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    <title><![CDATA[Show will go on for Tuesday&#x2019;s Lion King at Arsht Center]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:28 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[After Sunday&#x2019;s dramatic downpour inside the Arsht Center, authorities decided the repairs are far enough along to reopen Tuesday for &#x2018;The Lion King&#x2019;
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    <title><![CDATA[Stand-up desks can add years to your life]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:07 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The workplace is incorporating new ways to get people up and moving, including working at stand-up desks. It can add years to your life.
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    <title><![CDATA[Cuban American doctor from Miami is a face transplant leader]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:09 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Dr. Eduardo Rodr&#xED;guez, who grew up in Miami, recently headed the team that performed a face transplant &#x2014; a feat regarded as a medical landmark.
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    <title><![CDATA[Miami man shot in chest in apparent robbery at home]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:08 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A man was shot once in the chest Tuesday during an apparent home-invasion robbery at his Miami apartment.
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    <title><![CDATA[Ride and park: Car share coming to Miami this summer]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:06 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Miami&#x2019;s parking authority will launch a car-share program with 250 Smart Fortwo vehicles this summer, providing residents quick, on-street pickup and an alternative to auto ownership.
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    <title><![CDATA[Private supply ship rockets toward space station]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:05 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.
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    <title><![CDATA[Arsht theater hopes the show will go on after 'Lion King' flood]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:00 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hours after a massive ceiling leak forced the Arsht Center to halt Sunday night&#x92;s performance of the &#39;Lion King,&#39; the performance hall isn&#x92;t sure it will be able to repair the damage in time for Tuesday&#x92;s showing of the popular Disney musical.
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    <title><![CDATA[Miami facing police shortage, as cops retire and hiring drags on]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:02 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Miami police officers are retiring faster than the department can replace them. The new chief is trying to update hiring practices.
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    <title><![CDATA[HOV rules being lifted on I-95 south of Sunrise Boulevard]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:00 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Starting Monday, solo motorists can use all of I-95 south of Sunrise Boulevard. But express lanes are coming -- and tolls.
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    <title><![CDATA[Florida&#x2019;s voter purge: A drive for accuracy but lots of wild cards]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:07 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Call 10 people on Miami-Dade&#x2019;s potential noncitizen voter list and, it seems, one is bound to be under indictment.
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    <title><![CDATA[Porn actor enters plea in 2010 sex party slaying]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/21/2810247/porn-actor-enters-plea-in-2010.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:06 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ A porn actor accused with her boyfriend of killing a tattoo parlor owner during a sex party pleaded guilty Monday morning to a reduced charge that will get her 40 years in prison.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[  <p> A porn actor accused with her boyfriend of killing a tattoo parlor owner during a sex party pleaded guilty Monday morning to a reduced charge that will get her 40 years in prison.
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    <title><![CDATA[From toast of art world to guest of federal pen]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/19/2808170/how-an-artists-pursuit-of-originality.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:03 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The odd case of artist Enrique Gomez de Molina, whose Frankenstinian animal mashups (alas, some involving creatures on the endangered list) got him busted.
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    <title><![CDATA[Evidence is released in the Trayvon Martin homicide]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:03 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Evidence in George Zimmerman&#x2019;s second-degree murder case, including reports from five Sanford police investigators and an autopsy report documenting Trayvon Martin&#x2019;s single gunshot in the chest, was released Thursday.
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    <title><![CDATA[Unemployment drops again in South Florida but job growth slows]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:08 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Miami-Dade&#x92;s jobless rate returns to single digits for the first time since January 2009. The region is up about 14,000 jobs from a year ago, a slowdown from past months.
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    <title><![CDATA[Fla. Puerto Ricans urged to vote in elections]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:10 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Pedro R. Pierluisi wants Puerto Ricans in Florida to register and vote with the same enthusiasm their families do back on the island.
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    <title><![CDATA[Top Miami-Dade students honored as Silver Knights]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:06 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Some of South Florida&#x2019;s highest-achieving teenagers received Silver Knight awards for their unparalleled commitment to academics and community service.
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    <title><![CDATA[FCAT: Half of ninth and 10th graders fail reading]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:05 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Those results are an improvement over last year in some cases, despite a harder test with tougher grading standards.
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    <title><![CDATA[Keys mayor wants crocodiles removed from human areas]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:04 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The mayor of Islamorada is calling for the state to remove crocodiles from areas populated with people.
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    <title><![CDATA[George Zimmerman fund raises $1,000 daily]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:35 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[George Zimmerman&#x2019;s new professionally administered legal defense fund has raised more than $1,000 a day in the two weeks it has been online, his lawyer announced Thursday.
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    <title><![CDATA[Miami has highest healthcare costs in country for private insurance]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:51 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Private health insurance for a family of four costs more here than in New York and Chicago, according to a new study.
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