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VETERAN BLAMES FIGHT OVER FOOTBALL ON TV IN SHOOTING DEATHS OF GIRLFRIEND AND HER SON, 10

A man accused of shooting his live-in girlfriend and her 10-year-old son told deputies they attacked him after an argument over changing the channel to watch a football game, an arrest report says. But evidence at the scene contradicts that story, according to the report. Tyron Terell Johnson, 42, called 911 at 6:47 p.m. Sunday and said he shot two people "because he was being attacked," the report says. Deputies arrived at the apartment at 4302 Mariners Cove Ct., Apt. 104, and found the woman and boy dead from apparent gunshot wounds. Their names have not been released. Stay with tampabay.com for updates.

THE BATTLE OVER FLORIDA'S PROPOSED GREYHOUND RACING BAN HAS ONE SIDE ACCUSING THE OTHER OF EMPLOYING 'THE WORST OF MODERN POLITICS'



The most contentious issue of the 2018 election cycle in Florida may have nothing to do with Republican versus Democrat. The battle for Constitutional Amendment 13, which would ban gambling on commercial dog racing in Florida by 2020, has gotten ugly. At issue is not dog racing itself, but a phrase in the preamble to the proposed amendment that says, "The humane treatment of animals is a fundamental value of the people of the State of Florida." One group is arguing that Amendment 13 could lead to a ban on sport fishing. The Florida Supreme Court disagrees.

COPS SHOULD GET BODY CAMERAS BEFORE CELL PHONES GET THEM

It's happened again. Another snippet of video, columnist John Romano writes. Another Florida cop being questioned. This time, it's in Coral Springs, and the cop is punching the midsection of a 14-year-old girl who is pinned on the ground with two cops above her, and her hands underneath her. As usual, the police say the video doesn't tell the whole story, he writes. The video looks bad, but it's an incomplete picture.

COOL! FALL HAS FINALLY ARRIVED IN TAMPA BAY

While it may not be as dramatic as seeing the bright orange and red foliage that marks the arrival of autumn up north, it looks like fall as finally come to Tampa Bay. Residents woke up to seasonably brisk conditions, and after weeks of sweltering highs in the low 90s, highs will only reach the mid-80s this week. "The weather's very refreshing," Diane Martinez, who walks Tampa's Riverwalk every morning, said Monday. "It seems like we've had the longest summer ever. It's nice to finally feel a little bit of a cool-off." Expect the comfortable feel to last throughout the week.

A 14-YEAR-OLD LONG OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO COULD BECOME ONE OF THE WORST IN U.S. HISTORY

An oil spill that has been quietly leaking millions of barrels into the Gulf of Mexico has gone unplugged for so long that it now verges on becoming one of the worst offshore disasters in U.S. history. Between 300 and 700 barrels of oil per day have been spewing from a site 12 miles off the Louisiana coast since 2004, when an oil-production platform owned by Taylor Energy sank in a mudslide triggered by Hurricane Ivan. Many of the wells have not been capped, and federal officials estimate that the spill could continue through this century. With no fix in sight, the Taylor offshore spill is threatening to overtake BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster as the largest ever.

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