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		<title>World&#8217;s largest Legoland taking shape in Florida</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2011/03/27/worlds-largest-legoland-taking-shape-in-florida/"><img title="World&#8217;s largest Legoland taking shape in Florida" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/state-Legoland_Florida-300x202.png" alt="World&#8217;s largest Legoland taking shape in Florida"  width="120" height="80" /></a></div><br/>Legoland officials said Wednesday they are counting on the popularity of the little plastic building blocks to draw families to their newest theme park]]></description>
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	<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2011/03/27/worlds-largest-legoland-taking-shape-in-florida/"><img title="World&#8217;s largest Legoland taking shape in Florida" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/state-Legoland_Florida-300x202.png" alt="World&#8217;s largest Legoland taking shape in Florida"  width="120" height="80" /></a></div><br/>Legoland officials said Wednesday they are counting on the popularity of the little plastic building blocks to draw families to their newest theme park
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		<title>45% of Florida homes &#8216;underwater&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2010/12/13/45-of-florida-homes-underwater/"><img title="45% of Florida homes &#8216;underwater&#8217;" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/state-homes_under_water.png" alt="45% of Florida homes &#8216;underwater&#8217;"  width="120" height="89" /></a></div><br/>Some 45 percent of 4.45 million Florida homes with a mortgage — more than 2 million — have more in mortgaged debt than they’re worth if sold in today’s market]]></description>
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	<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2010/12/13/45-of-florida-homes-underwater/"><img title="45% of Florida homes &#8216;underwater&#8217;" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/state-homes_under_water.png" alt="45% of Florida homes &#8216;underwater&#8217;"  width="120" height="89" /></a></div><br/>Some 45 percent of 4.45 million Florida homes with a mortgage — more than 2 million — have more in mortgaged debt than they’re worth if sold in today’s market
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		<title>Crist endorses LGBT rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2010/09/15/crist-endorses-lgbt-rights/"><img title="Crist endorses LGBT rights" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/state-Crist_gay_rights-300x225.png" alt="Crist endorses LGBT rights"  width="120" height="90" /></a></div><br/>Charlie Crist, current Florida governor and Independent candidate for U.S .Senate, has released a 10-point endorsement for LGBT rights.]]></description>
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	<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2010/09/15/crist-endorses-lgbt-rights/"><img title="Crist endorses LGBT rights" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/state-Crist_gay_rights-300x225.png" alt="Crist endorses LGBT rights"  width="120" height="90" /></a></div><br/>Charlie Crist, current Florida governor and Independent candidate for U.S .Senate, has released a 10-point endorsement for LGBT rights.
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		<title>Deaths in Florida challenge beach-driving tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2010/09/09/deaths-in-florida-challenge-beach-driving-tradition/"><img title="Deaths in Florida challenge beach-driving tradition" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/state-beach_driving-300x158.png" alt="Deaths in Florida challenge beach-driving tradition"  width="120" height="63" /></a></div><br/>NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Sandy Fletcher, a bartender with a dark tan at the Breakers beachfront restaurant here, remembers seeing the commotion in July. Lifeguards had stopped the usual flow of Sunday traffic on the hard sand. Sirens blared. “We knew it was something bad,” she said. Cellphones started ringing. “Then they said it was [...]]]></description>
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	<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2010/09/09/deaths-in-florida-challenge-beach-driving-tradition/"><img title="Deaths in Florida challenge beach-driving tradition" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/state-beach_driving-300x158.png" alt="Deaths in Florida challenge beach-driving tradition"  width="120" height="63" /></a></div><br/>NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Sandy Fletcher, a bartender with a dark tan at the Breakers beachfront restaurant here, remembers seeing the commotion in July. Lifeguards had stopped the usual flow of Sunday traffic on the hard sand. Sirens blared. “We knew it was something bad,” she said. Cellphones started ringing. “Then they said it was [...]
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		<title>Fed opens more fishing in Gulf off Panhandle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2010/09/03/fed-open-more-fishing-in-gulf-off-panhandle/"><img title="Fed opens more fishing in Gulf off Panhandle" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/state-feds_open_panhandle_fishing.png" alt="Fed opens more fishing in Gulf off Panhandle"  width="120" height="80" /></a></div><br/>More federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida Panhandle are open to commercial and recreational fishing.]]></description>
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	<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2010/09/03/fed-open-more-fishing-in-gulf-off-panhandle/"><img title="Fed opens more fishing in Gulf off Panhandle" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/state-feds_open_panhandle_fishing.png" alt="Fed opens more fishing in Gulf off Panhandle"  width="120" height="80" /></a></div><br/>More federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida Panhandle are open to commercial and recreational fishing.
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		<title>&#8216;Florida Railroad Experience&#8217; could make Parrish a destination</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2010/08/24/florida-railroad-experience-could-make-parrish-a-destination/"><img title="&#8216;Florida Railroad Experience&#8217; could make Parrish a destination" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/state-railroad_experience.png" alt="&#8216;Florida Railroad Experience&#8217; could make Parrish a destination"  width="120" height="89" /></a></div><br/>Florida's 'Railroad Experience' could make the town of Parrish a travel destination]]></description>
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		<title>Florida retirees wary of changes to health care</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2009/08/20/florida-retirees-wary-to-changes-to-health-care/"><img title="Florida retirees wary of changes to health care" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/state-retirees_health_care-150x150.jpg" alt="Florida retirees wary of changes to health care"  width="120" height="120" /></a></div><br/>SUNRISE, Fla. — It was karaoke night at the Sunrise Lakes retirement village, and 76-year-old Shirley Scrop, wearing a T-shirt commemorating her granddaughter’s bat mitzvah, was laying down a rap about health care.
“I walk in the morning and I swim in the pool, I go to the doctor because I’m no fool,” she chanted, swaying [...]]]></description>
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	<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2009/08/20/florida-retirees-wary-to-changes-to-health-care/"><img title="Florida retirees wary of changes to health care" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/state-retirees_health_care-150x150.jpg" alt="Florida retirees wary of changes to health care"  width="120" height="120" /></a></div><br/>SUNRISE, Fla. — It was karaoke night at the Sunrise Lakes retirement village, and 76-year-old Shirley Scrop, wearing a T-shirt commemorating her granddaughter’s bat mitzvah, was laying down a rap about health care.
“I walk in the morning and I swim in the pool, I go to the doctor because I’m no fool,” she chanted, swaying [...]
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		<title>South Florida sees uptick in bartering amid sour economy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div><a href="http://citrustimes.com/2009/06/07/south-florida-sees-uptick-in-bartering-amid-sour-economy/"><img title="South Florida sees uptick in bartering amid sour economy" src="http://citrustimes.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/state-bartering-300x200.jpg" alt="South Florida sees uptick in bartering amid sour economy"  width="" /></a></div><br/>Bartering is now in vogue
A South Florida newlywed couple would like an almond-colored toilet, please. In exchange, they&#8217;ll do some handiwork around your house. A local florist will beautify whatever you choose in trade for teeth bleaching and bonding services. And one not-so-happily married couple from Margate will do your landscaping, Mr. or Ms. Lawyer, [...]]]></description>
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A South Florida newlywed couple would like an almond-colored toilet, please. In exchange, they&#8217;ll do some handiwork around your house. A local florist will beautify whatever you choose in trade for teeth bleaching and bonding services. And one not-so-happily married couple from Margate will do your landscaping, Mr. or Ms. Lawyer, [...]
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