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Review the Times' day-by-day coverage of the 2002 Florida Legislature

September 7, 2002

Lucy Morgan
Judging by primary, this could get ugly
If Tampa lawyer Bill McBride is able to defeat former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno on Tuesday, he should send a thank-you note to Gov. Jeb Bush.

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Cost talk chips at class size support
Opponents are relying on the cost, estimated at $27.5-billion, to further draw voters away from the popular amendment.

These children are missing
At a time when the state has been struggling with high-profile cases of missing children, Florida sets aside a day to reflect on the problem and solutions.

Lotto dreams making cash registers ring
What would you do with $85-million?

Bush rolls tape of McBride missteps
Jeb Bush, combating Bill McBride's surge in the polls, points out inconsistencies as the primary approaches.

Passing the Bar a bear for some
Charlie Crist has taken a beating over his Bar exam fumbles. Guess what? He's not the only attorney general candidate with test troubles.

McBride's wife keeps pay private
TAMPA -- For at least a decade, the jointly filed tax returns of Bill McBride and his wife, Alex Sink, chronicled their lucrative rise in law and banking: from combined incomes of nearly $500,000 in 1993 to $1-million in 1996 to $3.1-million in 1999.

Of 3 who are tried, 2 boys found guilty
Pensacola jury convicts brothers, 13 and 14, in the baseball bat murder of their father.Another jury finds 40-year-old family friend once convicted of child molestation not guilty.

Cabinet race still anyone's to grab
TALLAHASSEE -- You know David Nelson, that blue-eyed, pink-cheeked astronaut who represents Florida in the United States Senate?

Police: Mosque sign arsonist disliked Muslims
BOCA RATON -- A man caught setting fire to a sign for a new mosque said he wanted to send a message that Muslims "are not liked here," police said.

Razing of apartments makes history in Florida
For years, neighbors fought the Martin County complex, saying it violated growth rules. The outcome sets a precedent.

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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