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September 14, 2000

Keep up search, mother pleads
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[Times photo: Jill Sagers]
In her first statement, a missing boy's mother thanks those who have searched for three days and says not to give up.
Mary Jo Melone
A curious example of hands over Tampa Bay
If this is a marriage made in heaven, God definitely has a sense of humor. For he has paired the forces of darkness with the forces of light to answer a question buzzing around that palace of dishonor, the Hillsborough County Courthouse.

Top stories
Ex-wife jailed in custody fight
LARGO -- To escape her husband, Cheryl Hinson fled more than 800 miles with her two young children, slept in shelters and legally changed her name to Margaret O'Brien.

Clubhouse stirs new wrangle
TAMPA -- Black residents who succeeded in keeping Rogers Park Golf Course from being privatized last year are gathering for a new battle. This time, the design of the clubhouse and the weather vane that will stand atop it has sparked anger.

Car's roll ends vow to restore his name
A freak accident kills a psychiatrist hours after he restates his quest to be vindicated of a manslaughter conviction.

Parents sue Firestone after daughter's death
The FSU student was killed when she was thrown from her SUV.

County gives budget initial approval
TAMPA -- County commissioners heard from a few members of the public Wednesday before tentatively approving a proposed $2.4-billion budget by a unanimous vote.


South Pinellas headlines
  • Police hunt auto thieves, warn drivers
  • Lawyers: Tweak school plan
  • USF plan gives autonomy to Pinellas branch
  • New team joins hunt at Equifax

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Reasons for firing remain unclear
  • Bishop Creek fix could cost up to $1-million
  • Skate park rolling after stumble
  • Gas leak from restaurant leads to evacuation
  • Council hopes to rewrite library deal
  • Massachusetts man to die for 1980 slaying
  • Trail's new name not surprising at all
  • Others should copy Largo's smoking ban
  • School, Countryside Mall receive bomb threats
  • Poisoning case figure retains high-profile help
  • Wet gear doesn't stop Warhoop 5K winner

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Commissioner wants probe of cabbie's firing
  • Decision delayed in death wish case
  • Secretary of education touts Gore's comprehensive proposal

  • News of Florida
  • Education task force begins job
  • Nelson calls for HMO firms' records
  • Politicians key to man's fate
  • Storm-in-waiting spins toward Gulf of Mexico
  • Reaction mild to call for election reform
  • TV cameras show police beating subdued suspect
  • Democrats' ad draws upon Nelson's office
  • Golf club drops noise suit; Hog farmer is 'outraged'
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