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August 12, 2001
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Dome District slump
[Times photo: Daniel Wallace]
Few restaurants and nightclubs show life around Tropicana Field, echoing the dismal attendance within. |
Mary Jo Melone
The blur of color, a lack of facts hide truth
I shall tell the story of what happened last week when the Progressive National Baptist Convention came to Tampa in the simplest fashion.
Top stories
Professor dies from lightning injuries
Ten doctors at University Community Hospital tried to save the USF professor.
Divorce case stretches into its fifth year
With two children, yachts, properties and millions of dollars to fight over, a couple settle into a state of strife.
Experts call virus no reason to panic
The mosquito-borne West Nile virus is likely to appear in west-central Florida, but it poses little risk to humans.
West Nile virus Q & A
Q: What is West Nile virus?
Baptist leaders meet, plan list of demands for hotel
Still unsure of what happened at the punch bowl, the group plans to send demands to the Marriott Waterside hotel.
NAACP members protest Clearwater hotel
The Adam's Mark hotel was among 24 nationwide where protests took place.
Metro review
Some highlights of the news from around the region for the week just ended.
Tampa Bay briefs
Electrical fire destroys double-wide mobile home
South Pinellas headlines
Back to school
Building boom
Bus schedules
Even private schools see expansion
Don't let 'choice' sneak up on you
Principals emphasize close-knit campuses
4 schools to teach avoidance of harm
Lunches will cost an extra quarter
Special observance days
2001-02 report card distribution
Immunizations
Registration
Calendar
Other news
Seminole rejected but not dejected
Gandy project worries church
Kenneth City rejects idea of annexing Lealman
Wish list for park waits one detail
Converting one-way streets has a steep price
The week ahead
Jungle Terrace approves improvements to gym, park
Seminole manager gets raise
Retiring at 40
Don't like thought of dog being lonely?
For club, networking is serious business
Historical museum to move again
Snell: castle to condos
22nd St. S waits for sweet taste of renewal
Pinellas Park delays hearing on apartments
Residents get a say in taming intersection
City may relax rules on parking spaces
Protests spare bus shuttle in Treasure Island for now
Perch packs them in with piano and poems
He sheds an awful job but not nemesis couch
Buddhist statues arrive from Vietnam
City manager hunt will be team effort
Neighborhood briefs
46th Street bumps likely to jiggle out the eyeballs
Belleair Beach rethinks rules for proper use of city hall
Treasure Island will alter traffic 'bubble'
Beach mayors renew firehouse quest
Baseball player catches national attention
Top ABC tourney teams are rolling in the money
North Pinellas headlines
Back to school
Building boom
Bus schedules
Even private schools see expansion
Don't let 'choice' sneak up on you
Principals emphasize close-knit campuses
4 schools to teach avoidance of harm
Lunches will cost an extra quarter
Special observance days
2001-02 report card distribution
Immunizations
Registration
Calendar
Other news
A city divided
PODS to city: Sign rules unworkable
At flea market, it's always Sonny
Hospital could become celebrity spa
Too many drivers hit road ready to do battle
New leader keeps band marching
Hillsborough headlines
Special ed teachers still rare commodity
Electric buses generate complaints
News of Florida
Is this in Florida's future?
Black UF freshmen numbers plummet
Gulf drilling's mitigating factor may dry up
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