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September 20, 2002

Tampa Bay: September 20, 2002
Youths have a door to a future
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[Times photo: Ken Helle]
A cooperative program gives young people in poor neighborhoods what is so hard to come by: real life choices.

Hillsborough County news

Public access station loses aid
The County Commission votes down funding for the TV station. Now it may be up to the courts to decide if it operates after Oct. 1.

22 homeless after blaze at apartments
TAMPA -- More than 20 people were left without a home Thursday evening when the attic area of a South Tampa apartment complex caught fire.

Sanchez shindig sports luxury cars, champagne
TAMPA -- Mayoral candidate Frank Sanchez gets the nod for the fanciest fundraisers.

Man arrested in string of Tampa robberies
TAMPA -- For four days detectives hoped for a break in the case of a bandit who seemed to rob any business in his path.

Tampa officer fined for losing his gun
TAMPA -- A police officer who lost his gun on Sept. 11 was fined $350 and received a letter of counseling in his personnel file, a Tampa police spokesman said.

Serial robbery suspect held
TAMPA- Hillsborough sheriff's deputies have arrested a 54-year-old man they say robbed two insurance offices, two dry cleaning stores and two cell phone offices in 10 days.


Tampa Bay headlines
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  • Tampa rule to put stop to parking lot drinking
  • Trop on sale for $1 to avoid huge tax bill
  • Al-Arian case not first to bedevil a USF chief
  • Missing baby found safe; godmother arrested
  • FEMA unveils maps of new flood zones
  • Genshaft's annual address sticks to the high points
  • Documentary sparks protest by area Hindus
  • Better than Ezra to promote album

  • Pinellas headlines
  • Judge may release video of police trip
  • Nickname a clue to solving deli robbery, shooting
  • Water, sewer prices to leap as city passes on higher costs
  • Teacher arrested in drug sweep
  • Clearwater hopeful about new tenants for CGI campus
  • Teacher loses week's pay for false address
  • Step inside for a look at where art comes alive
  • Ethics panel okays land sale to airport
  • Trash in home hinders firefighters
  • No Tiger, but 3 other golf pros will do
  • Public cheers as Publix plan ends
  • Pupil's act went beyond prank to a serious crime
  • Skyway Bowl gets rebuilding project rolling
  • Airliner's lavatory leaks into luggage area
  • Just leave it? Rubbish!

  • Letters
  • It was landlord who mangled facts

  • News of Florida
  • Former opponents stump for unity
  • Broward official apologizes for voting mess
  • Governor wants more classrooms
  • Nurses want changes in office surgery rules
  • Study: 'Missing' children overstated
  • Around the state
  • Official-reservist plans to govern by phone, laptop
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