Rays trade a pitcher: Hellickson to Diamondbacks. Sports, 1C In the know tampabay.com FLORIDA’S BEST NEWSPAPER SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2014 | $1 $20M USF grant delves into gulf PANTHER’S DEATH TIES A RECORD FOR ROADKILL There now are100 to180 Florida panthers, but their growing presence and dwindling habitat means more deadly encounters on roads. So far this year, 19 have been struck by vehicles. Local,1B DEEPWATER HORIZON, APRIL 20, 2010 ‘Rogue’ deputy punished in Pasco Learn how to find the right coverage for you at healthcare.gov. A longtime Pasco County deputy, with a reputation for doing things his way, has been arrested on a charge of evidence tampering and has been fired. Local,1B BY JODIE TILLMAN Times Staff Writer Break alleged for an FSU player Tallahassee police wrote traffic tickets in a hit-and-run case involving a starting cornerback, the New York Times reports. Local,1B Getty Images USF will examine two gulf oil spills, 30 years apart, to assess what happens to the oil released — should there be another. Swim with sharks? Yes, absolutely Visitors from England take a dip in the Florida Aquarium’s shark tank and get a close look at the rays, fish and yes, the sharks. Sue Carlton,1B IXTOC I, JUNE 3, 1979 Grand jury’s duty in Ferguson case The decision of whether to charge a police officer with a crime is difficult and complex, but the grand jury’s decision in the Michael Brown shooting is coming soon. Nation, 2A Philae? Earth calling Philae ... Associated Press The lander was able to drill into the surface of a comet, but its batteries apparently have run out. Can anything be done? Daily Briefing, 3A After their blowouts, fires burn in the Deepwater Horizon, top, and Ixtoc 1 spills. Deepwater Horizon flooded the northern Gulf of Mexico with oil; Ixtoc 1 did so in the south, in the Bay of Campeche off Mexico. Gary Shelton says his goodbyes he University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science is getting a $20.2 million grant to continue leading studies of the impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster — in part by studying the impact of another Gulf of Mexico oil spill that happened in 1979. “By looking into the past, it should enable us to look into the future,” said oceanographer Jacqueline E. Dixon, BY CRAIG PITTMAN T Times Staff Writer The longtime columnist shares his best sports memories. Among them: a Super Bowl win, the Stanley Cup and a wonderful run to the World Series. Sports,1C The last time Florida State won in Miami, they did it with their running game. That might have to work again tonight. Sports,1C FSU-Miami: 8 p.m., Ch. 28 Florida-South Carolina: noon, SEC Network Wilder workouts bring challenges BY IVAN PENN Times Staff Writer Off-road running and biking bring another level of mental and physical challenges, inspiring athletes to hit the trails. Personal Best While Florida utilities continue to argue that solar panels on rooftops and over parking doesn’t make economic sense, the business and government communities seem to think otherwise. The latest: Lockheed Martin plans to build a large-scale solar system at its Pinellas County TODAY’S WEATHER Chilly start 8 a.m. 49° Noon 68° 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 72° 63° tampabay.com Retailers try to coax holiday shoppers to open wallets early. Dog massage Watch canines of all sizes get a massage from a certified dog massage therapist for the first time at tbtim.es/agq. BY JEFF HARRINGTON Times Staff Writer INDEX Astrology 4F Crosswords 13A, F Business 4B Editorials Classified F Lottery 2A 3F Puzzles 4F Comics Vol. 131 No. 114 © Times Publishing Co. that it continued spewing for nearly a year, dumping more than 3 million barrels of oil into the gulf. Two months after the initial blowout, the first tar balls began showing up on the Texas shore. Soon the state’s entire coastline was coated. A thousand birds needed cleaning. Tourism dropped by 60 percent. Mexican and American scientists were given millions in government funds to track the effects of the Ixtoc spill. But facility, joining Great Bay Beer Distributors, Tampa International Airport, C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center and James A. Haley VA Medical Center. Together, those facilities will produce almost 11 megawatts of electricity, enough to continually power more than 1,400 homes. Lockheed Martin’s solar operation, a canopy-style system that will shade employee cars in its . . See ENROLLMENT, 5A Using Healthcare.gov For a video that can help you learn how to navigate the marketplace, visit tampabay.com/video. See GULF, 9A parking lot in the 3600 block of Tampa Road in Oldsmar, is expected to produce up to 2 megawatts of electricity. That would be one of the largest solar arrays in Tampa Bay. The Oldsmar facility employs 380 people, and provides systems engineering, software development and other services for the aerospace, technology and defense contractor. Curt Engel, general manager for Lockheed Martin mission systems and training, said the company expects to reach a contract for the deal within the next 30 days and begin construction in early 2015. The solar array would become operational before the end of 2015, he said. “This makes both ecological and business sense, from our . See SOLAR, 6A Getting a jump on Black Friday 0% chance of rain More, back page of Sports . dean of USF’s marine science program. The Ixtoc 1 spill occurred in a section of the gulf called the Bay of Campeche, just north of the Mexican coast. Problems with drilling muds led to a blowout at the government-owned rig, which caught fire and collapsed — just like BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig off the coast of Louisiana four years ago. “Many things were similar,” Dixon said. The fire and scattered debris from Ixtoc 1 made capping the well so difficult Consumers who buy health insurance on their own can start shopping for coverage today when the Affordable Care Act marketplace opens for its second year of business. Most exchange plans in Florida will come with higher premiums, the state insurance regulator reported. Of the 11 returning companies, eight filed average rate increases ranging from 11 to 23 percent, and three filed rate decreases ranging from 5 to 12 percent, officials said. But experts often point out that consumers shouldn’t pick a plan based on the monthly premium price tag. A high deductible — the amount a consumer must spend out of pocket before the plan starts to pay benefits — can mean that patients who need medical services might spend a lot more than if they had purchased a plan with higher premiums but a lower deductible. Premium subsidies, which vary according to your income, are another key factor. More than 90 percent of Floridians qualified for a subsidy in 2013, the federal government has said. Although subsidies for states, including Florida, that did not create their Nuclear force to Lockheed Martin invests in solar get $10B The company’s canopy-style panels will cut its reliance on utilities. overhaul FSU-Miami rivalry on display today . Health plans open today 12A Been to a Black Friday event to kick off your holiday shopping yet? Slacker. By the calendar, the biggest day of the retail year isn’t supposed to happen until Nov. 28, the day after Thanksgiving. Don’t tell that to hordes of shoppers who are already snapping up deals online and in person through Black Fridaythemed events. From Home Depot to Walmart to a cluster of small businesses in downtown St. Petersburg, there’s no shortage of early deals. It’s all part of the effort to get into shoppers’ wallets early for what promises to be the strongest retail season in years. The National Retail Federation has predicted sales in November will rise a relatively robust 4.1 percent to $616.9 billion, besting a 3.1 percent increase in the 2013 season. If that holds true, it would be the first time holiday sales jumped more than 4 percent since 2011. Matthew Shay, president of the retail federation, acknowledged the lagging economic recovery “is still top of mind for many Americans” and will affect . See SHOPPING, 9A CAROLINA HIDALGO | Times (2013) Shoppers navigate carts at a Tampa Target on Black Friday last year. Many retailers aren’t making customers wait for deals in what might be the strongest retail season in years. Widespread issues in the arsenal and staff prompt the changes. Associated Press MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — The Pentagon will spend an additional $10 billion to correct deep problems of neglect and mismanagement within the nation’s nuclear forces, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel declared Friday, pledging firm action to support the men and women who handle the world’s most powerful and deadly weapons. Hagel ordered top-to-bottom changes in the nuclear arsenal’s management, which he said had been allowed over the years to backslide, afflicted by broken and missing equipment, poor leadership and inadequate training and staffing. Hagel told a Pentagon news conference Friday morning — before flying to Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota where many of the nuclear force troubles began — that the Defense Department will boost spending on the nuclear forces by about 10 percent a year for the next five years, saying there is no problem on this issue the Pentagon can’t fix. That would be a total . See NUCLEAR, 7A
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