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June 29, 2002
Condo fire kills 1, hurts 7 as crews seek water
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[Times photo: Jim Damaske]
nside, residents say they couldn't get fire hoses to work, and outside, a broken hydrant delays firefighters. The Clearwater blaze displaces 150.

Friends, family grieve over victim's death
CLEARWATER -- The death of one resident and critical injuries to another in a condominium fire Friday left friends and family shocked and searching for solace.

Hydrant problems hinder firefighters
It was a vivid image: A burly firefighter swinging an ax at a hydrant in frustration, trying to shake loose the rust so he could put out a raging apartment fire.

Top stories
ILeading prosecutor is fired
Hillsborough prosecutor Mark Ober said he concluded that a high-profile assistant had lied to him.

School Board member Todd dies
Thomas C. "Tom" Todd, a colorful Pinellas County School Board member who was seeking a second term, died Friday on the eve of his daughter's wedding. He was 73..

Crashing airplane kept going, going
The plane snapped a power line, clipped a taxi, glanced off one car and smashed into another.

Activist gets jail time for cruelty
Convicted of torturing a cougar, animal activist Bert Wahl was sentenced to nine months in jail. He also must pay a $5,000 fine.

Extra eyes on patrol at local synagogues
One collects $100 from members to hire a guard. Others just beef up awareness as new threats target Jews.

Cope clashes with property appraiser
Already facing trial, embattled Judge Charles Cope is now accused of verbally abusing a county property appraiser.

Tall ships not open to some disabled
Wheelchair users are turned away when they try to board the Eagle. They say they were told it would be no problem.

Doctors seeking to drop insurance
Many view the risk as less onerous than paying, for example, $100,000 a year for $250,000 in malpractice coverage.

Tampa Bay briefs
Office to take applications for baggage screeners


South Pinellas headlines
  • Surgeon accused of Medicaid fraud

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Police: teens went from bored to bad
  • Patrol seeks pickup driver in hit-and-run
  • Tarpon Goodwill store closes
  • Big flag stirs emotion, business
  • Dunedin City Hall cleanup sloshes on
  • Health fair offers children checkups, shots and fun
  • Touched by an Army of kindness
  • Hindu movement cultivates peace from within
  • Pinellas digest

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • County's tax rolls' growth in billions
  • Slithery escapee is quickly scooped up
  • USF faculty members get HIV grant
  • A closer look: One Hillsborough church

  • Bill Varian and David Karp
  • Grandstanding? Sniping? Must be an election year

  • News of Florida
  • Court lifts stays in death penalty cases
  • Rights group applauds convictions for slavery
  • Fundraiser has tax exemption

  • Steve Bousquet
  • Class size initiative may be biggest foe for Bush
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