Traveling the thoroughfares of the bay area gives a glimpse of how businesses are coping with patrons' unease, and what they're doing to get back to business as usual. The stories For the sixth year, this Neighborhood Times guide offers parents news to use: questions to ask on a tour; the expectations for a parent of a fundamental school child; the focused curricula of the magnet programs; and the resources at the ready to teach your student at home. Special Pinellas report

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Suspect kills self in hotel standoff
ZEPHYRHILLS -- A brief shootout between authorities and a bank robbery suspect led to a more than seven-hour standoff Saturday morning on the second floor of a roadside hotel.

Feeding frenzy may be over
ST. PETERSBURG -- Francis, the holy friend of animals, might roll his eyes.

Week in review
Swiftmud eases some water rules

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