St. Petersburg Times
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The St. Petersburg Times is a daily newspaper based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that serves the larger Tampa Bay area. The Times sells 334,742 papers per day Monday through Saturday, making it the largest paper in Florida and the 23rd largest in the United States[1]. On Sunday it sells 420,251 papers, and the Times estimates about 755,000 people read the daily edition, while on Sundays it is approximately one million[2]. It is published by the Times Publishing Company, which is owned by the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit journalism school in St. Petersburg directly adjacent to the ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Newspaper
Audience:
Medium audience (100-500K) (English)
Scope:
State
Political Viewpoint:
Neutral viewpoint
Owners:
Times Publishing Company
Research
Related Publications:
Congressional Quarterly, PolitiFact
Location:
St. Petersburg, FL, US
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Kaizar Campwala
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Dec 8, 2006 - 2:21 AM PST
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A closer look at the case that has Sonia Sotomayor under fire
In 2003, New Haven, Conn., offered a test to determine firefighter promotions. When no black firefighters scored high enough to make lieutenant or captain, the city scrapped ...Posted by Leo Romero -
100 Days into his presidency has won over voters who once distrusted him
Pat McMullen is sipping a cocktail in a cozy booth inside Pat McMullen's Irish pub just east of downtown, an easy stop after work to talk politics. "I didn't think he'd be ...Posted by Leo Romero -
The Obama White House vs. the Truth-O-Meter
President Barack Obama and his top administration officials have faced the Truth-O-Meter 21 times since they took office, and they can claim a small victory: They haven't ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
For their own good
They were screwed-up kids, sent to the reform school in Marianna for smoking, fighting, stealing cars or worse. The Florida School for Boys -- that'd straighten them out. ...Posted by Leo Romero -
The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obama's Campaign Promises
PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter. We rate their status as No Action, In the ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Special interests funnel $6 million to Florida lawmakers
In the latest election cycle, dozens of Florida legislators raked in $6 million in special-interest campaign money and spent a good deal of it on themselves for meals, rental ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Out of options, single mom turns to food stamps
She sat alone in the stuffy waiting room, her thin hands folded in her lap. "I shouldn't be here," she said, mostly to herself. "I shouldn't have to be here." Lizvette ...Posted by Leo Romero -
A case study in housing collapse
Thousands of miles from the trading floors of global stock markets, an abandoned house in one of Tampa's poorest neighborhoods is an improbable place to learn about why the ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Obama aide promotes job plan, warns automakers
The market's positive reaction to President-elect Barack Obama's choice of treasury secretary was gratifying, a top Obama adviser said Sunday, and set the stage for a massive ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Campaign of lies disgraces McCain
McCain's straight talk has become a toxic mix of lies and double-speak. It is leaving a permanent stain on his reputation for integrity, and it is a short-term strategy that ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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In Cuba, the economy is so bad the shantytowns are looking good
A dead rat lies in the middle of the dirt track leading to a cluster of wooden shacks. Young boys — barefoot and shirtless — play a lively game of marbles in the dried ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Project Lifesaver's radio tracking devices can find wanderers with dementia, autism and Alzheimer's
Carol Solomon stood in the street, squinting over a long walkway toward the front door of a vacant house. That can't be him, the Sarasota police volunteer thought as she ...Posted by Leo Romero -
How bay area governments blew the housing bubble
All across America, local governments are dealing with budgets that are wildly out of balance. It's even worse in Florida. Under spending proposals now being floated in the ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Scientology: The truth rundown
Scientology leader David Miscavige is the focus of this special report from the St. Petersburg Times. Former executives of the Church of Scientology, including two of the ...Posted by Leo Romero -
A key to health care: same cost everywhere
During the final two years of his life, the typical senior in Miami sees doctors 106 times. He receives an astonishing array of lab tests, MRIs and medical procedures, and ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Scientology: The truth rundown
(Video) Scientology leader David Miscavige is the focus of this special report from the St. Petersburg Times. Former executives of the Church of Scientology, including two of the ...Posted by Joey Baker -
Four reforms for a better Legislature
"I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it." — Alexander Woollcott How bad is the Florida ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Iraq War presented opportunity and danger for Largo doctor
Before he left his Largo home that day, Said Hakki gave his wife a sealed envelope. She put it on top of the bookcase, next to his Florida medical license. "To be opened if ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Foreclosures pounding court clerks with paperwork
From his cubicle on the fifth floor of the Tampa courthouse, Brian Krummerich gets an intimate look at the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Case files overwhelm his desk. He ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Four years after Israeli pullout from Gaza, hope turns to misery
When Israel withdrew its soldiers and settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005, ending 38 years of occupation, Israelis and Palestinians agreed it was one of the most significant ...Posted by Leo Romero
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