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February 19, 2003
Howard Troxler
Resistance, resignation to nature's mastery of us
SALUDA, N.C. -- It started sleeting on the mountain Saturday night, even while the Drovers Old Time Medicine Show was playing bluegrass music to a standing-room-only crowd at the Purple Onion Cafe and Coffeehouse.
Top stories
Condo group takes on second project
Downtown redevelopment gets a major boost as Opus South, already building one Beach Drive tower, will add an $80-million tower nearby.
Will ban take pop out of the 4th?
Pinellas County commissioners set a hearing on a plan to crack down on fireworks sales.
Schools to eliminate 400 jobs
Teacher aides and other support staff are howling at a plan to cut some of their jobs because of budget woes.
Land speculator granted early release
TAMPA -- Don Connolly, the land speculator whose questionable real estate tactics made national news and inspired state legislation, was granted an early release from house arrest Monday and told he could travel freely to pursue his tax deed business.
Airport wins safety award
CLEARWATER -- The Federal Aviation Administration has given St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport an award for passing safety inspections for five consecutive years without a violation.
Board plans ahead on hiring superintendent
Superintendent Howard Hinesley will leave in 2004, but board members are beginning to think about how to go about replacing him.
Trial begins in student's fatal beating
LARGO -- It was a familiar scene to many high school students. A student is taunted, a challenge is made, and students gather for a fistfight.
DNA tests don't help Amos King
Amos Lee King's best chance at stopping his execution dissolved on Tuesday when last-minute tests on 26-year-old evidence failed to turn up DNA that could have proved his innocence or guilt.
Driver who died in stolen car crash identified
ST. PETERSBURG -- Authorities have identified a man who died early Monday when he drove a stolen car into a pole at the northbound 54th Avenue S exit of Interstate 275.
Opus Group built its reputation on office buildings
ST. PETERSBURG -- Tuesday's announcement that Opus South Corp. had taken the helm of a star-crossed condo project on the city's downtown waterfront was a dramatic reversal of fortune rarely seen in a city where business deals can take years to unfold.
South Pinellas headlines
Obituary: Smoked fish king dies of injuries
Man runs but seldom votes
Quick sliver
Is conflict in his future?
Ending of submerged-land tale pleases all but one
Debts force auction of historic mansion
City manager remembered as a man of integrity, vision
Big island attempts to preserve tiny island
Security alert, weather change students' plans
Condos to give new meaning to garage loft
Painful pinch
Reading made fun with older buddies
Beach resort welcomed, pampered Jewish guests
On the town: Waterfront luncheon benefits art museum
Cuff link collector to talk about his obsession
In one terrible instant, a family's heart breaks
Questions and answers
Three new schools pose choice dilemma
Military news
Clearwater Catholic grad shoots for PGA
Standout players of future display their skills
State's points series riders are ready to roll
Letters:
Other animals need good homes, too
North Pinellas headlines
Hold on tight; road work on the way
Suspect in four bank holdups arrested in North Carolina
Library may need city construction loan
Protest seeks shelters for homeless
3 men charged with burglary of police shed
Leaders approve skate park, water slide
Editorial: Words in praise of volunteers behind three worthy projects
Letters:
Bridge price overstated
Hillsborough headlines
Schools, Pepsi near deal worth millions
A gospel of aliens, clones and robots
Stormwater tax rejected by Buckhorn
Fired car salesman sues dealership
Know your candidate: Council member faces outspoken challenger
Man struck, killed trying to cross street
5 students to pursue national honor
Buckhorn jabs at Iorio record, defends poll
Ernest Hooper: Pushing awareness of a killer; fighting one woman's crusade
News of Florida
On the right, a Republican; some call him a liberal
State needs 20,000 teachers
State paid too much for mine, audit shows
Tutu credits U.S. civil rights history
House Republicans rally around their embattled speaker
Senate president lists teacher pay as priority
Cuban coast guardsmen who defected released
Around the state: New Catholic college to offer courses in fall
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