January 6, 2001
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It's perfect muck fire weather
[Times photo: Joseph Garnett Jr.]
Drought and cold combine to make things ideal for the smelly, blinding, dangerous, stubborn underground blazes. |
Top stories
Defenses told evidence may be tainted
Hillsborough's new state attorney says problems in the FBI crime lab may have affected murder cases.
Politics not invited to party, judge says
Chief Judge F. Dennis Alvarez says his political ambitions were not discussed at a party a friend threw for him last year.
Sponsors, lineup for Superfest still up in the air
Some of the companies the promoter lists on reports say they have not agreed to sponsor the event.
Tampa Bay briefs
Campaign gift case ends with $500 fine
Con artist sentenced for payroll scam
TAMPA -- James Grant Wagner does not come across as the typical scam artist.
2 more charged in court purchasing scheme
TAMPA -- Two men were charged this week in a federal case that led the former clerk of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida to plead guilty to accepting kickbacks.
Report may spur rivals of Alvarez
TAMPA -- A day after a published grand jury report raised concerns about the chief judge's handling of recent courthouse troubles, speculation swirled about Circuit Judge F. Dennis Alvarez.
South Pinellas headlines
Police arrest rape suspect after tips from public
DNA data base zeros in on suspect in rape case
Man's views change radically
City official says he urged leniency
North Pinellas headlines
Attorney says staff meetings are closed
Greek Orthodox archbishop met with reverence
Woman killed after vehicle hits tree along Central Avenue
Stauffer exhausts project official
Project will fluff up beaches
Bill puts board districts to a vote
Huge crowd expected for Epiphany
Social Security fraud earns prison term
Woman guilty of shoplifting
Man's views change radically
Religion briefly
Subdivision may cost stand of 50 oaks
Hillsborough headlines
Man is fined over election contribution
Sierra Club adds to Tampa lawsuit
Man accused of stabbing ex-girlfriend
A closer look: One Hillsborough church
News of Florida
Board favors locally led growth
Confusion in tower and cockpit led to crash
Mixson eyed as Cabinet fill-in
College system leader resigns
Report finds prison monitor too lax
Around the state
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