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Tampa residents are hot. Not temperature hot. Sexy hot. That’s according to a new ranking by Travel + Leisure magazine putting Tampa at number ten in the country for most attractive people. “These Floridians may have struck readers as a little vain: they placed in the top 10 for being both pretty and snobby,” the review reads. “Tampa locals enjoy a good platform for their looks at the high-ranking nightclubs.” The magazine notes there are some eclectic choices for all…

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As parents gear up to spoil their kids this holiday season, some people are asking them to be mindful of what’s going under the tree this holiday season. The Florida Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) released its 29th annual survey of toy safety. In it, PIRG identified five toys with higher than acceptable toxins like lead and chromium. The study also found numerous toys with choking hazards. One of the major contaminants found in children’s toys is lead. Though products have…

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Governor Rick Scott is putting a unique twist on celebrating his upcoming inauguration. Scott will be sworn in on January 6 and is ringing in his second term with a series of barbeques across the state. Scott will stop in Tampa Wednesday for one of his Inauguration Jobs Jamboree. Most of the events in places like Miami, Jacksonville, Lake Mary, Naples and Pensacola are sponsored by businesses. The Tampa event at USAA on Commerce Park Boulevard in Tampa is hosted…

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Remember when St. Pete had a famous Mystery Monkey roaming free for three years before finally being captured? Well, now Tampa has its own mystery monkey. No one has managed to snap a photo of the monkey or catch the little guy on video, but it’s been described to Tampa Police dispatchers. “It was a relatively large monkey, I guess – about the size of a relatively big dog or something,” one caller reported. “Did someone lose a monkey or…

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Many Florida Public Service Union employees are poised to get a pay bump next year. That’s thanks to a tentative agreement between St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman and Rick Smith, the chief negotiator for the union. The agreement would extend Kriseman’s living-wage initiative to union employees. Full-time employees and part-time employees with at least five years on the job would earn a minimum of $12.50 an hour. The agreement would also include merit increases of two percent to employees at…

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Longtime Democratic activist in Hillsborough County Timothy Heberlein is running for Hillborough County Democratic Executive Committee chair. Heberlein officially announced his decision over the holiday weekend, but has been considering the bid for quite some time. “We have a lot of building to do with the DEC and I know that for me it’s not only something that I’ve been doing for a while it’s also something I’m very passionate about,” Heberlein said. Heberlein, who used to serve as president…

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If Barbie were a real woman, she’d be a total freak. We’re talking giant, back-breaking boobs, an unthinkably thin waist the envy of every girl with an eating disorder and legs that could rival a giraffe. Yet for decades Barbie has been the epitome of beauty for little girls. Alas, there is an alternative to set an example for your little princess this holiday season and it won’t send her running to the bathroom to purge her Christmas cookies. Meet…

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