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    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:22 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Local perspectives</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Cities in South Florida and other parts of Florida filed suit this week in Tallahassee claiming that Gov. Charlie Crist and the Legislature violated the state Constitution with a new growth-management law. Good for them.</description>
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    <title>Jim Morin</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:22 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Morin, who has been at The Miami Herald since 1978, was awarded the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1977 and 1990. His cartoons appear in The Miami Herald five days a week.</description>
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    <title>Venezuelan broadcasters feel the heat</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>An overwhelming offensive against the media in Venezuela this week has reached a crescendo, with the possibility that hundreds of radio and television stations will soon be shut down.</description>
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    <title>Mystery on river: Ex-cop shot dead</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>A decorated retired Miami police captain working security at a boatyard on the Miami River was shot in the back of the head Friday. Detectives are investigating whether his tips to federal agents in ferreting out smuggling on the waterfront played a role in his murder.</description>
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    <title>Academic detained in Iran</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>(AP) -- An Iranian-American scholar whom Iran once accused of fomenting political unrest has been arrested there for the second time in two years, the State Department and the man&amp;#39;s family said Friday.</description>
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    <title>Bailout considered for small businesses</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>The Obama administration is developing an initiative to take money from the $700 billion bailout of banks and make it available to millions of small businesses, which officials say are essential to any economic recovery because they employ so many people.</description>
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    <title>Alonzo and Tracy Mourning build legacy of respect through charity work</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/5min/story/1135176.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>There&amp;#39;s barely a scratch on the place. Certainly no graffiti or vandalism. In fact, since it opened in 2003, the Overtown Youth Center, sitting pristine in the heart of one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in Miami-Dade County, has only once been targeted, when an air conditioner was swiped from the roof.</description>
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    <title>Sex offenders sue over Julia Tuttle bridge colony</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>A multipronged legal battle erupted Thursday over the growing colony of sex offenders forced to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway.</description>
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    <title>Broward offers to rehire some laid-off teachers</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Lauren Dewitt was on vacation in Ohio for her bridal shower this week when she found another reason to celebrate: an e-mail informing the recently laid-off teacher that the Broward school district wanted her back.</description>
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    <title>Miami Book Fair to charge $10 for events that were free</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Going to Miami Book Fair International just got a little more expensive. At this year&amp;#39;s 26th edition, which runs Nov. 8-15 at Miami Dade College&amp;#39;s downtown Wolfson Campus, book lovers will pay $8 for admission to the weekend street fair on Saturday and Sunday and $10 for formerly free &amp;#39;&amp;#39;Evenings With . . .&amp;#39;&amp;#39; programs that run opening night and through the week. Kids under 18 will still get in free, and fair-goers over 62 will still pay $5 for the street fair.</description>
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    <title>Sexting 101: Miami-Dade schools may be first to teach danger</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Call it safe sex for the wireless generation. The Miami-Dade school district wants to be a national leader in combating teenage &amp;#39;&amp;#39;sexting,&amp;#39;&amp;#39; the practice of sending sexy or nude photos over a cellphone.</description>
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    <title>Florida, U.S. brace for marathon fight against swine flu</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Florida&amp;#39;s surgeon general says the state is preparing for massive swine flu immunizations, starting with schoolchildren, as the Obama administration urges states to prepare for the likelihood that the virus might worsen in the fall.</description>
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    <title>Honduras' Micheletti is both admired and reviled</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Roberto Micheletti has been in national politics for three decades -- long enough to be one of the fathers of the constitution that he says legitimizes his power.</description>
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    <title>Death Row inmate convicted in 1994 Broward murder will be set free</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>In an exceptionally rare ruling Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court unanimously ordered that a Death Row inmate be set free because there wasn&amp;#39;t enough evidence to convict him of murdering a Fort Lauderdale pawnshop worker.</description>
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    <title>Dade learning centers for migrant children to reopen</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>The Miami-Dade school district and the Homestead Housing Authority on Thursday agreed to sign a contract that will reopen the district&amp;#39;s programs for migrant children.</description>
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    <title>Florida Marlins stadium a hot ticket for job seekers</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/5min/story/1133636.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>The baseball stadium soon rising on the grounds of the former Orange Bowl sharply divided critics and supporters. But for construction workers starving for jobs, it offers hope.</description>
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    <title>Doral firm sues Turks, Caicos</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>A Doral company is suing the Turks and Caicos government, alleging the distressed British colony has not paid $16 million in South Florida medical bills for its citizens.</description>
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    <title>Health benefits may be taxed</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Employees of large South Florida corporations may get hit with a new tax on their healthcare benefits under a bipartisan proposal being supported by 14 United States senators.</description>
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    <title>Paris Hilton's celebrity value on trial in Miami</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Paris Hilton, the celebrity socialite paid $1 million to star in an $8 million movie, testified in a Miami courtroom Friday that even her knack for media exposure couldn&amp;#39;t save the 2006 bomb of a film.</description>
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    <title>Bailout considered for small businesses</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1136923.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>The Obama administration is developing an initiative to take money from the $700 billion bailout of banks and make it available to millions of small businesses, which officials say are essential to any economic recovery because they employ so many people.</description>
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    <title>New jobless checks mailed</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1137175.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Up to 20 weeks of additional unemployment checks started going out last week to tens of thousands of Florida residents whose regular benefits have expired, according to the state&amp;#39;s work force agency.</description>
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    <title>Stocks post 4th straight week of losses</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:36 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Investors seem to be running short on hope.</description>
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    <title>Push continues for aid to South Florida condos</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1135515.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Momentum continues to build among condo owners angered by the lack of action from state lawmakers to alleviate the foreclosure crisis that is threatening the viability of their communities.</description>
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    <title>Group urges Congress to pass catastrophe insurance bill</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1134924.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:42 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>A group is urging Congress to enact a federal homeowners&amp;amp;#39; insurance program for natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires before the next one strikes, saying such events pose a serious threat to the economy.</description>
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    <title>Unfinished Fontainebleau Las Vegas spent big on art</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1135514.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>The Fontainebleau Las Vegas has spent about $7 million on bankruptcy lawyers and advisors and $5 million on art. Those expenditures were revealed in a new batch of financial documents filed by lawyers for Jeffrey Soffer, the prominent South Florida developer behind the stalled project.</description>
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    <title>GM emerges from bankruptcy</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:02 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>A leaner General Motors arose on Friday, making an unusually quick exit from bankruptcy with ambitions of making money and building cars people are eager to buy.</description>
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    <title>New GM is shedding burdens</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1135652.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:25 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>The path is now clear for General Motors Corp. to leave bankruptcy protection in record time as a leaner company that is better equipped to compete in a brutal global auto market.</description>
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    <title>Lawsuit claims Parlux board hobbled auditors</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1135068.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Three years after a shareholder group sued the board of Parlux Fragrances, alleging gross mismanagement at the Fort Lauderdale perfume maker, an explosive new charge has been leveled against the directors.</description>
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    <title>Weak retail sales in June raise worries</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:21 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>After yet another weak month, retailers are preparing to fight for their share of crucial back-to-school shopping. But they may have to keep discounting to keep consumers coming in, given escalating job uncertainty.</description>
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    <title>Football calls go high-tech</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1137836.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Michael Huyghue was skeptical at first. Even as the commissioner of the upstart United Football League -- a role that tends to require a more open mind than the big dogs of the NFL -- Huyghue figured his meeting with a Miami-based technology group would yield nothing more than a quick chat.</description>
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    <title>Fan turnout will influence team payroll</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1137829.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>As the Marlins prepare to break ground on their new ballpark Saturday, the assumption is that the stadium will translate to bigger crowds and higher payrolls.</description>
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    <title>Rare feat: American Onyewu lands in Serie A</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1137834.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Oguchi Onyewu didn&amp;#39;t just capture the attention of AC Milan, the Italian Serie A club that acquired the U.S. defender last week.</description>
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    <title>Trades tough because of so many contenders</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>With two-thirds of all teams still in contention, the Marlins are finding out that they&amp;#39;re not the only ones seeking to improve through trades. As president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest told reporters Saturday, ``There are so many teams in it that it&amp;#39;s tough to make trades.&amp;#39;&amp;#39;</description>
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    <title>Stats guru says Miami Dolphins did well with signing of Jake Grove</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1137832.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>With training camp opening Aug. 1, ESPN stats guru KC Joyner, whose analysis we often share here, gave us insight into the Dolphins&amp;#39; additions, plus an alarming Joey Porter statistic:</description>
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    <title>Basketball's best to get in the Groove</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1137833.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony headline Sunday&amp;#39;s 13th annual Summer Groove charity basketball game at 6:30 p.m. at AmericanAirlines Arena.</description>
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    <title>Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade wants to look into options</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>For at least a month, Heat president Pat Riley had the paperwork ready, the fax machine warmed up and the phone lines cleared for this moment.</description>
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    <title>Arizona Diamondbacks' Dan Haren shuts down Florida Marlins</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1137101.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>The Arizona Diamondbacks have discovered the cure for the hangover. It&amp;#39;s called Dan Haren. Less than 24 hours after the Marlins gave them a royal headache with a late-inning comeback victory, the Diamondbacks rolled out their staff ace on Friday to ease the pain. The All-Star pitcher did exactly that, silencing a Marlins offense that the night before had erupted for one of the biggest outbursts in franchise history, overcoming a 7-0 deficit to win 14-7.</description>
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    <title>Canada earns draw with Costa Rica; Jamaica eliminates El Salvador in Gold Cup</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Humid, sticky air. An overwhelming pro-Costa Rica crowd. And an artificial turf similar to the stuff used at Costa Rica&amp;#39;s Saprissa Stadium.</description>
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    <title>Eutsey captures 400 race in Italy</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Miami Southridge High sprinter Ebony Eutsey scored the biggest victory of her career Friday. Eutsey ran a time of 52.88 seconds to win the 400-meter race at the sixth annual World Youth Championships in Sudtirol, Italy.</description>
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    <title>Joseph Agbeko, Steve Cunningham back in ring</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Seven months ago, Joseph Agbeko and Steve Cunningham entered the same ring at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., with aspirations of successfully defending their respective world titles.</description>
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    <title>Former FIU standout's hitting streak finally ends</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:14 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Former FIU outfielder James McOwen, now playing for the High Desert (Calif.) Mavericks, was headed toward the batting cages before a recent game against Rancho Cucamonga when Quakes pitching coach Daniel Ricabal put McOwen on notice.</description>
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    <title>Paula &quot;Pink Panther&quot; Creamer on the prowl</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>BETHLEHEM, Pa.-- Paula Creamer bumped into LPGA veteran Rosie Jones at a local restaurant Wednesday night and got some sage advice on how to approach a U.S. Women&amp;#39;s Open from a player who is participating in her 26th tournament this week and has played 98 Open rounds since 1981.</description>
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    <title>Heartfelt, messy -- and refreshing</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Summers, as any journalist will tell you, tend to be uneventful. Except for the periodic extreme weather event or heated political campaign, we drink from the trough of feel-good stories from June to September.</description>
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    <title>Roadtrip: Keeping kids busy for a song</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Driving 12 hours in a 2000 Toyota Camry with a 9-year-old and a 7-year-old calls for some serious creative planning. I&amp;#39;m thinking food, toys, diversions -- and those are just my needs. How would I keep my kids occupied for a full day in a 9-year-old sedan without a built-in DVD player in sight?</description>
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    <title>Website provides virtual college tours</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>For high school students who have the time and money to travel, visiting college campuses is the best way to get a feel for places where they may spend four years.</description>
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    <description>A Doral company is suing the Turks and Caicos government, alleging the distressed British colony has not paid $16 million in South Florida medical bills for its citizens.</description>
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    <description>Employees of large South Florida corporations may get hit with a new tax on their healthcare benefits under a bipartisan proposal being supported by 14 United States senators.</description>
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    <description>Amazing Spider-Man reaches a landmark 600th issue this month -- a supersizer that will feature a wedding, an old foe and the return of Mary Jane Watson.</description>
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    <description>Early bird special: Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry was spotted having a 5:30 p.m. dinner at Michael&amp;#39;s Genuine Food and Drink with her boyfriend Gabriel Aubry and their 15-month old daughter Nahala Ariela on Wednesday. The trio was with a male pal. Baby ate a beet and tomato salad, picking on dad&amp;#39;s chicken and mashed potatoes as well. Berry had the grouper, and the grownups shared a $95 bottle of Faust Cabernet. According to our eavesdropper, Berry said she had been wanting to eat at the restaurant...</description>
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    <description>The best a man can get? Apparently, advice on how to landscape his man drapes. Gillette recently launched a series of instructional videos at gillette.com about body shaving for guys, including one on groin grooming.</description>
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    <description>Q: My cat Daisy Mae recently tested positive for feline heartworms. I understand that a positive test doesn&amp;#39;t mean she has worms, only that she&amp;#39;s been exposed to them. Now I have to recheck her blood to make sure she doesn&amp;#39;t actually have the parasites. The worst part is, I recently learned that feline heartworm disease can be prevented. Could you address this issue so that more people in heartworm-prone areas keep their cats protected?</description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Q: We&amp;#39;re a group of retirees who love to read your column. We had a discussion recently: Are things really that different from when we were younger? There&amp;#39;s the technology, but isn&amp;#39;t the whole point still mostly about the simple thrill of meeting someone and seeing where it goes?</description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Robin Williams is bringing his standup act back to HBO. The cable network says a special of Williams performing in Washington will air in December. The show is part of the 57-year-old actor-comedian&amp;#39;s Weapons of Self-Destruction tour, which will bring him to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &amp;amp; Casino Oct. 21 and 22.</description>
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    <description>SATURDAY By nightfall, summer constellations shimmer in the south: huge Scorpius is closely followed by the Sagittarian Teapot, the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Antares, a super giant star hundreds of times larger than our sun, is called the &amp;#39;red heart&amp;#39; in the Scorpion&amp;#39;s torso. The stars of Libra follow Spica in Virgo (Spring Maiden) into the southwest. Silver Saturn escorts Leo the Lion lower in the west. Saturn&amp;#39;s &amp;#39;edge-on&amp;#39; rings reveal several Saturnian satellite moons. The Big Dipper swings...</description>
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    <description>Take a time-out for a good cause this weekend. Alonzo Mourning&amp;#39;s annual fundraiser, Summer Groove, hits Miami this weekend and offers plenty of opportunities to rub elbows with celebrities or take part in outings for the whole family at won&amp;#39;t-break-the-bank prices, including a block party, an all-star basketball game featuring top NBA players and a comedy show.</description>
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    <description>Early bird special: Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry was spotted having a 5:30 p.m. dinner at Michael&amp;#39;s Genuine Food and Drink with her boyfriend Gabriel Aubry and their 15-month old daughter Nahala Ariela on Wednesday. The trio was with a male pal. Baby ate a beet and tomato salad, picking on dad&amp;#39;s chicken and mashed potatoes as well. Berry had the grouper, and the grownups shared a $95 bottle of Faust Cabernet. According to our eavesdropper, Berry said she had been wanting to eat at the restaurant...</description>
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    <description>At 47 years old, Jim Carrey&amp;#39;s going to be a grandpa. Usmagazine.com reports that the actor&amp;#39;s daughter Jane, 21, is expecting her first child with Alex Santana, who is in the band Blood Money.</description>
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    <description>It&amp;#39;s nice having friends in high places. Especially when you&amp;#39;re a print journalist. We can use all the help we can get. Liz Balmaseda, a former Miami Herald columnist who now works for The Palm Beach Post, was feted Wednesday night at the Eden Roc to celebrate the release of her first novel, Sweet Mary, which follows a South Florida woman falsely accused of being a cocaine queen.</description>
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    <description>Paris Hilton showed up -- on time -- for the first day of her breach-of-contract trial for her 2006 flick National Lampoon&amp;#39;s Pledge This!, in which she starred as a hottie sorority president at the fictional South Beach University.</description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Dwyane Wade and Alonzo Mourning are pumped for the weekend -- it&amp;#39;s all Summer Groove, all the time. We chatted with the two basketball superstars about their causes, how they beat the heat and the bad economy (even celebs feel it).</description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:48 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Detectives investigating the death of Michael Jackson are looking at his prescription drug history and trying to talk with his numerous former doctors, the Los Angeles police chief said.</description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Composer Jerry Herman is 78. Actor Mills Watson (B.J. and the Bear) is 69. Actor Ron Glass (Barney Miller) is 64. Actress Sue Lyon is 63. Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 62. Singer Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys is 55. Banjo player Bela Fleck of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones is 51. Country singer Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts is 39. Actor Adrian Grenier (Entourage) is 33. Actor Thomas Ian Nicholas (American Pie) and singer Jessica Simpson are 29.</description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Join Miami.com as it celebrates the newest episode of the Walkabout! video series featuring John Hood and the launch of Kasia&amp;#39;s Cause, a fundraiser benefiting WomenInDistress.org, which works to prevent domestic violence. Complimentary 42 Below vodka and drink specials until 9 p.m. Level 25 at The Conrad, 1395 Brickell Ave., 25th floor, Miami; 305-503-6529.</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>How hot is it? Lissette Gonzalez knows the answer to that question. She lives and breathes the weather as morning and noon weather anchor for WFOR-CBS4.</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>First it was Three&amp;#39;s Company star Joyce DeWitt getting popped for suspected DUI. Now we hear another beloved &amp;#39;70s star was in the tank for being tanked.</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>John Legend and India.Arie, among the architects of certified contemporary soul, bring their brand of music to South Florida Thursday night.</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Actor James Hampton (F Troop) is 73. Actor Brian Dennehy is 71. Actor Richard Roundtree is 67. Actor Chris Cooper is 58. TV personality-turned-musician John Tesh is 57. Actors Jimmy Smits and Tom Hanks are 53. Actress Kelly McGillis is 52. Singer Courtney Love is 45. Actor Scott Grimes (ER) is 38. Musician Jack White is 34. Actor Fred Savage is 33.</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:47 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>South Floridians can&amp;#39;t avoid DJ Irie. Whether it&amp;#39;s seeing him spin at Miami Heat games, spotting him at clubs throughout Miami and beyond, or hearing him on the radio, Irie is Miami&amp;#39;s best known DJ not named Laz or Khaled.</description>
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    <description>SELECTED FRIDAY, JULY 10 MIDDAY CASH 3 8-2-1 MIDDAY PLAY 4 3-7-5-1 NIGHT CASH 3 5-0-8 NIGHT PLAY 4 7-2-6-2 Due to earlier deadlines, Friday night&amp;#39;s Fantasy 5 and Mega Money numbers do not appear. Find them at flalottery.com</description>
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    <description>SELECTED THURSDAY, JULY 9 MIDDAY CASH 3 3-4-2 MIDDAY PLAY 4 3-4-5-5 NIGHT CASH 3 9-4-3 NIGHT PLAY 4 3-3-9-5 FANTASY 5 4-18-19-21-31</description>
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    <description>SELECTED WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 MIDDAY CASH 3 5-1-1 MIDDAY PLAY 4 4-0-0-3 NIGHT CASH 3 4-9-6 NIGHT PLAY 4 9-5-1-1 LOTTO 4-19-23-40-44-50</description>
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    <description>SELECTED TUESDAY, JULY 7 MIDDAY CASH 3 7-0-0 MIDDAY PLAY 4 1-1-4-8 NIGHT CASH 3 4-5-9 NIGHT PLAY 4 1-1-8-4 MEGA MONEY 4-24-35-41 +21</description>
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    <description>SELECTED MONDAY, JULY 6 MIDDAY CASH 3 4-6-0 MIDDAY PLAY 4 4-2-9-2 NIGHT CASH 3 7-4-9 NIGHT PLAY 4 7-9-7-8 FANTASY 5 6-14-16-26-30 SELECTED SUNDAY, JULY 5</description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description>Van Olp is ready for the new era of General Motors. Olp, managing partner of Kendall Chevrolet, says GM has been making first-rate cars and trucks in recent years, but the people in Detroit weren&amp;#39;t doing a good job of spreading the word.</description>
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    <description>Outside of the air-conditioned confines of Chase Field, the temperature Saturday was a sweltering 111 degrees. Inside, the Marlins&amp;#39; bats remained in deep freeze.</description>
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    <description>Ethan Bortnick of Hollywood was just shy of 4 when his parents, Gene and Hannah, noticed him playing tunes by ear on his Elmo keyboard. Soon he had memorized more than 200 songs and was composing music.</description>
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    <description>At 47 years old, Jim Carrey&amp;#39;s going to be a grandpa. Usmagazine.com reports that the actor&amp;#39;s daughter Jane, 21, is expecting her first child with Alex Santana, who is in the band Blood Money.</description>
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