Lucy Morgan
The season of fear, in more ways than one
It is hauntingly appropriate that Election Day comes shortly after Halloween. Amid the pumpkins, ghosts and scary black cats that decorate our yards and houses, we have politicians trying once again to scare everyone to death.

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Proposed truck rule bulks up roadways
Giannoula Papadopoulos had just turned her white Ford Crown Victoria onto Main Street in Dunedin when a tanker truck loaded with orange juice struck her. The truck rolled up and over the Ford, crushing it and trapping Papadopoulos inside.

Nelson, McCollum focus on past votes
In a final public debate, the U.S. Senate candidates attack each other's congressional records.

Florida swamped by absentee ballot requests
TALLAHASSEE -- Masses of Floridians are requesting absentee ballots, jamming some election supervisors' phone lines and overwhelming election workers.

It's not how many vote, but who votes
In Florida, both parties are working to ensure that their most loyal blocs of supporters show up Nov. 7.

Student jailed after entering mansion area
Police said the 21-year-old offered no reason for climbing over a 10-foot fence that walls off the governor's mansion.