Dredging may end on Apalachicola
TALLAHASSEE -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -- long criticized for disastrous manipulation of Florida's swamps and rivers -- abruptly reversed course this week, and acknowledged that a 42-year-old dredging project on North Florida's Apalachicola River should end.

Board will discuss chelation therapy
The Florida Board of Medicine will hold a public hearing on the merits of chelation therapy Friday morning in Tampa.

Both sides make case in voucher appeal
An appeals court panel is now left to decide the constitutionality of the school voucher program.

State briefs
Hallucinogenic plant-laced drink poisons 2 children

ACT scores remain short of U.S. average
But an increase in minorities taking the test suggests diversity among those considering college.