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October 17, 2002
Mary Jo Melone
Landlord squeezes the already squeezed
How disturbing it is to hear an 81-year-old woman with arthritis and varicose veins in her legs say she needs a job.

Top stories
Agency fostered abuse of kids, lawsuit alleges
A program handling foster care in Pinellas and Pasco counties is under review, a state official says.

Mom's gridiron season
A Palm Harbor 40-year-old with two jobs and a family joins other women to live a dream: playing pro football.

Parents vote for taking polls out of schools
In response to concerns about students' safety, the county wants to move polling places by the 2004 election.

Love trumps murder plot for couple
A married couple kept apart by judicial order say they long for each other, although one is charged with plotting to kill the other.

Airman accused of taking four laptops
The charges against the MacDill staff sergeant include theft and security violations.

Technicality keeps mastiff in condos
TAMPA -- For now, Dude, the 107-pound mastiff, can stay.

Plan to buy land sought by Buccaneers is shelved
The County Commission had second thoughts about interfering in a contract between the property owners and the Sports Authority.

Kitty renamed to duck debate
TARPON SPRINGS -- The tiny kitten rescued from a pool of asphalt early this week got a name change Wednesday after Humane Society workers worried their original choice may spark controversy.


South Pinellas headlines
  • Boy shot near ice cream truck

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Gift to aquarium brings challenge
  • Cool jazz, cool nights: hot times
  • Two more notices of intent to sue in fatal condo fire
  • Teen gets a chance to show off her abilities
  • Dunedin Stadium name up for bid
  • Oldsmar votes to buy property for $2.6-million
  • Men's team aims for national title

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Political candidates answer to Robinson students
  • Enterprise zone near USF gets approval

  • News of Florida
  • McBride details his drug plan
  • Runaways foil DCF's statewide dragnet
  • Check, law on billboards coincide
  • Mother describes being told her sons had died in wreck
  • Death penalty sought in case of fatal abuse
  • Candidates begin duel of the TV ads
  • Around the state
  • 4,000 rare birds killed at fish hatchery
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