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July 9, 2002
Hospitals find red wagons help ease children's tension
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[Times photo: Krystal Kinnunen]
The comfy Radio Flyers at area hospitals soothe sick children when going to have X-rays, heading to their bed or to a play room.

Mary Jo Melone

Gates close their streets even to the school bus
Dinah Lovari couldn't believe it. Last New Year's Day, she moved into a New Tampa subdivision that she thought had all the pleasant features of suburban life and discovered one of the most basic amenities was not to be had.

Top stories
Gay men attacked after Pride event
Three were injured in a parking garage. Police arrested one man and are looking for another.

Death at sea illustrates the dangers of a fishing life
A fisherman describes life on the boats as "one step up from jail."

Jury told corruption runs deep
At the federal corruption trial of a Plant City officer, the prosecutor declares the conspiracy is widespread.

Judge reports lawyer to Bar
The attorney asked the judge to delay a trial so he could care for his injured wife, but an investigator's videotape shows her playing tennis.

Report: Tear down sewer plant at airport
Removing the plant from Albert Whitted Airport, at a cost of at least $55-million, would prime the land for development.

A tug of war over Ted
Will the slugger's body be cremated or frozen? A Citrus County judge wades into the family fray this week.

Teachers union urges USF to restore Al-Arian
It's the second national group to side with the suspended professor who is suspected of supporting terrorists.

School Board member mourned, remembered
PINELLAS PARK -- Pinellas County School Board member Thomas C. "Tom" Todd was remembered Monday as a husband, father, grandfather, educator, leader, patriot, friend and animal rescuer.

Deputies close in, but miss fugitive
His parked car may be the closest investigators have come to nabbing racketeering suspect David Andrews.


South Pinellas headlines
  • Icy treats served with love, wisdom

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • 3-year-old rescued from pond
  • Firefighters won't talk to police about fatal fire
  • Love of libraries impels $41,000 gift
  • Seminar will cover facts of West Nile virus
  • Proposal shrinks but still might be too tall
  • Teen writes, draws her way to awards
  • County services hop aboard bus
  • Lincicome stays right on course

  • Letters
  • Home could be showcase for Largo's history

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Guard robbed, but not of his resolve
  • Manatee speed proposal panned
  • Officer Marrero remembered
  • Chief tells officers to stop complaining
  • Wrecked van backs up traffic

  • News of Florida
  • Court stays executions, wants time
  • Cabinet hopeful outlines plan for election reform
  • House redistricting court case still unsettled
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