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Thursday, Jul 27, 2017
Once a rare disease nearly killed her, now this teen is ready to meet a princess
Marina Khimko laughs while waiting for her prosthetist, Jason Myers, to prepare her prosthetic legs for a fitting during a Dec. 7 appointment at the Shriners Hospital for Children. [ANDRES LEIVA | Times]
Everything was packed for Walt Disney World. Clothes for three nights. The pressurized air vest and pump that travel with her. The dress she would wear to meet Cinderella.Only Marina Khimko's shins and feet were missing. But the 14-year-old girl and...
Aquarium curator Carol Audette touches noses with Snooty the manatee in 2001 at the South Florida Museum. Snooty was 53 then. [Times 2001]
Epilogue: Snooty, 69, a breed apart from other manatees (w/video)
Tampa Premium Outlets, 2300 Grand Cypress Drive. The area’s newest outlet is touting the shop tax free weekend and extra savings on top of already reduced prices.
Area shopping outlets plan sales tax holiday promotions
ALESSANDRA DA PRA | TimesA heart-shaped box containing Katie Golden's ashes sits next to her picture at her family's South Tampa home. Katie died from a drug overdose in April 2017. She was only 17-years-old.
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