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April 4, 2003
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Growers draw short straw
[Times photo: Skip O'Rourke]
The elements make this year's strawberry season short on flavor, duration and earnings -- the worst in 20 years.
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Howard Troxler : Just imagine vouchers, growing wild like kudzu
You know the old saying about the camel sneaking his nose under the side of the tent. Once he gets his nose inside, next comes his head, then his neck, his hump and so forth, until the camel has accomplished what he never could have done by trying to march in through the front.
Top stories
Iraq: What do you expect in Baghdad?
Advice from Cosby's consultant: Spare the rod
Blacks are at greater risk of failure because they're valued less than whites, Dr. Alvin Poussaint says.
Man pleads guilty to bomb plot
The podiatrist whose home held an arsenal faces 12 1/2 to 15 years.
500-million gallons of acidic waste heading to gulf
Offshore disposal of refuse from a bankrupt Manatee County phosphate mine begins this month.
Ex-smoker is awarded $3.2-million
A jury finds Big Tobacco partly liable in a suit by a radio host who smoked four packs a day.
Obituary : Dell Holmes, parks director, dies at 58
Mr. Holmes, who led St. Petersburg's parks department since 1983, died of pancreatic cancer.
Governor to speak at rally for troops
Clearwater readies for a crowd of thousands as one of the "Rallies for America" comes to Coachman Park.
South Pinellas headlines
Bayfront's child care provider loses license
Council wants retirement plan
Police focus on victim's missing car
North Pinellas headlines
City man named in tax scam
Parking deal wins support
4-1 vote bans short-term home rentals
Communities gain incentive to work out
Friends to honor a civic champion
Fleet minds and feet catch suspect
Fire guts house as owner bikes home
Driver chased, assaulted
Picnic flicks
(Letters) :
Those who risk their lives deserve decent pay raises
Hillsborough headlines
Man found guilty in bouncer's slaying
Tampa paramedics get smallpox vaccinations
Brandon Times
Gophers, homeowners fighting for every yard
No swimsuits in this pageant
Lunch with Ernest : Mixing business and law
I Live Here
What's in a name : Armwood High School
People: Retro success
Daytripper: A real eye-opener
Farmer's market: Business is blooming
Brandon : Drumming up business
Brandon : Restaurant uses anniversary to serve troops
Notebook : Residents trained in emergency response
Brandon : Tax Collector's office opening on Falkenburg
Lane Ranger : Model T to Halle's 007, cars that turn heads
Prep notebook : Good pitching isn't enough for Riverview
City Times
Virginia Park: This just in: Schools broadcast own news
VFW's windows violate city rules
Historic Hyde Park: Residents oppose 31-story high-rise
In deep water
Grand Central : A new column's brewing
Amy Scherzer's Diary: An uptown hoedown
Virginia Park: Man angry over cat's hit-and-run demise
What's in a name: Dead president a local war hero
Davis Islands: Islands Fest to rally help for soldiers in Mideast
Offices to take Cafe Pepe's place
Port Tampa: Projects' neighbors want bay to stay put
Profile : A mother's call to duty
Obituary : With class, dignity, she raised eight children
Interbay: Paint, pottery and puppets
South Tampa: Chamber's directive: Add more members
Call it passion, cubed
Feng shui fans go with the flow
Neighborhood notebook: Wheezy to get new home -- if he can be caught
North of Tampa
Marlene Sokol: Laid-off airline worker pulls out of a nose dive
Man recounts his experience with war
Town 'N Country : Twelve Oaks community to mark 30 years
Meet your neighbor : Retired librarian blazes another trail at USF
Land O'Lakes : Residents object to proposed housing development
Northdale : Take in firetrucks, Frisbees and free food
At Wharton High, meet the new boss, welcome the old staff
Cycling : Tampa rider O'Dea 2nd in 'brutal' race
Request to move First Baptist Church is denied
News of Florida
Senate pads its budget plan
UF cheers Clinton's gentle comments
Around the state: ACLU asks state to pull religious AIDS pamphlet
Legislature : Crosby nomination applauded
Videomakers arrested, deny exploiting minors
Lawmakers debate nursing home bingo
Senate panel backs auto insurance bill
Court clears way to sue insurers in no-fault cases
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