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October 8, 2000
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Dancers win ticket to big game
[Times photo: Toni L. Sandys]
At a one-day audition, hundreds of local performers gain a spot in the pre-game show in January. |
Mary Jo Melone
Clair Mel finds talk is cheap, water is not
What is true of other poor neighborhoods is true of Clair Mel. Unless something bad happens and makes the evening news and the morning paper, the place is invisible.
Top stories
School feels pain with gain of independence
To add the pluses and minuses of a split from USF, the St. Petersburg campus has a case study in Fort Myers.
Students may ride 2 buses to school
If Pinellas County's school choice plan is approved, some students will have to transfer buses to get to school.
Fen-phen lawsuits flood local courts
Since some users of the diet drugs opted out of a class action decision, 800 suits have been filed in the Tampa Bay area.
Tampa Bay briefs
Car hits, kills Port Richey man
Pasco rally embraces George W. Bush
NEW PORT RICHEY -- George W. Bush arrived late Saturday morning, but the crowd didn't care.
AARP bus brakes for bay vote
AARP, the mega-marketing and advocacy group for people older than 50, describes itself as non-partisan. But when it comes to prescription drugs for seniors, the organization favors Vice President Al Gore's position right down the line.
South Pinellas headlines
New lawmaker defines his priorities
State halts roofing for licensing check
Ex-judge is too ill for inquiry, city says
'You either laugh or you cry'
Pfeiffer cast green magic about school, community
Curfew is unnecessary, ineffective
Gallery on Central gets the star treatment
2 new businesses boost plaza
Neighborhood briefs
Upham Beach may host concert series
Visiting officer compares Dutch, U.S. police work
City considers areas for dogs to run free
Lowe's likely will be open 24 hours
Trampolines are fun until a crunch or snap
Margaret Dickins, donor and volunteer
Women's fall fundraiser combines food, fashion
Crews work on Pinellas Trail overpass
Don't ever try to solve Dollop Problem yourself
Plan to buy parcel for Eckerd store flops
Golf course clubhouse project clears hurdle
Neighborhood notebook
First half of season is a snap for Gibbs
North Pinellas headlines
Focus trained on future of LASIK surgery
A Mexican flavor
With baby video, family business born
2 groups vie to use old school
Victims' pets can also find shelter
Uniform business more than sew-sew
Longtime actor's career returns to improvisation
Dogs and their owners have right to a park of their own
If reason guides debate on fee, everyone wins
Headlines through the years
Foundation distributing free child I.D. kits
Police: Shoplifter in Tarpon fled, left child behind
Largo briefs
Seminole briefs
North Pinellas notebook
City Council leans toward tougher pets-in-parks rules
Military news
Hillsborough headlines
Educator charts her own course
Builders find clear path to tree removal
Mother accused of abandoning baby
Bulletin Board
Driver critical after car hits rail, flips over
News of Florida
Poll: Nelson leads Senate race
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