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December 21, 2002

Lucy Morgan: Strewn ornaments, two guilty felines greet the season
The red birds seemed like a good idea at the time.

Top stories
$969,000 goes to scarred Keys sanctuary
MIAMI -- The nation's largest dredge company has agreed to pay a record $969,000 to help restore coral and seagrass damaged when a tugboat ran aground in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary nearly 10 years ago.

More seniors struggle with FCAT
MIAMI -- More than 12,700 Florida high school seniors have one last chance to pass the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and earn their diplomas on time, state officials said.

Around the state
Police say dad forced kids, 4 and 7, to puff marijuana

26 to split $14-million
TALLAHASSEE -- Twenty-six Alabama factory workers will split a $14-million Florida Lotto prize, each getting a $400,000 slice of last week's $100-million jackpot.

Next Miami chief aims to improve relations
MIAMI -- Miami's next police chief was introduced Friday and said he would work with minority communities to improve the image of the troubled department.

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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