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Today is the deadline to register to vote! [Herald] Lincoln Diaz-Balart has secured earmarks (as in that pork that John McCain so very much hates) for a small Miami defense contractor, who in turn donates thousands of dollars to his and his brother's campaigns. [Herald] The Canes game was crazy...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

October 6, 2008

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Today is the deadline to register to vote! [Herald]
Lincoln Diaz-Balart has secured earmarks (as in that pork that John McCain so very much hates) for a small Miami defense contractor, who in turn donates thousands of dollars to his and his brother's campaigns. [Herald]
The Canes game was crazy. They lost, just barely, but freshman Travis Benjamin cemented his status as a future great. [ESPN]
Dolphins meanwhile have left their loosing ways behind. [ESPN]
Tongue Twister: Miami's massive Medicare mess makes me mad. [USA Today]
Beware: wild Matt Damons running triathlons in the area. [Herald]
OJ is guilty. Officially this time. [AP]

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