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February 11, 2002 Tampa Bay: February 11, 2002 South Pinellas County news
Murders are down, but a rise is feared
Experts point to a sagging economy and more young people, who commit most murders, as two reasons for an expected increase.

Tampa Bay headlines
Murders are down, but a rise is feared

Teachers take gripes to their own Web site

2 dead; man jailed in bar shooting

Schools prepare kids to be put to test

North Pinellas headlines
Want some beads? Festival offers 86,400

Offspring learn on the land of pioneers

Energetic teen group to lobby legislators

Hospitals provide samples

New life for an old beauty

Desalination plants should be opposed

Hillsborough headlines
Defeat became blessing for judge

Students quiz schools at College Fair 2002

News of Florida
The man behind TV's antitax ads

Air passenger charged with having plastic knife

Guards trial may not be clear-cut

Key details of state's case

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