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March 11, 2003

Tampa Bay: March 11, 2003 Ernest Hooper: Sanchez's 2nd half; makeovers for anchors
The odds against mayoral candidate Frank Sanchez are stacked as high as the pastrami on one of those giant sandwiches at the Lucky Dill Deli.

Hillsborough County news
Candidates for mayor meet in debate tonight
TAMPA -- If candidate Frank Sanchez hopes to overtake frontrunner Pam Iorio before voters pick a new mayor in two weeks, he will need to change some minds tonight.

Caregiver takes plea deal in child's death
A day care center worker gets probation for the death of 17-month-old Tyrese Green, who was forgotten in a van.

Family speaks for victim of rage
TAMPA -- Robert Bruno sat stoically Monday in an orange jail jumpsuit while the family of the man he killed in a road rage incident finally got to tell the judge what sentence to dole out.

Custody could have saved man
A deputy was too busy to pick up the mentally ill man who later attacked and was killed by another officer.

Ex-officer sentenced in ecstasy deal
An ex-Tampa officer gets 70 months for exchanging 1,000 ecstasy pills from police custody for steroids.

Man's body found on roadside
TAMPA -- Hillsborough sheriff's deputies on Monday were investigating the circumstances surrounding a body found along Bruce B. Downs near 138th Avenue.

Authorities retrieve body from alligator's clutches
A team of divers pulls the man's body from a lake near Plant City. Investigators want to determine how he died.


Tampa Bay headlines
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  • Deal to sell Florida Water Services is off
  • Baseball: Cashing in on Matsui-mania
  • Ex-priest gets 30 years for sexual abuse
  • USF says researcher harassed student
  • Stadium takeover may cause problems
  • Military news
  • Mary Jo Melone: Finding his muse for stanzas of war protest

  • Pinellas headlines
  • Sergeant can't avoid long arm of lawn enforcement
  • Was fan abused, or properly subdued?
  • Experts: Officer acted properly
  • Pop giant to help hospitals
  • A big message touts the city
  • Equipment stolen from European team
  • Voters will pick mayor in Belleair Bluffs today
  • Motive for man's slaying gets murkier
  • Oldsmar candidates make their last rounds
  • Condo owners file suit in fire last June
  • Fiancee stays silent in man's stabbing death
  • Driver turns herself in to face DUI charges
  • Former area preps leading a surprise charge by Bulls
  • Letters: Practice safe driving, yield to emergency vehicles

  • News of Florida
  • Bill may put a stop to inmate drivers
  • Panther death offers hope
  • Man pounds 10-foot gator with rock to free child
  • 3 from Tampa are on panel to protect bases
  • Around the state: Big boom set in bomb test
  • Legislature: Bill alters law on autopsy photos
  • Bill puts limits on suits against some polluters
  • How many classrooms? 2,602, new data say
  • Nursing home showdown begins
  • Hurricane forecast gains 2 days
  • Cops to chat with Heimlich hoaxer
  • Family fights over boys who killed dad
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