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October 16, 2001
Real fears intrude on Halloween
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[Times photo: Daniel Wallace]
The FBI debunks a hoax about attacks on malls as shoppers avoid blood-and-gore costume choices.
Mary Jo Melone
Justice moves too slow for two judges
The letter fell from the sky. It was the last thing Larry Crow expected.

Top stories
Anthrax scare slow to reach officials
St. Petersburg's leaders defend their cautious approach to the news, which many officials first heard on TV.

Postmaster withstood 24 hours of uncertainty
ST. PETERSBURG -- It was an uneventful Friday for St. Petersburg postmaster Thomas Pawlowski. Meetings and paperwork. Later, he and his wife planned a quiet dinner with friends.

Who knew what when: St. Petersburg's anthrax scare
Friday

Private pilots permitted to fly again
The Federal Aviation Administration is lifting a ban on flying the planes used by most private pilots in 15 metropolitan areas, including the Tampa Bay area.

Bomb squad head stays busy
The regional squad covers 14 counties, and calls are on the rise.

Tampa Bay briefs
Convicted murderer asks to be spared


South Pinellas headlines
  • Catholics express faith with pledges

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Kindness ties firm to grieving family
  • Convicted of murder, man asks to be spared
  • Clearwater tries to lure baseball group
  • Fee hike proposed to improve drainage
  • Officials face tough choice on architect
  • Hear some jazz, but leave hard coolers at home
  • Cockman becomes ace of Alexander
  • Partners in art

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Judge's trial opens in misconduct case
  • Man who had wrong foot amputated in 1995 dies
  • Stringent security proposed

  • News of Florida
  • Ailing tourism looking more sickly
  • Finding jurors for 5 guards is a struggle
  • Fasano pushes cut in legislators' pay
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