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Charley Walters: Trevor Plouffe says secret to Twins' success is good, old-fashioned hard workSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:23PMThere's a simple reason why Trevor Plouffe and a handful of his teammates who were promoted to the Twins from Triple-A Rochester this season have been able to help the major league club climb back into contention after an abysmal start.

Volunteers clean up old crab trapsSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:22PMBy Shelley Rossetter, Times Staff Writer Saturday, July 16, 2011 RIVERVIEW — Volunteers pulled about 100 abandoned crab traps from the water Saturday morning in an effort to save trapped sea creatures and clean up Tampa Bay. Organized by the non-profit group Tampa Bay Watch, dozens of volunteers met at six sites in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties to search for the thousands of traps thought ...

Oakland Athletics Trade Rumors: Josh Willingham and Andrew Bailey on the Block?Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:14PMIt comes as no surprise that Athletics ' names are starting to pop up in trade rumors. Expectations are that Josh Willingham , Coco Crisp, David DeJesus, Hideki Matsui, Michael Wuertz and perhaps Grant Balfour and Brian Fuentes will at least be shopped before the deadline. What did come as a surprise, though, was Andrew Bailey's name popping up on MLBTraderumors.com yesterday. Let's quickly ...

Red Sox homer 3 times, rally past RaysSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:59PMDustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury and Josh Reddick homered and the Boston Red Sox rallied from an early three-run deficit...

Who's worth a bundle to Obama 2012Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:51PMBy Alex Leary and Adam C. Smith, Times Staff Writers Saturday, July 16, 2011 Florida is critical to President Barack Obama 's re-election effort because of its 29 electoral votes. But the state is also a major source of campaign cash, and on Friday we got a glimpse of the men and women who helped him raise a whopping $47 million for the second quarter. Raising $500,000 or more for Obama were ...

What a difference two decades has made for Vision AirlinesSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:50PMVision Airlines is the newest low-cost air carrier at the Northwest Florida Regional Airport, offering direct flights to 15 cities and several others by connections.Although it does not have the name recognition of a Delta, United or Southwest, Vision is not a fly-by-night carrier that came out...

Who Will Be Next Miss Florida USA?Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:47PMHOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Sixty-two women from across the state are in South Florida this week in hopes of becoming the next Miss Florida USA on Saturday. The reigning queen of the Miss Florida Pageant will go on to represent the state of Florida in the Miss USA pageant.

Hairston, Niese give Mets easy time against PhilliesSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:30PMScott Hairston, subbing for Carlos Beltran, had a five-RBI day and Jon Niese gave up six hits and two runs in seven strong innings of work on Saturday.

Area Golf Notebook: 'The Finklestein' has come a long way in 50 yearsSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:18PMThe Jacksonville Area Golf Association Amateur Championship turns the Big 5-0 Thursday. The field of the top amateur players on the First Coast will tee off at the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club Lagoon Course. The first and third rounds will be at the par-70 Lagoon and the second and fourth rounds will be at the par-72 Ocean Course.