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July 20, 2001
Sinkholes thwart home sellers
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[Times photo: Maurice Rivenbark]
Dozens opening up in Hernando County create worries about the real estate market and insurance coverage.


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Every creak, crack is suspect in Spring Hill
Worried residents are finding "sinkholes" even where they're not. The county is checking them all out.

Howard Troxler
Arguments, pro and con, on Ybor City spy in the sky
By my count, 19 citizens addressed the Tampa City Council on Thursday on the topic of using face-recognition software to scan the public streets of Ybor City. Of these, 15 spoke against the system, and four spoke in favor.

Top stories
2 police agencies balk at free Rays tickets
The team will honor police in the wake of one officer's death. But two departments won't use the tickets, citing ethics policies.

Fla. pays officer's partner
The $25,000 for slain Tampa police Officer Marrero's companion comes from the state's crime victims fund.

Al-Najjar's appeal is rejected
A U.S. appeals court says the once-detained Palestinian and his wife have not proved their case for asylum.

Tampa Bay briefs
Dog shot during apartment break-in


South Pinellas headlines
  • Sheriff: Back off the shirt patrol
  • Settlement divvies up fortune of a most unlikely millionaire
  • Council on raises: Forget it

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • City administrator is asked to resign
  • Horne wants $130,000 salary
  • School budget could tweak property taxes
  • Class goal: Put car thieves out of business
  • Hunt is on to fill top job with Pinellas
  • It's more than dancing; it's a sport
  • How to help boy charged with arson?
  • Grand jury indicts man in wife's slaying
  • Center's promise is going unfilled
  • Roundabout is like a beacon in the night
  • Free shots, physicals for kids at health fair
  • Oldsmar puts off elevator ordinance
  • Suncoast well represented in Junior Gold
  • Best bets
  • Happenings
  • In this drama, laughter is not the best medicine

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Council splits 3-3 on spy-cams
  • Dean, wife donate $1.3-million to USF
  • Fla. pays officer's partner
  • New York Yankees visit fulfills 6-year-old boy's dream
  • Father convicted of DUI in son's death
  • Four indicted in Medicare fraud scheme

  • News of Florida
  • Records issue pits Butterworth against Harris
  • He has left life's stage
  • Kidnap case's fallout persists
  • State asks for halt to cigarette coupons
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