Gas masks are newest fashion in fear [Times photo: Mike Pease] Hundreds of area residents worried about biological and chemical terrorist attacks turn to military surplus stores. TV terrorist talk leads USF to address security TAMPA -- Allegations on a nationally televised talk show linking Muslim extremists to the University of South Florida were nothing new.

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West Nile alert extends to 3 Suncoast counties
Pasco, Hernando and Citrus are among 12 counties the state added Thursday to its list of those under a "medical alert" for the West Nile virus.

Some try to avoid GED test changes
The test means a diploma for those who pass, but it's about to become more difficult.

Red Tide checked by winds for now
ST. PETERSBURG -- A swath of decomposing fish, thought to have been killed by an outbreak of Red Tide, largely is being kept off Pinellas County beaches by off shore winds, authorities said Thursday.

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