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I can't help feeling like the Miami Herald got it wrong when it gave this story on South Floridians who refuse to give up their love of SUVs and trucks despite the sharp increase in gas prices the following headline: "Gas prices can't extinguish their love of SUVs." Okay, I...
By Jose D. DuranJune 5, 2008
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I can’t help feeling like the Miami Herald got it wrong when it gave this story on South Floridians who refuse to give up their love of SUVs and trucks despite the sharp increase in gas prices the following headline: “Gas prices can’t extinguish their love of SUVs.”

Okay, I guess. But here are some I think are way more appropriate:

Some South Floridians enjoy getting raped at the pump

New study finds SUV drivers mentally retarded

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Jose D. Duran is the former senior music editor of Miami New Times. His work has also appeared in publications likeVice, Billboard, and Spin. He’s earned numerous accolades including placing first for Weekly Newspaper Contest: Business Reporting from the Florida Press Association in 2020; placing third for the Writing: Light Feature from the Florida Press Club in 2019; and placing third in Weekly Newspaper Contest: Best Obituary from the Florida Press Association in 2015.

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