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August 10, 2002

Tampa Bay: August 10, 2002
Making a sound investment
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[Times photo: Thomas M. Goethe]
TAMPA -- When Charles Strickland first floated the idea of buying a grand piano and asking musicians to come play it at the J.L. Young Public Housing Apartments, more than one person thought he was out of his mind.

Hillsborough County news

Centers bridge classes, training
The county's newest educational creation gives equal time to books and hands-on training.

State attorney: Station's airing of suicide legal
Commissioner Ronda Storms had objected to a public station's use of the footage and wanted its funding cut.

Police give neighborhood intensive anticrime care
Nearly 300 arrests or citations result from five agencies' devoting two days to the crime-ridden Sulphur Springs area.

A closer look: one Hillsborough church
Church of Scientology of Tampa

Sandra Thompson
Greco finds life peachy with Iraq's teddy bear
It's Saturday; do you know where your mayor is?

Bill Varian and David Karp
Political Junkie: Candidate home during forum; his cardboard likeness shows up
While his rivals were talkative at a campaign forum Thursday night, County Commission candidate Ken Hagan was stiff and understated.


Tampa Bay headlines
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  • Pinellas deal with official collapses
  • Making a sound investment
  • Mom to let baby found in trash be adopted
  • Black School Board candidates pose tough choices
  • Two MacDill laptops recovered
  • Attorney advises tough line on special school permits
  • Winery recalls all its products
  • Judge's order to DCF overturned

  • Pinellas headlines
  • Helicopter crew sees body floating in lake
  • Historic house gets a lift as it moves to Pinellas Park
  • Mothers rally by nursing infants
  • Chief: Delays hampered fire fight
  • Task force readies search for new museum director
  • A bold step to secure the future
  • Christians again drawn into Mideast quagmire
  • Pinellas Digest

  • News of Florida
  • State raises alert on West Nile virus
  • Judge permits more school vouchers
  • Reno holds off on using party funds in primary
  • Circuit judge blocks state from cutting diseased citrus trees

  • Lucy Morgan
  • Smith saves Florida -- just this one time
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