Something rotten in the state of Florida
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Pregnant chads, vanishing voters... the election fiasco of 2000 made the Sunshine State a laughing stock. More importantly, it put George Bush in the White House.
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By Fred Grimm, The Miami Herald  Dec. 14--A 109-acre wasteland of naked dirt and scrubland in the midst of one of Broward County's poorest ZIP codes makes for a better metaphor than a park.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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By Alison Trinidad, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville  Dec.
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By John W. Allman, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Feb. 11--PICAYUNE STRAND -- Janet Starnes stoops to inspect the ground, pointing to a paw track in the mud.
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By Margo Harakas, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 3--South Floridians are in a green state -- of mind.
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The Florida State offense looked inept in the first half of its game Thursday night against North Carolina State. It played feebly.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 8--The health department on Thursday called for Palm Beach County to test for contaminants on a long-delayed golf course under construction west of Boca Raton, a move county officials dismissed as unnecessary.
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Florida has a long way to go in providing a healthier environment for its citizens, according to an annual national report released this week.
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters â is under way.
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By Catherine Dolinski, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Dec.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. - Their homes are in ruin, many have only the shirts on their backs...
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As Florida Gators faithful know too well, the season opener wasn&#39;t played last Saturday, thanks to the nasty doings of Hurricane Frances.
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By Curtis Morgan and Amy Driscoll, The Miami Herald  Jun. 16--A key component of the Biscayne Landing cleanup appears to have gone sour.   That could cost developers and, ultimately, Miami-Dade taxpayers.
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Florida Governor Jeb Bush has declared a state of emergency there, as authorities order the evacuation of nearly half a million people as a precaution against Hurricane Frances.
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Learns that technology is no panacea Florida, the epicentre of hopelessly confused US elections, is chucking touch-screen ballot machines in favour of optical scanners, the Associated Press reports.â¦
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By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald Feb. 11--BY MANY MEASURES -- namely, stuff spewed from smoke stacks -- the power plant that Florida Power &amp; Light wants to build in the cane fields of rural Glades County would rank among the state's cleanest.