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Boy Or Girl? A Simple Gender Test Raises Ethical Concerns
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I-TEAM: NEW QUESTIONS FOR LEAD POISONING TESTS
Residents in a Liberty City neighborhood plagued by toxic soil are demanding answers from city leaders about the state of their health.
MIAMI UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS CONTINUES GROWING
Governor Rick Scott continues to tout the need to create jobs across the state of Florida while the jobless crisis is reaching levels not seen in decades.
UM STUDY: SOY SUPPLEMENTS DON’T PREVENT BONE LOSS
Contrary to popular belief, soy supplements do not help women during menopause.
HOW TO DECIPHER CONFUSING GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD LABELS
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MARS MAY HAVE SALTY WATER
NASA has made an out-of-this-world discovery on the planet Mars.
THE SKINNY ON FOOD’S ‘BIGGEST LOSERS’
Your stomach may turn after you hear the gut-wrenching truth about some of the most mouth watering meals.
MIAMI SPICE BRINGS AFFORDABLE FINE DINING TO THE MAGIC CITY
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S. FLORIDIANS REACT TO S&P’s DECISION TO LOWER CREDIT RATING Top officials at Standard & Poor’s are not backing down from their decision to downgrade the U.S. governments credit rating, and that decision has S. Floridians watching closely.
PICTURE PERFECT CONTROVERSY OVER RETOUCHING KIDS SCHOOL PHOTOS
Re-touching photos is nothing new, but now it’s becoming more common for parents to make their children look picture perfect on print.
CUBAN-AMERICANS CONCERNED ABOUT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
Many S. Floridians are worried Congress might succeed in bringing back the Bush-era of travel only once every three years and a $1,200 annual cap on annual remittances.
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