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.