============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.naplesnews.com � November 2, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ BUSH, KERRY SPRINT TOWARD FINISH LINE President Bush and Sen. John Kerry reached for the finish line Tuesday in a campaign for the ages, each claiming to be the strong, steady leader needed in a time of terrorism. "The world is watching," said the Democratic challenger in a race that defied safe prediction. "This election comes down to who do you trust," Bush said as Air Force One carried him to a half-dozen states on a final full day of campaigning. ELECTION 2004: NEARLY HALF OF COLLIER'S VOTERS ALREADY CAST BALLOTS The line of cars trolling for parking spots at the Collier County elections office was the first clue. The line of people coming out the door and down the walk was another that early voting in the county had a huge turnout, much like the rest of Florida and the nation. Elections officials said that by Monday morning more than 60,000 Collier residents had cast ballots in early voting or by absentee ballot. ELECTION 2004: MORE MINORITY VOTERS HEADING TO THE POLLS Mildred Todd doesn't feel courted by either presidential candidate. She didn't get the answers from President Bush and Sen. John Kerry on issues she cares about as a 76-year-old black woman, like affordable health care for seniors. She resents the constant barbs between the two. "I feel like they both have been like little children playing in the playground. I'm real put-off by the negative politicking," said Todd, a retired nurse and Naples resident. NAPLES COUNCIL MAY NOT ADOPT BAY BOAT SPEED SOON A final Naples City Council vote on Naples Bay boat speeds still is set for Wednesday at City Hall, but it might turn out to be not-so-final after all. City Council members adopted a preliminary plan in October, but they are expected to hear a barrage of alternatives Wednesday that, if adopted, would require another vote to make final. "This boat thing changes faster than a mom changes diapers," Naples Mayor Bill Barnett said Monday. ELECTION 2004: SAVE-THE-ZOO PAC RAISES $75,000 They are parents and grandparents. They are professionals and retirees. They are defenders of the environment and longtime residents of Collier County. Together, they contributed more than $75,000 to Park PAC, a political action committee pushing for a yes vote on a referendum that would increase property taxes to buy the land underneath and around Caribbean Gardens, which is under the threat of redevelopment. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: ELECTION DAY 2004 -- TAKE PART IN OUR FREEDOM You know what day it is � the day for voters, who have not taken advantage of "early voting" for the past two weeks, to get out and vote. Polls are open in Collier and Lee counties from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters are passionate and motivated enough to vote without much prodding from this newspaper, so we will let this final reminder suffice: Every vote looms large, as the presidential election of 2000 proved beyond any doubt in Florida. See more of today�s Perspective stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective BUSINESS: PROFITS SOAR AT FINDWHAT.COM AFTER SERIES OF ACQUISITIONS Fort Myers-based FindWhat.com saw its profits soar by 72 percent in the third quarter, in part because of recent mergers and acquisitions. Net income grew to $4.8 million, or 15 cents per share. That compared with $2.8 million, or 12 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. Revenues in the quarter grew 227 percent to $58.3 million from $17.8 million a year ago. See more of today�s Business stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business NEAPOLITAN: SCIENTISTS LEARN MORE ABOUT CROCODYLIA, PERHAPS LEADING TO A NEW ANTIBIOTIC To the casual observer, an adult alligator afloat in an algae-dappled pond, its 6-foot body motionless save for the sporadic darting of its devilish amber eyes, might conjure up any number of images, none of them fuzzy-wuzzy. A souvenir dinosaur. A log with teeth. A handbag waiting to happen. For Daphne Soares, however, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland, an alligator looks like nothing so much as a big, amphibious and grievously misunderstood kitten. See more of today�s Neapolitan stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan
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