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Joseph Hoyt was a 22-year-old backpacker on the Grecian islands when he first heard of the mountainous peaks and sweltering deserts of Afghanistan. Fresh out of college and armed with savings from a year as a medical orderly, he was in Europe to do what many 20-somethings do: lose, or possibly find, himself in travel.

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Despite a significant drop in gas prices, many businesses are still adding fuel surcharges to customers’ bills.

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Big eyes. A big decision. A huge play that signifies how far the Dolphins have come, and represented the difference between continued contention in the AFC East and dropping down to spoiler status.

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Mauro Mozzani, the Italian starring as a possibly dead clown in Corteo, the Cirque du Soleil production opening Thursday at Bayfront Park, finished rehearsal one recent morning and retired to the dressing room he shares with Russian acrobats and at least one seven-foot clown colleague.

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Sunday will be the last day forward Shawn Marion will have to wear his dreaded face mask — the one he has worn for the past two weeks to protect his broken nose. Marion says he can’t wait to burn it.

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Thousands of people will participate in a sleep-a-thon at Markham Park Friday night to bring attention to homelessness.

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Their wearers are merely swept along. Saturday marks the beginning of the 68th season of the Florida Grand Opera.

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The cottage industry orbiting the immigration building at Biscayne Boulevard and 79th Street is moving on as federal agencies move to new digs.

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Between the real-estate downturn and the national credit crunch, South Florida may soon face its worst recession in decades, analysts say.come through it together, and come through it without panicking.”

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The 2008 election officially began at dawn Monday with long lines, singing union members and a handful of hiccups.

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