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MIAMI » Florida residents picked Menendez NEWARK, N.J.» U.S. Sen. Bob store “sold shelveshis officeclea­n andfor a long lifestyle lines he formed couldn’t at afford”gas pumpsby accepting Wednesday luxury as Hurricanet­rips from Irma,a wealthya Category doctor5 monster seeking politicalw­ith potentiall­y influence catastroph­icin return, a winds government­of 185 prosecutor­mph, steamed told towardjuro­rs the Wednesday Sunshine duringStat­e and openinga possible statements direct hit of on the the Democrat’sMiami metropolit­an corruption area trial. of nearly 6 million people.

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