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        <title><![CDATA[ Suspect Nabbed in Fla. Fires]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A suspect has been arrested in connection with the wildfires scorching Florida, CNN reports. Brian Crowder, 31, was captured after being seen lighting a small fire in a field and running twice from police. &quot;I am not saying that he is the individual connected to this arson &hellip; but I can tell you we have made an arrest,&quot; a local police chief says.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Wed, 14 May 2008 16:22:00 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Hispanic Dems Could Make GOP Nervous in Fla.]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Registered Democrats will take a lead among a crucial demographic for the first time this week: Hispanic Floridians. The GOP has lost ground in its traditional stronghold for the last 2 years, and its slide might give the Democrats a shot at the critical state and its 27 electoral votes in November, Politico reports. National Dems had largely been ready to cede, but now, &quot;They absolutely need to be in Florida,&quot; says the state chair.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Mon, 05 May 2008 11:16:06 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Florida Moves to Stop Piping Sewage Into the Ocean]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Florida has been dumping sewage into the ocean for over 60 years, but is moving towards cleaning up its act, Reuters reports. Florida&rsquo;s Senate recently passed a bill that would replace the system, which pumps 300 million gallons of partially treated waste into the Atlantic daily. Passage in the House is expected, but the state's EPA says it will take 16 years and $3 billion to close them all down.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:25:06 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[    'There's an Alligator   in My Kitchen!' ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A 69-year-old Florida woman called 911 after finding an 8-foot gator in her kitchen. The beast apparently crawled in through a porch screen door and an open sliding door, making its way through the living room and down a hall, reports the St. Petersburg Times. Authorities called a trapper, and the gator was caught without incident&mdash;except for being hurt slightly by a falling plate.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:29:50 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Florida Passes    'Take Your Gun to Work' Law]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Florida lawmakers have passed a law that prohibits most businesses from banning employees keeping guns in their cars on company property, Reuters reports. Backers hail the measure as a victory for Second Amendment rights. Business groups, fearing an increase in workplace shootings, are urging the governor to veto the so-called &quot;take your gun to work&quot; bill.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:06:02 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Castro Victim's Family Wins Record Verdict]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Two Miami residents won a record $253 million lawsuit against Cuba yesterday after Florida jurors approved a wrongful death claim on behalf of their father. The case involved the death of Rafael del Pino, a naturalized US citizen and ex-Castro ally who was imprisoned after turning against the Cuban dictator, the Miami Herald reports. Del Pino&rsquo;s relatives said the government tortured him, and he died after 18 years in prison at age 51.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:46:38 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Miami Hopes to Patrol Streets With Flying  Spy Drones]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A flying spy drone may soon join the ranks of Miami's finest, pending FAA approval of the 14-pound bot. &quot;Our intentions are to use it only in tactical situations as an extra set of eyes,&quot; says a department spokesman. The US military has been using spy drones for years, reports Reuters, and police departments around the country are interested in pressing them into service.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:44:00 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Fla. Crane Crash    Kills 2, Injures 4 ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Part of a construction crane crashed into a building next to a Miami construction site this afternoon, killing two and injuring at least four, the Miami Herald reports. Workers on an unfinished 46-story luxury condo were raising an extension to connect it with the crane when the extension came loose and fell into a nearby house being used as a construction company office.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:32:16 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Dead Rats Stink Up    Orlando Airport ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Dead rats are stinking up a portion of Orlando International Airport, and the smell has workers crying foul. Construction crews renovating gates earlier this month scared the rodents into the airport, the Orlando Sentinel reports; exterminators followed, and after rats died in walls and ceilings the stench sent workers and passengers home sick and shut down a customs checkpoint.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:00:31 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ 7 Cuban Soccer Players  Defect to US]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Seven Cuban soccer players defected from the national team over the last two days&mdash;five on Tuesday and two last night&mdash;slipping from their Tampa hotel after a game to seek asylum in the US, the Miami Herald reports. The first five have contacted a lawyer and are in discussions with a second-tier soccer team, Miami FC; they may start training as soon as today, Reuters reports. The loss of seven players could be the team&rsquo;s downfall in Olympic trials.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:27:00 CDT  </pubDate>
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