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September 27, 2002

Bush, McBride debate tonight
TALLAHASSEE -- With polls showing the race for governor tightening, voters tonight get their first chance to see Republican Gov. Jeb Bush and Democratic challenger Bill McBride on the same stage.

3 who fled Cuba win appeal to stay in U.S.
A judge had found it likely the men would be persecuted if they returned to their homeland.

Man wrongly jailed for 22 years sues
A mentally retarded man who spent 22 years in prison before DNA evidence cleared him of murder is suing the Broward County Sheriff's Office and the former deputies who investigated his case.

Some Democratic notables back Bush
MIAMI BEACH -- Republican Gov. Jeb Bush won endorsements Thursday from well-known Florida Democrats, including Tampa Mayor Dick Greco, three former House speakers and the longest-serving current legislator, Sen. Ron Silver of North Miami.

Around the state
State chamber joins foes of class size measure

Psychiatrists to assess Wuornos' mental state
TALLAHASSEE -- Psychiatrists will examine serial killer Aileen Wuornos to make sure she is mentally competent to be executed next month, Gov. Jeb Bush said Thursday.

Election panel subpoenas McBride, union chief over ad
The Florida Elections Commission on Tuesday issued subpoenas to Bill McBride, the Democratic candidate for governor, and the president of the state teachers union to force them to answer questions about an ad the union aired on McBride's behalf.

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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