The Tampa Bay Rays' uncertain bid to obtain more than $300 million in public funding for a new stadium became a little less certain this week. That's because the Rays, in response to procedural delays regarding approval of the necessary bonds,

Uneasy about where Pinellas County and the Rays stand on a deal to build a $1.3 billion stadium, the City Council also voted to delay taking out hundreds of million in debt for the project. The council instead voted 5-2 to postpone that vote to no later than Jan.