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    <title><![CDATA[An attack on Gov. Scott that doesn&#x2019;t add up]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 23:43 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Florida&#x2019;s Democratic chairman attacked Gov. Scott over his teacher pay promise. Unfortunately, her math didn&#x2019;t make sense.
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    <title><![CDATA[The downloadable gun: next firearms frontier]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 23:36 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[While Americans argue over background checks and the like, tech changes could render firearm laws &#x2014; and firearm manufacturers &#x2014; irrelevant.
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    <title><![CDATA[Bus rides and toboggan slides with mom]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 23:39 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[How did my mother raise eight of us on $105 a week? Liver sausage sandwiches and unselfish love.
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    <title><![CDATA[Miamians build a bakery for Haiti&#x2019;s abandoned children]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 13:51 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The kids have found a haven in Zanmi Beni Children&#x2019;s Home (&#x2018;Blessed Friends&#x2019; in Creole).
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    <title><![CDATA[From the Editor: Legislative session&#x2019;s over, but The Herald&#x2019;s vigilance isn&#x2019;t]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 00:34 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[More than 1,800 bills were filed during this year&#x2019;s state legislative session, ranging from teacher pay raises to the contentious debate over Medicaid expansion.
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    <title><![CDATA[It&#x2019;s Jason Collins&#x2019; story, but it&#x2019;s our day]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 17:16 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[From one trailblazer to another, a salute to the NBA&#x2019;s Jason Collins.
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    <title><![CDATA[An undocumented immigrant&#x2019;s plea to pursue the American Dream]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/27/3368843/an-undocumented-immigrants-plea.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:54 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[All Gaby Pacheco wants is a chance to pursue the American Dream. On Monday, she implored lawmakers to pass a bill to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants &#x2014; including herself.
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    <title><![CDATA[Covering the Miami Heat courtside: Stay alert, don&#x2019;t get flattened]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/20/3356106/how-to-photograph-the-heat-without.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:35 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Miami Herald Photographer Charlie Trainor was in his regular spot &#x2014; right on the basketball court, in front of the most expensive seats in the house &#x2014; lens trained on the first game of the inaugural &#x201C;Three Kings&#x201D; Miami Heat season.
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    <title><![CDATA[Miami dads find political voice in Tallahassee]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/20/3356120/miami-dads-find-political-voice.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:18 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A group of dads and traveled to Tallahassee to push for fatherhood issues.
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    <title><![CDATA[The year of equality: South Florida LGBT activists, allies describe why they've got pride in 2013]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:39 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[South Florida&#x2019;s large gay community is celebrating the fifth annual Miami Beach Gay Pride festival at what might be a pivot point in history.
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    <title><![CDATA[Cheaper, better healthcare: yes, it is possible]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/08/3329532/cheaper-better-healthcare-yes.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:47 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[No, it is not impossible. A new type of medical organization called an ACO is delivering encouraging results
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     <p><img src="http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2013/04/08/07/49/18pKo3.Hi.56.jpeg" /></p>  <p>No, it is not impossible. A new type of medical organization called an ACO is delivering encouraging results
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    <title><![CDATA[From the managing editor: Herald&#x92;s new iPad app: looks better, works better]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/06/3327941/heralds-new-ipad-app-looks-better.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:03 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[If you are one of the 20,000 or so monthly users of The Miami Herald&#x92;s iPad app, you noticed a change this week.
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    <title><![CDATA[ Pssst! Here&#x2019;s why people move to Florida, Speaker Weatherford]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/06/3327793/pssst-heres-why-people-move-to.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:16 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Americans are relocating to Florida in droves, House Speaker Will Weatherford told a group of liberty-loving activists at the Capitol.
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    <title><![CDATA[Same-sex marriage: the debate]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/31/3315879/same-sex-marriage-the-debate.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:34 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Polls show a slow but steady sea-change in the public&#x2019;s view of same-sex marriage. A sampling of Herald finds a similar phenomenon.
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    <title><![CDATA[The Yoani S&#xE1;nchez roadshow at the U.N.]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:37 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Yoani S&#xE1;nchez at the United Nations, March 21, 2013, New York City:
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    <title><![CDATA[ PolitiFact takes Jeb Bush&#x2019;s driverless=car claim for a test drive]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/31/3315874/politifact-takes-jeb-bushs-driverlesscar.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:29 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Imagine that while fighting through traffic that you could paint your toenails, play the guitar or read a novel &#x2014; but safely, because the car would be doing all the driving.
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    <title><![CDATA[From the editor: Savoring memories as The Miami Herald enters a new era]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/23/3303457/savoring-memories-as-the-miami.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[For 50 years, the building at One Herald Plaza has been the place we did what we love. But a $50 million new headquarters beckons.
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    <title><![CDATA[Ch&#xE1;vez: Not the cartoon he seemed to be]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:26 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Impressions of a correspondent who covered Ch&#xE1;vez for 10 years.
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    <title><![CDATA[From the managing editor: Why we all should care about public records]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:43 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[There is seemingly a never-ending quest to chip away at public records laws.
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    <title><![CDATA[What Gov. Scott did and didn&#x2019;t say on education]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:17 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Is it true that Gov. Scott said education isn&#x2019;t a &#x2018;core function&#x2019; of the state?
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