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May 25, 2002
Graduation 2002
'A veteran of life' gets his diploma

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[Times photo: Thomas M. Goethe]
At 17, Raymond Duke Chambers quit high school to join the Navy. At 75, he's the senior of senior graduates.

Graduates mourn classmate's death
Christopher Fannan's death weighes heavily on the ceremonies at the Sickles High School graduation Friday.

Top stories
2 Pinellas beaches rank high in survey
Caladesi Island comes in at No. 5 again on America's 10 Best list. Fort De Soto Park rises to No. 4.

Ex-smoker from Seminole loses tobacco lawsuit
A Seminole man touched by cancer sought millions for his suffering. A jury agrees with Philip Morris Inc.: He could have quit.

Firefighters' gear now has antidote kit
TAMPA -- In the 1996 movie The Rock, actor Nicolas Cage plays an FBI agent who drives a long needle containing antidote into his heart to ward off a deadly gas on Alcatraz Island.

Teen arrested in error twice
The girl spends a total of nine days in detention on a charge that had been dismissed.

Tampa Bay briefs
Young to miss Bay Pines ceremony

Dunedin woman dies after being hit by car
TAMPA -- A 36-year-old Dunedin woman was killed Friday when she was hit by a car downtown, police say.


South Pinellas headlines
  • Still small, but strong, at age 75
  • Esteemed gynecologist dies at 92

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • On inside, conflict over fate of officers
  • Water users told to stem the flow
  • New principal back in his community
  • Pinellas native calls 'Rosie' his girl
  • Largo's library design plans get back on track
  • Chapter and verse? Students know it
  • Withdrawals lead to theft charge
  • Drive, adaptability fuel valedictorian's success
  • Group eases darkest of memories

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Moonwalk fun turns fatal for kids' mentor
  • 6 Colombians guilty in smuggling
  • Hurricane guru ends conference with warning
  • Grandparents charged after toddler dies
  • A closer look: One Hillsborough church

  • Sandra Thompson
  • It's hard to be hip after 50 -- or any other time

  • News of Florida
  • Fledgling flier
  • Records on Rilya indicate deceit
  • Mine to grow near pristine river

  • Steve Bousquet
  • Voting rights lawsuits might only prolong furor
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