Hillsborough County news
Iraq: Chief orders officers to keep uniforms handy
TAMPA -- All Tampa police officers -- from Chief Bennie Holder to homicide detectives in plain clothes -- are now required to keep their blue uniforms close by in case of a terrorism crisis.

Iraq: Schools preparing to ease war anxiety
Educators are getting ready to help children deal with possible terrorism and being at war.

Death is linked to serial killer
BATON ROUGE, La. -- DNA evidence confirmed that the slaying of Carrie Lynn Yoder is the work of the same serial killer who has murdered four other women in the past year and a half, Police Chief Pat Englade said Tuesday.

Ernest Hooper: Planners pitch ideas to liven up downtown
A thriving, bustling downtown with a viable nightlife has long been a dream for Tampa, and after the Tampa Downtown Partnership's seventh annual development forum Tuesday, I'm starting to believe it might happen.

Political junkie: Sanchez plays his Bill Clinton card
Mayoral candidate Frank Sanchez has finally uttered the C-word.

Rejecting jury, judge gives life
TAMPA -- Hillsborough Circuit Judge J. Rogers Padgett on Monday overturned a jury's recommendation for the death penalty in the murder of a cerebral palsy victim who was stabbed 39 times.

Jury finds man guilty in co-worker's murder
TAMPA -- Surprising both the prosecution and the defense, a Hillsborough jury on Tuesday returned a verdict of second-degree murder in a case involving a victim shot at least five times.

Businessman gets seven years for fraud
Barry D. Haught swindled government health care programs out of $14-million.

Hillsborough business digest
Jane M. Murphy has been appointed to the Board of Directors Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County Inc. as executive director.

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