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April 24, 2003

Legislature: Budget talks: all bluster, no deal
House and Senate leaders trade offers and accusations, but remain millions apart as the session spins into its final days.

Register now or miss out, FSU tells freshmen
Due to budget cuts, students already accepted for next year learn they could lose their spots.

Legislature: If eight is enough, is 12 better?
TALLAHASSEE -- Tired of seeing politicians make a career of public service, Florida voters decided a decade ago that eight is enough.

Judge intervenes on Everglades
U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler, concerned that legislators may delay the cleanup deadline, calls a hearing.

First probable SARS case reported in state
TALLAHASSEE -- An Okaloosa County woman who visited China was reported Wednesday to have Florida's first probable case of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS.

Groups claim miners, developers destroyed panther habitat
Federal regulators illegally allowed developers and miners to destroy crucial habitat for the endangered Florida panther, a trio of environmental groups charged in legal notices Wednesday.

Legislature: House switches stance on fast train
Members will again debate giving voters a second chance on the constitutional amendment approved in 2000.

Legislature: Class size bill: more vouchers, faster diplomas?
The House version may include voucher expansions and an accelerated high school program.

Ruling overturns adoption measure
An appellate court tosses the law forcing birth moms to advertise their sexual histories.

Legislature: Senate would delay Medically Needy cutback
Today is the 52nd day of the 60-day session.

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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