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February 21, 2003

Graham also had double bypass
When the senator's aortic valve was replaced, surgeons also performed two bypasses and repaired a tiny hole his heart.

Bills ask voters to stop the train
House and Senate measures in the works seek a referendum to reverse a 2000 vote mandating a state high-speed rail system.

U.S. seeks death penalty in killing of Tampa man
MIAMI -- A tow truck driver was taped telling a former inlaw that he "popped" someone and wanted to get rid of another man involved in the death, a prosecutor said Thursday as trial opened in a federal case seeking the death penalty.

Senate president wants his legacy to be disease cures
Senate President Jim King hopes a proposed center for stem cell research will be his contribution.

State House leader makes light of his recent troubles
TALLAHASSEE -- The joke was on Johnnie Byrd on Thursday. He wanted it that way.

Around the state: State doesn't fight appeal of adoption law
WEST PALM BEACH -- The state did not show up Thursday to defend a new law that requires mothers to reveal their sexual histories in newspaper ads before they give up a child for adoption.

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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