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You can’t spell Eileen without L-I-E!” reads one message aimed at Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins.
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The NEXT Weather Team is tracking a steamy and hot day across South Florida with storms likely.The morning starts out partly cloudy with just a few spotty pop-up rain showers. Temperatures will hover in the upper 80s for most of the region but Miami will register in the low 90s. CBS News Miami When
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