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3 unusual facts about The St. Petersburg Times


David Barstow

He worked for The St. Petersburg Times in Florida, where he was a finalist for three Reporting Pulitzers: spot news reporting in 1997, investigative reporting in 1998; and explanatory journalism in 1998 (now called explanatory reporting).

Joseph R. Gannascoli

He registered a blood-alcohol level of .111 according The St. Petersburg Times.

New Zenit Stadium

In January 2009 the The St. Petersburg Times reported that the project was now to be funded by the city government of St Petersburg, with Gazprom switching to build a separate skyscraper project.


2011 New York Giants season

Some news organizations, among them The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, said that the Giants' victory in the Super Bowl made them NFL's version of the 2011 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, saying that these two championship teams that had been given the last rites by many near the end of the season, emerged as champions at the end.

Alexander D'Arcy

Evidently a favorite of such cult directors as Roger Corman, Russ Meyer and Sam Fuller, D'Arcy was seen in Corman's The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967), Meyer's The Seven Minutes (1971) and Fuller's Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1972).

Florida Council of 100

The Florida Council of 100 is joining with NBC News, National Journal and the St. Petersburg Times to sponsor a nationally televised debate of the leading Republican presidential candidates prior to the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Gabe Hudson

“Dear Mr. President” was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by GQ, as well as a Best Book of the Year by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Village Voice, and a New & Noteworthy Paperback by The New York Times.

GaYbor

GaYBOR District Coalition has also received positive press from; The St. Petersburg Times, South Tampa News, Creative Loafing, La Gaceta, Tampa Tribune, all local TV Stations & CNN News.

Leo Hershfield

After moving to Bradenton, FL in 1958, Hershfield continued to illustrate books and articles for the St. Petersburg Times and Sarasota Herald Tribune, spending his spare time sailing the Manatee River and documenting Florida through watercolors.

Leslie Rule

In October 2001, the St. Petersburg Times covered Rule's visit to Don CeSar Beach Resort and Spa in St. Pete Beach, Florida, where the spirits of Thomas Rowe, builder of the 1928 resort, and his lover, Lucinda, according to locals, periodically appear.

The St. Andrew lodge Oscar to the burning star

The lodge was originally founded in Drammen in 1826 as a Craft lodge, practising the three degrees of St. John.

The St. Michael School

Two students went to the United World College Costa Rica (Santa Ana, Costa Rica) and one to the United World College-USA (Montezuma, USA) ".

Tyrone McKenzie

McKenzie attended Riverview High School where he was a first-team All-Hillsborough County selection by the Tampa Tribune and second-team all-county pick by the St. Petersburg Times as a running back.


see also

Congressional Quarterly

Until 2009, CQ was owned by the Times Publishing Company of St. Petersburg, Fla., publisher of the Tampa Bay Times (formerly the St. Petersburg Times) and other publications.

Martin Waldron

Martin Oliver "Mo" Waldron (February 2, 1925 – May 27, 1981) was an American newspaper reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing in the St. Petersburg Times during 1963 "reckless, unchecked spending" on the construction of the Sunshine State Parkway.