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October 7, 2001
Throttled-up interest
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[Times photo: Michael Rondou]
Evan Howard, 7, perches on the shoulders of his father, Jack, of St. Petersburg to watch the start of an American Power Boat Association race at the Pier in St. Petersburg on Saturday. Story
Mary Jo Melone
Stubbornly for peace, even after Sept. 11
You can see for what seems like forever from the front windows of Eric Rubin's St. Petersburg home. Tampa Bay is a soft shimmer in the distance. The wind barely blows. Even the sun cooperates: There is no glare.

Top stories
Businessman leaves trail of ruin
The mood was joyous back in March 1999, as Clearwater Beach businessman Robert Swain sealed the deal to buy the venerable New England restaurant chain Newport Creamery. He and longtime restaurant owner Peter Rector toasted the sale with the restaurant's trademark Awful Awful milkshakes.

Audit raises further questions for agency
TAMPA -- A nonprofit organization under scrutiny for its dealings with Tampa housing chief Steve LaBrake has received millions of dollars in government grants without ever undergoing required annual audits.

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Woman, 93, fatally injured in crash


South Pinellas headlines
  • Downtown Hilton lays off 20 workers
  • Remembering their brothers
  • Chief seeks unity in drug war
  • Upscale subdivision to straddle border
  • Open for recreation
  • Leaders of a city: Let us pray?
  • Teacher let parents know about book
  • What's up on campus
  • Pinellas Park briefs
  • Manhattan firms ask about area, two report
  • Chamber of commerce names head governor
  • Last call for Steak and Ale in Pinellas
  • St. Pete Beach freezes city jobs, tightens purse strings
  • Madeira fish fry is coming up
  • Harbordale plans event to honor police officers
  • Join drive to clear up the signs of confusion
  • Chamber stands ready as rougher seas loom
  • Gulfport adopts new rate structure to limit water use
  • Some books make you want to say, Rubbish!
  • Unleashed dogs have their day
  • Snell Isle neighbors keep out time share
  • School officials discuss improving bus safety
  • Residents take case to ethics commission
  • Town, pressed to improve recreation facilities, has plan
  • Not quite Iron Chefs, but working on it
  • Not quite Iron Chefs yet, but they're working on it
  • Father, son build a home for vintage presses
  • Fees increase for beachfront parking
  • Hey, kids, this place is downright creepy
  • Expert on cityhood pays visit to Lealman
  • School's landscaping concerns commission
  • Eager choir's voices heartbroken for now
  • Bigger Thunderbirds program enters SYFC
  • Eckerd women have soccer goals in sight

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Pumping water into aquifer considered
  • Largo center opens after facelift
  • Stauffer leader: Progress too slow
  • Investigated lawyer relinquishes license
  • Making the right moves on beach development
  • Consider another learning approach
  • Headlines through the years
  • North Pinellas notebook

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Firestorm leaves professor uncowed
  • Firefighters launch fund to aid widow

  • News of Florida
  • Search for source of anthrax widens
  • Oil output may triple at national preserve
  • Senator on mission for tax reform
  • Behind death's door
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