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October 18, 2002

Tampa Bay: October 18, 2002 Christopher Goffard & Tamara Lush
Tampa Uncuffed: Undercover cops suffer a credibility gap
The undercover Tampa police detectives who patrol Tampa Bay Buccaneers and University of South Florida football games are having trouble convincing people that they're really cops.

Hillsborough County news
Deputy cleared in fatal shooting
Prosecutors say the deputy was justified in shooting a teenager who threatened him on Labor Day weekend.

Water pipe break on Memorial Highway slows traffic, business
TOWN 'N COUNTRY -- Commuters who travel near the intersection of Memorial Highway and Hillsborough Avenue should get an early start today or consider a detour.

Storms denies quotes on cutting station's funding
Commissioner Ronda Storms recalls saying most of what is attributed to her but denies some of the comments key to the TV station's suit.

Compromise reached on Hyde Park Village
The City Council persuades owners to agree to less parking and a smaller grocery store. Meanwhile, another tenant is leaving.

Tampa killer pleads guilty, gets 35 years
Jorge Rodriguez, 20, of Tampa killed a friend, then plotted to kill witnesses.

City approves Tampa Heights development
TAMPA -- City Council members approved an agreement Thursday for a $55-million development in Tampa Heights.


Tampa Bay headlines
  • Q&A: M. Dwayne Smith, on the sniper
  • Stranded crew in good spirits
  • Commission wary of School Board vote
  • Writer fined for driving recklessly
  • On trial for murder, he says he lied
  • Grant lets drug addiction research get under the skin
  • Spot check

  • Pinellas headlines
  • Judge tosses out police bias case
  • Wounded boy's world: 'A terrible street'
  • Science takes eighth-grader all the way to Washington
  • City manager, attorney win pay increases
  • Smooth first day sets tone of Jazz Holiday
  • Dunedin fills mayor, commission posts
  • SPC takes swipe at class size amendment
  • Board to probe claims against WorkNet
  • City board opposes oversize garage
  • Hydrant damage prompts water alert
  • Man pleads no contest to firebomb possession
  • 2 hurt in late-night crash in Clearwater
  • Prep panel looks ahead
  • Hoots, howls and haunting fun
  • Scare up some fun
  • Pinellas digest

  • News of Florida
  • It's no more Mr. Nice Guy in attorney general debate
  • Noelle Bush gets 10 days in jail
  • Bush, McBride turn to big guns for help
  • Manatee groups say Bush welshed
  • FSU medical school takes a key step
  • Disability bill's delay angers veterans' groups
  • Ryce Act passes Supreme Court test
  • Around the state
  • Pakistani man sentenced in bombing plot
  • Rilya's caseworker charged, jailed
  • Miami Circle artifacts set for display in museum
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