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Tampa - Students in three Florida schools got a brief reprieve from taking scheduled state tests after a squirrel knocked out power. In addition, hundreds of other customers in the vicinity lost electricity for a period of time.

Tampa - Are we to believe signals that the housing market is recovering? Are housing markets truly poised to recover in 2013? Or is all the talk nothing more than fiction?

Tampa - Appearing at a federal bankruptcy hearing in Tampa on Monday, Casey Anthony told creditors that she's broke, doesn’t have a job or a car, saying: "I guess you could say I'm living free off the kindness of others."

At the Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan speak out against President Obama. An activist grandmother devotes her life to dolphin rights. Green tea can help smokers quit. These are the top stories on Digital Journal.

Reaching wind speeds of 75 mph, the storm Isaac is now a Category 1 hurricane and is moving northwest toward the mouth of the Mississippi River. It's expected to make landfall along the Louisiana coast tonight.

Dover - A Dover, FL man kept Hillsborough County Sheriff's dispatchers busy last week, repeatedly calling 911 and asking dispatchers to send female deputies so he could have sex.

Tampa - Hurricane Isaac, a tropical storm, is due to hit southeast of Puerto Rico and Florida next week. If it does hit Tampa Bay, then the effects could be devastating.

Woo hoo, Boo Boo! Houston just made another Top 5 list! Okay, maybe we should say “boo hoo” instead, because it's the list of US cities most likely to have big-time identity thieves stealing billions of dollars by filing fraudulent tax returns.

Tampa - Tampa's Adult Entertainment Industry has been in over-drive these past few months making ready to cash in when the Grand Old Party comes to town.

Tampa - A McDonald's restaurant in Tampa, Fla. has drawn attention this week after a customer recently filed a state complaint which alleges a live roach fell out of the ceiling and into his food.