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May 11, 2001
Woman fatally shot in carjacking
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[Times photo: Cherie Diez]
Many see the victim struggle with the gunman who demands her car at a McDonald's.
Howard Troxler
Frankly, he was just doing his duty
I am in receipt of a letter from my state representative, Frank Farkas, R-St. Petersburg. Farkas is taking umbrage. He probably should have left it untaken.

Top stories
Pinellas toddler drowns in pool
The mother discovers the child in the water and shouts to a neighbor, "Joe, call 911 for me!"

Bucs' Kiffin snubs Oldsmar chamber lunch
Oldsmar officials say Monte Kiffin stood them up. The Bucs say it's all a mix-up.

Student removed from class because of drawings
The principal at Oldsmar Elementary says the 11-year-old probably won't return for the rest of the year.

Reporter will use Gleevec in his cancer fight
WFLA-Ch. 8 reporter Lance Williams brought a personal perspective to the station's coverage of the new leukemia drug, Gleevec, on Thursday, telling viewers his own story of struggling with a form of the disease.

Tampa Bay briefs
Schools give parents more time with surveys


South Pinellas headlines
  • Teen driver hits wrong pedal, plus post office
  • City, architects settle dome remodeling claim
  • Groups to offer input on next police chief

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Developer joins revival effort at Clearwater Mall
  • County confronts voting machine cost
  • Juvenile drug treatment center rejected
  • Kids' Day event will have to wait
  • Jail to get $30-million health care building
  • Largo mayor's action not so unreasonable
  • Man gets life in prison for grudge-match killing
  • Best bets
  • Happenings
  • Master's artwork seeps into students'

  • Hillsborough headlines

    Ernest Hooper
  • Five companies doing right thing, one dad trying to
  • The family jazz
  • Grocery store owner survives shot in thigh
  • Girl who was attacked by dogs leaves hospital
  • Former coach pleads guilty to killing girl, 2

  • News of Florida
  • Senator to fill out Cabinet position
  • Woman sues tribal chief over sex acts
  • EPA to rush arsenic-risk report
  • The New College try
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