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December 1, 2002

Choking the Glades
Environmentalists fear pollution controls that would stem the spread of cattails will be weakened.

Q&A: Michael Pheneger
Michael Pheneger, treasurer of the ACLU in Florida, weighs in on Iraq and how he helped steal Manuel Noriega's pants.

Fear and knowing in Immokalee
Tired of the abuse some farm workers face at the hands of immigrant-labor traffickers, one group has decided to fight back.

Car, body found in golf course pond
Investigators say the man probably died after a hit-and-run accident Thursday night.

Workers disinfect virus-laden Disney cruise ship -- again
ORLANDO -- A Disney cruise liner marred by a second outbreak of a flu-like virus returned to port Saturday, and workers once again began disinfecting the ship after 218 people aboard became ill during its latest voyage.

Spacewalker frees stalled railcar
CAPE CANAVERAL -- A railcar crucial to the construction of the international space station stalled on its tracks Saturday, but a spacewalking astronaut got it moving again.

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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