Tampa Bay: March 1, 2001
Hillsborough County news
Court rejects stop sign verdict
Found guilty of removing a stop sign that caused a tragic accident, three friends may get a new trial.
Dudes get new dorm -- and a surprise visit
After they move from a Pinellas Park condo to a spot next to a Tampa adult store, police pay a call.
Phone call's price may be expulsion
TAMPA -- Reacting to a recent surge in bomb threats, Hillsborough school Superintendent Earl Lennard announced Wednesday that he wants the offenders expelled from the system for up to two years.
Judge's silence a sign of times?
Word around the County Courthouse on Wednesday was that Chief Judge F. Dennis Alvarez plans to announce his resignation this week.
Joy ride kills Pasco teen; 5 friends hurt
TAMPA -- The cool, clear February weather seemed perfect for a late-night joy ride, the kind that six east Pasco youths had taken many times before.
Wrongly convicted, he is not bitter
TAMPA -- Rubin "Hurricane" Carter isn't bitter that he served 19 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.
Prostitution investigation snares fifth suspect, a doctor
TAMPA -- A Carrollwood doctor has been arrested as part of an investigation into the prostitution of underage girls, officials said Wednesday.
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