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The Tampa Bay Rowdies have named a former player the president and general manager of the St. Petersburg North American Soccer League franchise. Farrukh Quraishi was first drafted to play for the Rowdies in 1975 and now heads the team after years of off-the-field experience. Quraishi was involved in the development of Major League Soccer and the establishment of the Tampa Bay Mutiny. He served as general manager for the MLS team during its inaugural and most successful season. In…

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An Australian television news anchor has concluded a yearlong experiment to prove sexism exists. Karl Stefanovic wore the same suit everyday (except for a few when he had to get it washed) for an entire year. No one noticed. It all came together after his co-host, Lisa Wilkinson, gave a scathing speech at an award ceremony about how people asked her more about what she was going to wear than what she was going to say. That sucks, a lot.…

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A new pizza concept hub will open on First Avenue South where Wood Fired Pizza once was. Owner Philippe Theodore plans to use the closed down pizza joint to create ethnic inspired pizzas with sauces from all different cultural culinary twists. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the restaurant will get a facelift, but the wood fired grill in the center will remain a focal point. Theodore is also working on a point of sale system that will allow customers…

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The Florida Board of Governors is extending the application for the board of trustees in order to “attract the broadest possible range of highly qualified applicants.” The new deadline is December 17. The board will fill 22 board of trustee positions across the state. “Trustees have a central role in steering the State University System, which is why it’s crucial that we recruit candidates with a strong commitment to accountability, access, and academic quality,” Board of Governors chair Mori Hosseini…

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For the third straight year, the Tampa Bay Region has earned a dismal D+ for the ability for middle-class residents to afford middle-class homes, according to a new study by Interest.com. So what does that mean? It means a person making the median income in the Tampa Bay area, $45,880 a year, cannot afford the median-priced home, which in Tampa Bay is $156,000. Basically, the middle class can’t even afford to be the middle class. Ouch. What makes this study…

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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has been voted head of the Republican Attorneys General Association. During a vote this weekend at the group’s fall meeting in Miami Bondi accepted the nomination. “It is an honor to be selected by my fellow Republican Attorneys General to lead RAGA at such a critical time in our country’s history. We will continue to stand up for the rule of law and protect the citizens of our states,” Bondi said. Her new appointment comes…

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There hasn’t been a movie theater at Tyrone Square Mall in seven years, but that’s about to change in 2016. Cobb Theaters announced this week that it will open a 10-screen luxury theater at the mall. The old AMC theater was located just outside the food court for years before being replaced, in part, by Old Navy several years ago. That theater was typical of most for the time – a snack bar with little more than popcorn, drinks and…

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