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		<title>No SNAP for You: Nearly 3 Million Floridians Set to Lose Food Assistance on November 1</title>
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					<dc:creator>Tom Finkel</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:08:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>South Florida Lies for COVID-19 Shots Amid Confusing New Guidelines</title>
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					<dc:creator>B. Scott McLendon</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:57:11 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Broward Issues Rabies Alert After Raccoon Infection Found</title>
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					<dc:creator>Dallon Adams</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:34:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Ladapo and DeSantis Push to Eliminate All Vaccine Mandates in Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:59:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Heads Up, Floridians: FDA Says Your Frozen Shrimp Might Be Radioactive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>RIP Florida Fluoride, &#8216;Twas a Wild Ride</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Miami-Dade Commission Votes to End Water Fluoridation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Why Won&#8217;t Florida Professors Discuss Water Fluoridation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:57:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Watch: Parents Coach Kids to Rail Against Fluoride at Miami-Dade Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://mia-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/ww-media/mediaserver/mia/2025-11/commission_kidsspeaking_fluoride.webp" alt="A kid speaking in at the MIami-Dade commission" />The children, who likely still have their baby teeth, lined up to read the speeches that their parents had prepared.]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Surgeon General Ramps Up Anti-Fluoride Crusade in Miami</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:57:00 -0400</pubDate>
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