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April 21, 2002
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Book backlash turns new page

[Times photo: Thomas Goethe]
Violence becomes an issue in calls to ban books from school libraries. But sex and profanity remain most common. |
Top stories
Brainy teams go head to head
Months of studying pays off for African-American students at the Brain Bowl finals.
Exposure to HIV feared for seduced teenage girl
PINELLAS PARK -- Federal authorities say a teenage girl in Pinellas Park was exposed to the AIDS virus by a 48-year-old Queens, N.Y., man who met the girl in an Internet chat room, flew to Florida and had sex with her in a hotel room.
Now that's cheap
Louis Van Roy doesn't think of himself as a cheapskate when he heads to the kitchen to make a "salami" sandwich like the ones his family ate during tough times in the 1940s.
Bay area priest accused, resigns
Robert Schaeufele, who has served at nine local churches, is accused of sexual misconduct with a minor in the 1970s.
Metro week in review
Rare cranes quickly move across South
Reno echoes marchers' demand for health care
The gubernatorial candidate joins the crowd's cry to remove Jeb Bush from office.
'Sister' Hemingway, teacher, disciplinarian
ST. PETERSBURG -- Rosa Lee "Sister" Hemingway, a math teacher in public and private schools in Pinellas County for 39 years, has died.
South Pinellas headlines
Seminole student an involved volunteer
Rays fan complains of climb to the Beach
City urged to loosen rules for developers
Pass-a-Grille estate may become a pile of bricks
Police chief still has a commute
Vision creates beautiful, vibrant city
Photography rules the day at Mainsail arts festival
Family asks help in solving murder
Growing pain
Beaches notebook
Azalea library closing plan provokes some grumbling
New reward offered in animal cruelty case
Art connoisseurs gather for dinner and decision
Blue street reflectors point out fire hydrants
Antics in bad taste or part of the territory?
City makes way for triathlon
Porn dismissal case goes to arbitration
What's up on campus
Largo boys get Cup berth, title to boot
PHU players follow through for coaches
North Pinellas headlines
Motel's latest amenity: a police sting
Diapers and diplomas
Assembly to seek common ground
Rotary bucks trend of dwindling clubs
Where Florida stands still
Tarpon now roots for one league
Election unlikely to affect project
Win or lose, vote has message
High school should have traffic light
Headlines through the years
Making state nothing new for the Titans
Neighborhood notebook
Hillsborough headlines
Conservative giver fills GOP coffers in commission race
North of Tampa
The importance of cake
Swim school plans a new site
WestShore gears up to cater to customers
A mellow hangout
Open & Shut
Chiefs avenge 1 loss, fall in tennis final
Slumping Chamberlain prepares for playoffs
Sickles seeks to defend title
A concrete idea
Sports briefs
Firefighters spread out as department goes pro
Goins, going, gone: Fire association changes hands
Inspector's persistence paying off
Tampa Palms hires landscaping firm
Neighborhood notebook
School might land near Children's Home
School briefs
Schools roundup
News of Florida
Florida's Great Northwest: Brought to you by the St. Joe Company (with your help)
Phone rate flap to land in PSC's lap
Lawmaker battled cancer, now ouster
Bush draws attention, cash from all over
On state's watch, 10 young lives lost
Crash investigators focus on track
Lesson of Millview is learned decades later
Development vs. environment leads to give-and-take meeting
New computer system will allow for instant case updates

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