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August 1, 2001
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'N Sync is 'n to it
[Times photo: Thomas M. Goethe]
A crowd estimated at 42,000 braved the rain Tuesday night to see 'N Sync's weather-delayed concert at Raymond James Stadium. The group treated its enthusiastic fans to a stellar stage show featuring dazzling choreography, huge video screens and impressive vocals. The message: We're no longer a "boy band." |
Howard Troxler
So much to lose for gridiron glory
College football is a great sport with great traditions. I support it. But you can bet that if two young participants in any other state-sponsored leisure activity in Florida had died in the past six months, there would be big trouble. There ought to be more trouble now.
Top stories
'We owe this to our father'
A victim's family finds the courage to fight the parole of a man convicted in the 1977 killing.
FHP cites driver in fatality related to cell phone use
A Clearwater motorist who was trying to answer his cellular phone when he struck and killed a man on the Howard Frankland Bridge has been cited with careless driving by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Ex-deputy faces drug theft counts
Officials say the ex-Hillsborough deputy stole drugs from the evidence room since 1997.
Largo police admit mistake in KFC threats case
The dispatcher did not relay to an officer that there were prior harassment complaints, police said.
School Board sets up increase in tax rate
If the new rate is adopted at a meeting scheduled for Sept. 11, it would be a 0.7 percent increase over this year's rate.
A love story in life -- and in death
Jim and Pat Porter, who were married almost 48 years, died within hours of each other.
Sheriff's hackles raised by judge chewing out deputy
Hillsborough's new chief judge is asked to discuss whether County Judge Elvin Martinez was out of line in the way he behaved in the courtroom.
Woman hurt crossing road in Clearwater
CLEARWATER -- A 63-year-old woman was struck by a car and seriously injured Tuesday as she walked across Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard.
2 Hernando friends killed in plane crash
Two Hernando County friends died in a plane crash Tuesday after the homemade experimental plane they were flying in crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Jacksonville.
Killer is sentenced in years-old slayings
TAMPA -- Nearly a decade after he was accused of murdering two men whose bodies were found slashed, stabbed and shot by the side of Interstate 275, David Bomarsi pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of second-degree murder.
South Pinellas headlines
Lealman man suggests anti-annexation measure
A festival on the rise
Death of publisher won't stop newspaper
Lealman takes out trash -- leaves it
Pipes buried along beaches for reclaimed water
Portraits from a lady
A loud airport is not complementary
The aging, slow had better watch out
Save-A-Lot grocery to rise near downtown
A bitter pill
Starbucks opens Friday downtown
A cancer delay
Party for debs, friends, parents is just ducky
St. Petersburg neighborhoods seek state help
Thieves target Dodges; 3 youths arrested, charged
Beaches notebook
Local man makes state VFW history
Focus on volunteers
Davis receives shot at 'quite an honor'
North Pinellas headlines
County scurries for ballot system
Land in legal tangle may become park
Teacher's lively Civil War tales reflect his passion for history
Largo police admit mistake in KFC threats case
Tarpon library program still in business
Linton's squad takes Lightning championships
Hillsborough headlines
Sports authority pays part of tax bill
Decision on vote system is delayed
Hillsborough considers social service cuts
Three commissioners walk out as sheriff defends his budget
Former chief of Tampa police dies
News of Florida
Tiger kills ranch worker
Tax break a jingle in Bush's pocket
Firm sues whistle-blower
Prison phones will open to tipsters
Rancher experienced with cat close calls
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