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September 14, 2002

Terror alert shuts Fla. road; three questioned
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The men, including Ayman Gheith, above, are stopped and searched after a woman hears terroristic remarks that may have been a hoax.

Lucy Morgan

Elections are scarier than a terrorist threat
Once again we get a civics lesson -- at our expense.

Price tags kept off ballot
The Florida Supreme Court on Friday blocked the state from placing a price tag next to two proposed constitutional amendments on the November ballot.

No recount, but Reno presses on
Counties have until Tuesday to submit final totals, which could push Reno ahead of McBride.

West Nile afflicts 2 more Floridians
TALLAHASSEE -- Two more Floridians are believed to have contracted the potentially fatal West Nile virus, bringing to eight the number of human cases this year in the state.

Regier seeks raises for DCF workers
TALLAHASSEE -- Department of Children and Families Secretary Jerry Regier said Friday he will ask for more money for salary increases when he delivers his budget proposal to Gov. Jeb Bush next week.

Florida in brief
Man pleads guilty to role in execution-style slaying

Hearing in Noelle Bush drug case is postponed
Reluctant treatment center witnesses have delayed a police investigation.

Senate updated on Glades progress
The restoration project is on schedule, officials say. But there's concern about a lag in land buying.

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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