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102nd year. No. 354. Dec. 20.

2007 50 Cents FAMUTASK FORCE OUTUNES SPENDING PLAN 4A PLAYERS PENALIZED Bowden confirms 23 football players must sit out 3.6 games See Below Local church has 3,000 crosses representing U.S. deaths in Iraq Local 4A Si! Promoting democracy since 1905 MIMA Thursday, December 20, 2007 50 Cents Tallahasseecom HONOR THE FALLEN LOCAL "We're kind of in the scared stage." "If Cheryl is not In heaven, the rest of us don't have a chance." Officials won't rule out if killer is still in area 1l I Patricia Unger supervisor of psychiatry at Thagard, where Dunlap was a nurse Ralph Oliver fellow churchmember a cause of death or discuss the condition of the body. "There's evidence to indicate that this made efforts to delay our ability to identify Ms. Dunlap," he said without going into detail. By NIc Corbett DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER The community's worst fears about Cheryl Hodges Dunlap were confirmed at a news conference Wednesday.

A woman's body found Saturday in the Apalachic-ola National Forest was, in fact, that of the Florida State University nurse and Sunday school teacher. She was the victim of a homicide. Investigators couldn't rule out the possibility that her killer is still in the Tallahassee area. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement used DNA analysis to identify the decomposing body that hunters had stumbled upon, said Maj. Mike Wood, of the Leon County Sheriffs Office.

Wood wouldn't release KNOW ANYTHING? Call Leon County Sheriff's Office at 922-3300 or Crime Stoppers at 574-TIPS. iCity of Tallahassee still awaits state permit to improve wastewater treatment and protect Wakulla Springs. Page4A BUSINESS GROWTH Gov. Charlie Crist is considering a lawsuit against the property-insurance industry. Page6A GET ANSWERS Some have speculated that a serial killer was at work.

Others said the case could be connected to dismembered bodies recent- Please see BODY, 2A See Ann Davis, executive director of the DIRECT ACCESS FORUM XV vl 1 P- A A I i i i if ft lijF i tfMms: II Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition, answer reader-submitted questions about infant mortality in a video interview on Tallahassee QLagrange Enlarged JNw area pMacon Burned body found Dec. 6 north of Lagrange, Ga. 1 g-J 208 miles from Tallahassee by Highway 27. fQ I Savannah I 1 1 Body of Cheryl Dunlap I I found Dec. 15 In I southwestern Leon Co.

-V- 1 yra3, floworT A0rmond- Tallahassee "s- By-The- Jacksonville Sea I Qn4u Minhaal I nnic (niinH fiat 11 I Body of Michael Louis found Dec. 13 STOCKS Dow Jones 13,207.27 Crude oil $91.24 per barrel (light, sweet crude for January delivery.) ft PHIL SEARS Democrat Leon County Sheriff's Office Ma. Mike Wood addressed the media on Wednesday at a press conference. "There's evidence to indicate that this perpetrator made efforts to delay our ability to Identify Ms. Dunlap," he said.

For more business news, see Page 6A. tsrx 1 I In Halifax River at Ormond-By-The-Sea. 248 miles from Tallahassee by Interstates 10 and 95. MA ONLINE INSIDE Dunlap's friends and co-workers react to the news, 3A. The Leon County Sheriff's Office says e-mails circulating are full of misinformation, 3A.

Watch a video from Wednesday's news conference. View a photo gallery from the news conference. View pictures of a man using Dunlap's ATM card. Keep the conversation going at Tallahassee.com. JOHN ROBERGE Democrat Wondering what's hot, what's new and what's coming up on Tallahassee.com? Check out Page 2 to see what's the latest for our Web site.

No pork for lawmakers this holiday piayers penalized 3.6 games INDEX House, Senate face budget shortage Classifieds IE Horoscope 5E Comics 7D Lottery 2A Corrections 2A Movies 3D Crossword 6D Nation 9A 58 Editorials 2B game and the next two and possibly half of the next one," Bowden said of information previously reported by the Tallahassee Democrat. Bowden said it wasn't until Tuesday that he knew what his team faced in terms of ineligible players. For the story, see Page 1C. DEMOCRAT STAFF REPORT Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden confirmed Wednesday that football players involved in an academic-misconduct case will be penalized 30 percent of a 12-game schedule or 3.6 games. "Thirty percent of the schedule.

That means this hometown project that the state funds in thousands of line-items every year. Slipping little plums into the budget for senators or representatives helps presiding officers and appropriations chieftains get the budget passed in May. Bringing home a trophy or two helps get members reelected in November. Please see BUDGET, 2A Today: High 60s Tonight Low 50s Rain: 30 Weather: 8C just bare," Rep. Dan Gel-ber, D-Miami Beach, said Wednesday.

"The cupboard is gone." Community budget-issue requests seek money for such things as building a four-lane road, building a water-treatment project, putting a new roof on a community center or other By Bill Cotterell aORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU POLITICAL EDITOR Faced with a $2.4 billion shortage, House and Senate money managers have warned Florida lawmakers that election-year goodies will be in critically short supply during the coming legislative session "The cupboard is not CONTACT US MAIN NUMBER 850-599-2100 CIRCULATION 800-999-2271 ADVERTISING 599-2331. 599-2225 NEWS TIP HOTLINE 850-599-2233 COMING THIS WEEKEND 9i ii mm TAIMH ASSEE DEMOCRAT 102nd year, No. 354, Dec. 20, 2007 50 Cents A Gannett newspaper Ctpyrtglrt 2007 TillriuMM Dmwent 5UII. tues.

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