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Thursday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Miami City Ballet adds to achievements
A great ballet company is judged by several achievements, including its number and quality of dancers, variety and quantity of the repertoire, national and global touring schedule and how often it commissions outside choreographers.
› Study: Florida has eighth lowest adult obesity rate
According to "The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America," a project of the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Florida has the eighth lowest adult obesity rate in the nation at 26.2 percent.
› Local retailers brace for anti-fraud credit cards
Retailers in Alachua County and elsewhere are facing an Oct. 1 date — imposed by MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express — to switch to processors that read the new credit cards.
› Parting words: From NPR, a radio report on impact from the Oriental Fruit Fly
In Florida, federal and state officials have quarantined 85 square miles of farmland to combat a destructive pest: the Oriental fruit fly, which attacks hundreds of varieties of fruits and vegetables. Listen to the report:
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