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January 1, 2002
Mary Jo Melone
Christmas brings gift of life -- and gratitude
Certain expectations must be met on Christmas morning. We all have them. Elizabeth Belcher planned to go to Lakeland with her husband and eat and open their gifts with friends.
Top stories
Official accused of racial remarks
Pinellas County Commissioner John Morroni was driving with a photographer from the St. Petersburg Times about two weeks ago when their conversation turned to real estate.
35 years of helping government govern
CLEARWATER -- There was a time in his life when Jerry Maxwell thought his first, best calling was to become a teacher. Through a good chunk of the '60s, Maxwell and his wife, Karen, chased degrees through the halls of Southern Illinois University toward this common goal.
USF Faculty Senate to discuss firing of Al-Arian
TAMPA -- An emergency meeting to discuss the firing of Dr. Sami Al-Arian has been called by his peers at the University of South Florida.
Commuters say turn too sharp to handle
TAMPA -- Commuters describe it like this: Sharp. Harsh. Radical.
Dispatchers often can shut off power
LARGO -- Florida Power Corp. dispatchers can shut down power to an area with downed power lines from a remote location "in most cases," a spokesman for the private utility company said Monday.
Carjack victim begins 2002 at home
TAMPA -- On Dec. 13, Lai Chau was shot three times in the head by carjackers and left for dead in an empty schoolyard.
South Pinellas headlines
New year brings reflection
2 sleepers in car may be tied to beating
Philanthropist Fortune dies
North Pinellas headlines
Restriction on pickups may go to court
Reflecting on a year of change for all of us
A fringe benefit of work: people
Clearwater boy, 5, found in Sumter County
Annual invitational another showdown of youth, experience
Hillsborough headlines
Eviction squad resumes its work
Man dies of injuries in hit-run case
Escape from cruiser adds to man's trouble
News of Florida
Notorious killer dies in prison

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