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August 24, 2002

Candidate must face questions about oath
TALLAHASSEE -- Environmentalist Mary L. Barley will have to answer questions about the loyalty oath submitted with her paperwork when she became a Democratic candidate for state agriculture commissioner.

Protesters pick at past of DCF chief
Democrats and women's groups continue their assault on Jerry Regier's views, as expressed in a 1988 article.

Republicans continue swinging at McBride
Lt. Gov. Frank Brogan reaches back more than a decade to criticize Bill McBride's law firm management.

In South Florida, allegations flying in state Senate race
TALLAHASSEE -- The Democratic primary for a South Florida state Senate seat has turned into a nasty affair, with accusations of money offered to get candidates to drop out, talk of bad business practices and a complaint about use of the "race card."

Election panel dismisses complaint
The Florida Elections Commission has dismissed a complaint against five Pinellas-Pasco judicial candidates accused of improperly sharing the cost of a mailing to absentee voters.

School uniform requirement upheld
LAKELAND -- There's nothing unconstitutional about requiring students to wear uniforms to public schools, a federal judge said in tossing out a lawsuit challenging Polk County's school dress code.

Salmonella sickened Disney visitors
ORLANDO -- A salmonella outbreak at Walt Disney World sickened as many as 141 people, including visitors attending an athletic competition for organ transplant recipients, health officials said Friday.

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From AP's Florida news wire
  • Hurricane Jeanne appears on track to hit Florida's east coast
  • Rumor mill working overtime after Florida hurricanes
  • Developments associated with Hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne
  • Four killed in Panhandle plane crash were on Ivan charity mission
  • Hurricane Frances caused estimated $4.4 billion in insured damage
  • Disabled want more handicapped-accessible voting machines
  • USF forces administrators to resign over test score changes
  • Man's death at Universal Studios ruled accidental
  • State child welfare workers in Miami fail to do background checks
  • Hurricane Jeanne heads toward southeast U.S. coast
  • Hurricane Jeanne spurs more anxiety for storm-weary Floridians
  • Mistrial declared in case where teen was target of racial "joke"
  • Panhandle utility wants sewer plant moved to higher ground
  • State employee arrested on theft, bribery charges
  • Homestead house fire kills four children, one adult
  • Pierson leader tries to cut off relief to local fern cutters
  • Florida's high court rules Terri's law unconstitutional
  • Jacksonville students punished for putting stripper pole in dorm
  • FEMA handling nearly 600,000 applications for help
  • Man who killed wife, niece, self also killed mother in 1971
  • Producer sues city over lead ball fired by Miami police
  • Tourism suffers across Florida after pummeling by hurricanes
  • Key dates in the life of Terri Schiavo
  • An excerpt from the unanimous ruling in the Schiavo case
  • Four confirmed dead after small plane crash in Panhandle
  • Correction: Disney-Cruise Line story

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