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GM to sell Saab to Koenigsegg
Saab Automobile, General Motors Corp.'s struggling Swedish unit known for its family cars, was rescued Tuesday by a consortium led by Koenigsegg Automotive AB, a tiny company that produces only a dozen custom-made super cars a year. ...more
June 17, 2009
Gillispie Out As UK Opts For New Coach
Impatient for a winner, Kentucky fired Billy Gillispie as coach Friday after just two years, too many losses and too little appreciation for all the things that come with running college basketball's all-time winningest program. ...more
March 28, 2009
Gators' Donovan Denies Interest In Kentucky Hoops Job
Kentucky deserves a coach who understands "this is not just another coaching job," and so Billy Gillispie was fired after just two years on the job. ...more
March 28, 2009
Lowry Park Zoo's Chairman Voluntarily Steps Down
A central figure who helped forge a much-criticized relationship between Lowry Park Zoo and its CEO's for-profit exotic-animal park has resigned from the zoo's board of directors. ...more
October 18, 2008
Zoo Chairman Who Helped Set Up Safari Wild Deal Resigns
TAMPA - A central figure who helped forge a much-criticized relationship between Lowry Park Zoo and its CEO's for-profit exotic-animal park has resigned from the zoo's board of directors. ...more
October 17, 2008
Zoo Generous To Its President's Project
TAMPA - Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury has been a big beneficiary of the zoo's generosity. Earlier this year, the taxpayer-supported zoo gave Salisbury animal pens it paid $27,526 for six years ago. Since 2006, the zoo donated at least 11 animals to Salisbury, including patas monkeys, helmeted guineafowl and a grey parrot. ...more
October 6, 2008
New Port Richey, Spring Hill Rescue Teams Enter Pact
It's good to know who you can count on when times get tough. ...more
September 24, 2008
Zoo Disputes Tampa's Oversight, Animal Ownership
The nonprofit organization that runs Lowry Park Zoo is at odds with Mayor Pam Iorio over the attraction's oversight and ownership of the zoo animals. ...more
September 17, 2008
County Asks To See Zoo's Safari Wild Audit
Hillsborough County's top administrator wants Lowry Park Zoo to make sure that no county money was used for zoo President Lex Salisbury's private exotic-animal park in Polk County. ...more
September 13, 2008
Tampa Mayor To Safari Wild: Zoo Must Be Repaid
Safari Wild must repay taxpayer-funded Lowry Park Zoo for any money it paid to the Polk County exotic-animal park and for barns the zoo built on the property, Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio said Wednesday. ...more
September 11, 2008
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