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Click for coverage of the 2003 Florida Legislature

March 4, 2003

State study to explore grapefruit as diet aid
The Citrus Department wants to know if the fruit really can help people lose weight, which could boost drooping sales.

Legislature: Legislature begins uphill battle
Lawmakers face divisive budget woes, throngs of protesters and costly mandatory projects.

Bush names Florida's first female lieutenant governor
Former state Senate President Toni Jennings takes over as Gov. Jeb Bush's second-in-command.

Around the state: Boy declared plan to kill dad, schoolmate testifies
PENSACOLA -- One of two adolescent boys who murdered their father with a baseball bat had talked about doing it more than a week earlier, a schoolmate testified Monday at the trial of a family friend accused of aiding the brothers.

Judge to decide who owns rock from moon
A Broward County businessman says he bought it legally. The rock was stolen, says the Justice Department.

Controversy greets new FAU president
As Frank Brogan takes the reins of Florida Atlantic University, police investigate a car given to the outgoing president.

Jennings, Bush have clashed
But she will keep future disagreements with the governor to herself, she says.

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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