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January 20, 2002
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Flight of the fledglings

[Times photo: John Pendygraft]
Who are the kids that can fly before they drive? A few motivated minors reach for the sky and dream of the Air Force and commercial aviation.. |
Top stories
Fitting or futile? Honoring a dream with a road
It was to be a lasting tribute to one of the world's great civil rights leaders.
Mary Jo Melone
Sept. 11's millionaires: Is this what we gave for?
If I had a million dollars, once I got done paying the taxes, I'd redo the house, go to Paris, and sock away money for my daughter's education and my own retirement.
Peace march rallies at base
TAMPA -- Edna Lee doesn't stand around talking about truth and freedom. For her, it means walking.
Liquid death
Just a teaspoonful of a drug called GHB can have the same effect as more than a dozen beers -- and knock the user unconscious without warning. Now imagine someone high on GHB behind the wheel of a car.
Arrest sends man 'home' to jail
INVERNESS -- For some, jail is home -- the only place they can get a bed, food and mental health treatment.
Bubbles muddle Pinellas' plans to settle wastewater problems
It's not that they haven't tried.
Pinellas County manatee deaths rise to 9 in 2001
As soon as she saw the manatee in Tarpon Springs' Kreamer Bayou, Cyndi Sweeney sensed something was wrong.
Metro Week in Review
INVERNESS -- Clifford Micklos shot his wife in the head. But the 86-year-old is going to receive house arrest and probation in a plea deal for what he calls the mercy killing of his gravely ill wife.
South Pinellas headlines
Buzz at the hub
Council rejects Lealman annexation
Music, vigil marks King's birthday
Indian Rocks hears 'not cool' on skatepark
Abe going bald? Ink runs? Bill is phony
How high can beach structures be built?
Lake Maggiore plan raises questions
Problems on 2 bridges snarl traffic to beaches
Outback probably won't sizzle till summer
Heritage selects two vice presidents
Healthy haven
Beaches notebook
Neighborhood notebook
Lealman activists chat with suitors
St. Anthony's benefit was all funny business
Now you can talk to City Hall on your computer
Solid double yellow line marks road to confusion
Treasure Island may drop bridge pass perk
Friendly drug-sniffer was 'pet and a true partner'
Treasure Island bridge price rises, falls on finer features
Malls cozy up to kids with play areas, more
560 tickets given in 1 day
Cops get jitters, too during traffic stops
What's up on campus
Haven, Jesus provided for troubled women
Round and round go arguments over track
St. Petersburg marathoner on quite a run
Bing plays part in win over Louisville, Pitino
Tarver captures state senior title
North Pinellas headlines
An honor for poise despite danger
Skeptical crowd warms to complex
Foamy bubbles muddle water treatment plans
A manatee mystery
Police release new sketch of kidnapper
Headlines through the years
Hillsborough headlines
Planners want modest MLK parade to grow
What's black, gold and white all over?
News of Florida
State twists spigot of aid to disabled
Tax overhaul plan greeted with silence

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