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Market's week ends with loss
A late rally eases but doesn't erase Wall Street's setback, and caps a week of broad swings in stocks.

Florida Power decides it's the best pick
The utility says it is the best company to build a new plant to serve its needs. Its critics say they aren't surprised.

SunTrust building gets new owner
ST. PETERSBURG -- Wallace Welch & Willingham Inc. purchased the five-story SunTrust Bank Building at 300 First Ave. S in downtown St. Petersburg for $5.8-million Friday.

RV legend dies at 83
TAMPA -- Herman Kemper Wallace, the folksy, country gent who lured thousands to Lazy Days RV with the exhortation "Tell 'em H.K. sent ya," died Thursday after a long battle with diabetes. He was 83.

Business digest
MORE DIFFICULTIES FOR ADELPHIA: Adelphia Communications, under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and two federal grand juries, apparently over-reported its cable television subscribers by 358,000 by including all the customers in joint ventures it owns only portions of, an analyst said. USB Warburg analyst Aryeh Bourkoff warned of "the very high likelihood of a near-term bankruptcy filing" by Adelphia. An Adelphia spokesman would not comment on the report. In other news, Charter Communications said it ended talks to buy cable systems from Adelphia.