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August 19, 2001
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Capture of Jake calms neighbors
[Times photo: Carrie Pratt]
Before a warning spread pythonic panic in Clearwater, the snake had already been caught by a reptile trapper. |
Mary Jo Melone
The election shows the way we play the game
A guy was standing a few steps from me near the gate. We were in the waiting room for a Tampa plane bound for Tallahassee, early in the morning last Nov. 13, when the presidential election was still a seesaw in motion.
Top stories
Pregnant woman dies after car lands on her
The driver and seven passers-by lift the car off the Brooksville woman after it careened off the road, trapping her.
Students' portrait
The unique study started 12 years ago with 8,267 students. It continues to provide an in-depth look at the 4,118 who remain.
Queries on cozy ties and big loans
A Tampa building official, his fiancee and a credit union loan officer's relationships are being investigated.
• Mortgage paperwork highlights cozy relationship
School bus schedules easy to check
When Pinellas County schools open Wednesday, 46,000 students will be riding the bus.
Tampa Bay briefs
Boy injured in hit-and-run
Metro review
Some highlights of the news from around the region for the week just ended.
South Pinellas headlines
Curiosity elevates neighbor to mayor
Skateboarders damage park's band shell
Madeira proposal spans beach, bay
City waterfront awaits watershed decisions
Marina folks, director clash
Agencies consider business checkup
Council endorses appraisal, not plant
Portables serve education just fine
Business briefs
Garage 'bubbles' repaired
Sunken Gardens sheds fake stone walls
Cracker Barrel will open in 2 months
Look out for work crews, they will be everywhere
Here or in South Africa, a stolen car is troubling
Families recount good, bad summer getaways
Groundbreaker ends law career
Saint Ed
Kids' book addresses ethical Web
Beaches notebook
A middle ground is sought on ball fields
Christian band knocking at the door
What's up on campus
City manager receives raise after compromise
Kids tackle violence by removing garbage
Elon's Venuti determined to overcome accident
Yeager's return to racing runs through his mind
Hall inductee 'speechless -- almost'
Municipal marina, slip fees may grow
North Pinellas headlines
Toronto's generosity benefits officials
City sees widening rift with Pinellas
Error precludes family's farewell
'A jewel between two giants'
Junior grows into expanded college role
Bad driving habits make Pinellas roads unsafe
Unhappy with Clearwater? Take time to look around you
East Lake briefs
Oldsmar briefs
Hillsborough headlines
But are they hungry?
News of Florida
SunPass defect doubles some tolls
Toll device won't zap lane backup
State to lift FCAT's shroud of secrecy
The Lost Patrol
Slow investigations torment those in grief
Troopers' after-hours work can be a liability
The good majority
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