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April 20, 2003
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Serving beyond their number

[Times photo: Cherie Diez]
The recruiters' pitch -- education, travel, benefits -- is a powerful lure for black women, who flock to the military.
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Mary Jo Melone: Fun new toy, or 4-wheeled window into the psyche? It is not true that cars are symbolically important only to men.
Top stories
Blue crabs melt away
Biologists don't know what's causing the decline, which has commercial crabbers fearing for their livelihood.
Metro Week in Review: Smoke-free park on city wish list
OLDSMAR -- The great outdoors may soon be smoke-free, at least at Bicentennial Park in Oldsmar.
South Pinellas headlines
Man rediscovers Christian faith in birthplace of Islam
Instead of a coop, he got a bird ban
Rio Vista Trail could link Weedon Island
Girls Inc. losing a third of its budget
Pregnant firefighter claims discrimination
Budget woes may bury Gulf Boulevard plan
An annexation hot potato withers, dies
Mideast military news
Neighborhood notebook: Jungle Terrace residents victorious in zoning fight
Relay for Life walk takes cancer in stride
Obituary: Naomi C. Hardesty, rescued with dog
Teacher running around Europe -- really running
Indian Rocks tires of boxy look in new buildings
On the Town: 5 businesswomen join Pinellas hall of fame
Eight women to work in D.C.'s Avon Walk
Channel swimmer takes on Tampa Bay
Keswick Christian picks new leader
CONA backs chief's police plan
Letters:
Taxed to death for empire-building
Working: A day on the job in south Pinellas County
Midtown plan draws wishes, concerns
Thriving in Midtown
Business headlines: Tourtelot expanding its office
North Pinellas headlines
Clearwater, an arts destination? Why not?
Parkgoers balk at idea of fees
U.S. 19 drivers look for place to turn
Dunedin business cuts cost of drugs
Eckerd College fills AD position with Michigan candidate
Editorial: Security breach must stir airport into action
Letters:
Trees are no match for the Soccer Lobby
Hillsborough headlines
Playwright finds the heritage is the thing
North of Tampa
Zoning: Subdivision again requested on Bern's harvest site
Toll tales come from booth dwellers
Holding onto old Florida
Carrollwood: Church considers community park for 2004 carnival
Tiny church school makes room for growth
What? There was life before TV?
School culinary team racks up victories
Open & Shut
New Tampa: A long way from ideal
New Tampa: Cross Creek commuters can expect a smoother ride
Milestones
Carrollwood: Community deputies keep jobs
Week in Review
Neighborhood Notebook: Sickles, HCC offer summer drafting class
Prep Notebook: Chamberlain softball heads to district
Sports Digest: Westchase race is school fundraiser
News of Florida
Coral Gables might add SUVs, mini-vans to parking ordinance
Amid impasses, clock ticks on session's fate
Around the state: 10 whales still stranded off Keys

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