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Click for coverage of the 2003 Florida Legislature

April 11, 2003

Legislature: Campaign hurls e-mails at tuition hike
Participants in the prepaid college tuition plan have been encouraged to protest a proposed tuition increase.

Legislature: Water drilling hurts environment, Byrd says
The House speaker wants to let municipalities veto construction of groundwater wells.

Legislature: House relents in budget tug of war
The Senate gets budget documents after a standoff with the House.

Legislature: Regulatory exemption for hospital near passage
Today is the 39th day of the 60-day session.

3 in historic crew honored aboard ship
Members of the Navy's first all-black enlisted crew visit a much different ship with the same name theirs had.

Ousted tribal leader barred from election
Former and would-be Seminole chairman James Billie made himself ineligible by moving off the reservation, the tribal council says.

Pair sought in deputy's slaying found dead in SUV
BOCA RATON -- Two men suspected of killing a Broward County sheriff's deputy last weekend were found shot in the head in a sport utility vehicle Thursday. Officials called it a murder-suicide.

Around the state: April Fool's issue brings college paper's shutdown
DeLAND -- One of the state's oldest college newspapers was shut down and the entire editorial staff fired after publishing a profanity-filled April Fool's Day issue that included racist jokes and a sex column advocating rape and domestic violence.

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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