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"Dr. Jacqueline Martin was reading a newspaper article about Terri Schiavo when a name from the past leaped out at her: Dr. Jon Thogmartin. Six years ago, Thogmartin, the motorcycle-riding former Texan who succeeded Martin as Palm Beach County's chief medical examiner...." "Schiavo's autopsy already caused some public stir after her parents and husband both called for the postmirtem this week. Thogmartin's office said it would conduct the autopsy because state law requires it, and that "family requests are immaterial".

Like a Baptist minister, U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler has been preaching the evils of touch-screen voting and the eternal damnation that will befall the Democratic Party if the faithful don't cast absentee ballots in the upcoming fall elections. "It's the only way to create a paper record of your ballot," Wexler, D-Boca Raton, implores voters at meetings throughout Palm Beach County. And party loyalists apparently believe.

WEST PALM BEACH -- As many as two dozen Palm Beach County voters could face criminal charges for attempting to vote twice in Tuesday's statewide election. Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore said Thursday she would ask the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office next week to consider filing charges. Elections officials still are compiling information on the balloting. The voters had sent in absentee ballots, then voted provisional ballots at the polls Tuesday, claiming they had not voted earlier, LePore said. "They sign an oath on the provisional ballot, swearing they have not yet cast a vote," LePore said. "And...