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July 18, 2001
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A gentle setting
[Times photo: Daniel Wallace]
Yentra Whitfield fixes the belt on the pants of her 2-year-old son, Jermaine, at the Uptown Laundromat at 499 Fifth St. N in St. Petersburg on Tuesday. "Come on," she said as she fiddled with the boy's clothes. "We've got two more loads of clothes to dry, then we'll take a cab home." |
Howard Troxler
Somewhere in political din dwells a promise
A "stem" cell is just a cell that hasn't decided.
Top stories
Elections chief recuses herself
Deborah Clark won't participate in picking new voting machines so her family ties won't "cast a shadow" on the process.
Developers buy block at center of downtown
They say they are considering a hotel-retail complex at the site that now sits mostly vacant.
Ex-student's suit alleges rape
The former Osceola High student sues, saying a teacher repeatedly forced her to have sex.
Georgia crash kills 2 Pasco children
An uncle was driving the brother, 5, and sister, 7, to Chicago when he hit an I-75 wall near Atlanta.
Judge didn't try to sway police
The arresting officer said Charles Cope asked if he could "make this go away." But he said that's not unusual at an arrest.
Secret Service tutors schools
The agency offers educators a lesson in how to protect students that is based on its study of school shootings.
Scan precedents? Developing
As Tampa police turn cameras on Ybor City crowds, critics point to the legal questions that remain unanswered about the technology.
Schools behind on buying property
A lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund has written a letter to the Pinellas School District, complaining that land-buying for new and renovated schools in St. Petersburg is behind a schedule approved by a federal judge.
South Pinellas headlines
Good day means a tail wag, face lick
Budget talk swirls over city safety, tax outlook
New rules for grouper fishing are put on hold
Nature hike at night stimulates the senses
Renovated park will carry boy's memory
Red light runners are getting bolder
Intent is at the heart of T-shirt trial
Boy home after rescue from ditch
Pinellas Park briefs
Neighborhood briefs
More Main Street than modern mall
Outback expected to replace Bradford
Latest perk in buying new home? Free pizza
Persistence for Dali
School briefs
Achievers
Center decks the walls with 3 new art shows
Fuel, insurance bring rise in bus fares
Pier 60 to get new visitors center
Take a hike on Weedon Island
Magazine caters to parents and children
Dog park will open Saturday in Coquina Key neighborhood
Immigrant loses battle with cancer
Beaches notebook
Carpet of duckweed stifles Clearwater lake
Teen volunteers try to make a dent in violence
Golf courses feel the economic squeeze
Hey, friend, would you sign my CD-ROM?
Focus on volunteers
Military news
3 area racers turn in strong performances
State tournament berths are on the line
Lincicome putts her way to 13th
North Pinellas headlines
Despite protest, apartments approved
Salvation Army to revamp old hospital
Suspended teacher sues radio station
Treatment business fined over dirty water
In Seminole, mall is Main Street, heartbeat
Soon, each flush will cost you more
Sponge skippers told to get busy
State rabies efforts to follow Pinellas model
Oldsmar objects to plan for new homes
What's next for roundabout? A fix for the fix?
Pinellas serves as model for state rabies campaign
Area racers make strong showings
Achievers
Military news
Hillsborough headlines
Housing scam convictions stand, except one
Video released of radio show boar killing
Ranting robber of bank gets a bonus
Ernest Hooper
Family, public service, volunteers make a difference
News of Florida
New ballots pass test in Osceola
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