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March 18, 2003
Lessons evolve with talk of war
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[Times photo: Scott Keeler]
The impending war with Iraq gives educators around the area another chance to utilize "teachable moments."
Mary Jo Melone
Searching for faith on a certain path to war
Monday, the day that President Bush declared a moment of truth for the world, was also the day of the regular monthly meeting of Daughters of the King, a women's prayer group at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in downtown Tampa.

Top stories
Iraq: Reservists say goodbye as talk turns to action
The clouds of war make more poignant a farewell ceremony for more than 200 soldiers at Legends Field.

Pool of USF candidates pared down
ST. PETERSBURG -- The future leader of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg could be the president of a historically black school in Georgia or a tiny liberal arts college in Illinois.

Tampa Bay toasts new salt-free water source
A desalination plant opens that will soon add 25-million gallons a day to the region's water supply.

Obituary: Pendergrass, rock musician, 55, dies
Buddy Pendergrass, keyboard and guitar player for local rock groups the Tropics and White Witch, has died at age 55.


South Pinellas headlines
  • Obituary: Former principal of Shorecrest Prep dies
  • Bookkeeper is arrested

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Investors purchase 9-story building
  • One final touch: a new name
  • Votes expected on billboards, new Wal-Mart
  • City measures needs, weighs tax hike
  • Youth abuse investigation leads to 2 arrests
  • Woman crashes through furniture store
  • Bill to come due for dredging of canal
  • Rules would allow sidewalk cafes
  • Drivers Schnader and Alberto give fans run for money
  • Obituary: Donald 'Pappy' Spencer, 83, was beloved for music
  • Digging up the past
  • Editorial: Wal-Mart plan should be denied
  • Letters: Drivers, not roads, cause accidents

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Lightning wants tax break, too
  • Political junkie: Politics: Bad for your health or just sickening?
  • 4,000 inmates squeeze jail cells past capacity
  • District looks for targeted reductions
  • HARTline riders to pay more for express pass

  • News of Florida
  • Legislature: Byrd puts prayer bill on hold in House
  • Islamic group sends out safety memo
  • Officer twice fled DUI arrest, colleagues say
  • Around the state: Seminole council delays vote on Billie's removal
  • Murderer's life in the balance
  • TaxWatch questions $1.3-billion in tax exemptions
  • Legislature: Rate rollback may go in House malpractice bill
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