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February 18, 2003
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Practicing their otter skills
[Florida Aquarium photo]
Three of four baby otters rescued from a Clearwater construction site are doing well at the Florida Aquarium. |
Top stories
Students prepare for emotional journey
About 100 Jewish teens will travel to Israel and Poland to learn more about the Holocaust.
In visit to 2 troubled projects, water officials keep hope
The desalination plant may finally be up and running this week, but work at a reservoir site has stalled for months.
Snow there strands many here
"We are happy to stay in Florida," says a woman from Columbus, Ohio, where a foot of snow awaits her arrival. But other visitors itch to get home.
Spending per student: Who fares better?
North Pinellas schools turn their gaze south and wonder whether schools there are getting more than their fair share.
Killer asks judge to spare his life
LARGO -- James Delano Winkles hunted his victims without remorse, prosecutors say. He kept an "abduction kit" in his car, a cooler filled with the paraphernalia of a psychotic killer: handcuffs, rope, weapons and drugs to subdue his victims.
DNA tests continue in 1977 Tarpon killing
The state will not try stop the search for DNA evidence in the case against Amos King, who is scheduled to be executed Feb. 26.
South Pinellas headlines
600 mourn Pinellas city official
North Pinellas headlines
Online contact with officer leads to arrest
Books bound for Africa
Man in wheelchair killed crossing U.S. 19
The Rev. Mary E. Powell dies
Park may be hub in revival
Auto shop to replace vacant gas station
Housing to sprout here, there and everywhere
Copter may set fires in preserve
Sponge group: Divers from Greece vital
Obituary: Lloyd L. Johnson, 85, former beach official
Hillsborough headlines
Mayoral hopefuls sketch arts plans
What they said: Tampa's mayoral race
Political junkie: Mayoral race revives 2000 election memories
Rabies vaccine bait to fall from sky
Tip spurs standoff with empty home
News of Florida
Early form of cancer found in Wetherell
Auditors for state find hidden savings
Around the state: Three adults, one child killed in plane crash
Deal preserves state library and museum
Set of smoking ban rules offered
Bush makes a gaffe during trip to Spain
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