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

November 21, 2002

Ex-House Speaker Wetherell asks to be FSU president
Tallahassee lobbyist T.K. Wetherell says he can lead the university through troubled financial times.

DCF finds no basis for slam of firm
Hired to reduce a backlog, then fired and sued, the company is cleared of almost all the allegations DCF lodged.

Florida dead last in graduation rate study
Students who received high school diplomas through the GED test do not count in a new analysis.

Around the state
New Catholic university planned near Naples

Kids, good news! Pizza can improve your grades
GAINESVILLE -- Junk food makes you smarter, at least in the short term.

Class size confusion may need Supreme Court look
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Supreme Court could be called in to help state officials answer some questions about the class size caps voters approved this month.

Bush laments high malpractice costs
The governor says doctors are leaving the state to avoid high insurance costs, and legislators must help.

Ex-FBI agent at fault, prosecutors say
FORT LAUDERDALE -- Prosecutors said Wednesday that a former FBI agent was directly responsible for the death of two Lauderhill brothers in an interstate accident.

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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