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February 15, 2003

Tampa Bay: February 15, 2003
What in blazes? Firehouse fire
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[Times photo: Jim Damaske]
Construction next door causes sparks at a Fire Department building. Fire crews responded, quickly.
North Pinellas County news
Concert to raise funds for Jerusalem hospital
Called a "safe haven," Hadassah Hospital treats Arabs, Jews and Christians alike in the turbulent region.

Feds send city $360,000 for construction of library
LARGO -- The city has received $360,000 in federal money to help build a new public library.

Grants to boost squad cars' technology
Federal grants give the Sheriff's Office and Largo police millions to put computers in squad cars.

Writer to highlight museum fundraiser
Prize winning playwright Edward Albee will help the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art celebrate its first anniversary.

Wife files suit in deputy shooting
A review of the July case determined the deputy was justified in using lethal force.

Girl, 3, hurt in fall from hotel balcony
CLEARWATER -- A 3-year-old girl was injured when she fell from a second-floor hotel balcony on Clearwater Beach Friday afternoon.

Police set up shop at familiar beach address
A renovated substation on Bayway Boulevard is brought back into service four years after officers moved out.

Virginia Crossing builder delays plea
Residents say the president of Highmark Homes lied about finishing construction.

Five more lawsuits claim negligence in Clearwater condo fire
CLEARWATER -- Five people who owned or occupied units at Dolphin Cove condominiums on Island Estates have filed a negligence suit against their homeowners association and building manager over a deadly fire last June.


Tampa Bay headlines
  • With this fin . . .
  • Bay area reaps budget bill benefits
  • It's a tough day to work as a singing telegram
  • Feds refuse to allow a restaurant in beach park
  • Aisenberg award will be appealed
  • Ex-deputy's lapse sends him to prison
  • One more chance to catch strands
  • Judge rejects killer's motions
  • Officials prepare for the unthinkable
  • Reporter's jury award tossed out
  • Engineers to raise technical savvy in African-Americans

  • South Pinellas headlines
  • City police recruiter Chad Balla dies at 34
  • 11 candidates in running to lead USF campus

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Chief deputy files papers to run for sheriff
  • Four injured by fire at retirement facility
  • A closer look: One Hillsborough church
  • Sandra Thompson: If the worst happens, there's no way out
  • Ernest Hooper: State fair venue; top praise; cheap men

  • News of Florida
  • Former state official faces gun charge
  • Florida plots way to regain retirees
  • Be prepared, not panicked, Floridians told
  • Senate may pass budget, let Bush deal with fallout
  • Florida in brief: New Justice Bell gets a fancier swearing-in
  • Steve Bousquet: A 'Pork Chop Gang' kind of idea
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