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May 14, 2000

United crimps big carry-ons

Passengers get pushy at security entries where their bags don't fit. The airline narrowed the openings.

Mary Jo Melone
They make their way, take their chances
Vincent Tran's older brother was the first member of the family to get out of Vietnam. When he reached St. Petersburg, he took photographs and mailed them home. One of them was of the park and neighborhood around Mirror Lake.

Victim of highway shooting identified
TAMPA -- Police have identified a man shot to death Friday night after an argument with a passenger in another car.

Top stories
Pizza driver slain, shop opener shot
"Things like this don't happen in Carrollwood," says a resident of the attacks on employees of two pizza shops.

Common thread missing in web of arson cases
Records on the Tampa Heights and Ybor fires reveal such a wide range of circumstances that no single theory can explain them all.

Smoker injured in blast at strip mall
DUNEDIN -- A Dunedin man was hospitalized Saturday after he lit a cigarette which caused an explosion that damaged several stores at a strip mall, authorities said.

Police find photos, charge man with having child pornography
ST. PETERSBURG -- A 48-year-old St. Petersburg man has been arrested and charged with four counts of possessing child pornography.

Metro review: Largo reels as Explorers face inquiry
LARGO -- Several Largo city officials expressed disappointment in police Chief Jerry Bloechle, but he still has their support in the wake of an investigation that showed three officers had sexual relationships with police Explorers.


South Pinellas headlines
  • Grand plans afoot for Weedon Island's Indian center
  • Extra property tax break defeated
  • 'Hippie' turns out to be a Good Samaritan
  • Blurred memory crystalizes in a song
  • Men injured in collision of watercraft
  • Gay rights message delivered in protest, arrest
  • Jeweler not quick to return valuables
  • Council tries to trim park renovation costs
  • A lesson in honesty, crystallized
  • Post office prowls area ZIP codes
  • Redington house featured in Kmart ad
  • A year later, schoolmates plant a tree for Lyssa
  • Food and love inspire top card in nation
  • Eviction threat preceded deli closing
  • Humble guest has a dignified perch
  • Group hopes to strengthen influence
  • Madeira Beach flood grants clear snag
  • Old boxes hold key to $1-million donor
  • Greek nymph to move to S Pasadena
  • Property sale approved to fund railroad station
  • Pinellas Park property shows increase in value
  • Event positively thwarts frustration
  • Tussle erupts over unincorporated area
  • Push to save Sunken Gardens wins award
  • Reading program opens a page on lifetime of learning
  • Deuprees are 'first family'' at Fun 'n Sun Run
  • National gym honors cap big year for Turners
  • YABA tourney to pay winner $25,000 in scholarship aid

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Tracking a proposal for mass transit
  • Harborview a thorn in downtown plan
  • Community policing at issue
  • Teacher leaving a legacy of lessons
  • Loose dogs unleash neighbors' complaints
  • Tarpon tourism idea would alter riverfront
  • Survey will help shape parks plan for Oldsmar
  • Officials, voters hold fate of downtown Clearwater
  • U.S. 19 woes are due to poor design
  • Man falls overboard, disappears
  • SPJC's first time in state title game makes loss worse
  • Carden Gillenwater, former pro ballplayer

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • United crimps big carry-ons
  • Secretin: miracle drug or a quack remedy?
  • Building under construction burns in Tampa

  • News of Florida
  • State test scores are likely to be tardy
  • GOP race for Senate bid is tale of 2 cities
  • La vida loca.com
  • Lawmakers build larger war chests for legal battles
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