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April 22, 2003
An evening with Ellen
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[Times photo: Scott Keeler]
Ellen DeGeneres' standup comedy material is more ordinary than edgy, but she still draws crowds because she's just plain funny. Review
Mary Jo Melone
Can't afford your drugs? Here, have a Band-Aid
Those Republicans in Tallahassee keep living down, down, down to the stereotype so widely held about them -- that they're mean, cheap and, when it comes to the little guy, pitiless.

Top stories
School officials wait for kindergarteners
The district can't finalize some plans until hundreds of incoming kindergarteners enter the choice plan.

Despite threat, water board won't bow to speaker
Tampa Bay Water refuses to back off a project that Rep. Johnnie Byrd opposes.

Man gets house arrest, probation for hate crime
TAMPA -- A Hillsborough judge sentenced a 21-year-old Clearwater man to house arrest and probation Monday for attacking three men after a gay pride event last July.

Local United Way chooses its president
Diana Baker, who served as interim leader, faces challenges after a shortfall forced cuts.


South Pinellas headlines
  • World's tiniest dog?
  • Would-be rescuer in critical condition

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Lack of permit halts apartment repairs
  • Obituary: Longtime educator Richard Duncan dies
  • City to consider drafts of bias policies
  • Slaying suspect on trial 13 years later
  • Pastor is held on drug charges
  • Motorcyclist dies of injuries from collision
  • Tampa Bay Water lists sites to relocate
  • Free SkiFest coming up at Tower Lake
  • Lansbrook, Spiars capture attention in men's club play
  • Planting reading seeds
  • Letters: Community should support food pantry plan

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Final try considered to avoid suing Bucs
  • Fossils could gain more time
  • Lutz boy dies after being hit by truck while riding bicycle

  • News of Florida
  • Group tries to thwart gambling measure
  • Around the state: Hope fading for seven pilot whales
  • Trimmed list of polluted waters may provoke suit
  • Bush supports Panhandle airport
  • Life line for the Medically Needy
  • Legislature: Panel: Let voters reconsider train
  • Legislature: Bid to rein in insurance costs unravels
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