Exchanging glances [Times photo: Fraser Hale] Tasha Elizabeth, at left, and Peggy Campbell check out Gunther, a 4-year-old camel, Monday in Westwood Plaza on Gunn Highway. Gunther is part of "The Zoo," a petting zoo set up in the shopping center today through Sunday. Gunther was waiting to be unloaded from the truck.

Hillsborough County news
Lawyer David Kerr dies at 72
The German-born lawyer who married into the prominent Lykes family was a dealmaker active in the community.

Internet porn site wins legal standoff
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from Tampa officials who want to shut down Voyeur Dorm based on zoning ordinances.

Brandon pastor cites 'moral indiscretion,' resigns
The Rev. Ken Alford stuns Bell Shoals Baptist congregants, referring to marital problems and an undisclosed sin.

Two officers are cleared of wrongdoing
A report faults a third officer who was working an undercover prostitution sting for not identifying herself.

Request to divert funds for reading causes stir
A church coalition and two School Board members question why a reading program for poor kids may lose some state funds.

Ernest Hooper
Musings on endorsements, new jobs and teddy bears
City Council member and mayoral candidate Bob Buckhorn has received the endorsement of 30 pastors, many of whom head up some of Tampa's largest predominantly black churches.

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