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What you need to know about Florida today
› It's mosquito season: Officials on alert
This year, local officials are particularly worried about chikungunya and dengue, two mosquito-borne illnesses already circulating in the Caribbean and South America.
› Voter purge fiasco may complicate Bush's appeal to minorities
The felon purge wrongfully denied thousands of legitimate voters the ability to participate in a presidential election pitting George W. Bush against Al Gore. Ultimately, a few hundred Florida ballots would determine the presidency, and with it, the nation’s path for the next eight years and well beyond.
› Feds charge 3 in public-housing kickback investigation
Two prominent Miami affordable-housing developers knowingly inflated the cost of construction projects in a complicated scheme that netted $7.2 million in kickbacks generated from grants and other government-generated funds.
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