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A public forum at the studios of 4FSU on Wednesday on whether Florida should lift its long ban on drilling for oil and natural gas off our coastline was good conversation and debate.

The Florida Supreme Court revised standard jury instructions for death penalty cases Thursday in ways the justices hope will reduce widespread confusion among jurors disclosed by an American Bar Association survey.

Gannett Florida and Florida State University are sponsoring Florida Forum on Energy Exploration from 6 to 8 p.m. today from the studios of WFSU-TV in Tallahassee.

Thanks to How Appealing, we can all read this interesting article by Lawrence Hurley in The Daily Journal of California, which is headlined "U.S. Supreme Court Considers Life Sentences For Juveniles." As these excerpts reveal, the piece provides a west-coast perspective in the issues that the Justices will be dealing with the in the Graham and ...

Computer users will be able to participate in an interactive debate tonight over opening Florida waters to offshore drilling for oil and natural gas.

Offshore drilling would bring 20,000 new jobs and $2 billion a year to Florida, or it would doom a $60-billion-a-year industry that draws millions of tourists to Florida's pristine beaches.

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has been awarded nearly $3 million to build a novel kind of superconducting magnet that will break records for magnetic field strength, make possible new types of science and save vast amounts of energy and money.

Citizens across the state got a chance Wednesday to question a panel of supporters and opponents of a proposal to open Florida waters to oil and natural gas exploration.

To drill or not to drill, that's the big - and very controversial - question. And it's a question that needs the most rigorous examination, because ending the more than two-decade ban on drilling for oil off Florida's Gulf coast would have major, long-term ramifications for our state.

Panama City, Fla: What will it take to make the Panama City campus of Florida State University successful and self sufficient? The answer is more students.

Do you plan to change your Halloween habits because of the H1N1 virus? Let us know in the comment section below, our Facebook page or our TalkBack section on Twitter .

The attempted murder trial continues for Tyrone Hartsfield, charged in the shooting of former Jacksonville Jaguars offensive lineman Richard Collier.

A Louisiana State University administrator has been named president of Georgia Southern University.

October 23, 2009 By Melanie Gasmen In the most recent episode of the ABC Family show Greek, Casey Cartwright, the stunningly blonde and beautiful Zeta Beta Zeta sister, planned a "Dry, alcohol-free, Weekend" for her sisters and the whole Greek system.

During the Florida Legislature's first big hearing on offshore oil drilling, state Rep.

Mike McQueen, chief of bureau for The Associated Press in Louisiana and Mississippi, has died.

The Green Bay Press-Gazette talks with people from a variety of business disciplines each week in its Saturday Conversation feature.

Gannett Florida and Florida State University are sponsoring the Florida Forum on Energy Exploration 7-9 p.m. Wednesday from the studios of WFSU-TV in Tallahassee.

With a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation , a pair of Florida State University scientists are performing basic research involving electricity that could provide an important building block in the emerging technical field known as spintronics.

In the November 2009 issue of ABA Journal magazine includes this article previewing the two juve LWOP cases to be heard by the Supreme Court next month.

While more older adults than ever are using cell phones and computers, a technology gap still exists that threatens to turn senior citizens into second-class citizens, according to Florida State University researchers.

Tel: +850 644 4930; E-mail: mohamed.kabbaj@med.fsu.edu 2 Ashley Stack and Nicole Carrier are co-first authors Received 12 June 2009; Revised 14 August 2009; Accepted 1 September 2009; Published online 21 October 2009.

TALLAHASSEE - An appellate court has heard two more cases challenging homeowner tax breaks provided by the Florida Constitution.

In August 1981 in Brevard County, in the woods at a beach known as a popular site for clandestine gay trysts, a man named James Dvorak was brutally beaten to death.

Elizabeth "Budd" Bell, who helped draft the Baker Act that's designed to protect the rights of people with mental illness, has died.

As a teenager, Robby Astrove quickly accepted his illness. He didn't want to dwell on what he couldn't change.

Florida State University police received a call Sunday morning from a resident of Deviney Hall.

Peter Hansen, a retired chemistry professor, recently had a guest column titled, 'Our love of guns is nutty.' The column can be summed up with Hansen's statement: 'I fail to understand how any intelligent thinking person can believe that more guns, carried by more people, at more locations, will result in a safer and more peaceful society!' The ...

The think tanks are humming, big oil is gushing money, some polls suggest the public is primed - and environmentalists are nervous.

Deneilo Bradshaw, one of two men accused of killing police informant Rachel Hoffman last year, has exercised his right to a speedy trial.

The state attorney's office released about 400 pages of documents relating to the suspected serial killer Gary Michael Hilton.

A Florida State University College of Medicine biomedical sciences professor has been recognized as having one of the most influential structural biology laboratories in the world.

Before the Dunbar Village rapists, there was Milagro Cunningham, who was sentenced to life in prison in May for raping an 8-year-old Lake Worth girl and burying her alive.

The Leon County Public Library System was recently awarded a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for $83,250. This money will provide the library system with 150 new Netbook computers for the public to use with the goal of helping more people gain access to technology.

Floridians with their banner stand in front of the White House during the National Equality March on Sunday, Oct.

Alumnae Panhellenic of Tallahassee is recruiting new members from the Alumnae Greek Life community during our October Membership Drive.

The recipients of the 2009 Oracle Innovation Award were announced at Oracle OpenWorld.

A Florida State University researcher has received a major research grant from the National Institutes of Health to screen small molecules that could be potential drug targets in the fight against tuberculosis, a common and deadly infectious disease that kills nearly 2 million people worldwide each year.

TALLAHASSEE -- Pledging to be honest brokers in a politically charged debate, Florida State University scientists announced Monday they will conduct an offshore drilling symposium next month.

Juxtapose that number against the 109 juveniles in all of the United States who have been consigned to prison until death for crimes not involving murder or attempted murder.

Gov. Charlie Crist issued a statement today wishing Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden the best in their showdown tonight against Georgia Tech.

Here's a look at what Tallahassee writers have been doing. Robert W. Beard, a retired Florida State University philosophy professor, has published an autobiographical work, 'Astride the Sea Cow' , about the two years he spent aboard the USS Manatee, an oil tanker charged with fueling military ships around the world.

For Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Jeff Young, it was a textbook traffic stop. He pulled over a vehicle and asked the driver, Daniel Burns Jr., to step outside.

An unusual one-day trial of a man charged with exposing himself to a Florida State University student ended in a mistrial Friday.

The elevated floor, tall ceilings, steeply pitched roof and broad overhangs are borrowed from the traditional "cracker house" that relied on shade and air movement for relief from Florida's sultry subtropical climate.

The raptor-like Archaeopteryx has long been viewed as the archetypal first bird, but new research reveals that it was actually a lot less 'bird-like' than scientists had believed.

Cynthia E. Huss has joined Coastal Vascular & Interventional, PLLC as its chief executive officer.

A Florida State University College of Medicine researcher has solved a century-old mystery about proteins that play a vital role in the transfer of the human genetic code from one cell to another.

Florida State University president T.K. Wetherell says coach Bobby Bowden's job is safe for now.

Central Floridians sitting in dark, hot houses trying to watch the Olympics on 4-inch, battery-powered televisions can't even take solace that they're helping to prevent the next devastating hurricane.

The elevated floor, tall ceilings, steeply pitched roof and broad overhangs are borrowed from the traditional "cracker house" that relied on shade and air movement for relief from Florida's sultry subtropical climate.

S tate Rep. Dean Cannon is an avid pilot, motivated partly by his father's past military flying, so he often wings it to the capital in a rented plane.

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to review a Florida law that requires public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance each day unless they have their parents' written permission excusing them.

Performing field work at Morris Lake, one of the smaller of the roughly two dozen coastal lakes in Northwest Florida's Walton County.

Black and Latino groups said Monday that they would begin an ad campaign aimed at urging swing state lawmakers in Congress to back overhauling health care.

Bill Cotterell News Journal capital bureau TALLAHASSEE - With gas prices and Florida's need for new revenue wearing down public resistance to Gulf Coast oil drilling, a statewide public forum on the controversy is set for late this month.

The country's central political issue came home to Florida State University Thursday night with a debate between the FSU College Democrats and FSU College Republicans over the state of the country's health care reform - what stands, what needs to be reformed and how to do it.

One of Florida State University's most powerful alums said Sunday that this should be Bobby Bowden's last season as the Seminoles' head football coach.

The debate about drilling for oil and gas off Florida's shores will hit the airwaves with a public forum scheduled later this month.

Students may just drive right past it thinking it might be another faculty spot, or happen to look closely at the sign and not even realize what an alternative fuel vehicle parking spot is.

Charlie Crist has learned it's hard to keep campaign promises made in good times when the economy suddenly tanks.

The Florida State University College Democrats and College Republicans will settle the health care debate with a splash on Thursday, Oct.

TALLAHASSEE -- A unanimous three-judge panel ruled records in Florida State University's fight with the National Collegiate Athletic Association should be made public.

Florida State University is partnering with a new digital production studio planned for St.