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August 14, 2002

Tampa Bay: August 14, 2002 Ernest Hooper
A Cuban embrace, a child's place, a charitable space
Alot of people had reason to be surprised by Mayor Dick Greco's controversial trip to Cuba last month, but perhaps no one had a better one than Steve Rupert.

Hillsborough County news
Streetcar rides to cost same as fares for buses
The 2.3-mile streetcar line will link downtown to Ybor City. It opens in October.


Tampa Bay headlines
  • Connolly slashes land prices
  • Boat race to leave bay area in its wake
  • So long splashes, hello shrieks
  • Ticket glitches an old problem
  • Williams note challenged by his daughter
  • Lutz man identified as I-275 crash victim
  • Zoo to add elephants; animal group upset
  • Missing FCAT tests found at grader's Iowa offices
  • Former guard gets 30 days in jail

  • Howard Troxler
  • 'Outrageous' ruling is not so simple as it may seem

  • Pinellas headlines
  • Desal proposal to get public review, input
  • Movie's beach issues get personal
  • Theater may host G-rated gathering of church folks
  • Landlord contests flood grant status
  • Group strives to make cemetery a showcase
  • Fireworks question lights leaders' fuses
  • Military news
  • Sept. 11 images 'worth two thousand words'
  • Cutter, barker added to Coast Guard fleet
  • Hunka, hunka burning love coming to a mall near you
  • Tornadoes of 1966 were unexpected, devastating
  • Pop Quiz
  • Reaching for miracles
  • Young clogger hoofs her way to Brazil
  • Neighborhood business
  • A Day on the Job: Cooking up a workday

  • Letters
  • In Seattle, crosswalk meant just that
  • Lawsuits mount over remains
  • Intruder hits teen in her bed with rock
  • Volunteer accused of fondling patient
  • 5 percent raises recommended for officials
  • Baby Place to close its doors Dec. 1
  • Police arrest three in cemetery burglaries
  • Winery sues over presence of mold
  • Oldsmar council tours property, mulls purchase
  • Tarpon wants input on uses for police grant
  • Report of jumper, but nothing found
  • St. Petersburg coach receives national honor
  • Talented teen keeping busy
  • Betty Marx, 102, from 'photo of the century'
  • Ex-Little Leaguer becomes hit on court

  • Letters
  • Safety Harbor museum is far from down and out

  • News of Florida
  • Political billboard pulled in Pinellas
  • DCF chief quits troubled agency
  • Lawmaker's personal plea to counties: Fund driver ed
  • Boy dies despite three investigations by DCF
  • Aisenberg lead prosecutor to move
  • State plans hurricane evacuation drill on I-4
  • Foes claim tax review measure will deceive voters
  • Reno lays out plan for health insurance
  • Around the State
  • Harris gives, receives praise as she departs
  • Board vote keeps pledge in schools
  • Broward short on poll help
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