MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Miami-Dade 60 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:05:15 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com Fans' partying kicked off hours before the game http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844744.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844744.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:01 EST People wrestling in giant green marshmallow-looking outfits with red G-strings. A T-shirt on fire with a guy standing over it 'chomping' with his arms. Men and women walking around slightly imbibed with cotton miniature red and white stage coaches fitted over their heads. Girl, 11, killed in SW Dade hit-run accident http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/844561.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/844561.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:04 EST A hit-and-run driver fatally struck an 11-year-old girl as she crossed a street Thursday night, police said. Ashley Nicole Valdes was crossing Southwest 80th Street near 149th Avenue when she was hit by a light-colored, four-door pickup truck. Miami Hurricanes uphold school ban for Robert Marve http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/844463.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/844463.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:49 EST The University of Miami has made its decision in the Robert Marve case, and the Marve family is not happy. Marve, the former University of Miami quarterback who is transferring, was told by the UM athletic appeals committee in an e-mail Thursday that he still is not allowed to transfer to Florida, LSU or Tennessee, said Marve's father, Eugene Marve. Florida land-buying program could be on chopping block http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/843059.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/843059.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:40 EST The Florida Senate is considering halting the state's premier land-buying program, Florida Forever, to stave off more pressing budget cuts. Miami-Dade gets back its housing agency from HUD http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/844337.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/844337.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:29 EST The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development handed back control of Miami-Dade County's housing agency Thursday, 15 months after scandal prompted the takeover. Multiple lane, ramp closures this weekend on I-95 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/843992.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/843992.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:20 EST Drivers will encounter several nighttime lane closures this weekend on Interstate 95 near the State Road 112/I-195 interchange in Miami as demolition work continues for the next phase of the 95 Express project. Girl, 11, killed in SW Dade hit-run accident http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844561.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844561.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:04 EST A hit-and-run driver fatally struck an 11-year-old girl as she crossed a street Thursday night, police said. Ashley Nicole Valdes was crossing Southwest 80th Street near 149th Avenue when she was hit by a light-colored, four-door pickup truck. Recession catches ballet flat-footed http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844312.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844312.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:04 EST As the Miami City Ballet enters the height of its season -- a New York City debut and an inaugural collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra -- the 23-year-old dance troupe is grappling with a significant financial downturn. Multiple lane, ramp closures this weekend on I-95 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/843992.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/843992.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:34 EST Drivers will encounter several nighttime lane closures this weekend on Interstate 95 near the State Road 112/I-195 interchange in Miami as demolition work continues for the next phase of the 95 Express project. Hialeah youth academy part of new Florida Marlins stadium deal http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/842455.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/842455.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:31 EST An agreement to build Major League Baseball's second Urban Youth Baseball Academy was announced Wednesday afternoon in Hialeah as MLB, the Marlins and the city of Hialeah held a news conference to talk about the project, which is a component of the Marlins stadium project. Miami-Dade fire district considers controversial fee http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/842577.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/842577.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:01 EST A combination of plunging property taxes and well-heeled cities threatening to leave Miami-Dade's fire district has left the department searching for new sources of income -- and eyeing a potential countywide fire fee. Miami 21 rezoning changes inch forward http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/842583.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/842583.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:01 EST Two key pieces of the ambitious Miami 21 zoning overhaul received the divided endorsement of the city's planning board Wednesday, but questions over the controversial plan's effects on neighborhoods meant members were still debating the plan late into the night. Caring Florida City mom believes stricken son can improve http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/842598.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/842598.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:01 EST For his first 12 years, Joshua Stephens was just a normal boy. He was a math whiz and loved reading, says his mom, Gail. A kid who enjoyed going to church, where he could stand up and clap to the music. Feds try to rebuild lawyer's money-laundering case http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/843089.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/843089.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:27 EST Federal prosecutors Wednesday took their first step toward rebuilding a drug-related money-laundering case against top Miami lawyer Ben Kuehne by appealing a key ruling issued against them last month. Longtime Herald editor loved adventure, cars http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/842580.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/842580.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Terry Jackson, a Miami Herald editor who stood five-foot-two but seemed larger than life to everybody who knew him, died Tuesday after battling -- a cliché, by the way, that would have been cut from this story if he were editing it -- esophageal cancer for two years. Cooked, cleaned for the wealthy of Miami Beach http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/840730.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/840730.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:01 EST In 1902, Gracie Allen, Charles Lindbergh and Meyer Lansky were born, as was Lillian Irving, daughter of an Augusta, Ga., railroad man and a laundress. Professor loved education, humor http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/837790.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/837790.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:01 EST For Miami Dade College engineering professor Ignacio Warner, even a chocolate batido had to be properly constructed. His diabetes notwithstanding, he regularly ordered the thick milkshakes at La Caretta, a Cuban restaurant near his home in Key Biscayne. Active in business, law and the community http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/837787.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/837787.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:01 EST William L. ''Bill'' Pallot was a banker, a lawyer and a public servant who may have lived to 97 because he had so much to do. Born in November 1911, he died Feb. 8 of natural causes in hospice care. A brief listing of his involvements from the 1940s forward: Former commissioner had radio show, advice column http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/837795.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/837795.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Connie Morrow was a founding Sunny Isles Beach commissioner, a psychologist, radio talk-show host and newspaper advice columnist. After serving on the District Advisory Council for Sunny Isles Beach when it was part of unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Morrow was elected in 1997 to the first City Commission. Lawyer Stuart Mishkin, 61, cared about clients and colleagues http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/837788.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/837788.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Just before he died of lung cancer on May 28, at 61, Stuart Mishkin e-mailed a close friend, one of many younger lawyers he had mentored: Taught school in Cuba, U.S. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/837789.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/837789.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Maria Lydia Angones, mother of the Florida bar's first Cuban-born president, has died. She was 85. She died Saturday of complications following a stroke, said her son, Miami attorney Frank Angones. Amateur athlete dies in Miami at 90 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/837786.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/837786.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Married for 54 years, Helen Jane Smith never changed her name, which was highly unusual for a woman born in 1918. But for the one-time star athlete -- who nearly went pro -- it wasn't a feminist statement. A story on Page 1B on Jan. 1 incorrectly reported that Sarasota resident... http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/842599.html http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/842599.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:01 EST A story on Page 1B on Jan. 1 incorrectly reported that Sarasota resident Giles Gianelloni was handed a Leica camera during the triumph of the Cuban revolution in 1959 by legendary photographer Robert Capa. Capa died in 1954. A photo caption that ran with a story in Sunday's Tropical Life section... http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/839208.html http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/839208.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:01 EST A photo caption that ran with a story in Sunday's Tropical Life section on oldies radio station Majic 102.7's new program manager misidentified the station's call letters. The station is WMXJ-FM 102.7. The location of American Senior High School was incorrect in Sunday... http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/837812.html http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/837812.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:01 EST The location of American Senior High School was incorrect in Sunday's obituary of Al Bencosme on Page 5B. The school is in unincorporated Northwest Miami-Dade County. A story on the Orange Bowl Committee's changing scope on page 5D in... http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/836782.html http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/836782.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:01 EST A story on the Orange Bowl Committee's changing scope on page 5D in Friday's Sports section contained an incorrect quote from OBC president Daniel Ponce. The correct quote is, ``I don't think the founders would have given my broken-English grandparents a chance to be on the Orange Bowl Committee.'' An item in Thursday's Beach Buzz column about students of the month... http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/833650.html http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/833650.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:01 EST An item in Thursday's Beach Buzz column about students of the month being treated to breakfast at The Forge restaurant in Miami Beach misspelled the name of Forge owner Shareef Malnik. Ticket prices for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus... http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/835783.html http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/835783.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Ticket prices for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at AmericanAirlines Arena were incorrectly reported in Friday's Weekend section. Tickets cost $10 to $80. A photo Thursday on Page 14A showed destruction caused by a rocket... http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/834572.html http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/834572.html Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:01 EST A photo Thursday on Page 14A showed destruction caused by a rocket fired from Gaza that struck a school in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Wednesday. The location was incorrect in the accompanying photo caption. A story Wednesday on Page 1A incorrectly noted that the ''Big Orange... http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/833598.html http://www.miamiherald.com/corrections/story/833598.html Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:01 EST A story Wednesday on Page 1A incorrectly noted that the ''Big Orange'' would descend the InterContinental Miami Hotel on New Year's Eve. It ascends the hotel. Miami-Dade gets back its housing agency from HUD http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844563.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844563.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:01 EST The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development handed back control of Miami-Dade County's housing agency Thursday, 15 months after scandal prompted the takeover. Miami-Dade school district considers firing tech firm http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844565.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844565.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:01 EST Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho wants to fire the firm responsible for implementing the school district's problem-plagued information-technology upgrade, he told the School Board Thursday. Uncle-killer, found insane, returns to a legal limbo http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844568.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844568.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:01 EST Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed: Edwidge Lacroix, a one-time college student whose mind was twisted by drugs, was legally insane when he fatally stabbed his uncle in 2000 in Miami Shores. Miami exile recalls accompanying Castro into Havana 50 years ago http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844564.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844564.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:01 EST At 90 and with mixed feelings, Huber Matos points himself out in a famous black-and-white photograph taken 50 years ago -- Jan. 8, 1959 -- the morning the victors of the Cuban revolution rolled into Havana to a hero's welcome.