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August 25, 2001
Tampa Bay: August 25, 2001
Algae bloom enters bay
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[Times photo: Skip O'Rourke]
An algae bloom off Davis Islands near downtown Tampa is seen in this view from above Hillsborough Bay. The blooms used to be common but improved water quality has made them less so in recent years. But heavy rains have caused runoff laden with fertilizers and other nutrients.
Alicia Caldwell
Fairness panel faces leadership struggle
Today's meeting of the Citizens for Fair Campaign Practices should come with a warning label.

South Pinellas County news
Offshore race wants more from city
The American Power Boat Association is prepared to move the race if St. Petersburg doesn't commit more money and services.

St. Petersburg girl who said she was abducted recants
ST. PETERSBURG -- A 14-year-old girl who told police she was abducted from a city street at midday and raped has recanted, saying she made up the story because she was afraid of getting in trouble for staying out late.

Suspect gets away as patrol cars collide
ST. PETERSBURG -- A murder suspect led police on a winding car chase through the city Friday before he escaped by driving the wrong way up an interstate off-ramp as two police cars behind him crashed into each other.


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  • Tampa Bay briefs

  • North Pinellas headlines
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  • Second sentence the same, 30 years
  • Love is key in karaoke
  • County to handle license renewal
  • Learning computers from the inside out
  • Trolley would connect docks, downtown
  • Talking with God on Mount Kilimanjaro
  • Racing tonight at Sunshine Speedway
  • It's mom's turn to be a soccer hero
  • Treasurer charged in church theft

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • County orders inquiries on ties
  • Ponzi scheme victims file suit against bank
  • Hillsborough looks at on-job romance rule
  • Smoke doesn't scare off rescuers
  • Man found guilty of killing two stepdaughters
  • A closer look: One Hillsborough church

  • News of Florida
  • West Nile's arrival in Keys confounds health officials
  • Budget gap distresses legislators
  • No teeth in new shark-dive rules
  • Black journalist group shores up financial house

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