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TRINITY - Michele Fasnacht said she walked with a cane, felt numbness in her hands and was legally blind. That was until she cut out dairy products.She had stopped eating animals except for shellfish since she cried at 13 years old after she discovered her step-father had fed her a venison

Tampa Bay's foreclosure rate ranked 23rd among major metro areas in July. According to the real estate data firm ATTOM Data Solutions, the bay area had 1,043 homes in some stage of foreclosure that month, including 299 that had gone through the foreclosure process and had been taken back by

NEW YORK -- Target is hoping to bring the magic of such characters as Mickey Mouse and Elsa to its own customers by opening permanent Disney shops at a cluster of stores starting this fall.As part of the collaboration with The Walt Disney Co., the Minneapolis-based discounter says it will

NEW PORT RICHEY - The manager for the Wiregrass Ranch Sports Complex has previewed his playbook: No false starts, an opening pace that might be considered soft, then full speed ahead for years to come.That is the plan from Richard Blalock, CEO of RADD Sports, the private company managing the

ST. PETERSBURG - Customer relationship management tech company Pipedrive said Friday it has opened its second office in the United States in downtown St. Petersburg.Pipedrive's platform is a sales management tool designed to help small sales teams manage lengthy or complex sales

Low unemployment is generally seen as a positive thing, a solid indication that most of the people who want to work can find a job.But no matter how many times talking heads say, "There can't be a recession with unemployment so low," don't believe them.There are plenty of

TASIILAQ, Greenland -- From a helicopter, Greenland's brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here -- its whole population wouldn't fill a football stadium -- are poor, with a high rate of

TARPON SPRINGS - When representatives of a storage facility on Pinellas Avenue sought a conditional use permit approval from the City Commission in June, they were told to try again.They did, and this time were told no by a divided City Commission.In June, city staff was recommending the

NEW YORK -- At a four-hour meeting last month, Michelle Abdow's staffers got to experience some of the sights, sounds and even smells they could encounter if someone invaded their office and began shooting.Security experts and local law enforcement officers gave Abdow's 23

Cricket Wireless recently opened two new stores in Pinellas County, the cell service provider announced Wednesday. Its new Largo location will be at 7577 Starkey Rd., while its Seminole Location will be in Seminole City Center at 11201 Park Blvd.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share