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    Summers gone by on Dekle Beach

    JANUARY 11, 2012 9:56AM

    By Polly Waller


    Topics: true story, mud+surfing, travel, gulf of mexico, florida, dekle+beach, storm of the century, nostalgia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 935 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Bad Vacation? Treasure the Memory.

    NOVEMBER 4, 2011 1:32PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: humor, lifestyle, holidays, getaways, train travel, appalachian mountain club, amc huts, white mountains, england, florida, spain, family vacations, vacations, family, travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 4636 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Stolen Kisses

    SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 11:41PM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: roadie (monday open call), photography, travel, sarasota, florida, the kiss, alfred eisenstaedt, photojournalism, unconditional surrender, v-j day in times square, life magazine, j. seward johnson, victor jorgensen

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 4244 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    The Vegetarian and the Deer Hunters

    AUGUST 16, 2011 9:36PM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: twilight, twi-hard, breaking dawn, my tiny hypocrisy, open+call, gossip, food/drink, animals, monster truck, hunter, pitcher, hunter, starbucks, avon, clark kent, marlboro men, spring training, 1986 world series, phillies, mets, bill buckner, modern love rejects, modern love, rudolph the red nose reindeer, bambi, twilight, edward cullen, venison, revolutionary war, hudson valley, divorce, new york city, puppy mills, nuclear power plants, charlton heston, nra, shea stadium, tattoo, glendale, herbivore, florida, friendly's, baseball, bow hunter, dale earnhardt jr, dale earnhardt, deer hunter, vegetarian

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 2891 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Government Imposed Drug Testing in Indiana

    JUNE 23, 2011 12:05PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: drugs, drug war, drug testing, workers, students, schools, supreme court, indiana, florida, rick scott, richard nixon, sandra day o'connor, clarence thomas, antonin scalia, ronald reagan, federal government, 4th amendment, u.s. constitution, news, opinion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 5484 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    Sex, Lies and Casey Anthony

    JUNE 3, 2011 8:37AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: news, courtroom, homicide, florida, death penalty, murder, casey anthony trial, caylee anthony, casey anthony

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 1736 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Meet Hebertico, A Cold War Hero

    MARCH 30, 2011 8:17AM

    By Trudge164


    Topics: meet hebertico a cold war hero, spring cleaning, belief/religion, family, open+call, photography, politics, travel, cuba, fulgencio batista, fidel castro, new york, miami, florida, miami news, freedom tower, cuban missile crisis, cold war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2233 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    First Returns on the Tea Party in Governance

    FEBRUARY 17, 2011 3:04AM

    By Michael Kelly


    Topics: wisconsin, unemployment, ohio, jobs, high speed rail, gov walker, gov scott, gov kasich, florida

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 1119 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    A Truckload of Snow

    FEBRUARY 6, 2011 7:07PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: travelogue, travelog, travel, tsa, dressing warmly, arizona, florida, lots of snow, heap of snow, truckload of snow, tinsel, dramatic, snowblower, shoveling, shovel, dug out, dig out, digging out, buried, excavation, fire hydrants, mailboxes, icicles, snow, ice, perception, contrast, weather

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2709 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Gun Laws, Legal Guns, and the Illegal Gun Trade

    JANUARY 27, 2011 12:23PM

    By Michael Kelly


    Topics: bloomberg, detroit, florida, gun control, guns, indianopolis, lakewood, lincoln city, nra, police shootings, port orchard, robocop

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2037 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    A Surprise from the Sunshine State: Minorcan Clam Chowder

    JANUARY 9, 2011 7:57PM

    By Felicia Lee


    Topics: st. augustine, florida, food/drink, minorcan clam chowder, skc hot soup

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1159 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    The GOP Won Big: Media Characterized it More Than It Was

    NOVEMBER 4, 2010 6:59AM

    By Michael Russnow


    Topics: television, news, gay/lesbian, economy, politics, wisconsin, the financial fix, tea party movement, stimulus package, speaker of the house, south carolina, sharron angle, senate races, sarah palin, russ feingold, ram productions, pennsylvania, obama administration, north dakota, nevada, nbc, nancy pelosi, michael russnow, meg whitman, lyndon johnson, lisa murkowski, ken buck, katie couric, john boehner, joe sestak, joe miller, indiana, illinois, house races, house of representatives, health care, harry reid, gop, george bush, florida, financial crisis, elections 2012, elections 2010, don't ask don't tell, diane sawyer, delaware, colorado, cnn, christine o'donnell, cbs, carly fiorina, carl paladino, california, brian williams, blanche lincoln, bill clinton, barack obama, arlen specter, arkansas, anderson cooper, alex sink, alaska, abc

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1587 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Martin Gill: Just Call Him "Daddy!"

    SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 9:30AM

    By Donna Carbone


    Topics: donna carbone, governor charlie crist, miami/dade county, department of children and families, bill mccollum, third district court of appeals, florida, gay adoption, martin gill

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 10090 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Crist, Meek Unveil New Florida Ads as Rubio Mourns Father

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 2:18PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: florida senate 2010, charlie crist, kendrick meek, marco rubio, mario rubio, mario rubio obituary, mario rubio rip, only one kendrick meek, best of both charlie crist, politics, television, campaign ads, florida, reporting the midterms

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 10733 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    Florida church to mark 9/11 with Koran burning

    AUGUST 13, 2010 10:36AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: heinrich heine, acts, christianity, islam, book burning, koran, florida, gainesville, dove world outreach center

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 3934 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Alex Sink seeks to awaken Florida's moderate sleeping giant

    JULY 16, 2010 2:41AM

    By Joy-Ann Reid


    Topics: florida, 2010, 2010 elections, governor's races, women, women in politics, candidates, democrats, moderates

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2140 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Crist to Announce as Independent for Florida Senate Thursday

    APRIL 28, 2010 11:43AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: conventional wisdom, education, news, politics, mitt romney, marco rubio, independent, crist for senate, gop, us senate, florida senate race, florida, governor, charlie crist

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1804 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Crist Puts His Ear to the Ground

    APRIL 20, 2010 12:16AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: conventional wisdom, education, news, politics, mitt romney, marco rubio, independent, crist for senate, gop, us senate, florida senate race, florida, governor, charlie crist

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 4054 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Death Row Funeral

    MARCH 31, 2010 10:43AM

    By Ron Moore


    Topics: florida, ted bundy, death penalty, bukowski

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 4334 Views
    • 59 Comments
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    The Cocaine-Candy Connection: Snorting Snickers

    MARCH 30, 2010 7:37AM

    By Donna Carbone


    Topics: rats, chocolate, devil dogs, florida, scripps, addiction, cocaine, junk food, genetics

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