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March 5, 2003
Howard Troxler
Buckhorn divides -- but doesn't conquer
TAMPA -- Maybe it was the T-back swimsuit thing.

Top stories
Special needs classrooms feel sting of lost funding
As students use scholarships to attend private schools, state funding dries up. The result: cutbacks in support staff. Pinellas stands to lose 400 teacher assistants and staffers.

Aide looked at as Hinesley heir
School Board member kick around the prospect of the deputy superintendent filling in until 2007.

It's Iorio vs. Sanchez in Tampa runoff
The ex-elections chief gets 46 percent as an ex-Clinton aide barely edges a council member out of second place.

Stadium might get new owner
Hillsborough commissioners today will consider taking possession of Raymond James Stadium to eliminate the property tax bill.

Supplier to test blood for bacteria
Florida Blood Services' new tests are among the latest measures to protect the nation's blood supply.

Military clears Franks of all but 1 charge
TAMPA -- A Pentagon investigation of Gen. Tommy Franks, the Tampa-based Army commander who would lead a war in Iraq, has found that his wife may have been present during classified briefings, even though she did not have the proper security clearance.


South Pinellas headlines
  • St. Petersburg ponders end of Sunday 'blue law'
  • Team makes glorious return to class
  • Pinellas Park wants to pass recreation fees on to county
  • Judge cancels courthouse auction of Rutland Mansion
  • Fight over plans at beach intensifies
  • And then there were six: Maloof sets pace for runoff
  • No conflict for voters: Jimmy Johnson is in
  • Guest column: Call brings memories from the past
  • Woman found dead in her home in Pinellas County
  • With mass of scrapbooks, he tracked city's history
  • Healing old wounds
  • Celebrate Seuss
  • Know your candidates: Madeira Beach
  • Know your candidates: Redington Beach
  • Know your candidates: Redington Shores
  • Know your candidate: Kenneth City
  • City's sidewalk-repair brief upsets activists for disabled
  • Pow Wow events offer chance for fun
  • Residents asked for input on city's future
  • Volunteer honored for heartfelt contributions
  • USF grad named as new Miss Seminole
  • Military news
  • Magnet school fears crush of students
  • Races, clubs have come a long way
  • 6th term for Radcliffe; 1st for Bennett
  • Daugherty wins seat; Runyon is back
  • Cooper, Fisher retain council seats
  • Tennis: Bustling beach center gets new name
  • Letters: Be wary of referendum opposition

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Hospital plans $10-million expansion
  • Teen admits plan to hire person to kill witnesses
  • Daring alligator thief strikes twice
  • Voters reward experience; incumbents sweep races
  • Five opponents tell county: Billboard deal too lenient
  • Water storage study funded
  • Man charged with state sales tax theft

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Schools keep control over students' year-end clothes
  • 5 City Council seats set
  • Prosecutor faces demotion, pay cut
  • Elections chief sees nearly flawless vote
  • Howard Troxler: Buckhorn divides -- but doesn't conquer

  • News of Florida
  • Legislature: Bush's speech avoids budget issue
  • Legislature: Bush calls for new vote on class sizes
  • Robber's best-laid plans fell flat, police say
  • Hands around state library protest plan to relocate books
  • Residents hurry out of tower that's in danger of collapsing
  • Teenager tells of friend's role after father's killing
  • Adam C. Smith: Presidential politics, war cast shadow over Tallahassee
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