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Hypnotist performs gastric bypass hypnosis in Hillsborough

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:08:09 -0400

Rena Greenberg, an author and hypnotist, spent decades offering group hypnosis sessions at hospitals throughout Hillsborough County for people wanting to lose weight or quit smoking.

South Brandon church marks anniversary with Easter celebration

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:26:08 -0400

Len Harper, pastor of South Brandon Worship Center, 4929 Bell Shoals Road, invites the community to celebrate the church's 25th anniversary.

Rare type of encephalitis reported in Hillsborough

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:30:41 -0400

The individual, who was infected in northwest Hillsborough in early March, is recovering under a physician's care, health officials said.

Belgium offers chocolate-flavored stamps for Easter

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:34:04 -0400

BRUSSELS — Feel like having chocolate at Easter in Belgium? Well, send a letter and really lick that chocolate-flavored postal stamp.

U.S. spent nearly $3.7 million on former presidents in 2012

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:40:16 -0400

WASHINGTON — Being the leader of the free world is an expensive proposition. And the costs don't stop once you leave the White House.

Soda sales continue to fall, but Americans like energy drinks

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:36:27 -0400

Americans' consumption of fizzy soft drinks, on the decline since 2005, fell last year to its lowest level since 1996. If it weren't for increasingly popular energy drinks like Monster and Red Bull, the decline would have been worse.

Otto: Is Kress building a sign of Tampa's future?

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:00:00 -0400

The mayor's state of the city is planned to be given in the old Kress building, leading columnist Steve Otto to wonder if a five and dime speech is coming.

Little Brother thanks Big Brother 40 years later in Tampa reunion

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:52:11 -0400

Chris Allen's single mom knew he needed a guiding hand, and that led to a Big Brother relationship with Harry McAlister.

Lesbian couple argues for rights in Supreme Court case

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:04:11 -0400

BERKELEY, Calif. — Big change is coming to the lives of the lesbian couple at the center of the fight for same-sex marriage in California no matter how the Supreme Court decides their case.

Hillsborough animal lover finds a way to save furry friends

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:39:42 -0400

She describes it as "one of those lovely calls out of the blue" that makes your day.

New pope opens Holy Week on Palm Sunday

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:22:10 -0400

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, encouraging people to be humble and young at heart as he promised to go to a youth jamboree Brazil this summer, while the faithful enthusiastically waved olive branches and braided palm fronds.

Giant skeeter hysteria builds, but is it humbug?

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:08:10 -0400

Here's the latest in the long history of headlines about nature gone wild in Florida: Millions upon millions of giant killer mosquitoes are massing, poised to stab humans with proboscises the size of steakhouse knives.

Probiotics probably won't help with perm