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April 13, 2003
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Digitally enabled

[Times photo: Fraser Hale]
With only the use of his thumbs and his computer, Michael Phillips can create art. He can write reviews of games and chat with friends across the country. His latest endeavor: an online FCAT.
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Mary Jo Melone: Some suffer in silence as others vote in ignorance I thought government worked this way:
Top stories
At 51,000-feet, generals live the high life
Military commanders travel in the highest of style, thanks to a fleet of luxury jets based at MacDill Air Force Base.
Iraq: Foot in a cast, Pasco Marine on way home from war
Mary Katherine Mason, 20, traded college classes for combat in January but broke her ankle before seeing the front lines.
Perfect project? Parents pitched in
If the science fair looks more like an engineering trade show, chances are mom or dad lent a hand.
Defense against terror? Keep a loaded pantry
ODESSA -- When it comes to disasters, few people are as ready as Mormons.
Metro Week in Review: Teachers get richer pay in poor schools
TAMPA -- As many as 800 teachers who work at 12 high-poverty schools in Hillsborough County will be offered extra pay to stay there.
Man talked out of bridge jump
The Sunshine Skyway bridge was closed for three hours Saturday morning while emergency responders talked a man out of jumping off the bridge.
South Pinellas headlines
Rewriting rules to end border skirmishes
Bullet costs cat leg, hunt on for shooter
Beaches would cut cost of burying wires
Renovator aims for historic, not just old
Palladium shooed away sex offender
Mideast military news
U.S. Rep. Davis to hold open house on Monday
Crowds make Festival of States parade a thumping success
Corps hauls away part of Upham Beach
Neighborhood notebook: Preservation group trying to organize neighborhoods
Report: Bold plan can avert ugly future
On the Town: PARC party attendees hear some good news
$30-million in upgrades to boost St. Anthony's
Working: A Day on the Job
It's not easy being green
Sick of speeders, some buy own speed bumps
Should commissioners accept benefits?
Dr. Delay: New signs on U.S. 19 a godsend for drivers
With tax day closing in fast, help is here
Seminole man is top paramedic
Desegregation is forum topic
Running: Masterson works hard to make victory look easy
Business headlines: Steak & Lube construction gets in gear
Bowling: Dempsey's squad tops City winners
Letters:
School choice program is big farce
North Pinellas headlines
Lords and ladies, a last huzzah
Legal drugs kill, too
Dumping plan alarms spongers
Fire at former Chimp Farm is called suspicious
Fire at former Chimp Farm is called suspicious
City gets a jump on '05 mayoral race
Editorial: Showing our pride without shabbiness
Letters:
Tax dollars should not go to Narconon
Hillsborough headlines
Defense against terror? Keep a loaded pantry
At 51,000-feet, generals live the high life
News of Florida
A rival quietly makes inroads
Iraq: Crowds dwindle at antiwar protests

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