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- The Bayfront team explores the effect gas prices and a slumping economy have on recreational boating.
- A youthful St. Petersburg blues artist struggles to find asylum in music and life.
- When the real estate market crashed, Joey Foronda found success selling minnows.
Increasing gas prices and a struggling St. Petersburg economy have hit the recreational boating industry.
- Making soap in St. Petersburg, Fla., wasn’t Teresa Ross’ first career choice. But now her business thrives.
Every day for 12 years, one volunteer has shared his unique knowledge with visitors of a St. Pete nature preserve.
- One woman brings downtown Gulfport to the table. Community members bring their own chairs.
Others reject a paint called toxic. A Clearwater company sells it by the gallon.
Nest counts around Florida's Gulf Coast are down. It’s peak season, but there’s still time. Hopes are high for the number to rise.
- St. Petersburg's iconic sports bar serves as home base for Rays’ fans — and as the center of debate about Tropicana Field.
A recycling partnership brings the University of South Florida St. Petersburg two kinds of green to benefit a charity and the campus.
St. Petersburg artist Jacob Christiano finds shelter and friends away from the streets.
- In St. Petersburg, Daughters of the American Revolution turn to the Internet to trace family trees.
- From afternoon potlucks to late-night dance parties, new ownership only strengthens the personality of Don's Irish Pub.
Markus Lehtovirta created a new life on the beach in crafting his chairs.
A St. Petersburg biologist searches shorelines for sea turtle nests. He's their best chance at survival.
- By day, Carmen Ruiz is a hospice nurse. Three nights a week, she also brings life, rhythm and energy to her St. Petersburg fitness class.
- When money’s tight, look to pawnshop shelves for the real deal.
- Gym membership numbers are falling. Obesity rates are rising. Still, the fitness industry is staying healthy.
Historic small town has survived killer storms. But the real threat comes after the rain.
- For people living with the AIDS virus, the pills are getting easier to swallow.
- Clam Bayou’s environmental future is unsure, but everyone has a different opinion.
- Ameen Nurul-Haqq deals with the realities of life in Midtown through dancing.
Drummer Rick Adams uses street performance to supplement his job and add flavor to his life and his listeners.
One middle-aged St. Petersburg saxophone player feels out of tune with his transient life.
In the lightning capital of North America, a St. Petersburg photographer withstands a hit.
- Next season, six Pinellas County football players will play for Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan.
- Nearly 18 percent of Iraq war veterans remain clinically haunted by the terrors of war long after leaving the battlefield.
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- A St. Petersburg poodle rescuer continues to search for her dog: “She’s not gone.”
- St. Petersburg churches sprang up in the population of the 1960s. Their unique designs still hold meaning for congregations.
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The 82-year-old St. Petersburg, Fla., restaurant might soon undergo a change in management.
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A 26-year-old Eckerd College student serves tea, works in his mother's beauty shop and volunteers with kids. In his actions live his art, the painter says.
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