[Times photo: Tony Lopez] About $65,000 in damage was done to this house.

May 4, 2000

Top stories
Arsonist strikes 3 more homes
Tampa fire officials believe the arsonist is the same person who set three similar fires nearby April 27.

Interest surfaces as sign floats
A man's demonstration of advertising amid the waves has some businesses reaching for phones as officials pore over rule books.

Homeless missions' finances examined
State investigators demand records of Tampa Bay's two City Missions to find how much actually is given to the needy.

Man, 20, guilty in heroin death
The jury rejects a first-degree murder charge for the man who gave his friend a fatal dose, but convicts him of third-degree murder.

Mary Jo Melone
Art for art's sake -- not art for a buck
Judy Stewart has not lost her sense of wonder.

Sales tax fraud fugitive caught in Vancouver
He had pocketed money earmarked for taxes on his bay area pager company, authorities say. He had been sought for the past two years.

Former boyfriend guilty of killing; life sentence is mandatory
TAMPA -- A jury took about two hours Wednesday to convict Ricky R. Vann of first-degree murder for ambushing his estranged girlfriend and shooting her in the head.

Gooden helps replace league's gear
The Devil Rays pitcher helps replace items stolen from a Tampa Little League.

Aquarium to open exhibit of sea stars, crabs, shrimp
TAMPA -- Toothy fish, colorful fish and just plain weird-looking fish all have their place at the Florida Aquarium.

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