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November 22, 2002

Democrats mutiny against state leader
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida Democrats, fed up with humiliating election-year losses and struggling to become relevant again, are in open revolt against their leader.

Illnesses blamed on Florida waters
The state leads the nation in reporting disease outbreaks linked to pools and drinking water, a CDC study finds.

Florida rises two ranks in salaries for its teachers
WASHINGTON -- Public school teachers in California earned the most last year and those in South Dakota the least, the nation's largest teachers union reported Thursday.

Accused ex-FBI agent awaits jury's decision
Prosecutors say David Farrall was drunk and going the wrong way on I-95 in a collision that killed two young men.

Appraisal delays bail for tourist shop owner
ORLANDO -- The release of a jailed Palestinian-American businessman was delayed Thursday while his family obtained an appraisal of the property that will be used to secure his $10-million bail.

Around the state
Byrd weighs in on video gaming at tracks

Mummified bodies leave police mystified
No one paid much mind to the overgrown yard of Josef Fuchs, who lived with his mother, Liz, and a dog.

State crime rate edges up; violent crimes decline
State law enforcement officials see hope with the drop in murders, rapes and assaults during the first six months of 2002.

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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