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

December 4, 2002

Inmate pins hopes on new test
Convicted killer Amos Lee King Jr. is banking on a refined DNA technique to spare his life.

Lawyer: I advised tribe against gambling deal
But Chairman James Billie forged ahead, according to defense attorneys for three former Seminole employees.

Bush takes first steps in retooling inner circle
Leaders of two agencies resign and three others are reappointed as the administration gets a new look for its second term.

Panel: Gut prepaid tuition plan
Education Secretary Jim Horne said panel recommendations "would blow it apart." The Bright Futures scholarship program is also a target for cuts.

F. Lee Bailey asks Massachusetts for readmission to Bar
The flamboyant lawyer was disbarred in Florida in 2001 for mishandling $6-million in stock that belonged to a client.

Witness: Real estate deal involved a pot full of cash
In an Escambia bribery trial, a suspended official says an ex-state senator gave him money for his vote on a real estate buy.

Around the state
Suit seeks to force action to protect state's waters

Peace talks ease class amendment squabble
The amendment's sponsor and the governor make progress on how to make class size caps a reality.

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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