I'm trying to match the lines in the bottom three HTML rows. The first row is matching and returning nothing, and returning an empty list element to the @results array.

1. Why is the first HTML row matching?

It has <br> in there and it's not specified in my regex.

2. How do I only match text with 'and' in there? @results should have only the three last rows and three list elements.

@results should look like:
$VAR1 = '19th Ave and Eighth Street S.E.';
$VAR2 = 'Boser and Liker Trail S.E.';
$VAR3 = 'Lambert and Jerry Drive S.E.';

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My Try: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Data::Dumper;


my $var = qq(         <tr>
      <td width="651" height="48"><br>
      This community is grat and
      has lots to offer.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="651" height="16">Southeast</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="351" height="9">&nbsp;19th Ave and Eighth Street S.E.
+</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="351" height="6">&nbsp;Boser and Liker Trail S.E.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="351" height="6">&nbsp;Lambert and Jerry Drive S.E.&nb
+sp;</td>
    </tr>
);


my @results = $var =~ m/>[&nbsp;]?(.*?)[&nbsp;]?</g;


print Dumper @results;

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In reply to Text Parse Question with RegEx by Anonymous Monk

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