An icky infestation [Times photo: Cherie Diez] The caterpillars dripping from oaks are harmless and should be gone soon.

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Tarpon Springs knew of arsenic
The city detected it in soil near its just-closed playground more than a month ago but decided there was no immediate risk.

Tampa to test park for arsenic
A Times test at the Al Lopez Park playground showed levels the state considers unsafe. The poison comes from treated wood.

Grouper ban is now over
The officials charged with enforcing the ban, in place from Texas to South Florida, say that fishermen complied with it.

Tampa Bay briefs
Dallas flight returns to TIA after smoke scare

Boy's organs used for transplants
The Colombian boy, who died after a brain operation, has his heart, liver, kidneys and cornea harvested for transplants.

Busing in Pinellas County to expand
Keeping with a 1999 agreement, the School Board will provide busing to fundamental school students.

Hudson man charged with bilking two women
NEW PORT RICHEY -- A 53-year-old Hudson man was arrested Friday on charges that he swindled two elderly sisters-in-law out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a scam that nearly cost one victim her home, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.

2 Pinellas jail officials receive reprimands
A former employee at the jail says a sergeant sexually harassed her in 1999.

Presbyterian Church vote rejects ban on gay unions
A majority of American presbyteries have rejected a proposed ban on same-sex unions in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

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