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June 13, 2002

Suit: Tribe defrauded of millions
The Seminoles want a judge to order that all assets wrongfully diverted be placed in a trust for the tribe's 2,800 members.

Review leaves Al-Najjar scant hope
He finds he can't get out of prison unless he finds a country to take him, but he can't find one while still in prison.

State to buy 14 acres for trails
The land will be used for a greenway, with hopes of someday linking Hillsborough and Pinellas trail systems.

More schools earn failing grade
A voucher program giving students the option to enroll in private schools will grow as a result of the low marks.

Candidates nibble edges of notoriety
Far Left and Far Right? Meet far out. They're not big names, but they have big ideas. And they're running for governor.

Bush, Cabinet call for end to dredging project
For years, environmentalists have complained that Florida's mightiest river -- the Apalachicola -- is being ruined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Sinkhole makes dozens evacuate
Some residents of the Orlando apartments move out as rains threaten to increase the 150-foot-wide hole.

Speaker-to-be weighs in on state taxes, education
"We pay enough taxes already," state Rep. Johnnie Byrd says.


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