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        From here to there to progress</title>

    
    

    <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/columnists/orl-george1108may11,0,1167286.column?track=rss</link>

    <description>Central Florida must embrace, leaders fight for, big picture of commuter rail
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                        Change is never easy.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        Food tastes the same in English or 'en espanol'</title>

    
    

    <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/columnists/orl-diaz0908may09,0,2495311.column?track=rss</link>

    <description>You say hamburger. I say hamburguesa.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        With friends, family like this</title>

    
    

    <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/columnists/orl-george0408may04,0,2215866.column?track=rss</link>

    <description>. . . ALL OF US HAVE SKELETONS, LIVING OR DEAD
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                        Barack Obama has a BBF he hopes would disappear from his friends and family network.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        Animal rights? It's an ethical can of worms</title>

    
    

    <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/columnists/orl-diaz0208may02,0,6366522.column?track=rss</link>

    <description>Relationships are complicated. We're not talking about Roger Clemens' love life.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        Olympic contradiction: China isn't only human-rights abuser</title>

    
    

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    <description>The easy call is to tell our Olympic athletes to stay home this summer. You can summarize the reasons in two simple words.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        Expand Amber Alerts to age 26, grieving parents of missing daughters urge</title>

    
    

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    <description>Hilary Sessions has looked at 179 corpses since 1989. The last one was headless.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        Cuba's quiet  revolution</title>

    
    

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    <description>The first revolution in Cuba was bloody. A fiery rebel named Fidel Castro declared war on Fulgencio Batista, energizing the working class to rise up against Batista's corrupt kingdom.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        Homeless outgrowing simple answers</title>

    
    

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    <description>The dysfunctional consequence of enabling does not escape me. Whether it's the dynamics of a relationship where a partner silently condones abuse or giving the downtrodden a handout, you can argue that walking away is the best option.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        Put brakes on proposal for a Confederate tag</title>

    
    

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    <description>We live in a state that loves causes. Just take a ride on our roadways and see for yourself.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        U.N. assertion does not make Everglades OK</title>

    
    

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    <description>Clueless news flash from the United Nations:&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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