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Should the Tampa Bay Rays do a better job of marketing to LGBT community?

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Should the Tampa Bay Rays consider a Gay Beach? How about an LGBT Rays’ Tank? The Rays, next-to-last in baseball attendance to only Cleveland, have struggled to draw fans to Tropicana Field, again. That’s no secret. Yet, for Friday night’s Pride Night, the Rays drew more than 40,000 fans for the game, where the profits were dedicated to the shootings of the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. All profits were donated to the Pulse Victims’ club. In other words, on a…

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Orlando tourism: No mass cancellations now but future unsure

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Experts say it’s too soon to gauge whether a week of horrific news out of Orlando will hurt tourism there. But travel agents are not seeing widespread cancellations, and many travelers say they’re committed to visiting. “I had more people worrying last year about, ‘Should I postpone my trip because of Ebola?’” than are worried about going to Orlando, said Cindy Minor, owner of Small World Big Fun, a travel agency specializing in Disney vacations based in Little Rock, Arkansas.…

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Florida unemployment rate at 4.7% in May

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The state’s unemployment rate dipped slightly in May, according to new employment figures released by state’s jobs agency Friday. Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in May, down from 4.8 percent in April. The rate is down from 5.4 percent a year ago, according to monthly employment numbers released by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. The state added 21,500 private sector jobs in the one-month period. Since May 2015, the state has added 239,000 private sector jobs.…

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Obama in Orlando: ‘They are our families’

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[Pool report on the visit of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to Orlando, to offer comfort and support to families, employees, first responders and others from the Pulse nightclub massacre, filed by Orlando Sentinel reporter Steven Lemongello]: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were at Amway Center for two hours meeting with family members of victims and survivors, which was closed to media. The White House said in a statement that afterward, they met with…

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Rays sell out Pride Night to help Orlando shooting victims

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The Tampa Bay Rays have sold out their annual Pride Night for Friday, which is dedicated to the victims of the Orlando slayings. On Tuesday, the Rays put all open seats up for sell for $5 apiece. It sold out quickly. “We are grateful for and proud of the region’s response to our Pride Night dedication,” said Rays President Brian Auld. “In the wake of a terrible tragedy, and in a matter of hours, 40,000 people have chosen to come…

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Rick Kriseman: ‘I’ll be damned if we’re going to let violence stop us’ from celebrating St. Pete Pride weekend

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St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and police Chief Anthony Holloway met with members of the community and media Thursday to reassure them that Pride weekend would go ahead as planned, but with a bit more security. The reassurances became necessary in the wake of Sunday’s shooting at the gay Pulse nightclub in Orlando that left 49 dead and more than 50 wounded. Officials said they’d gotten many questions from people wondering if the June 25 Pride parade and the June…

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Barack Obama offering sympathy but no easy answers in Orlando

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Offering sympathy but no easy answers, President Barack Obama came Thursday to Orlando to try to console those mourning the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Air Force One touched down at midday in this grief-stricken community, where Obama planned to spend a few hours meeting in private with families of the 49 victims, with survivors and with local law enforcement officials who responded to the shooting. He planned to emphasize his solidarity with Orlando’s gays and lesbians but…

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