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Archive of Florida on Monday November 02, 2009
FL: Miami-Dade pilot court program for mentally ill allows treatment
At 18, Keith Zapata's mind plunged into chaos. Suffering from schizophrenia and addicted to crack cocaine, he heard voices warning of impending doom and saw visions of Jesus in the sky. Then he landed in jail, for punching out a car window near the Miami River last December. Read More
FL: Foreign investors dominate in South Florida real estate purchases
While foreign cash buyers have boosted real estate sales in South Florida, developers want to make sure financing isn't the issue keeping even more from owning a home. Read More
FL: Fla. lawmakers propose banning felons owning pain clinics
MIAMI -- Lawmakers announced Friday that they will be filing a bill that would require the state to revoke or deny operating licenses for pain clinics operated by convicted felons. Read More
FL: Rubio warming up Panhandle voters
NAVARRE, Fla. -- Marco Rubio, the first Cuban-American Republican from Miami to seek statewide office, got a warm reception from Panhandle voters during a campaign swing last week. Read More
FL: UCF student leaders urge students to find ideas to save Bright Futures
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Student-government leaders at the University of Central Florida, worried about future cuts and alterations to the state's Bright Futures merit scholarships, are working on proposals they hope will help preserve the program for future generations. Read More
FL: Emerging trends will change business
If the morning's coffee didn't get folks going early Friday at the FSU Real Estate Trends & Networking Conference, then John Doggett's assessment of emerging global conditions probably did. Maybe it was more like a splash of cold water in the face. Read More
FL: Department cracking down on business license violators
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation is planning statewide sweeps and stings this week to combat unlicensed business activity. Read More
FL: Caucus wants to lure film industry to Florida
Florida's Film, Entertainment and Television Caucus will make its debut Tuesday in Tallahassee as an advocate for the movie and TV business, aided by actor Jeffrey Donovan of the hit USA Network show "Burn Notice," which is filmed in Miami. Read More
AL: Destructive cogongrass threatens crops, timber
An invader is on the march in the Deep South, wreaking ecological havoc, cutting production in timber and agricultural crops and creating an extreme fire danger along the way. Read More
FL: Endangered status sought for loggerhead sea turtles
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The number of loggerhead sea-turtle nests has plunged in recent years, prompting calls to reclassify the turtles as ``endangered.'' Read More
FL: Victim of wrongful incarceration refuses reparations because his legal costs aren't fully covered
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A Fort Lauderdale man only needs to sign a few legal papers to start receiving $179,000 from the state and become the first wrongfully convicted person compensated under a new Florida law. Read More
Spending limits, gambling top fiscal 2009 ballot measures
 The national spotlight may be focused Nov. 3 on elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, but voters elsewhere could take action to profoundly change the way their states get and spend taxpayers’ money.
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