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December 29, 2002
Top stories in 2002 for Tampa Bay and Florida
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[Times photo: John Pendygraft]
It began with a grim reminder of 9/11 as a suicidal teen flew a small plane into a Tampa skyscraper. Story
Top stories
Fire kills elderly couple, grandson
A couple and their grandson died in the blaze. Its cause was still being investigated late Saturday.

Trust, funds of charity depleted
Earth Share forces out its director and pores over its books after he ran up debts for personal expenses.

State sets school spending deadline
Schools often agonize over how FCAT award money should be spent and delay a decision as long as possible.

Trash from Disney is Pasco man's treasure
A Zephyrhills auction buff hauls home a slice of Disney World with a recent find: a 20-foot plastic foam horse.


South Pinellas headlines
  • Citizens groups try to shape elections
  • Qualifying begins for Seminole council
  • Dr. Delay: Rattled by potholes? Blame it on the rain
  • New year brings new season on the hardwood
  • Letters: Woman's heartlessness is appalling

  • 2002: The Year in Review
  • Tiny donor, giant gift
  • Contentious construction
  • Contending with gowns and grades
  • Principals take the helm at 3 new schools
  • Cart corral system a success
  • Chief elf and gator hunter
  • Hero from Seminole to receive Silver Star
  • Recyclers have big plans for new year
  • Team helps him through tough days
  • Signs of progress in the Deuces
  • Lakewood shooting for a second title
  • Places for pooches
  • Two loved ones lost in two weeks
  • Tumor-free and on to college
  • An unending annexation debate

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • To save the trees, school will move
  • Tense history key in failed unity attempt
  • Diminutive judge sits tall behind the gavel
  • Angel of mercy at a time of need
  • Palm Harbor keeps shaping downtown
  • Some civics lessons learned in roundabout way

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Man dies after being hit by car
  • Christmas' flip side
  • Carrollwood: Bearss Avenue repaving still on schedule
  • 2002: The Year in Review: Whatever Happened To ...
  • Neighborhood Notebook: Santa enjoys another year of delivering via FedEx
  • Oldsmar: Neighbors boo bar's live music
  • Find time to pause this season
  • Land O'Lakes: Land O'Lakes plan revises vision, vocabulary
  • 2002: The Year in Review: Schools' flag monument finds funds
  • Ernest Hooper: Football analysis and cool parties

  • News of Florida
  • E-mail did not come from tourism agency
  • Critics question grant to group
  • Last three days for flood policies
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