<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Tampa-St-Petersburg News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=66&amp;catid=387</link><description>News Feed for - Tampa-St-Petersburg</description><item><title>American Express buys PayPal rival</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96239804&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T23:23:00</pubDate><description>AMERICAN Express is taking aim at the growing market for online and alternative payments with its deal to buy the Web payments firm Revolution Money. The financial services giant announced plans last </description><source>Herald Sun</source></item><item><title>One dead, five injured in two shootings Saturday morning in Toronto</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96153958&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T23:03:00</pubDate><description>TORONTO - Toronto police are investigating two separate shootings that left a man dead outside a downtown condo tower and five people injured outside a banquet hall in the city's east end. At around 3 </description><source>Yahoo! Canada</source></item><item><title>Storms dumping heavy rain in Pinellas</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96252294&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T23:23:00</pubDate><description>The Tampa Bay area will see rain for the rest of the evening as a strong line of storms moves in off of the Gulf of Mexico.</description><source>Tampa Tribune</source></item><item><title>Arrest made in shooting death</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96152802&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T22:16:00</pubDate><description>shooting death Wednesday night of Roddrell Jackson, 28, of Greenville. According to Greenville Police Capt. Andrew Kaho, Jackson, of 527 W. Moore St., was shot twice in the stomach around 10 p.m. The </description><source>DDT Online</source></item><item><title>Deputies, wildlife officers searching for monkey in Oldsmar</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96250220&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T21:31:00</pubDate><description>OLDSMAR - Pinellas County sheriff's deputies and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers are trying to capture a monkey this afternoon.</description><source>Tampa Tribune</source></item><item><title>Glenn Beck packs crowd in Tampa</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96209489&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T20:40:00</pubDate><description>TAMPA â?? About 1,000 people lined up along Dale Mabry Highway for the chance to meet conservative pundit Glenn Beck, who visited a Borders bookstore as part of his whirlwind tour through Florida on Saturday </description><source>St. Petersburg Times</source></item><item><title>Tampa Bay area Realtors and builders in the news</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96227185&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T18:23:00</pubDate><description>" Dale Human has been promoted to sales manager for the Tampa Bay region at Lennar's Central Florida Division. Human will oversee new home sales at eight communities throughout Pasco and Polk counties. </description><source>St. Petersburg Times</source></item><item><title>Two St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center seminars focus on building better </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96149812&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T18:22:00</pubDate><description>St. Petersburg Two seminars focus on building better businesses Prospective entrepreneurs and people who already own a business can benefit from free training and counseling offered by the St. Petersburg </description><source>St. Petersburg Times</source></item><item><title>Largo/Mid-Pinellas Chamber of Commerce seminar focuses on workplace enhancement</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96149809&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T18:22:00</pubDate><description>Seminar focuses on workplace enhancement 'Making the Workplace Worthwhile: Value-Added Benefits, Diversity &amp; Work-Life Programs' is the next topic in a continuing series of human resources seminars presented </description><source>St. Petersburg Times</source></item><item><title>Nielsen's Oldsmar facility cuts 57 jobs, some for outsourcing</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96044727&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T18:23:00</pubDate><description>OLDSMAR  In the past 30 months, the Nielsen Co. has had multiple rounds of layoffs and let go of several hundred employees in Dunedin and Oldsmar. Wednesday, the ax fell again and the TV ratings company </description><source>St. Petersburg Times</source></item><item><title>Tigers book trip to Tampa</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96210394&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T15:33:00</pubDate><description>CLEMSON, S.C. - C.J. Spiller scored a touchdown Saturday in his final game at Death Valley and No. 18 Clemson beat Virginia 34-21 on the day the Tigers wrapped up their first trip to the Atlantic Coast </description><source>Tampa Tribune</source></item><item><title>Bicyclist hits Manatee County deputy's car</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96207532&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T05:01:00</pubDate><description>BRADENTON - A homeless man was injured Saturday and faces possible DUI charges after striking a Manatee County sheriff's vehicle while riding his bike, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. </description><source>Tampa Tribune</source></item><item><title>Pedestrian killed in St. Petersburg, troopers say</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96165635&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T01:03:00</pubDate><description>Geoffrey C. Owen, of St. Petersburg, was trying to cross 62nd Avenue at 33rd Street North when he entered the path of a westbound 2001 Toyota Echo, the patrol said. Owen was pronounced dead at the scene. </description><source>Tampa Bay Online</source></item><item><title>Largo sex offender accused of having sex with girl</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96143579&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T01:03:00</pubDate><description>A registered sex offender faces 23 counts of possessing child pornography and one count of lewd and lascivious molestation after he was found having sex with a girl younger than 16, Indian Shores police </description><source>Tampa Bay Online</source></item><item><title>4. Clearwater mother speaks out in defense of dead son</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96242184&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T19:13:00</pubDate><description>Erica Pitzi7 hrs ago Clearwater, FL - Alvin Toney, 17, of Clearwater had big plans for his future. He planned to graduate from Countryside High School this year and then enroll in college next year. Some </description><source>10connects.com</source></item><item><title>Arrest made in S'port apartment complex fatal shooting</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96134979&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T10:54:00</pubDate><description>KSLA News 12 Headlines More&amp;gt;&amp;gt; SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) â?? An arrest has been made in connection to a Friday afternoon fatal shooting at a Shreveport apartment complex. Police have arrested 32-year-old </description><source>KSLA</source></item><item><title>Wikipedia founder creates help site for homeless</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96086774&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T04:40:00</pubDate><description>TAMPA, Fla. - The founder of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has created a new Web site that helps Tampa Bay area's homeless. Jimmy Wales was in town Friday to introduce the launch of tampabayhomess.wikia.com. </description><source>Gainesville Sun</source></item><item><title>Tampa's transgender ruling elicits uncertainty</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96203754&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T03:27:00</pubDate><description>BROOKSVILLE - Will Tampa's decision Thursday to broaden its policy on discrimination to include transgendered individuals lead to a review of personnel procedures for Hernando County, the city of Brooksville </description><source>Hernando Today</source></item><item><title>Area's double-digit jobless rates still rising</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96088531&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T22:54:00</pubDate><description>Jobless rates in York, Chester and Lancaster counties rose slightly again in October, state employment officials said Friday, representing the 10th straight month with double-digit unemployment rates </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>3. UPDATE: Suspect Arrested in Clearwater apartment parking lot shooting</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96168489&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T20:48:00</pubDate><description>UPDATE: Police have identified Trenton Williams as the shooter. Police also say the shooting was the result of a robbery attempt in which Williams heard the victim had a gun for sale and orchestrated </description><source>10connects.com</source></item><item><title>Bay area volleyball beasts take over the state</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96143857&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T17:53:00</pubDate><description>LAKELAND - You can't hit a volleyball at this week's state finals at The Lakeland Center without someone from the Bay Area smacking it back. These kids mean business. Take Friday's Class 2A semifinal </description><source>Tampa Tribune</source></item><item><title>Skate competition rolling into Safety Harbor</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96153860&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T12:34:00</pubDate><description>SAFETY HARBOR - Local skateboarders will have the opportunity to show off their skills hassle-free today in Safety Harbor during an all-day event that is open to all ages. The Ian Tilmann Memorial Skateboard </description><source>Tampa Bay Online</source></item><item><title>Rays panel may brief Hillsborough</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96142992&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T05:22:00</pubDate><description>CLEARWATER - First, the coalition studying the Tampa Bay Rays stadium options suggested the best stadium location could be in Hillsborough County, to the chagrin of St. Petersburg leaders. Now the same </description><source>Tampa Bay Online</source></item><item><title>Another monkey sighting ??? this time in northwest Hillsborough</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96081056&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T04:51:00</pubDate><description>James McMullen was sitting on his patio, like always, enjoying his morning coffee when he saw what he thought was a big cat in a backyard tree. "I said to myself, 'Man, that is a big cat.' " So he walked </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Iorio: Families of fallen officers will not have to pay for health benefits</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96134986&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=387</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T03:39:00</pubDate><description>For more than a decade, the spouses of Tampa police officers killed in the line of duty have been offered a choice of health insurance plans at no cost to them â?? three this year. Last, the city sent </description><source>Tampa Tribune</source></item></channel></rss>