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April 9, 2002

Governor stresses early reading start
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[Times photo: John Pendygraft]
Jeb Bush takes his reading initiative to a center in Dover that serves Spanish-speaking children and their parents.
Butterworth pans redistricting plan
The attorney general asks Florida justices to reject "contorted" Senate and House maps drawn by legislators.

Social services agency probed
A committee is looking at whether the Department of Children and Families mishandled supervision.

Florida still ranks poorly in delayed education study
The foundation that did the study released it months later than planned after reviewing data from the governor's staff.

Navy wins okay to bomb forest for next 20 years
U.S. Forest Service officials announced Monday that they will allow the U.S. Navy to continue to use the Pinecastle Range in the Ocala National Forest for practicing aerial bombing and strafing for the next 20 years.

Computer glitch is fixed in time to launch 'Atlantis'
CAPE CANAVERAL -- Space shuttle Atlantis, grounded four days because of a leaking fuel line, overcame a last-minute computer glitch Monday and embarked on an 11-day mission to expand the international space station.

FSU medical school again falls short
A national group that accredits such schools denies FSU's appeal of its earlier decision.


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