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

January 11, 2003

Lucy Morgan: A climate where hard questions can't grow
We're having a little environmental control problem in Tallahassee these days.

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Couple's gift takes shape at UF

A new alumni building is dedicated on campus, thanks in part to a St. Petersburg couple's $3-million gift.

New trial ordered in secondhand smoke case
MIAMI -- A judge has ordered a new trial for a former American Airlines flight attendant who lost her claim against the tobacco industry that secondhand cigarette smoke caused her sinus disease.

Latest state mercury alert includes new fish
After more than a year of laboring over the language, state health officials issued a new warning this week about which fish carry the risk of mercury poisoning.

Around the state: UF begins yearlong 150th birthday celebration
GAINESVILLE -- The University of Florida has played a pivotal role in the state's history and will continue to help shape its future, Gov. Jeb Bush told more than 600 guests Friday at the start of a yearlong celebration of UF's 150th anniversary.

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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