Weekend tragedy now a downtown curiosity [Times photo: Stefanie Boyar] TAMPA -- From the eighth-floor conference room of a downtown law office, attorney Thomas Hoeler craned his neck to peer at the skyscraper across the street, its rows of gleaming glass marred by slabs of wood, like a single bad tooth in an otherwise perfect smile. Pentagon reviews MacDill safety TAMPA -- Pentagon officials said Monday they would review security at MacDill Air Force Base after critics raised questions about how a teenager flying a stolen plane could easily violate restricted airspace. Picture emerges of teen suicide pilot Charles Bishop was a teacher's dream. He read Shakespeare in class, pulled together a middle school literary magazine and enjoyed a good game of flag football. Experts see troubled kid who chose copycat act TAMPA -- Although Charles Bishop wrote a note sympathizing with the Sept. 11 attacks, and later crashed a small plane into a Tampa high-rise, authorities took pains to say the student pilot was no terrorist. Flight schools: Breach of trust difficult to prevent The operators of most flight schools across Central Florida opened for business Monday uncertain how to stop a student pilot from stealing an airplane -- and even more uncertain whether additional security measures would help prevent it.

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Ringling jabs at animal rights groups
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