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March 8, 2001
Surgery offers Colombian boy hope for normal life
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[Times photo: Toni L. Sandys]
The boy's parents accept the risks of an operation to put his brain inside the skull.
Mary Jo Melone
Is anyone listening as Bubba fouls the air?
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Top stories
Vigilant schools defuse threats
Officials say potentially violent incidents are being staved off by students who speak up when they see or hear something.

Air Force collision report disputed
The head of the Tampa air controllers' association says there is no civilian responsibility for last year's fatality.

Agencies hope house calls will help disruptive youths
Troubled by stories of children as young as 6 being handcuffed, arrested and criminally charged in Pinellas County, three local mental health agencies today will ask the Juvenile Welfare Board to tackle the problem with house calls.

Woman tosses cigarette and it lands her in jail
LAND O'LAKES -- Finished with her cigarette, the driver handed it to Gladys Louise Lewis and asked her to get rid of it.

Tampa Bay briefs
Largo police rethink hiring standard


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  • Hopefuls get in parting shots at last forum
  • Candidates present contrast in views
  • Boy's talk of bomb, gun leads to charge
  • More trouble for teen in animal attacks
  • North Pinellas digest
  • Quilt stitches tie 4-H'ers together
  • Police rethink hiring standard
  • Cities should work to aid voter turnout
  • Florida Botanical Gardens deserves nothing but praise
  • Free tax assistance
  • Pinellas Park might latch onto trolley idea
  • Global extravaganza planned for weekend
  • Planned kids' parade is a wash
  • Tennis Link is designed to serve local programs
  • North Pinellas briefs
  • Is development to blame for lack of rain?

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Surgery offers Colombian boy hope for normal life
  • Government online plan delayed
  • Police ponder death of a boar
  • Accidents an hour apart leave 2 dead
  • Tampa balances drought, growth
  • The old is toppled to make way for the new
  • Military news
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  • Renewals are now just a few clicks away

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  • Bill would allow dirty water to be pumped into aquifer
  • State faces $1-billion Medicaid shortfall
  • Legislative briefs
  • Disclosure bill advances
  • Committee backs sales tax breaks for sports venues
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