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August 23, 2001

Tampa Bay: August 23, 2001

Tampa Uncuffed
King-sized rumor a minor incident

Quicker than you can say fruit punch, a rumor erupted Monday and spread like wildfire in area newsrooms about a certain Buccaneer player.

Hillsborough County news
Maker of the drug Baycol is sued
A Seffner woman sues Bayer over a cholesterol drug pulled from the market this month.

Burn victim dies at TGH
Family members find solace in the end of her ordeal after fighting for her right to die.

Murder defendant argues case
A poorly educated man who cannot speak English is charged with killing his stepdaughters. He fired his lawyers.

Tampa graduate makes history
a fully contained artificial heart went to the original Blake High School.

Fantasy Island gets facelift
The island in Hillsborough Bay will be cleaned up, replanted and opened for tours through the Florida Aquarium.

Man sentenced in threat to kill Sen. Joseph Lieberman
TAMPA -- A 33-year-old man charged in September with threatening to kill Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joseph Lieberman was sentenced Wednesday to time served, slightly more than five months in jail.


Tampa Bay headlines

Mary Jo Melone
  • Buckhorn is running and running and running
  • Howard Troxler
  • Jesse Helms' legacy is today's politicking
  • Infected bird found in Pasco
  • Records missing in LaBrake case
  • LaBrake takes indefinite leave, mayor defends not suspending him
  • County resigned to owning stadium
  • Tampa Bay briefs
  • Schiavo fights delay in his wife's case
  • Accused judge still trying to strike deal
  • Opinions on redistricting sought

  • Pinellas headlines
  • Ex-judge leaves hospital
  • Gulfport school adds touch of Montessori to its offering
  • St. Petersburg sizes up finalists for police chief
  • Publix coming to downtown Clearwater
  • Marina Park set to enter phase two
  • Home fire results in charges against 2
  • Mobile home park denizens fear crossing
  • Pinellas digest
  • NASA software could help map growth
  • Chemistry leads team to triumph
  • Oldsmar inches closer to own water supply
  • Legislators are working toward smart growth
  • Senior ballplayers bring home gold
  • Sign removal worth the wait
  • Beaten, teenage girl leaps from stranger's van
  • Event is pet project for Pinellas County
  • Headlines through the years

  • News of Florida
  • Board tackles school code
  • Shark attack victim returns to hospital
  • Politico's company wants 'virtual charter school'
  • Encephalitis kills a second in Panhandle
  • Hopeful's new goal? Fill in the blanks
  • Crist draws fire from 2 key Democrats
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