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April 9, 2002

Tampa Bay: April 9, 2002 Hillsborough County news
Truck loses brakes, rams tollbooth
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[Times photo: Ken Helle]
A "lucky" toll collector is treated and released from the hospital in the Selmon Expressway crash.

Ernest Hooper
A loaded race, a loaded show
In the wake of Stacy Easterling's decision to challenge fellow Hillsborough County Commissioner Jim Norman in the District 5 countywide election, some familiar names have emerged as potential candidates for Easterling's District 1 seat: Kathy Castor, Mark Sharp and John Dingfelder.


Tampa Bay headlines
  • Billy's almost famous overnight
  • Street explodes in gunfire; man dies
  • District pulls 2 books on killers
  • Off the course and stuck in a swamp trap

  • Pinellas headlines
  • Thieves cut hole in roof to rob bank
  • Woman and son from Baltimore seriously injured in car accident
  • Legendary 'Omelet King' to reign at 35th fundraiser
  • Pedestrian, 81, killed on Gulf-to-Bay
  • Surprise 'association fee' from Jays now gone
  • Where will new bridge go?
  • Officials find gun in school restroom
  • Renaissance Festival owner sues city over eviction
  • Tarpon mail theft still a mystery
  • Tourist dies in fall on steps at Spring Bayou
  • Decision on new Largo library needs to be made by voters
  • Ex-Cougar delivers for UF in the clutch

  • News of Florida
  • Butterworth pans redistricting plan
  • Social services agency probed
  • Florida still ranks poorly in delayed education study
  • Bush stresses early reading start
  • Navy wins okay to bomb forest for next 20 years
  • Computer glitch is fixed in time to launch 'Atlantis'
  • FSU medical school again falls short
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