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Friday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Crystal River area tops nation in GDP loss after plant closure
In an assessment of the gross domestic product growth in each of nation's largest 382 metropolitan areas, the one metro whose GDP contracted the most in 2014 was Florida's Homosassa Springs.
› SC Line adds shipping service from Port Everglades to Cuba
In another sign of growing U.S. links with Cuba, shipping company SC Line has started up service between Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades and the communist-led island.
› Florida GOP to give presidential candidates ballot options
Party executive director Brad Herold says a rule proposed Thursday would automatically put candidates on the ballot if they attend a party-hosted summit in November. The party's executive committee will vote on the rule Friday.
› Vizcaya seeks ideas for new use of old Miami science museum site
When industrialist James Deering built his ornate Villa Vizcaya on the edge of the wilderness on Biscayne Bay nearly a century ago, he did not confine his sprawling vision to the palatial house and its lavish gardens.
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