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Thursday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Lennar buys 36 acres in Hialeah for $24 million
Miami home-building giant Lennar has paid $24.16 million for a 36-acre parcel of land in Hialeah, according to county records.
› Specialty Agriculture Issues Loom For Florida Legislators
The new year is ushering in an early legislative session that starts Jan. 12 with a full slate of agricultural priorities.
› Veteran homelessness all but ended in Orlando, official says
On an annual day of mourning for homeless people who have died in the preceding year, there was also reason to celebrate Tuesday: Virtually all of the region's once-chronically homeless veterans are now in housing, a top official said.
› El Nino turns winter weather upside down
A weather pattern partly linked with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow across the West that even skiing slopes have been overwhelmed.
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