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| Feb.2 |
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Tigers sign Pudge to $40 million deal
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| Feb.6 |
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11-year-old girl found dead Camera caught the abduction. A 37-year-old Joseph Smith with a long criminal record has been charged in her death
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| Apr.15 |
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Gays in marriage lawsuit
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| May.22 |
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Tampa advances to Stanley Cup Finals Bay Lightning rebounded from a disappointing loss in the Eastern Conference finals and beat the Flyers 2-1 in Game 7
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| May.29 |
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Calgary takes 2-1 series lead over Tampa
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Flames outlast Lightning in OT
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| Jun.5 |
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Lightning force Game 7
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| Jun.7 |
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Lightning win Stanley Cup over Calgary| Tampa Bay clinched the Cup for the first time in their 12-year history with a 2-1 victory in the deciding game 7 of the series | |
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| Jul.14 |
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Shaquille O'Neal goes to Miami O'Neal going in exchange for Butler, Odom, Grant and a first-round draft pick
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| Aug.11 |
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Double-dose of storms aimed
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| Aug.13 |
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Residents flee as Charley nears Hundreds of thousands were moving inland as hurricane picked up strength churning toward the state's Gulf Coast
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Hurricane batters coast
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| Aug.14 |
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Hurricane Charley death toll at 13| Charley made landfall with winds of 145 mph. At its worst, Hurricane gusts topped 180 mph in Punta Gorda | |
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| Aug.15 |
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Bush visits hurricane-hit Florida
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| Sep.3 |
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Hurricane prompts mass evacuation About 2.5 million have been ordered to leave their homes along state east coast in advance of the expected arrival of Frances
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| Sep.4 |
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Hurricane spins slowly toward Florida
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Hurricane Frances pounds Florida The hurricane has smashed into the central east coast, bringing strong winds and torrential rains
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| Sep.5 |
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Frances blows across Florida Frances weakened to a tropical storm as it is pounding the region with powerful winds and dumping rain
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| Sep.6 |
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Frances heads for second landfall
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| Sep.14 |
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Ivan on course for Gulf Coast landfall U.S. residents from Louisiana to Florida told to prepare
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| Sep.17 |
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Nader allowed to run in Florida The state Supreme Court has ruled that maverick politician can be on ballot papers in the November presidential election
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US takes stock of Hurricane Ivan
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| Sep.24 |
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Florida prepares for fourth hurricane Hurricane Jeanne continued its westward crawl toward the northern Bahamas
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| Sep.25 |
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Jeanne strengthens to Category 3 Maximum sustained winds had increased to 115 mph. Millions of Floridians evacuated their homes on the east coast
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Jeanne eyewall hits Florida| A dangerous Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds near 115 mph, began its assault on the state east coast | | |
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| Sep.26 |
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Jeanne leaves Floridians powerless Hurricane is knocking out power to more than a million customers as it headed toward the Gulf of Mexico
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4 dead as Jeanne moves through Florida Hurricane Jeanne, which made landfall with 120 mph winds, downgraded to a tropical storm
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| Sep.27 |
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Jeanne churns northward; 6 dead Tropical Storm Jeanne swept into Georgia after cutting a destructive path across Florida
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Bush, Kerry face off in debate| President and Senator met face-to-face for their first and only debate on foreign policy issues and homeland security | | |
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| Oct.18 |
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Focus on Florida as voting begins People began casting their votes for the president, 4 years after a debacle in the state held up the 2000 election result
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| Oct.19 |
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Bush, Kerry stump in showdown states
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| Oct.28 |
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Ballot papers go missing Some 60,000 of postal ballots have gone missing, sparking fresh concern over irregularities in the poll campaign
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| Oct.31 |
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Bush, Kerry sprint to the finish Bush is to remain in Florida for much of the day. Kerry's route begins in New Hampshire and ends in Florida
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| Nov.1 |
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White House rivals race to finish| Bush and Kerry have been making last-ditch attempts to win support on the final day of campaigning | |
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| Dec.30 |
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Powell, Jeb Bush to lead U.S. team A U.S. delegation headed by Secretary of State and Florida Gov. will travel to southern Asia to assess humanitarian needs
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