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Tuesday, October 4, 2005

[Times photo: Daniel Wallace]
A Melodic Welcome: Cantor Riselle Bain leads the choir, beginning Erev Rosh Hashana services at Congregation Schaarai Zedek on Swann Avenue in Tampa. Rosh Hashana marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year. The congregation had two services Monday night to accommodate about 1,000 at each service.

Fugitive kills himself to avoid capture
A man wanted in North Carolina shoots himself after a traffic stop in St. Petersburg.

'Chapel of Love' duo takes refuge in Tampa
Two original members of the 1960s girl group The Dixie Cups are looking for somewhere to sing, along with a new place to live. Rosa and Barbara Hawkins both lost homes in New Orleans' Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina. They're living temporarily in a motel room in Tampa, where Rosa's son lives.

Park residents get jump on developer
They have until Nov. 15 to raise $60-million to buy a Largo mobile home park. For now, no other offers will be accepted.

Bush selectes 3 new judges for Pinellas
TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Jeb Bush on Monday appointed three new judges in Pinellas County, including John Carassas, a former state House member from Palm Harbor who is currently a deputy state attorney general.

Prosecutor's witness tells another point
A former math professor close to Sami Al-Arian says discussing the PIJ is like "watching CNN or Fox."


South Pinellas headlines
  • Man arrested in brother's death
  • School bus drivers refuse to desert little riders
  • Schools hold back blacks, group says

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Long birdie on last hole lifts Petrillo to win
  • Deputies locate missing woman
  • Parents forget son, 5, at park
  • Vandals leave trail of graffiti on buildings
  • You can shop and dine, for a good cause
  • $35,000 study was a waste, leaders say
  • $35,000 study was a waste, leaders say
  • Principals for a day

  • Briefs
  • Belleair public hearing for first ordinance reading
  • Wristbands available for Largo's Halloween event
  • Letters to the Editor: Tour of Homes value requirement is insulting
  • Letters to the Editor: Tour of Homes value requirement is insulting

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Attorney contradicts staff's first opinion
  • Point, click, answer, and stay alert in class
  • Wife stands by Bolin for his 8th murder trial
  • Man pleads not guilty in murder of lotto winner

  • Schools
  • Talk of school overcrowding leads to 'delusions'

  • News of Florida
  • Floridian indicted in Internet fraud for 'Katrina aid'
  • Injured kids: no insurance, no chance?
  • Issuing permits for destroying wetlands: This is a job for ...
  • Challenger raises $170,000 in 6 weeks
  • Candidate for attorney general hits $1-million
  • Cost of sinking retired carrier as artificial reef keeps rising
  • Elevator and escalator injuries up, paper says
  • Lobbyist to appeal fines for not filing client reports
  • Pilot badly hurt when skydivers' plane crashes after taking off
  • Study calls on state to review financial future
  • Judge to rule whether FEMA must tell who got aid in 2004

  • Hurricane Katrina
  • FEMA pay puzzles landlord