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        West Tampa activists hope that a megachurch won't succeed in taking over a local landmark....
       
      
        By Roxanne Escobales
      
      
      Marcelo Maseda, 87, reckoned he was the oldest man in the Save Our Centro Committee meeting in early November at the West Tampa library. Still dapper in a hat and jacket, Maseda is a living piece of Tampa's history -- a Tampe&ntilde;o, and the two-time mayor of Ybor City. He also used to be vice president of the Centro Espa&ntilde;ol de West Tampa, whose former building is at the center of a power struggle between the neighborhood, the current owner
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        The hidden crime of human trafficking....
       
      
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      *The names of Ra&uacute;l and Ignaci&oacute;, as well as other victims interviewed for this story, have been changed. According to agencies that are helping them, revealing the identities of victims would place them in physical danger. It's an apt, if ironic, condition for a story about people whose suffering, in the words of Clearwater Police Deputy Chief Dewey Williams, "flies under the radar." When Pastor Rafael Amengual met Ra&uacute;l and Ignaci&oacute;* at a Hispanic church in Plant City on the
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        By Roxanne Escobales
      
      
      When trafficking victims are found and law enforcement (such as the police or ICE) becomes involved, they are not just sent back to their home countries. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, reauthorized in 2003, created legal immigration relief in the form of the T visa and something called "continued presence" status. Both allow the victims to stay in the U.S. legally while allowing them to work and access social services, such as medical care, housing and food stamps.
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        The quiet triumph of Clearwater's internationally known guitar maker....
       
      
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      You could whiz past and not even notice it. The glass-fronted shop at 1929 Drew St. in Clearwater has been there for 18 years, but its plain-scripted sign -- "Augustino LoPrinzi, Guitar Maker" -- is as modest as the two people working inside. LoPrinzi, in chinos and a plaid short-sleeved shirt, and his daughter Donna, in a long T-shirt and shorts, aren't about flash. In fact, they discourage it. If a customer comes in with a design for a guitar
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