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August 13, 2002

Tampa Bay: August 13, 2002
Car flies off bridge; driver dies
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[Times photo: Jim Damaske]
A speeding car loses control on the Memorial Causeway bridge and lands in the water. Two are rescued.

North Pinellas County news
Property owners get tax notices
County truth in millage notices have been mailed, and many homeowners' tax bills will be higher.

Largo considers policy shift regarding mobile homes
City officials will go over the county's 18-month study and weigh policy revisions to reflect the increasing value of the land zoned for the parks.

Ex-deputy at the jail faces sex charge
Investigators say he offered female inmates cigarettes and made sexual remarks on trips to court.

Tarpon Springs honored for Gro Group
TARPON SPRINGS -- City officials have always thought Gro Group, a program that helps developmentally disabled adults, was special.

Judge in ethics case is back on the bench
After a judicial ethics panel recommends a reprimand, Pinellas-Pasco Judge Charles Cope returns to the family law division.

Making the best of a tough transition
The jump from fifth to sixth grade can mean culture shock for many students. Schools are trying new ways to help.


Tampa Bay headlines
  • Two jailed after death
  • A Siberian in Florida
  • Losing a patent fight; recalling a battle with nature
  • Landlord's fire claim looks bogus
  • Judge frees driver who killed mom pushing baby
  • US Airways doesn't plan to cut TIA flights
  • Sullivan focuses on student retention, graduation

  • South Pinellas headlines
  • Jordan Park residents urge repairs, rent relief

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Inmate tells story of his escape
  • Three boys are arrested after school break-in
  • Schools get early start explaining choice plan

  • News of Florida
  • Bush fights tears when talking about daughter
  • A 714-word ballot question: Will voters just skip over it?
  • State announces new hunt for fugitive sex offenders
  • Six months in prison for disrupting flight
  • Bush calls for new method to find kids
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