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September 4, 2002
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Monster collector
[Times photo: Kevin German]
Who knows what will emerge from the sea on the end of a hook? The Weird Fish Guy. Ocean oddities are his passion.
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Top stories
Schools to open a year early
Rapid growth in New Tampa is forcing the School Board to open two new schools just south of the Pasco County line.
Group won't oppose Gandy proposals
The Hillsborough transportation panel decides to wait and see what are the state's options.
Ex-lawmaker, civic activist Sample leaves legacy of nice
ST. PETERSBURG -- When Dorothy E. Sample showed up in Tallahassee to begin her freshman year in the House of Representatives, she took aim at mean auto inspectors. She wanted to pass a law that required them to be nice.
Alleged mass murderer ruled competent for trial
TAMPA -- After nearly two years in a state mental hospital, Dexter Levingston, the man accused in one of the grisliest mass murders in Hillsborough County history, is mentally competent to stand trial, according to hospital psychiatrists.
Robber gets plea deal in drowning
One of four men accused of forcing a robbery victim into Hillsborough River will get 25 years. The others face life at trial.
South Pinellas headlines
Pet docs put stock in a tool made here
Seminole reacts to curb neighborhood speeders
Smaller-scale baseball brouhaha calms down
Let me do job as I see fit, attorney urges city staff
Lakewood field is not safe, boosters say
Seminole Mall to host 'American Idol'-like contest
Military news
Ex-Mayor 'Bert' Williams dies
For Coquina Key, cycle of rum, boom and bust
Largo Cultural Center raises bar for the arts
When the going gets tough ...
Sailors' maneuvers produce a lazy circle
A Day on the Job: Inside the head of a mechanic
Candidates to attend Lealman meeting tonight
Beach briefs
Business headlines
North Pinellas headlines
Court clerk says she wasn't told of glitch
12-year-old girls say man fondled them in mall
City backs pay raises for police
Belly-up Turtle Club faces wrecking ball
Ex-priest faces ninth charge of sex abuse
In books, boy escapes illness' bonds
Friends, family gather to offer pilot support
Dunedin wins federal grant for another deputy
Passion brings teacher back to sport
Triathletes awaiting start of fall season
Letters
Pizza shops aren't obliged to put drivers in harm's way
Hillsborough headlines
Political Junkie: Campaigns launch salvos of smear
211 crisis center gets the word out
Ernest Hooper
Mayor passes the Cher test; Ybor gets busy on image
News of Florida
McBride surges as Reno keeps pace
Bishop is brought in to clean up diocese
Attacks on Crist have tie to Republican
Platform key is minority contracts
Questions waiting as DCF leader takes over
Around the state
Bush is accused of racial politics
Boys' lawyers: Molester killed father
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