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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Fla.</title>
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		<title>In documents, Fla. teen says many saw him sexually assaulted in middle school locker room</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAMPA, Fla. — Many members of a Florida middle school&#8217;s flag football team were in the locker room when a 13-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by some of his teammates with a hockey stick and broomstick, according to court documents released Tuesday.

The teen told a detective that two teammates penetrated him with a stick as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police car camera captures questionable Fla. officer conduct, latest of unsettling videos</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelli Kennedy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Veteran Hollywood Police Officer Dewey Pressley said he hated lying. But if bending the truth a little would keep a fellow officer out of trouble, well, he was all for it.

A dashboard police camera video that surfaced recently showed Pressley chuckling as he wrote a fake police report, calling his creativity &#8220;a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family plans Fla. memorials for Navy pilot whose remains were found 18 years after Gulf War</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The family of Michael &#8220;Scott&#8221; Speicher received the first of a series of top-secret briefings Tuesday about the discovery of his remains in Iraq, 18 years after his Navy plane was shot down on the first night of the 1991 Gulf War, their attorney said.

Cindy Laquidara, an attorney representing the family, also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. victim identified decades after her death after relatives see photo on sheriff&#8217;s web site</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A woman found slain a quarter century ago in Florida has been identified after relatives read about her case on a sheriff&#8217;s web site for unidentified victims.

Officials in the Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office said Monday that the brother and sisters of Mary Ann Lambert led them to a positive identification of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 is very lonely number for New Jersey family that is the sole tenant of Florida highrise</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Armario</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Vangelakos&#8217; southwest Florida condominium has marble floors, a large pool overlooking a river and modern furnishings that speak of affluence and luxury. What they don&#8217;t have in the 32-story building is a single neighbor.

The New Jersey family of five purchased their unit four years ago, when Fort Myers was in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida jury convicts ex-Air Force contractor of destroying records, lying about contracts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Nelson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PENSACOLA, Fla. — A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel was convicted Friday of destroying records and lying to a grand jury in connection with defense contracts awarded by a military research lab in Florida.

Richard Schaller was accused in a 31-count indictment of helping another retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who worked at the Air Force [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shuttle Endeavour, 7 astronauts return; Japanese spaceman swamped with sushi after months away</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Koichi Wakata was still getting used to gravity, though it wasn&#8217;t going to stop him from diving into a deluge of sushi.

Huge amounts of the delicacy awaited the Japanese astronaut Friday after he returned to Earth aboard shuttle Endeavour with six other astronauts. Wakata, the first Japanese astronaut to return from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secret Service: Man held in Ghana in attempt to extort money from US congressman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOCA RATON, Fla. — The U.S. Secret Service says a man is being held in the West African nation of Ghana after attempting to extort money from U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler.

The Florida Democrat called authorities several weeks ago after he was contacted by a suspect who had Social Security numbers for him and his wife. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shuttle Endeavour, 7 astronauts return to Earth after 16-day journey to work on space station</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, completing a long but successful construction job that boosted the size and power of the international space station.

Endeavour&#8217;s smooth and punctual arrival, after more than two weeks in orbit, set off a steady stream of congratulations and an ecstatic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shuttle Endeavour, 7 astronauts land in Fla. after 16-day mission to work on space station</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, completing a long but successful construction job that boosted the size and power of the international space station.

Endeavour glided through a slightly hazy sky and touched down on Kennedy Space Center&#8217;s landing strip. Its smooth and punctual late morning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miami Beach owner of celebrity rooster fined; Mr. Clucky may soon be evicted from condo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A celebrity rooster and Miami Beach tourist favorite named Mr. Clucky could soon be evicted from the condo he shares with his owner.

The Miami Herald reports that a dramatic city hall plea from Mark Buckley wasn&#8217;t enough to stop officials from giving city code officers authority to remove Mr. Clucky and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Space shuttle Endeavour, crew streak toward Earth to wrap up 16-day space station mission</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts streaked toward Earth for a late morning touchdown Friday to end a long but successful space station construction mission.

Endeavour was due to touch down at 10:48 a.m.
Mission Control waited until practically the last minute, monitoring offshore rain showers. But the rain stayed far enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weather bodes well for Friday shuttle landing in Florida; astronauts wrapping up 16-day flight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Buoyed by a good weather forecast, space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts aimed for a Friday morning landing to end their successful space station construction mission.

Endeavour was scheduled to touch down at 10:48 a.m. In preparation, the shuttle&#8217;s payload bay doors were closed right on time as the sun rose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AutoNation profit falls 29 pct in 2nd-qtr on lower revenue, but adjusted earns beats view</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. — AutoNation Inc., the nation&#8217;s largest auto dealership chain, said Friday that its second-quarter profit fell 29 percent as consumers bought fewer cars in a stressed economy, but remained optimistic that the industry is beginning to stabilize.

AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson said new vehicle sales are likely to improve due to the &#8220;cash for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shuttle aims for Friday morning landing in Florida, astronauts wrapping up 16-day flight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts are aiming for a landing back in Florida.

Endeavour is scheduled to touch down late Friday morning at Kennedy Space Center, winding up a successful 16-day flight to the international space station. NASA says the weather should cooperate.
While visiting the space station, the astronauts put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where no man has gone before (we hope): Astronaut wears high-tech undies for a month straight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In what might embarrass less adventurous souls, astronaut Koichi Wakata is returning to Earth with the underwear he kept on for a solid month during his space station stay and scientists will check them out.

They&#8217;re experimental high-tech undies, designed in Japan to be odor free.
The Japanese spaceman described his underwear test [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. man trying to get cash from roommate allegedly attacks him with coconut, bowl, carving</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Authorities said a West Palm Beach man trying to get money from his roommate hit him with a coconut, a porcelain bowl and a wooden carving. The Palm Beach County Sheriff&#8217;s Office reported that the 44-year-old man was charged with robbery with a weapon and false imprisonment after Saturday&#8217;s attack. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astronaut bringing test underwear back to Earth after wearing for month with no complaints</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In what might embarrass less adventurous souls, astronaut Koichi Wakata is returning to Earth with the underwear he kept on for a solid month during his space station stay and scientists will check them out.

They&#8217;re experimental high-tech undies, designed in Japan to be odor free.
The Japanese spaceman described his underwear test [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astronauts launch satellite from shuttle, prep for Friday landing after two-week flight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Their two-week-plus mission finally winding down, space shuttle Endeavour&#8217;s astronauts released a mini research satellite Thursday and said it&#8217;s time to come home.

Endeavour and its seven astronauts are aiming for a touchdown late Friday morning at NASA&#8217;s spaceport.
&#8220;I&#8217;m ready to get back &#8230; I think I have a landing in me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astronauts launch satellite from shuttle, prep for Friday landing after successful flight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour&#8217;s astronauts have tested their flight control systems for Friday&#8217;s planned landing. They&#8217;ve also ejected a small research satellite into space.

Commander Mark Polansky and his crew released a small canister Thursday morning containing a navigation and rendezvous experiment prepared by University of Texas and Texas A&#038;M researchers. In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off-duty Fla. deputy pulls over for fake police lights, later busts driver after running tag</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANATEE, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida motorist who used fake police lights to get through traffic was busted after an off-duty sheriff&#8217;s deputy pulled over to get out of the way and became suspicious.

Manatee County Detective Jeff Lane was driving on a Florida insterstate on July 18 when he saw the lights behind him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. police arrest man and woman accused of using electronic device to steal gas at the pump</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marianna, Fla. — Police said two people were arrested for using an electronic device to disable fuel pump computers at a north Florida gasoline station and pump gas without paying. Officials said Earnesto Diaz, 40, of Miami, and Maria Flores, 36, were apprehended Tuesday.

Authorities said Diaz entered a code that disabled the inside desk monitor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. police say woman ran over her husband with a truck after an argument</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAPLES, Fla. — Authorities said a 25-year-old woman ran over her husband with her truck after an argument on Monday. The sheriff&#8217;s office reported that the woman&#8217;s husband eventually disabled her truck and walked to a nearby restaurant. Two people helped her fix the truck, and she drove to the restaurant to meet her husband.

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		<title>Judge denies bond from Air Force sergeant charged in killing of Florida Panhandle couple</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PENSACOLA, Fla. — A judge has denied bond for an Air Force sergeant accused in the shooting deaths of a Florida Panhandle couple.

Donnie Ray Stallworth Jr. is one of eight people charged in the deaths of Byrd and Melanie Billings.
The couple, known for adopting 13 special needs children, were killed in a July 9 break-in. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Millionaire insurance magnate pulls $16M pledge to Fla. university, blaming tough economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOCA RATON, Fla. — One of Florida Atlantic University&#8217;s largest donors says he can&#8217;t fulfill a $16 million pledge to the school, blaming the tough economy. It had been the largest donation in the university&#8217;s history.

Former insurance magnate Barry Kaye said Tuesday he will write the school a final $1 million check, bringing his total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astronauts inspect shuttle ahead of scheduled Friday landing; space station gets more supplies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour&#8217;s astronauts uncovered no noticeable flaws in the thermal shielding of their ship Wednesday following an in-depth inspection with lasers and cameras.

Flight director Tony Ceccacci said a preliminary look at the images beamed down found nothing amiss, and everything was on track for Friday&#8217;s planned landing. But he cautioned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBA Communications posts wider-than-expected 2Q loss, as higher costs trumped stronger sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOCA RATON, Fla. — SBA Communications Corp., which leases cell phone towers to wireless providers, on Tuesday posted a wider-than-expected loss for its second quarter as operating costs grew.

The company posted a loss of $29.4 million, or 25 cents per share, compared with a loss of $26.2 million, or 24 cents per share, in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fidelity National raises full-year outlook after 2nd-quarter profit shrinks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Fidelity National Information Services Inc. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit fell nearly 18 percent on lower revenue, but the provider of processing services for financial institutions raised its full-year profit forecast.

For the three months ended June 30, Fidelity National reported net earnings of $59.2 million, or 31 cents per share attributable to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. dolphin that survived pneumonia and rehab is freed, attacked by sharks and euthanized</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLEARWATER, Fla. — An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin was attacked by sharks and had to be euthanized just hours after he was released into the Gulf of Mexico off of western Florida.

Dunham, a juvenile male dolphin, was released Tuesday morning after eight months in rehab recovering from pneumonia.
Jeni Hatter, spokeswoman for the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shuttle Endeavour undocks after 11 days at expanded space station, aims for Friday landing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After 11 days together in orbit, Endeavour undocked from the international space station on Tuesday and began its trip home, leaving behind a larger and more energized outpost.

The shuttle&#8217;s departure broke up the biggest off-the-planet gathering ever: 13 people in space. Seven astronauts headed back aboard the shuttle and six remained.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida judge: Will on Jack Kerouac&#8217;s estate is fake; sides with writer&#8217;s daughter, nephew</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLEARWATER, Fla. — A lengthy dispute over the estate of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac has ended with a Florida judge ruling that his mother&#8217;s will was fraudulent.

Gabrielle Kerouac left all of her son&#8217;s assets to his third wife, Stella Sampas Kerouac, when she died in 1973. Ever since, the Sampas family has had control [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Space station, shuttle crews say goodbye, close hatches; shuttle leaving after 11-day visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With a flurry of hugs and handshakes, the two teams of astronauts making up the biggest orbiting crowd ever said goodbye Tuesday and closed the hatches between their spacecraft.

It was an emotional farewell for the 13 people who had spent 11 days together. The shuttle Endeavour prepared to undock from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a day of farewells for 2 space crews, with shuttle leaving after 1½-week station visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — They&#8217;ve spent the past one-and-a-half weeks together in space, and now it&#8217;s time for two teams of astronauts to say goodbye.

The hatches between the linked shuttle Endeavour and international space station will be sealed late Tuesday morning. Then early in the afternoon, Endeavour will pull away and its seven astronauts will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police say man sleeping in dumpster sustains minor injuries after being picked up with trash</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAMPA, Fla. — Authorities said a man, who had been sleeping in a Dumpster, sustained minor injuries after he was picked up by a garbage truck along with the trash. Authorities said that when firefighters and paramedics arrived, they heard Kevin Hallaran, 52, banging on the metal sides of the sanitation truck asking for help.

Hallaran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astronauts breeze through 5th and final spacewalk of space station visit as mission nears end</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts completed the last spacewalk of their shared shuttle and station mission Monday, breezing through some rewiring, camera setups and other outdoor chores.

Christopher Cassidy and Thomas Marshburn got so far ahead on the flight&#8217;s fifth spacewalk that they even took on extra work, a welcome change from earlier excursions that were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. jury found in favor of hospital that deported seriously brain injured Guatemalan man</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STUART, Fla. — A South Florida hospital that quietly chartered a plane and sent a seriously brain injured illegal immigrant back to Guatemala over the objections of his family and legal guardian did not act unreasonably, a jury found Monday.

Health care and immigration experts across the country have closely watched the court case in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astronauts go out on 5th and final spacewalk of space station visit, mission nearing end</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts took the last spacewalk of their shared shuttle and station mission Monday, taking care of a little rewiring and some other outdoor chores.

Christopher Cassidy and Thomas Marshburn were eager to get started on the flight&#8217;s fifth spacewalk. They floated out an hour early as the spacecraft sped across the Atlantic, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astronauts get set for 5th and final spacewalk of space station visit, mission nearing end</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After a week-and-a-half together, astronauts aboard the linked shuttle and station are preparing for the last day of spacewalking.

On Monday morning, astronauts Christopher Cassidy and Thomas Marshburn will venture out on the fifth and final spacewalk. They will rearrange some power cable hookups, fold down a piece of popped-up insulation on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wearing a sweater in the Florida heat, contractor from Texas wins Hemingway look-alike contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KEY WEST, Fla. — Wearing a wool fisherman&#8217;s sweater in 90-degree heat, a Texas man won an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest at a Key West festival honoring the late Nobel prize-winning author.

White-bearded David Douglas, 55, bested 139 other contenders at the &#8220;Papa&#8221; Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, staged Saturday night at Sloppy Joe&#8217;s Bar, the author&#8217;s favorite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA patches space station&#8217;s air-purifying system; astronauts prep for 5th and final spacewalk</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A space station air purifier was working again Sunday after it shut down at the worst possible time, when company was still visiting and had swollen the on-board crowd to a record 13.

The repair by flight controllers, albeit temporary, came as a great relief to NASA.
Even if the carbon dioxide-removal system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White beard, sweater and all, contractor from Texas wins Hemingway look-alike contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KEY WEST, Fla. — A 55-year-old Texan wearing the requisite white beard and sporting a sweater won an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest — one of the highlights of a six-day annual festival honoring the late Nobel prize-winning author.

Dressed in a wool fisherman&#8217;s turtleneck sweater despite 90-degree temperatures, David Douglas of Cypress bested 139 other contenders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All 13 astronauts relax on first day off in more than a week after 4 grueling spacewalks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The astronauts in orbit, all 13 of them, enjoyed their first day off in more than a week Saturday after a series of grueling spacewalks.

&#8220;Today we hope you can enjoy some well-earned time off,&#8221; Mission Control said in a morning message. &#8220;At orbital rates, you can&#8217;t stop to smell the roses, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. governor&#8217;s office mistakenly praises anti-Semitic DVD sent by white supremacy group</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Despite the content of a letter bearing his signature, Gov. Charlie Crist does not want to share an anti-Semitic movie with all Floridians.

Crist&#8217;s office sent a letter thanking John Ubele for providing the governor with a copy of the film &#8220;Jud Suss.&#8221; The film is recognized as one of history&#8217;s most incendiary.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spacewalking astronauts install fresh batteries, move slowly to avoid repeat of suit trouble</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts outfitted the international space station with fresh batteries in an extra-long spacewalk Friday, moving slowly and even loitering at times to avoid a repeat of the suit trouble that cut short the previous outing.

Despite their dawdling pace, Christopher Cassidy and Thomas Marshburn managed to install all four new batteries.
For the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida police catch man running down a street with a stolen cash register</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GREENACRES, Fla. — Authorities caught a Lake Worth man running down the street with a stolen cash register. Greenacres police reported that a 32-year-old man entered a restaurant Thursday afternoon and asked for change for a $10 bill. When the cashier asked to see the bill, the man reportedly began screaming, &#8220;I want change!&#8221;

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		<title>U of South Florida students told to resume activities after report of gunman prompted lockdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAMPA, Fla. — Students and staff at the University of South Florida were told to stay indoors Friday after a man called police to say he was on campus with a gun, but authorities never found him and no shots were fired.

University police got a call about 12:15 p.m. Friday from the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gunman reported at University of South Florida; students told to stay inside, lock doors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAMPA, Fla. — The University of South Florida remained locked down Friday after someone reported a gunman on campus.

On its Web site, the school told students to stay inside and lock their doors and avoid the area near the building where the gunman was seen.
School spokeswoman Lara Wade said there were no immediate reports of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astronauts go out slow to to install batteries, finish leftover work on extra-long spacewalk 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — At Mission Control&#8217;s request, a pair of spacewalking astronauts took it slow and easy heading out to the far end of the international space station Friday, then tackled a series of critical battery changes.

Christopher Cassidy and Thomas Marshburn ventured out as the shuttle-station complex soared 220 miles above Kazakhstan. By the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astronauts to install new station batteries, finish leftover work on extra-long spacewalk 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts are out on an extra-long spacewalk to give the international space station more fresh batteries.

This time, spacewalker Christopher Cassidy plans to take it easy and slow down on his way to the work site. NASA shortened Wednesday&#8217;s excursion because of rising carbon dioxide levels in his suit. NASA says the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extra battery work awaits astronauts during spacewalk 4, includes unfinished work from 3rd</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts are aiming for an extra-long spacewalk Friday to give the international space station more fresh batteries.

This time, astronaut Christopher Cassidy will head out to the work site more slowly. NASA cut short Wednesday&#8217;s spacewalk because of rising carbon dioxide levels in his suit. NASA officials say the former Navy SEAL [...]]]></description>
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