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June 1, 2000
Tampa Bay: June 1, 2000
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[Times photo: Fraser Hale]
Dry dock
Water trickles past the canoe launch area at Alderman's Ford Park in eastern Hillsborough County on Wednesday. Ordinarily people carry their canoes down and drop them into the Alafia River beside the pier in the background. But it's too dry now.
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Hillsborough County news
NAACP chapter cuts off desegregation plan talks
TAMPA -- The Hillsborough chapter of the NAACP abruptly withdrew Wednesday from a committee working with the school district on a proposed desegregation plan.
Choice busing options limited
A proposal would give parents wide latitude in picking schools for their kids -- but provide buses to only two or three.
Housing scandal suspect pleads guilty to bribery
The contractor was accused of paying off a former Tampa Housing Authority official for help landing a contract.
Penalties harsher for court no-shows
A new law toughens the price juveniles pay for ignoring court dates. Other rules are stiffened.
Man dies in fire at Tampa apartment
TAMPA -- An unidentified Tampa man was found dead in his apartment Wednesday night by a neighbor who saw his body through a window.
Crash ends chase with no one hurt
TAMPA -- A Plant City man was arrested after leading police on a chase that ended when his car crashed, authorities said.
Sinkhole forces family from home
SEFFNER -- Residents of a duplex were forced from their home Wednesday night after a massive sinkhole opened up in their yard and under part of the building's foundation.
Tampa Bay headlines
Remembering that other Ybor accident
Terrifying crash, eight lives saved
09-15-18-23-27: Have you seen these numbers?
Area students spell way to another day
Officer quits amid Explorer scandal
FAMU-led program to assist poor areas
Weather
Hurricane season and jitters start now
Pinellas headlines
Ex-YMCA employee is released on bail
Nails cut, postal employee back at work
Economic director leaving for Atlanta
Curlew widening races to a finish
Dunedin Country Club to give $8,500 in grants
Officer resigns amid Explorer scandal
Owners call tie-downs uplifting
State inmate is charged in 1988 rape
Crime keeps Johnnie'$ dry
Police say mother left infant with sex predator
Annexation foe joins commission race
Neighbors wary of Keswick's growth
Nothing wrong with beautifying a water tower
Largo officer quits amid Explorer scandal
Men's 4.0 team from McMullen to vie for national senior title
Baptist church deacon faces charge of molesting a child
Florida headlines
State Division of Safety to close its doors July 1
Soaring on wings of law
GOP Senate candidates tossing barbs
Bush visits neighborhood scorched by wildfires
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