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April 15, 2001
Hope pervades amid a struggle
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[Times photo: Jill Sagers]
Jessica, 6, has a condition that keeps her from speaking. Her parents hope she will live a normal life.
Mary Jo Melone
Strawberry not alone in wide circle of addiction
This is not the voice of a criminal.

Top stories
Despite his love, dad may go to jail
The law says it was a crime when his girlfriend, then 13, got pregnant. Now they are married, but he still faces charges.

Disabled can wait years for benefits
The Social Security Administration is overwhelmed by disability claims.

Deputies search for missing woman
They find the vehicle of the 41-year-old, who was suffering from postpartum depression, at a wilderness park.

Week in review
Phone might bring call to conserve

Tampa Bay briefs
Brandon man arrested, charged with rape


South Pinellas headlines
  • Church welcomes Easter at daybreak
  • Beach city forced to rehire fired paramedic
  • Blacks, like others, had many reasons for vote
  • The umpire's lot is not a happy one
  • Theft of meters no petty crime
  • Merchants' parking complaints answered
  • Three hope journey into darkness enlightens
  • Week ahead
  • Spring season preview, from Dali to Lou Rawls
  • A wealth of ideas for improvement
  • Business briefs
  • The remarkable Mrs. Jordan
  • Post Office extends hours to handle tax mailings
  • Police seek suspect in string of fitness center thefts
  • Do those signs mean we go faster or slower?
  • Police command staff takes shape
  • City takes the hassle out of fest beer sales
  • Treasure Island may buy land near Causeway Bridge
  • Housing agency gets new building
  • Consultant wrapping up two-way traffic proposal
  • Developer allowed to dig a borrow pit
  • Grant jump-starts e-encyclopedia
  • Madeira Beach wants vision for city's future
  • Street is being tweaked to beautify Bayboro area
  • Neighborhood briefs
  • Redington Shores keeps police, wants more done
  • Mayor: Alter rules for truck parking
  • What's up on campus?
  • Government calendar
  • WIBC tourney makes rare stop in Florida
  • Gators' Nystrom earns SEC Player of the Week honors
  • Favorites cruise to easy Beach to Bayou wins

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Cuts endanger funding of civilian officers program
  • Resort rivals lock horns in legal battle royale
  • Mother: School showing zero fairness
  • Excess verbiage befogs language
  • Dragons find way from woman's lair to library
  • Mark your calendar
  • Student's disabilities not a hindrance
  • Nystrom earns SEC honors
  • Similar principles guide business award winners
  • North Pinellas briefs
  • Headlines through the years

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Businessman wields hammer in politics
  • As GOP grows, network emerges
  • Three friends jump in, rescue girl from pool
  • Brunch raises money for skin cancer group

  • News of Florida
  • Bills would reshape college map
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