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June 12, 2001
Ready for the new world
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[Times photo: Cherie Diez]
Trevor Williams, 8, stands guard as a Spanish conquistador during the first day of summer classes at the Science Center of Pinellas County.
Mary Jo Melone
A plain and simple message to the judge
Appeals judges get to sit up high, a comfortable remove from the mess and bother of life, and play the role of First Class Second Guesser.

Top stories
Leap from Skyway changes his life
"I was just happy to be alive," says a man who survived a 200-foot suicide jump into the water.

Shock jock's video shows killing of wild boar
Bubba the Love Sponge Clem's company taped the slaughter described during his radio show.

Trooper shoots driver during traffic stop
The driver is shot in the hand. Officials say he ignored commands to show his hands, then moved suddenly.

Tapes tell tale of search for a spy
Jurors listen to secretly recorded talks between an espionage suspect and an undercover FBI agent.

Water board okays second desal plant
CLEARWATER -- Tampa Bay Water set the stage Monday for a second large seawater desalination plant and a series of ground-water and surface-water projects designed to supply the region's needs to 2014.

Tampa Bay briefs
Three men arrested in drug sting


South Pinellas headlines
  • 'Closed' sign bandit strikes for fifth time
  • Girl assaulted on street in St. Petersburg
  • Deli owner, native of Greece, Spiro Karakoudas

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Cancer doctors plan to build center
  • Woman is guilty of elder neglect
  • City may import dancers, divers
  • City may shell out to beef up road patrol
  • Relay for Life tops funds goal
  • Residents suspect coyote in cat deaths
  • Two nearby areas to vote on annexation
  • Clearwater's repute crumbles at stadium
  • Boardwalk should be top priority
  • Church, city may trade property
  • Woman is jailed in baby scam case
  • State attorney guest at lunch
  • Vinoy repeats its 1997 feat

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Stroking college dreams
  • Car thief strikes at police meeting
  • Voters can give two new ballot systems a test run

  • News of Florida
  • Autopsy pictures law is upheld
  • Gov. Bush warns of dour fiscal prospects
  • Seminoles may have lost millions
  • Reporter involved in spat is witness
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