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Deputies: Inmate's tax fraud plan used dead victim's ID

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Jason Whitfield has been in the Falkenburg Jail since November awaiting trial on a second-degree murder charge.

Hillsborough County jail inmate Jason Whitfield plotted to use the personal information of four people, including the man he is accused of fatally shooting, deputies say.

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Wet commute for drivers in Tampa Bay area

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Rain and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening as a large patch of clouds heads east toward Pinellas and Hillsborough counties.

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Autopsy scheduled for driver who crashed into bay

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Friends gathered this week for candlelight vigils for Agana (inset), whose car crashed into Hillsborough Bay.

Michael Agana’s parents authorized tissue and organ donation, according to the medical examiner's office. The 19-year-old died days after his car crashed through the Bayshore Boulevard balustrade.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Baron Cohen's 'Dictator' least-focused yet

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Tamir (Ben Kingsley), left, and Admiral General Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen) in "The Dictator."

Sacha Baron Cohen is back with "The Dictator," his least-focused film yet, despite the fact that it has an actual script compared to the guerrilla-style mockumentaries that preceded it.

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Jays' Lawrie faces likely suspension after tirade in Rays' win

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Home plate umpire Bill Miller, left, is struck by Toronto's Brett Lawrie's helmet as he argues a called third strike.

Brett Lawrie called it an "unlucky bounce." Major League Baseball is likely to call it a suspension after he struck an umpire with his thrown batting helmet during a ninth-inning blow-up.

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