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April 17, 2002
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Spring in their step
[Times photo: Scott Keeler]
As gators court, they cavort, in ponds, yards and driveways Beware the season of love.
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Howard Troxler
In ballpark, one can see Rays of hope start to shine
Our professional baseball team, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, has completed 12 of its 162 scheduled games for the 2002 regular season, and yet so far is not in last place in the American League East.
Top stories
Suit: Drug behind suicide flight
The teen who piloted a plane into a Tampa bank tower was "poisoned" by the acne medication Accutane, his family claims.
City will gauge progress at Pier
The management company has been sold twice, and now its vice president is leaving.
Two describe going for a spin -- the hard way
There was no time for fear, say the police officers, who had to crash-land a helicopter.
MacDill cheers former mayor
Gen. Tommy Franks says Rudolph Giuliani embodies the spirit of New York and compares him to Churchill.
Airports inching back toward normal
TIA is making slow but steady progress; St. Petersburg-Clearwater is recovering from lost international travel.
New school named for longtime legislator
The School Board makes it official near the anniversary of Doug Jamerson's death. He was also a former state education commissioner.
Valentine Shaffer, educator, dies at 86
In 1950, she co-founded Shaffers' Nursery and Kindergarten in Gulfport. It closed in 1983.
South Pinellas headlines
Library to serve as community commons
Ex-mayor rejected for unity assembly
Popular soccer coach accused of stealing
Collective exhale
Man punched by officer plans to sue St. Pete Beach
A private pickle
Leave our one-way streets alone!
Students go far in brain game
Project will record the city's artistic heartbeat
New shop combines art for sale, tea room
Business headlines
Working: A day on the job in South Pinellas County
Achievers
Determination and reward
Theater steps up with lively '30s show
Heroes with four legs come to SPCA's rescue
Palladium celebrates scorched mortgage
Revived festival provides toe-tapping good time
Missing sign gone for repairs
Fuller defied early death to gamble big in business
Beaches notebook
Numbers crunchers gobble up competition
Townhomes deemed wrong for 'Main St.'
Focus on volunteers
Chambers gets a shot to play in Italia Cup
Neikens makes up lost ground in Mini Stock class
North Pinellas headlines
Pinellas digest
Residents make case to restore festival
Clever students win competition
Face scan checks visitors at county jail
New stores will join Drew 19 mall
Experts: Despite lost nest, eagles to return
Renaissance festival issue needed a vote
Don't skimp on tools, training for firefighters
Philanthropist, car dealer honored at lunch
Mayor tries to captivate crowd of preschoolers
Cadet accuses ex-commandant of sexual abuse
Triathletes are ready for Fort DeSoto event
Hillsborough headlines
Police seek man in 5 bank heists since March 15
News of Florida
Governor enters growing battle over redistricting
Nurses sue over prison harassment
Three colleges vie for four-year status
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