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February 21, 2001
Fire burns 16 units, leaves 20 homeless
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[Times photo: Mike Pease]
Quick work by two men helps clear out the apartment complex on N Dale Mabry Highway.
Howard Troxler
It's time to look at the debt never paid
When would you say that an ex-convict has paid his "debt to society?"

Top stories
Progress on paper
A fourth-grade class has sharpened its skills for today's big state writing test.

Forecast for I-4: smoke and detours
Wildfires raging across Polk County likely will keep Interstate 4 closed until next week and bring more smoke to the Tampa Bay area, a state Division of Forestry official said Tuesday.

Police, family search for answers in death
ST. PETERSBURG -- The significance of police and media vehicles outside the front door dawned on Beverly Robinson late in the day when she watched the evening news.

State to repair, replace worn Skyway cameras
Choked by salt and damaged by weather, 13 lenses on the bridge will be worked on. Later, more will take their place.

Tampa Bay briefs
Suspect in llama case has high-profile lawyer

New rule gives illegals false hope
TAMPA -- No matter what immigration attorney Neil Lewis says to some of the excited foreigners calling him these days, he can't make them understand that the United States is not suddenly handing visas to all its illegal immigrants.

Report lays out Al-Najjar scrutiny
His attorneys say the report, an agent's testimony with much deleted, tells them little.

Robber sought in pair of Pasco bank heists
Robberies in Holiday and Port Richey bring the total number of west Pasco bank holdups to five in the past week.


South Pinellas headlines

Election news
  • Mayoral election up for grabs
  • Ballot lineups fluctuate in final weeks
  • Vote for experience, vision, integrity
  • Would-be mayors' styles fill spectrum
  • Campaign brings wealth of illegal sign postings
  • Candidates emphasize similar campaign issues
  • Five represent choice: crusader or mediator?
  • Growth, water rules top agenda in District 2

  • Candidate profiles
  • For bios, click here

  • Other news
  • Enough to go around
  • Earnhardt's cars may not visit
  • Subdivision to sprout -- and spigots to gush
  • Stars, set, extras kept under wraps
  • Comment on bridge welcomed
  • SNIFFS cat group holds organizational meeting
  • Mail carrier sniffs out a potential problem
  • Career Awareness Fair helps students, prospective employers
  • DAR awards 2 students with $1,000 scholarships
  • A bigger world
  • Vocal competition to be held Saturday
  • Queen of Hearts Ball unites glamor, reward
  • Mayor is accused of police favoritism
  • Kids spend a night outside comfort zone
  • One vantage point, 95 years of change
  • One vantage point, 95 years of change
  • Guardian ad Litem needs volunteers
  • Self-taught player is making up for lost time
  • Razorback races attract lively fans
  • Club pros Falcone, Carlson run into a flock of birdies

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Ex-city official sets up lobbying, consulting firm
  • North Pinellas digest
  • Plan seeks wire burial when doing remodeling
  • Ex-firefighter accused of firing at truck
  • Omni protesters bid to be heard
  • Goals for site put on paper
  • District expects to pinch pennies
  • Report: Education key to business
  • Students fire up for big state test
  • Care for llamas at fair stands in contrast to recent case of abuse
  • Marriott resort survives protest
  • Well-known lawyer defends teen in llama case
  • North Pinellas in brief
  • Former firefighter charged with firing gun at truck

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Fire burns 16 units, leaves 20 homeless
  • Evans: I cleaned up Housing Authority
  • Board okays charters for 2 new schools
  • Vehicular homicide defendant let out on bail
  • Business briefs
  • Fire near Citrus Park mall burns 100 acres of brush

  • News of Florida
  • Forecast for I-4: smoke and detours
  • Charges filed in Perry bar case
  • Contact lens suit settled for millions
  • Alternate routes around Interstate 4, from the west
  • GOP leaders split over banking, insurance bills
  • Bush wants limits on new colleges
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