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• Healthcare ruling live: Oops!

  There's nothing more amusing than watching a complicated U.S. Supreme Court ruling unfold on live TV.

  CNN initially reported the that high court struck down the individual insurance mandate of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).

  Then I flipped over to ABC: the network was reporting the Supreme Court upheld [...]

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• How many legal immigrants should the U.S. allow?

  Did a late topic switch yesterday, so instead of covering the Heat parade I wrote about the ongoing immigration tensions in the U.S. following the Supreme Court's split decision on Arizonas get-tough-on-illegals law.

  There's a lot of anger in the country right now about illegal immigrants, and many of these [...]

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• Heat parade -- Who's going, and why?

  If you're traveling to the Heat parade this morning from Broward or Palm Beach county, I've got a question: Why?

  I'll be going to ask revelers from parts north the same question.

  Ostensibly, I know the answer is: To celebrate the Heat's NBA Championship and soak up the fun vibe.

  ' [...]
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• Heat and LeBron James reign -- Enjoy the moment

  Sports championships don't happen every day, year or decade (or generation, in the case of the Miami Dolphins), so when they do come along, you have to savor them.

  Enjoy this moment, South Florida.

  The Heat and LeBron James won it all last night, and you never know if this' [...]

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• Heat deserves title, but do South Florida fans?

  When I left town last week for vacation, the Heat trailed Oklahoma City 0-1 in the NBA Finals and South Florida's fickle fans were already reaching for the panic button.

  This, after South Florida's frontrunning fans already had tripped the panic button twice this posteason -- trailing 1-2 to Indiana [...]

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• Ban fake pot, legalize the real stuff?

  This may sound a bit contradictory, but now that Sunrise and other municipalities are banning fake marijuana and other synthetic drugs like "bath salts," I'm wondering if it's also time to legalize (or at least decriminalize) real marijuana.

  In other words, would it be better to tax and regulate the' [...]

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• Battle of the NBA Finals cities: What's an OKC?

  Back in my sportswriting days, it used to be tradition for home-team columnists to make fun of the opponent city before a championship series. It was a cheap, lazy but altogether entertaining way to avoid the usual boring pre-game hype. (There was nobody better at this than the late, great [...]

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• VoteForEddie.Com? Voters not into gimmicks

  What's in a name change?

  Publicity, certainly.

  But not necessarily popularity. Or credibility.

  A South Florida congressional candidate is the latest to play the name-change game, but I'm willing to bet the combined values of Google, Facebook and Apple that VoteForEddie.Com (formerly known as Eddie Gonzalez) doesn't have a [...]

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• New York City soda ban: Nanny state or necessary?

  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is at it again.

  He's been at the forefront of public health initiatives, with New York being among the first and most stringent when it comes to stamping out public smoking (banning it in bars and even outdoor spots like parks). He led [...]

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• Big day for WW2 vets -- D-Day, Midway anniversaries

  Beneath gray skies, aging South Florida veterans gathered to mark two pivotal World War II events on Wednesday -- the 70th anniversary of the battle of Midway in the Pacific and the 68th anniversary of D-Day, the launch of the Normandy invasion in Europe.

  "The battle of Midway was a" [...]

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