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Byline: Jeff Walker, Times-Union sports writer The Jacksonville Barracudas have an identity. Following the team's 5-2 exhibition victory over the St. Pete Parrots on Saturday, coach Kurt Wickenheiser finalized his roster for the inaugural season...

Byline: Vito Stellino, Times-Union sports writer It's not going to cure Mark Brunell's headache, but Mike Pereira, the NFL director of officiating, said yesterday that Tennessee Titans cornerback Samari Rolle should have been flagged for a helmet-to-helmet...

Byline: Karen Brune Mathis, Times-Union senior business writer Citibank could announce within days where it will establish a potential 75-acre Jacksonville operations center, which we've reported could end up in one of several Southside locations,...

Byline: Ronald L. Littlepage, Times-Union columnist Spinning around the news dial ... click. Supervisor of Elections John Stafford has been taking a lot of flak lately, with much of it deserved. But Democratic leaders were out of line last...

Byline: Jim Saunders, Times-Union staff writer TALLAHASSEE -- Bill McBride has focused on a question made famous by Ronald Reagan: Are you better off than you were four years ago? Jeb Bush has, in so many words, asked a different question: Where's...

The head of Ferrari racing called Formula One's plans to introduce a handicapping system next season "insane." Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, whose team won 15-of-17 F1 races this season, made his remarks one day after five-time...

Byline: David Fox, Times-Union correspondent HOOPS COMINGS, GOINGS Florida guard James White returned to basketball practice yesterday after missing the first three practices and Midnight Madness with a suspension. While White returned, Danish...

Byline: Collin Mickle, Times-Union correspondent WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STARTS PRACTICE Florida State's women's basketball team began practice Saturday. Coach Sue Semrau's team is looking to rebound from a disappointing 2001-02 season in which the...

Byline: Terry Dickson, Times-Union staff writer DARIEN -- A National Park Service plan to preserve the Gullah-Geechee culture of the southern Atlantic coast could result in a heritage center in McIntosh County. It is just one of three alternatives...

Byline: Chase Goodbread, Times-Union sports writer Weigh-in: White, UC, Suwannee enter state polls, Raines out in 4A . . . Only three area punters averaging 40-plus. RECRUITING TRAIL Matt Kinsey LB, University Christian Size: 6-3, 225...

QUIET WEEK Jacksonville and AT&T Broadband attorneys agreed that no evidence would be presented this week in the process to revoke AT&T's franchise and only public comment would be heard during City Council committees this week. The first...

Byline: Bart Hubbuch, Times-Union sports writer EFFORT DISMAYS COUGHLIN Coach Tom Coughlin bemoaned the Jaguars' poor energy level and preparation in Sunday's 23-14 loss at Tennessee, attributing much of it to overconfidence from the previous...

Byline: Bart Hubbuch, Times-Union sports writer Listen to just about any NFL old-timer, and chances are he will recall fondly when a player all but risked life and limb by diving into a pile. Like a virtual Three Stooges episode on grass, players...

Byline: Chase Goodbread, Times-Union sports writer Here's what Mandarin knows: On the bus headed down to Oviedo for a key District 1-6A game Oct. 4, the football team showed no signs of mass illness. During the game, as many as 15 Mustangs developed...

Byline: Gregory Richards, Times-Union business writer In the last month, four mortgage firms have announced plans to locate or expand operations in Jacksonville. Such moves are helping Jacksonville to solidify its position as what some industry...

Byline: Jessie-Lynne Kerr, Times-Union staff writer The small pine box was gently lowered into the grave in Fernandina Beach's Bosque Bello Cemetery by two uniformed men as two others stood at attention. Then all four gave a silent salute to...

Byline: Veronica Chapin, Times-Union staff writer A Duval County schoolteacher has been arrested after a 15-year-old girl told police the two had sexual contact in his home. Shawn McKim, 31, was hired this school year as physical education teacher...