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August 14, 2001
2-ton garbage truck rams into overpass
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[Times photo: Skip O'Rourke]
The truck's extended lift damages one lane of the Crosstown, snarling traffic all day Monday.
Top stories
Police items are easy to find, legal to buy
But using them can bring trouble, though a Pinellas sheriff's official admits the law is vague.

Accused judge takes leave of absence
On Friday, Circuit Judge Charles Cope, is scheduled to plead guilty to two misdemeanors in California.

Fresh start on life lasts only a short while
Life on the outside of prison was brief for Patrick J. Pryor, who dies in a shooting during an early-hours struggle.

Tampa Bay briefs
Hotel shootings trial is postponed again


South Pinellas headlines
  • Petition: Cast wide for chief of police
  • Residents near Starkey oppose widening road
  • John T. Robinson, former bank executive, Gulfport mayor

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Building boom expands lodgings for Scientology
  • Burn tower for firefighter training pushed
  • Teen challenging Largo juvenile curfew
  • Housing plan clears hurdle
  • School to shorten students' journey
  • Junkyard inquiry deepens
  • Children should not be in cigar bar
  • Alice Lipscomb's letter
  • Clearwater asked to test new ballot
  • Lamoureux is leading Junior Champions Tour

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • $100,000 may settle claim over fatal chase
  • Tenders of bar win a round
  • Residents hold on to only home they can afford
  • Millage notices head to taxpayers

  • News of Florida
  • $5.7-million settlement in boy's elevator death
  • Agency releases manatee protection measures
  • Lawsuit deal to cost UF $8.6-million
  • Around the state
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