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November 24, 2002
Cancer shatters normalcy of teen life
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[Times photo: Daniel Wallace]
Heather Martinez was a typical 15-year-old. Eight months later, she's in an uphill fight for her life.
Mary Jo Melone: Searching for a house -- and a sense of security
Suits that haven't moved from the hanger in four years. Keys for doors that I can't find. Furniture that needs fixing. Lamps and framed pictures and pieces of toys that are always underfoot.

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Care with a familiar touch
A Dover child care center helps those from migrant workers' families. Many employees come from the same background.

The fight over all things Kerouac
More than 30 years after author Jack Kerouac died in St. Petersburg, hostilities over his estate keep on. No wonder, it's valued at more than $10-million now.

Twins killed in car crash
The day before their 21st birthday, a brother and sister from Clearwater die in Tallahassee.

Woman killed in car on I-275; Dunedin man, 19, is charged
TAMPA -- An 18-year-old Lutz woman was killed on Interstate 275 early Saturday when her vehicle was struck by another car on the wrong side of the road.


South Pinellas headlines
  • A lifetime at the Ten Pin
  • Open crime cases pile up
  • Sidewalk planned for stretch of Park Street
  • Hoops court plan riles N Redington residents
  • School celebrates its new arts center
  • Olive branches are offered in Treasure Island battle
  • Grant conflict leads to eviction of church
  • Fisher's ending its 44 years on island
  • Minister with lofty goal will pull unusual stunt
  • Miracle on 4th Street
  • Thomas Jefferson is revived at library
  • Residents say noisy hovercraft ruins peace
  • More bike lanes, good sidewalks, cyclers urge
  • Instill in your children the delight of giving
  • Academy Prep patrons gear up for Masked Ball
  • Busy holiday season starts with Santa
  • Toy Shop: Santa needs help -- now
  • Web numbers are useful, but not the whole story
  • Computer glitch puts a sure thing in doubt
  • Ex-commissioner wants to return to her position
  • Pasadena yacht club request is rejected
  • Can there be too much fun in city's waterfront parks?
  • St. Pete Beach trash collection moving to curbs
  • Smith and Miner are teammates again
  • USF twins eye spots on Canadian team
  • Editorial: Friendly chat is a sign of progress
  • Letters: School Board majority should start reforms

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • 500 pages, one encounter with police
  • Want to go indie? Good luck
  • At the movies, money is the magic word
  • Largo: Diversity problem is perception
  • Headlines through the years
  • Editorial: Response to death could protect lives
  • Letters: Betrayal by friends is difficult to deal with

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Former housing official arrested
  • Controversy, notoriety follow officer
  • Man hit, killed trying to cross street
  • Life after school
  • Man learns cost of fighting homeowners group
  • Zoning: Outback seeking a larger shopping plaza
  • Westchase civic board members removed
  • Holiday happenings
  • Sports digest: Golf fundraiser set in New Tampa
  • Prep Notebook: Results of regional swim competitions
  • Boys Soccer Outlook
  • Lake Kell tract: homes or offices?
  • Neighborhood Notebook
  • Civic Association pledges to bring in money for school
  • YMCA construction resumes after environmental scare
  • Drapeman's plan: cover the market
  • The Week in Review
  • Open & Shut

  • News of Florida
  • Party chief fights for job
  • Miami vote was smooth but pricy
  • Florida preps battle plan for smallpox outbreak
  • DCF threatens to cancel contract
  • Disney ship disinfected after 200 passengers become ill
  • Still teaching after all these years: nearly 63 at Lakeland
  • Collision in Miami kills six, injures one
  • Weather relents, so 'Endeavour' heads for space station
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