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Review the Times' day-by-day coverage of the 2002 Florida Legislature

October 9, 2002

Nature activists endorse McBride
Three environmental groups support the Democratic candidate. His platform is thin on the issue, says a spokesman, but preferable to Jeb Bush's.

Victim's kin plan to pass on Wuornos execution
The family of one of serial killer Aileen Wuornos' victims will not watch her scheduled execution today.

Campaigns belie tight budget
Neither Gov. Jeb Bush nor Bill McBride have addressed a projected $1-billion shortfall.

Around the state
Higher ed leaders call class size measure unwise

Ford to do safety fixes on police cars
TALLAHASSEE -- Ford Motor Co. will fix an estimated 30,000 law enforcement vehicles in Florida to make them safer in rear-end crashes, the state's highway safety director told Gov. Jeb Bush and the Cabinet on Tuesday.

Driller denied permit denied damages, too
TALLAHASSEE -- The state doesn't have to compensate a company for refusing to let it drill on offshore leases 10 miles or closer to Florida's shores along 440,000 acres in the Gulf of Mexico, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Close Noelle Bush's drug hearing, her lawyer asks
But another argues that the governor's daughter's case should stay in open court, like all criminal proceedings.

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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