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August 29, 2001
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High level of ozone triggers warnings
[Times photo: John Pendygraft]
Weather watchers in four counties declare levels high enough to warn folks with respiratory problems to stay inside. |
Howard Troxler
Floor plans for all kinds of tomfoolery
Who can keep track of every twist of the scandal in Tampa involving a city housing official, the employee whom he dated and promoted, and the companies that got city business and did construction or other services for those two personally?
Top stories
Greco hired kin of an old friend
Dick Greco handpicked the son-in-law of Eddie DeBartolo Jr. for a $50,000-a-year post in the Real Estate Department.
Pinellas cancels contract for burials
Problems at Abbey Parklawn Funeral Home lead county officials to look elsewhere for services for the indigent.
Commission eases off tax rate increase
The increase drops to less than 1 percent. The $1.5-billion budget also slashes funding planned for new voting machines.
Observers required in Tampa police copters
The chief's decision comes during an air service investigation in the wake of Officer Lois Marrero's slaying.
Partner denied Marrero pension
Despite urgings that the 10-year relationship be considered a marriage, the slain officer's benefits are awarded to her estate.
Buses drive up cost of school choice
It's not just the cost of new bus drivers. Up to $12-million more may be needed if a solution for the storage and upkeep of additional buses isn't found.
State debates where to send troubled teen
The public defender's office says the girl was wrongfully held in a detention center and should not be placed in a co-ed mental health facility.
Tampa Bay briefs
Youth to be tried as adult in fatal crash
Senator: Race not an issue in bid to unseat Bush
The black Senate minority leader says what people hear is his exciting vision for Florida.
South Pinellas headlines
Madeira warmly greets hotel plan
Council closes day labor business
Few go the distance
Leaving the car and gaining freedom
Dome District doomed from day one
Eckerd instructor injured in car crash
Doug Jamerson's name to go on school in May
Fish Tales takes Leverock's spot on waterfront
Plastics plant encapsulates growth
Firefighter on leave pending porn inquiry
City loses second forced retirement case
Game isn't over for tennis center, foundation hopes
Beaches notebook
Over the hump
School briefs
No turf war, but bordering on one
State pulls Toy Shop out of yule giveaway
Traumatic episode has a happy ending
Labor Day closings
Pinellas Park annexation debate stirred up again
Ugly council couch sprouts legs, moves sprightly at night
Neighborhood briefs
Trail users no longer have to look both ways
For city's Asian community, move consolidates services
Seventh-grader has a nose for news
Focus on volunteers
100-year birthdays
K-Swiss league caps summer with title matches
Lineberger successful on and off the water
FSGA's Caveny capitalizing on tips from playing partner
North Pinellas headlines
Pinellas digest
Dunedin tells Jays it won't budge
NAACP wants King Avenue moved
Downtown to transform into Margaritaville paradise
Banner ban might be loosened for some
Billboards posted to help solve crimes
Jury chosen for Oldsmar man's murder trial
Tarpon Springs passes budget; two programs to aid business
Judge: City can't choose park land site
Don't question Dunedin officials' honesty, integrity
Wife files for divorce against former judge
Lineberger successful on and off the water
Hillsborough headlines
Trial examines mom's actions when baby died
Ernest Hooper
Cola power, a Tampa incident and the other Elvis
News of Florida
More students than ever sweating over SAT
Prisons study finds no signs of bias
Bush: Budget cuts, tax increases not needed
Make polluters pay, high court urged
State to buy second mine site to protect river
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