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February 24, 2002

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TAMPA -- In sessions with a psychiatrist, a young Michael Gonzalez was asked to express his feelings through pictures. Putting crayon to paper, the boy unveiled two separate sides of his soul. Story
Mary Jo Melone
It's out with slightly worn, in with the newly built
Every time I set foot in Jacobson's in Old Hyde Park Village, I expected to be immediately discovered for who and what I was and shown the door. My wallet was too thin, my clothes too casual, my dress size too large for the starved, flat-chested look that Jacobson's, like every other high-end department store, featured.

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Schools attempt to think smaller
Districts must construct smaller schools or adjust existing ones to meet state caps on student enrollment.

Bleeding money
A paper trail of hospital bills -- mostly unpaid -- shows how Bayfront's trauma center walks the line between providing an invaluable community asset and staying solvent.

Weather expected to be clear but cool
After two straight days of gray skies and nonstop drizzle, the Tampa Bay area can expect a return to sunshine.

Metro week in review
Notes sent home about kids' weight


South Pinellas headlines
  • City buys property to rebuild Midtown
  • Candidates address priorities, relations
  • Air potatoes reduced, but still a park nuisance
  • 22nd Street transition
  • Election will bring youth and new ideas
  • Charlie Hunter fuses with jazz partners
  • Volunteers read to kids, then give gift of books
  • Who are the 'bums' of Williams Park?
  • Inspired, not tired
  • Know your candidates
  • 5 vie for 2 seats in South Pasadena
  • Do-gooders compete in Gulfport
  • Incumbents challenged in Treasure Island
  • Students tackle mind benders for Odyssey
  • Young basks in double honors
  • Athlete assists another with goal
  • Activists take on the drug dealers in march
  • A word or two on me before our paths cross
  • Dinner to go
  • Gateway will indulge in Bath & Body Works store
  • Dishwasher, Elvis fan will be missed
  • Beaches notebook
  • Decision on land remains in limbo
  • Canine dogma relaxes at St. Pete Beach parks
  • Owner suing city over denied corporate retreat
  • What's up on campus
  • Students help 'mash' air potato problem
  • WaterWorks members make an early splash
  • Suncoast champion SPC takes aim at state tourney
  • Strikers, Cullum kingpins entering last round

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Movie theater's draw: See and be seen
  • Largo may try to peer into future
  • On this range, avoid birdies
  • Dimmitt's dealing days not over
  • Should preserve host ball fields?
  • Jury acquits four men on rape charges

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Two blaze path of fear in Tampa
  • Deputy in Tampa accused of sex crime
  • Return of man who set fires upsets neighbors

  • North of Tampa
  • Boggs steps up to Wharton plate
  • A loner's story
  • Developer haggles, wants 83 homes
  • A rare day for special pupils
  • Prep Notebook
  • Wharton learns from past disappointment
  • Age matters not to tennis champ
  • Damaged irrigation system due for repair
  • Neighborhood notebook
  • The clean squad
  • Freedom has mascot down Pat
  • Chamberlain principal breaks another barrier
  • Open & shut

  • News of Florida
  • Insured sue, claiming credit bias
  • Bush-bashing alive in Democrat stronghold
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