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January 18, 2002

Tampa Bay: January 18, 2002
Sharpton: Rights fight is now
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[Times photo: Stefanie Boyar]
TAMPA -- A toned-down Rev. Al Sharpton spoke to 1,000 people Thursday night at the University of South Florida, imploring them to get active in civil rights causes.
Ernest Hooper
Politics, premieres and blooming Brandon
Black Heritage Week just got a little more interesting.

Hillsborough County news
Brawl erupts at New Tampa high school
TAMPA -- It began with a neighborhood rivalry that heated up during a game of pick-up basketball Wednesday evening at a park on 22nd Street, south of Bearss Avenue. Overnight, teenage tensions continued to brew.

Video course brings USF to retirees
TAMPA -- The University of South Florida is reaching out to seniors in an effort to further their education and keep them mentally active by offering university courses that don't require travel to campus.

Area residents debrief admiral on war effort
A Hillsborough group gets a chance to question a major military figure in the battle against terrorism.


Tampa Bay headlines
  • Area residents debrief admiral on war effort
  • Expert recommends antiradiation pills
  • Cities' new direction: Away from one-ways
  • Woman files suit over diet program
  • Sharpton: Rights fight is now
  • Tampa Bay briefs

  • Pinellas headlines
  • Where has her Mishi Moto gone?
  • 5-year-old boy at play struck, killed by pickup
  • Turf war laid to rest
  • City hunts for parking spaces in downtown
  • Enough delay at Stauffer site
  • Pinellas digest
  • Accident or suicide? Judgment call applied
  • A dying friend opened her eyes to hospice
  • Night hours for trail pondered
  • Oldsmar elevator rule takes step forward
  • Two more jump into Tarpon campaign
  • Tarver captures state senior title
  • With miniatures came passion for painting
  • Happenings
  • Society of Arts and Letters to sponsor piano competition

  • News of Florida
  • Private school program draws its first donors
  • Teachers union endorses McBride
  • Family wins Shands surgery trial
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