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

January 20, 2003

Lives hinge on budget choices
Floridians who depend on the Medically Needy program fear proposed budget cuts.

Groups push measure for equal rights for women
Proponents gather at USF St. Petersburg to revive a failed 1982 amendment to solidify equality in the state and nation.

Fort Pierce man charged in 2 deaths
A man who told police his son and nephew had been shot by intruders in his home is charged with two counts of murder.

Man accused of taping sexual acts with girls
PANAMA CITY -- A 37-year-old Bay County man remained jailed Sunday on charges that he videotaped himself having sexual relations with three girls, one as young as 3 years old, officials said.

Israeli U.N. envoy rips Arafat's role
MANALAPAN -- Israel's new ambassador to the United Nations delivered his first public address in the United States since assuming his new post, saying Sunday that his country will never negotiate with Palestinians while Yasser Arafat remains as their leader.

Two young sisters found safe, officials say
They wandered away from their vacationing family's campsite and got lost. A deputy found them the next morning.

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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