{"id":383,"date":"2008-05-22T13:27:49","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T18:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/dr-beach-names-10-best-us-beaches\/"},"modified":"2016-12-17T19:46:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T01:46:23","slug":"dr-beach-names-10-best-us-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/dr-beach-names-10-best-us-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dr. Beach&#8217; names 10 best U.S. beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beaches in Florida, Hawaii, New York and the Carolinas top a new 2008 list of America&#8217;s best beaches.<\/p>\n<p>The list from &quot;Dr. Beach,&quot; a.k.a. beach expert Stephen P. 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