commissioners Ken Welch and Calvin Harris -- and up near top […]
Times Editor

VSPC requests $5M from BP July 30, 2010
Visit St. Petersburg Clearwater on Friday formally requested $5 million from BP. […]
Cott gets regulatory OK to buy Cliffstar July 30, 2010
Cott Corp. got the go-ahead from federal regulators for its planned acquisition of Cliffstar Corp. (COT) […]
Delta expands service to Tampa, Washington July 30, 2010
Delta Air Lines will launch nonstop service between Tampa and Washington this fall. (DAL) […]
Pinellas County Job Corps Center to open in November July 30, 2010
The new Pinellas County Job Corps Center will open for its first students in November. […]
TradeWinds extends contest deadline with support of St. Pete Beach July 30, 2010
TradeWinds Island Resorts has extended the deadline for its Picture Perfect Beach Contest from July 30 to Aug. 22 and brought on the City of St. Pete Beach as a co-sponsor. […]
PwC downsizing in the Bay area July 30, 2010
PricewaterhouseCoopers announced it will be cutting about 500 jobs in the Tampa Bay area. […]
Winn-Dixie to close Sarasota store July 30, 2010
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. has scheduled 30 underperforming stores for closure between now and Sept. 22. (WINN) […]
Moffitt Cancer Center adding facilities July 30, 2010
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Central Florida Health Alliance are partnering on two cancer care facilities to be built on the campuses of Leesburg Regional Medical Center and The Villages Health System. […]
TIB Financial loss grows as income drops, provision expands July 30, 2010
TIB Financial Corp. report a net loss of $14.8 million, or 99 cents a share, for the three months ended June 30, compared with a net loss of $5.5 million, or 37 cents a share, in the same period a year earlier. (TIBB) […]
Florida Supreme Court disciplines four Bay area lawyers July 30, 2010
Four lawyers in the Tampa Bay area are among 27 disciplined by the Florida Supreme Court following investigations by the Florida Bar. […]

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