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September 19, 2002
Officials expect park to shine along U.S. 19
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The Philadelphia Phillies' new spring training facility, expected to open for games in 2004, will be fan friendly.
Mary Jo Melone
In other places, women run at the top
Janet Reno came so achingly close. At the end, just 4,800 votes stood between her and the Democratic nomination for governor.

Top stories
N'awlins style sendoff
Hold the dirges, please, said a businessman who thought Dixieland jazz bands were "really cool and kind of funny" to the very end.

Manager of dance studio arrested
With a multiagency task force on his heels, David B. "Vic" Andrews eluded the law for months despite a few close calls and promises to turn himself in.

Rant fills court as jury selection begins in slaying
Franklin Delano Floyd, accused of killing a 19-year-old nude dancer and dumping her near I-275, continues a running conflict with the judge.

County stocks up on voting machines
Hillsborough will lease-purchase 400 more touch screen machines as it prepares for the general election in November.

Choice details may be delayed
As parents wait for more answers, school officials say they may need more time to hash things out.

Times Forum ticket fee holds firm
County commissioners delay a surcharge increase but watch for word on the arena operator's $3.3-million property tax bill.

NAACP chief files for bankruptcy
Darryl Rouson links his difficulties to drug and alcohol abuse in his past.

Officials move to fire teacher they say was drunk
The Pinellas high school teacher, placed on leave after students complained, denies the allegations.


South Pinellas headlines
  • Driver arrested after crash

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Officials expect park to shine along U.S. 19
  • Shelby rakes commission on library
  • Accused dealer charged in death
  • Airliner's lavatory leaks onto luggage
  • No Tiger, but 3 other golf pros will do
  • Teen on bike survives crash with pickup

  • Editorial
  • False alarms can become a matter of life and death

  • Letters
  • North Pinellas should welcome growth in retail

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Lawyer says murder defendant was framed
  • 2 charged after chase, wreck of stolen car
  • Robber has hit at least three times

  • News of Florida
  • Court ruling kills tax initiative
  • Florida appeals to D.C. for help with elections
  • The race goes national
  • Lawmaker under fire over e-mail
  • Around the state
  • Terror alert missed 11 counties' troopers
  • Profanity dispute blocks newspaper
  • Escambia Sunshine violator is fined
  • Spot check
  • Psychiatrist charged with manslaughter in patient's death
  • Voters okay 8 of 9 tax increases
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