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    Produce stand rules in flux

    For more than 15 years, Humberto Guerrero and his wife, Diana Salazar, have run a thriving produce stand at the busy corner of Parsons Avenue and Wheeler Road.

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  • You'll pay to park, one way or another

    'Don't they have parking there in the hotel?"

  • Senator asks airlines to drop fees for families

    Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra.

  • Southeast braces for Beryl

    Tropical Storm Beryl was wrecking some Memorial Day weekend plans on Sunday, causing shoreline campers to pack up and head inland and leading to the cancellation of some events as the storm approached the southeastern United States.

  • Inmates, corruption rule Honduras' deadly prisons

    Inside one of Honduras' most dangerous and overcrowded prisons, inmates operate a free-market bazaar, selling everything from iPhones to prostitutes.

  • Same-sex marriage votes defy pollsters

    Poll after poll shows public support for same-sex marriage steadily increasing, to the point where it's now a majority viewpoint. Yet in all 32 states where gay marriage has been on the ballot, voters have rejected it.

  • Polk County homeowner shoots and kills intruder

    Sheriff says the shooting of the "irrational, out-of-control" man was justified.

  • Haneke's 'Amour' wins top prize at Cannes

    The Cannes Film Festival rewarded one of its favorite directors Sunday, as Michael Haneke won the top prize for a second time with his stark film about love and death, "Amour."

  • Quake aid is a lifeline for Haiti troupe

    Elbows pointed and fingers contorted into claws, the dancers of Ayikodans slide, somersault, lurch and crawl spider-like toward each other until they're knotted together.

  • Convention to whittle police extra duty

    Hundreds of churches, businesses and neighborhood groups hire off-duty police officers and deputies to protect their properties and handle crowds.

  • Plot to kill Americans traced to Iran

    In November, the tide of daily cable traffic to the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan brought a chilling message for Ambassador Matthew Bryza, then the top U.S. diplomat to the small Central Asian country. A plot to kill Americans had been uncovered, the message read, and embassy officials were on the target list.

  • Woman, 19, dies in Brandon wreck

    A late-night wreck in Brandon left one woman dead and two others seriously injured.

  • Democratic leaders back Obama's Bain strategy

    After nearly two weeks of heated debate over whether President Barack Obama should attack Republican Mitt Romney's tenure at a private-equity firm, Democratic leaders across the country said they're largely united behind the strategy, but some concede an uncertain outcome and new polls show Obama has lost ground nationally.

  • Syria denies killing civilians

    Syria on Sunday strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people — including women and children — in one of the deadliest days of the country's uprising, but the U.N. Security Council after an emergency session condemned government forces for shelling residential areas.

  • Almost half of new vets seek disability

    America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen.

  • Best in care for those who serve

    Back in January, despondent from years of fighting for his disability and health benefits after serving his country, retired Army Special Forces Col. William Smith said he was considering "the most drastic action to bring visibility to my plight."

  • China outsources eagle eyes

    Every workday at 7:20 a.m., colleagues pick up Yao Lifa from his second-floor apartment and drive him to the elementary school where he taught for years.

  • Millions in Iraq aid unspent

    Outside the crumbling elementary school, goats feed on trash strewn across the front yard. Inside, the ceiling is rotting, toilets don't work and students scrunch hip-to-hip behind narrow desks.

  • Honor local heroes who gave their livesView Video

    Since the first U.S. troops entered Afghanistan in October 2001, more than 6,400 men and women made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the nation.

  • Bondi has pre-wedding gathering in Cayman Islands

    Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a longtime Tampa resident, was in the Cayman Islands on Saturday to celebrate her upcoming marriage to Tampa ophthalmologist Greg Henderson.

  • Hunger stalks 1 million children in swath of Africa

    It's 10 a.m., and the 2-year-old is still waiting for breakfast. Aliou Seyni Diallo collapses to his knees in tears and plops his forehead down on the dirt outside his family's hut.

  • Romney begins quietly courting black voters

    Mitt Romney's campaign team has been quietly laying plans for an outreach effort to President Barack Obama's most loyal supporters — black voters — not just to chip away at the huge Democratic margins, but also as a way to reassure independent swing voters that Romney can be inclusive and tolerant in his thinking and approach.

  • Anti-tax crusader sentenced to 15 months

    Radio talk show host and conservative political activist Doug Guetzloe of Orlando has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for willfully failing to file federal tax returns, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

  • Agriculture teacher retires with a legacy of respect

    John Altizer, who began his teaching career at Hillsborough High School in 1961, is about to call it quits.

  • Following God's calling

    Among his tight circle of friends, they've been calling Tim Corcoran "Father Timmy" for quite some time. It was a little tongue-in-cheek, but it always made Corcoran smile.

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