Fla. Voters Approve Three-Strikes Law for Docs
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Florida doctors who suffer three malpractice judgments will automatically lose their medical license under a new law approved by voters in that state.
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The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that third-party presidential hopeful Ralph Nader can appear on ballots in the decisive state, increasing the chance the maverick contender will again influence the outcome of the presidential election.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Florida voters on Tuesday approved a property tax reform plan that may cut local taxes by $9.3 billion over the next five years, a proposal heavily promoted by Republican Gov. Charlie Crist.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct 4  - Californians who a decade  ago voted in a landslide for a "Three Strikes" measure imposing  long prison terms on career criminals are being asked to scale  back that law by those who say it has unjustly snared  small-time offenders.
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Environmental groups say the vote on three key amendments will determine whether they can support the Democratic-backed measure
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A strike by thousands of hotel  workers in three cities seemed likely after hotel workers in  Los Angeles and Washington D.C. authorized a strike and the San  Francisco local was voting on Tuesday.
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When Montana voters approved a medical marijuana initiative Tuesday, they followed what has become a Western trend. Nearly three-fourths of Western states now have such laws, while only two of the remaining 37 states have adopted them.
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Montana voters on Tuesday approved 62% to 38% a ballot initiative to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes by patients with chronic illnesses, including HIV/AIDS or cancer, while voters in Oregon rejected 58% to 42% an initiative to expand the
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The D.C. Council gave initial approval yesterday to a bill that would grant paid sick leave to all workers in the city, voting 11 to 2 after four hours of debate in front of an overflow crowd of T-shirt and sticker-wearing people on both sides of the issue.
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Everybody complains about medical malpractice problems in this country but Florida finally decided to do something about it. In a unique vote, Floridians passed an amendment to the state constitution that
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that was rushed through the Legislature last fall to keep a severely brain-damaged woman hooked up to a feeding tube against her husband's wishes...
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Three Florida newspapers endorsed John McCain for the Republican presidential nomination Sunday, citing his extensive experience in politics and willingness to take unpopular stances.
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Lawmakers approved the measure by a bipartisan 344-51 margin on what might be the last day of their postelection session. Though not in doubt, passage was taking longer in the Senate.
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Observers, both Republican and Democrat, have become a new addition to early voting precincts throughout South Florida. At most early voting sites, they&#39;re found sitting quietly in a corner
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The Legislature yesterday passed a bill that its sponsors said would attack auto insurance fraud at the street level and in the offices of chiropractors and physical therapists.
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A proposal that would let voters decide whether to allow slot machines at race tracks and jai alai frontons in South Florida won approval after elections officials discovered thousands of absentee votes missed in an electronic tally on Election Day.
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The 51-46 roll call by which the Senate voted Tuesday to give 45,000 airport screeners the same union rights as border patrol, customs and immigration agents.