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August 22, 2001
Buffet buster ready to do battle in Tokyo
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[Times photo: Brendan Fitterer]
A Pasco man will go to Japan to eat (and eat and eat) on TV in hopes of winning $50,000.
Howard Troxler
Once nailed to the door, now shuffled out of sight
One of the great protesters of all time was a German guy named Martin Luther. Back in the 1500s, he got fed up with the excesses of the Catholic Church. Luther wrote and circulated a list of 95 points of debate. According to legend, he posted his "Ninety-Five Theses" right smack on the door of the church at Wittenberg University.

Top stories
Cost cancels pediatrics plan
A proposal to let All Children's oversee the program for BayCare hospitals is found to be too much of a financial risk.

Would-be rescuer thought only of victim
TAMPA -- When Kevin Callahan cruises the streets for the state Department of Transportation as a Road Ranger, he's usually looking for broken-down cars.

Bride first gets a ring, then gets handcuffed
CRYSTAL RIVER -- Oh, the headaches a bride must endure. There's coordinating the caterers, finding the perfect dress, selecting the bridesmaids, soothing squabbling relatives.

Ybor complex gets first okay
A 5-2 design commission majority likes the changes made to the controversial project on Seventh Avenue.

Board okays plan to lure teachers
The new partnership with USF will identify non-education majors who may have an interest in teaching.

Commission narrowly supports tax increase
Four Pinellas County Commissioners, a one-vote majority, said Tuesday night they're ready to approve a 3.4 percent increase in the property tax rate.

Tampa Bay briefs
Police arrest couple in hit-and-run case

Dog attacks shock, alarm neighborhood
A pack of dogs is suspected of recently killing three cats. A pet watch group worries that a child could be next.


South Pinellas headlines
  • Neighbors of schools brace for new year
  • Personal life at heart of town commotion
  • Classes delayed by lead in paint
  • Drainage projects dot waterfront
  • Lealman Fire reaches for lost tax revenue
  • Build parks, not roads
  • Pinellas gets mixed health report
  • Live-work condos planned downtown
  • Downtown day care options broaden
  • Starling School moves one of its facilities to new location
  • 102 Pinellas teachers gladly learn
  • Sinkhole over drain pipe closes 22nd Avenue lanes
  • Now it's mom's turn to be a soccer hero
  • New principal brings change to Seminole
  • 'Lobbyists' to hear verdict on Main Street in person
  • Crossing guards 30 to 80 fine-tune an essential job
  • Bay comes out, sunshine goes into new city logo
  • Neighborhood briefs
  • Tiny shrimp, big cause
  • Girl knows it's better to receive, then give
  • Tierra Verde may get new fire station, county says
  • Beaches notebook
  • Military news
  • Focus on volunteers
  • Shipwatch instructor in familiar territory
  • Local USA cyclists hit the road for state event
  • Zolciak keeps rolling along at Sunshine
  • Speeders, cheaters: Heed it or weep

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Van for disabled flips, injuring 7 people
  • Body of man found in harbor
  • Beside school? Brace yourself
  • Twin towers shrink to single, shorter condo
  • House fire leads to marijuana discovery
  • Tarpon Springs budget wins tentative okay
  • This time, sports bar quietly passes test
  • Times ends sponsorship of Clearwater jazz event
  • Local USA cyclists hit the road for state event

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Second bridal shop closes, leaving jilted customers

  • Ernest Hooper
  • Urban scenes, resumes, a big game

  • News of Florida
  • UF braces for record number of students
  • New board figures tab for Florida education
  • Guarding Harris has cost $50,000
  • Union starts billboard attack on Bush
  • Identity theft easy, Bush shows
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