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March 14, 2002
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SPECIAL REPORT

As cities grow, the lakes, streams and creeks they surround suffer. Chances are, the issues that created the Stevenson Creek mess are the same issues that affect a creek near you. Story |
Mary Jo Melone
How can we keep kids' eyes on the prize?
The idea that you have to promise a child a prize to get him to try hard on a school test goes against everything I believe.
Top stories
Trainer of famed chimp J. Fred Muggs dies at 80
The chimp and trainer, together since 1952, made up an act that is credited with saving NBC's Today show in the early 1950s.
Board to rethink special ed plans
The county will reconsider spreading out the classes after parents and teachers oppose the idea.
Strawberry misbehavior is detailed
The former Yankees star is accused of having sex with another resident in a substance abuse center, among other allegations.
I-275 will close ... uh, sometime
Confusion over the word "midnight" and a supervisor's injury delay construction in St. Petersburg.
South Pinellas headlines
Plan sparks new debate about Albert Whitted airport
North Pinellas headlines
Principal can finish year after all
Baptists find their man in Tennessee
Hibbard wooed Hart's former supporters
Commission still split over library size
Commission critics now a part of it
First use of touch screens is smooth
Councilman's wife seeks, gets restraining order
First use of touch screens is smooth
Pinellas digest
Candidate reponse
Why are elections scheduled so few can vote in them?
Crime digest
Hillsborough headlines
Search is on again for a dog runaway
Police chief orders safer holsters
Mother charged in child's drowning
Motorcyclist killed in collision with SUV
Suit: McDonald's ejected blind man
News of Florida
Senator's end run puts halt on McKay tax idea
'ATHEIST' plate raises a holy ruckus
Bill's goal: more jurors, fewer felons
Legislature in brief
Senate voting flurry chips at open records law

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