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

July 22, 2002

An emblem of excess
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[AP photo]
An eight-bedroom mansion going up as WorldCom founders has come to symbolize the '90s "infectious greed."

New rules may snag grouper catch

New regulations would cut by 45 percent the amount of red grouper that commercial fishermen can take from the Gulf of Mexico.

Democrats put GOP on grill over corporate fraud malaise
State party members hope to use public irritation over corporate fraud as a campaign issue this fall.

Decision muddles death cases in Florida
Cases delayed. New jury instructions. Florida is reacting to the Supreme Court overturning Arizona's death penalty law.

Landing the jet set
It has been home to a Vanderbilt, African wildlife and a Charlie girl. Now a 550-acre estate in Marion County is drawing John Travolta and others who need a place to park their planes.

Spin Patrol
Democrats nudge reluctant Butterworth on CFO race

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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