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    <title><![CDATA[German Consul General nostalgic on Obama Berlin visit]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:17 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Eva Countess Kendeffy, the top German official in Florida who helped organize Obama&#x2019;s previous visits to Germany, is nostalgic about Obama&#x2019;s Berlin visit. She will retire at the end of June.
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    <title><![CDATA[Hollywood considers shrinking parking spaces]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:46 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hollywood&#x2019;s parking spaces could be getting shorter.
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    <title><![CDATA[Davie council goes on summer break]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:32 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Davie&#x2019;s Town Council is taking a scheduled vacation break and will resume its regular meetings on July 17.
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    <title><![CDATA[Police call off search for missing Hallandale Beach woman]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:30 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Although they didn&#x2019;t find any signs of her body or property that may have belonged to her, Hallandale Beach police said they won&#x2019;t give up.
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    <title><![CDATA[Police search Opa-locka area for body of Hallandale Beach missing woman]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:11 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Witnesses who had been afraid of retaliation have come forward now that main suspect is behind bars for another crime.
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    <title><![CDATA[Broward &#x201C;boiler room&#x201D; sold $2 million in fake precious metals; two arrested]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:34 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Two men have been arrested for operating a Hollywood boiler room operation that allegedly sold fake precious metals totaling more than $2 million to investors across the country, many of whom were senior citizens.
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    <title><![CDATA[On Hollywood&#x2019;s menu: Food truck or sit-down restaurant?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:22 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The weekly food truck event attracts 1,800 to Young Circle every Monday night. But city leaders want to make sure they&#x2019;re not taking business away from restaurants and shops.
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    <title><![CDATA[Bored no more: Here are ways to have fun this summer]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:52 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[School&#x2019;s been out less than a week, and already it&#x2019;s started:
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    <title><![CDATA[Viewing on Monday for 4-year-old who died during visit with mom]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/16/3454530/viewing-on-monday-for-4-year-old.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:14 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ A viewing and wake will be held Monday for a four-year old Coral Springs boy who was found dead in his mother&#x2019;s apartment last week.
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    <title><![CDATA[Motorcyclist killed in Broward identified]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:13 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A Coconut Creek man who died Saturday after his motorcycle collided with a vehicle in Deerfield Beach has been identified.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[  <p>A Coconut Creek man who died Saturday after his motorcycle collided with a vehicle in Deerfield Beach has been identified.
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    <title><![CDATA[Don&#x2019;t believe your smartphone, it&#x2019;s not that hot in Pompano Beach]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/16/3454346/dont-believe-your-smartphone-its.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:12 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Across South Florida, those checking the temperature on their smartphone and other automated weather sites may be seeing numbers that would make anyone sweat.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[  <p>Across South Florida, those checking the temperature on their smartphone and other automated weather sites may be seeing numbers that would make anyone sweat.
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    <title><![CDATA[Broward&#x2019;s boil water advisory lifted]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/15/3453003/browards-boil-water-advisory-lifted.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:22 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Contaminated well will be cut off from county water supply until the Health Department figures out what caused the contamination.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[  <p>Contaminated well will be cut off from county water supply until the Health Department figures out what caused the contamination.
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    <title><![CDATA[Broward judge sharply questions state workers for allowing boy to return to troubled mom]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/14/3452125/broward-judge-sharply-questions.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:25 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Child welfare workers try to answer a Broward judge&#x2019;s sharp questions about why a 4-year-old boy was allowed unsupervised visits with his troubled mother. The judge found their answers unsatisfactory.
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    <title><![CDATA[Two men killed by Porsche identified]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:15 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Fort Lauderdale Police on Friday identified the two men who were killed early Thursday when an out-of-control Porsche hopped a curb, plowed through the bushes and mowed them down near downtown Fort Lauderdale.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[  <p>Fort Lauderdale Police on Friday identified the two men who were killed early Thursday when an out-of-control Porsche hopped a curb, plowed through the bushes and mowed them down near downtown Fort Lauderdale.
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    <title><![CDATA[Broward&#x2019;s boil water warning extended through Saturday]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:51 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The contaminated well has been isolated it from the rest of the county&#x2019;s water treatment system to avoid cross-contamination.
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    <title><![CDATA[BSO reports give chilling details of mother of dead child&#x2019;s descent into mental illness]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/12/3448104/bso-says-woman-whose-child-died.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:08 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Deputies had been called several times to the home of the 23-year-old woman whose child died under suspicious circumstances in her care.
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    <title><![CDATA[Dania Beach commissioner resigns after residency dispute]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/12/3448106/dania-beach-commissioner-resigns.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:36 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Former challenger followed commissioner around with a camera attempting to prove Pat Flury didn&#x2019;t live in the city.
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    <title><![CDATA[UM student in fatal DUI crash may get more prison time after allegedly failing drug test]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:50 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A 21-year-old UM student convicted in a drunk driving crash that left an elderly woman dead may get a stiffer sentence after she allegedly failed a drug test in court.
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    <title><![CDATA[Toll hike remains on State Road 836]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:34 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ An effort to roll back tolls on State Road 836 failed late Tuesday when the board of directors of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) voted 7-5 to keep in place a higher toll rate approved in March.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[  <p> An effort to roll back tolls on State Road 836 failed late Tuesday when the board of directors of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) voted 7-5 to keep in place a higher toll rate approved in March.
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    <title><![CDATA[German Consul General nostalgic on Obama Berlin visit]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:17 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Eva Countess Kendeffy, the top German official in Florida who helped organize Obama&#x2019;s previous visits to Germany, is nostalgic about Obama&#x2019;s Berlin visit. She will retire at the end of June.
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    <title><![CDATA[Miami Beach must pay attorneys&#x2019; fees in Urban Beach Week shooting]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:32 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Judge pounds Miami Beach officials for ignoring court order to turn over records in 2011 Urban Beach Week shooting.
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    <title><![CDATA[Miami-Dade unions call for health-insurance account audit]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/18/3457946/miami-dade-unions-call-for-health.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Union leaders say the county has been stockpiling money in its health-insurance trust fund. Miami-Dade says the money helps maintain employee benefits and insurance rates.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[  <p>Union leaders say the county has been stockpiling money in its health-insurance trust fund. Miami-Dade says the money helps maintain employee benefits and insurance rates.
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    <title><![CDATA[Miami Beach advisory board backs Portman-CMC plan to overhaul convention center]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:43 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Miami Beach&#x2019;s Convention Center Advisory Board voted to recommend the Portman-CMC plan to redevelop the city&#x2019;s convention center site.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[  <p>Miami Beach&#x2019;s Convention Center Advisory Board voted to recommend the Portman-CMC plan to redevelop the city&#x2019;s convention center site.
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    <title><![CDATA[Grand Central Park is haven for skaters in downtown Miami]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:48 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Skate Park at Grand Central Park in downtown Miami is temporary, but that&#x2019;s not stopping kids of all ages from enjoying their skateboards and creating dreams for themselves
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    <title><![CDATA[Rapper Flo Rida, manager will be no-shows at Heat game tonight]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:31 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Miami rapper Flo Rida and his manager, two of the Heat&#x2019;s biggest fans, may not be at the game tonight.
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    <description><![CDATA[A new workout has professional women finding their inner vixen
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    <title><![CDATA[Miami-Dade commission OKs animal welfare plan]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:16 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cape Coral toddler dies under suspicious circumstances]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:35 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[State welfare workers come under scrutiny in Cape Coral&#x2019;s toddler&#x2019;s death
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    <title><![CDATA[Amazon doesn&#x2019;t need tax incentives, but localities offer millions in tax breaks]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:28 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[One Florida county is considering a package of up to $7.5 million in local and state tax breaks for online retailer Amazon to build a new warehouse, creating 1,000 local jobs.
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    <title><![CDATA[Pilot in crash blamed for flying in bad weather]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:33 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Three people died when a helicopter on its way to retrieve a heart for transplant crashed in North Florida.
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    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/18/3457294/gov-rick-scott-gains-ground-in.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:21 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Scott&#x2019;s standing with the public has been so persistently grim that any improvement in polls looks like a breakthrough.
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    <title><![CDATA[Poll: Absentee-ballot scandal makes Miami Congressman Joe Garcia vulnerable in potential matchup]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/17/3456420/poll-absentee-ballot-scandal-makes.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A poll conducted for Republican Carlos Curbelo suggests Democratic Rep. Joe Garcia&#x2019;s popularity has been hurt by his campaigns involvement in a fraudulent absentee-ballot request scheme.
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    <title><![CDATA[Zimmerman jury identities to remain secret, for a time]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:02 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The decision came Monday as lawyers in the Trayvon Martin case moved a little closer to seating a jury.
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    <title><![CDATA[Florida hits lowest rate ever for infant mortality]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:32 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Florida&#39;s infant mortality rate is at an all-time low.
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:55 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Rep. Alan Grayson, the self-styled &#x2018;congressman with guts,&#x2019; has managed what seems like an impossible feat of self-restraint.
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    <title><![CDATA[Fla. woman charged with throwing acid on victim]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:27 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A southwest Florida woman has been arrested after police say she poured a bottle of muriatic acid onto a person&#39;s face.
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    <title><![CDATA[Florida Lotto jackpot rises to $24 million]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:25 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $24 million after no one matched the six winning numbers in the latest drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.
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    <title><![CDATA[Fred Grimm: Rush to privatize is all about bucks]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:42 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Our governor was deeply offended by a burst of unkind aspersions after an insurance company that didn&#x2019;t exist 11 months ago finagled a $52 million deal out of the state-run Citizens Property Insurance Company.
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    <title><![CDATA[Online ballot fraud marks the &#x2018;e-boletera era of Miami politics&#x2019;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:41 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A rash of computer-related absentee-ballot request irregularities has touched four Miami-area campaigns, led to police raids and exposed how election-fraudsters are harnessing the Internet.
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    <title><![CDATA[One month later, Florida lawmakers no closer to Medicaid deal]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:38 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Medicaid expansion, or some alternative, remains a long shot in Florida.
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    <title><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Scott signs bill to speed up executions in Florida]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:14 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Under the new law, Gov. Rick Scott could surpass other governors in the number of ordered executions.
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    <title><![CDATA[Florida officials use onset of storm season to blast Washington]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:50 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Florida Republicans warned that federal budget cuts could harm the state&#x92;s ability to prepare for storm damage this hurricane season.
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    <title><![CDATA[Gov. Scott signs abortion law]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/05/3435248/gov-scott-signs-abortion-law.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:59 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The law requires doctors performing an abortion to offer emergency care if a baby is somehow born alive.
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    <title><![CDATA[Judge denies injunction sought by senior arcades]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:48 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A federal judge refused Tuesday to block enforcement of Florida&#x2019;s new video gambling law, rejecting arguments by the owners of two Broward senior arcades that the measure is unconstitutionally vague and violates the First Amendment rights of their elderly customers.
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    <title><![CDATA[Gov. Scott signs mortgage-relief law]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:06 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The law aims to protect homeowners from foreclosure abuses.
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    <title><![CDATA[Driver&#x2019;s licenses for undocumented immigrants&#x2019; kids vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:42 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a measure Tuesday that would have allowed undocumented migrants&#x2019; children to get temporary driver&#x2019;s licenses.
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    <title><![CDATA[Redland resident challenges lawmaker for South Dade/Keys district]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/31/3426288/redland-resident-challenges-lawmaker.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 13:08 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The election is still more than a year away.
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:39 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[State and local police spent hours at the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday night as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before.
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    <title><![CDATA['Dead zones' predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:49 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer &quot;dead zone&quot; in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there&#39;s too little oxygen to support fish, shellfish and other aquatic life.
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    <title><![CDATA[More AP classes could cost districts millions]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:19 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[County school superintendents told the state Board of Education on Tuesday that a recent legislative bill allowing high school students to take as many advanced placement courses as they can handle will cost districts millions of dollars that their budgets can&#39;t support.
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    <title><![CDATA[French company coming to Florida]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:24 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A French company is expanding its operations in Florida.
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    <title><![CDATA[US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,103]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/18/3458028/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:19 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[As of Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at least 2,103 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.
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    <title><![CDATA[5 things to know in Florida for June 19]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:19 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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    <title><![CDATA[Firm seeks FAA OK for tall Vegas Strip thrill ride]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/18/3457998/firm-seeks-faa-ok-for-tall-vegas.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:04 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A Florida-based thrill ride developer is seeking federal approval for air space to allow a 650-foot-tall roller coaster on the Las Vegas Strip.
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    <title><![CDATA[Cuban dissident: Repression forced family to flee]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/18/3457975/cuban-dissident-repression-forced.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:54 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[One of several Cuban dissidents recently allowed to visit Europe and the U.S. after Cuba changed its travel laws said Tuesday she decided to seek refuge in Miami after facing continued repression on the island.
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:14 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer &quot;dead zone&quot; in the Gulf of Mexico. In the Chesapeake Bay, a smaller than average dead zone is expected.
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:59 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A Baltimore police commander has been named the chief of the Ocean City department.
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:50 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A 21-year-old UM student convicted in a drunk driving crash that left an elderly woman dead may get a stiffer sentence after she allegedly failed a drug test in court.
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    <title><![CDATA[Bahamas claims that video of Cubans being kicked is fraudulent]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:50 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[An official in Nassau has denied that a guard stomped on detained Cuban migrants.
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:34 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ An effort to roll back tolls on State Road 836 failed late Tuesday when the board of directors of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) voted 7-5 to keep in place a higher toll rate approved in March.
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    <title><![CDATA[Amazon doesn&#x2019;t need tax incentives, but localities offer millions in tax breaks]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:28 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[One Florida county is considering a package of up to $7.5 million in local and state tax breaks for online retailer Amazon to build a new warehouse, creating 1,000 local jobs.
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    <title><![CDATA[NSA chief: Spying stopped 50 terrorist &#x91;events&#x92;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:54 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The director of the National Security Agency testified Tuesday that the government&#x92;s massive surveillance program helped thwart more than 50 terrorist &#x93;events&#x94; worldwide since Sept. 11, 2001, including a planned bombing of the New York Stock Exchange that involved a Kansas City man.
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    <title><![CDATA[House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:02 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women.
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    <title><![CDATA[German Consul General nostalgic on Obama Berlin visit]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:17 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Eva Countess Kendeffy, the top German official in Florida who helped organize Obama&#x2019;s previous visits to Germany, is nostalgic about Obama&#x2019;s Berlin visit. She will retire at the end of June.
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