http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com South Florida 60 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:40:33 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/845125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/845125.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:28 EST Everglades restoration has fallen years behind and costs have spiraled billions beyond original estimates. But for leaders of the Everglades Coalition, which Thursday evening opened its 24th annual conference in Miami, prospects for reviving the struggling River of Grass look the brightest in years. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/845130.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/845130.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:02 EST A six-month operation by the Broward Sheriff's Office to target drug dealers in the southern end of the county led to 34 arrests, Sheriff Al Lamberti announced Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/845124.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/845124.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:00 EST A gunman armed with what may have been a high-powered rifle walked into a Coral Springs convenience store Thursday night and shot a clerk in the thigh before making off with a bundle of cash, police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/845257.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/845257.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:59 EST Move over, iguanas. Now, Broward County is targeting raccoons and hoping they'll take their bait. Over the next few months, staff will distribute food for raccoons and other wild critters, on land and in the water. But there's something fishy about these fish meal treats: The tiny morsels contain a vaccine preventing rabies. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/845120.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/845120.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:47 EST Two women walking in Southwest Miami-Dade were seriously injured Thursday after a car slammed into them and threw them into a chain-link fence, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/844349.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/844349.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:02 EST Tere Blanca, a top commercial real estate executive in Florida and current chair of Miami-Dade County's economic development arm, The Beacon Council, is leaving Cushman & Wakefield to launch her own firm. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/844463.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/844463.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:57 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/844562.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/844562.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer appears a slam dunk away from reelection, with endorsements from every top GOP official and facing only two token opponents who worked for fringe presidential candidates Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/838932.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/838932.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:56 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844564.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844564.html Fri, 09 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. 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844727.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844727.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:01 EST A federal judge Thursday delayed the trial of prominent Miami lawyer Ben Kuehne on drug-related money-laundering charges until April 27 because of a major appeal in the controversial case. 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844723.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844723.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:01 EST A Miami man who co-owned two clinics has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare of $5.3 million by billing the national health insurance program for bogus services. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844724.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844724.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:01 EST A former Miami detective was sentenced Thursday to nine years in federal prison for his role in protecting what he believed were shipments of cocaine and stolen goods. 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. 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844569.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/844569.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:51 EST Nilo Juri, a frequent Hialeah political candidate and former state lawmaker convicted of using straw donors to boost the campaign funds of friends, was sentenced to four years behind bars Thursday followed by two years of house arrest, then 15 years of probation. 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/845335.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/845335.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:59 EST Dania Beach city commissioners have communicated with each other outside of regular meetings about city business, a potential violation of Florida's Sunshine Law, e-mails obtained by The Miami Herald show. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/844755.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/844755.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:01 EST The boiling debate over the conflict in the Gaza Strip returned to the streets of Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, but this time both sides hurled insults at each other from a safe distance. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/844572.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/844572.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Plantation police shot and killed a wanted man Thursday morning when he tried to drive off in a stolen Dodge Charger, dragging an officer beside the car, authorities said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/844571.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/844571.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:01 EST A Broward County judge ruled Thursday that a teen accused of fatally shooting her classmate at Dillard High last year will remain in jail and undergo a psychiatric evaluation despite warnings by a psychologist that the teen will attempt suicide if she doesn't get moved. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/842597.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/842597.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:01 EST It was before dawn Sunday when Alyson Kaplan awoke to a burning sensation in her throat. When she opened her eyes, it was her husband over her, holding the strings of her hooded sweater wrapped around her neck, police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/842593.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/842593.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:01 EST The Marching Trojans are a few steps closer to raising the money for their trip to Washington, D.C., later this month. The J.P. Taravella High School marching band -- set to play in the Jan. 20 parade that will follow President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration -- has received a flurry of large donations in the last several days. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/842594.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/842594.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:01 EST A 16-year-old student at the same Fort Lauderdale high school where a teenage girl allegedly shot a friend to death in November flashed a weapon to classmates Thursday, telling them ''I'm going to shoot you,'' police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/842595.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/842595.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:01 EST A building-inspection supervisor and whistle-blower fired by the Broward School Board should get her job back, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/842581.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/842581.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Florida ranks 10th in the nation in overall quality of education, according to the annual report card released by Education Week on Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/843077.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/843077.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:22 EST Parents who want to find out about changes to Broward school attendance zones for the next school year can attend one of three meetings next week. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/840760.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/840760.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Jails are overcrowded. Brazen and violent crimes are on the rise. And another round of budget cuts threaten to force law enforcement agencies to do more with less. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/834513.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/834513.html Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Jeff and Katie Davison of England had a wedding they will never forget: a beautiful ceremony at Spa Island, a sunset cruise and dinner -- with a raging fire causing significant damage at their hotel. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/833927.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/833927.html Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:53 EST BY CAMMY CLARK cclark@MiamiHerald.com A fire broke out about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday night at the Cheeca Lodge & Resort in Islamorada while hotel guests were dining and children were swimming in the pool. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/827660.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/827660.html Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Hours after sharing Christmas dinner with friends, Henry J. Atkinson II was found dead early Friday morning by firefighters outside the charred ruins of his home at the Seabreeze Trailer Park in Islamorada. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/826582.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/826582.html Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:01 EST . While Julie Quirk shoveled foot-high snow off her driveway in Milwaukee last week, she reminded herself: ``Just a few more days until we can get out of Dodge and go to the beach.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/825953.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/825953.html Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:01 EST The iconic marina at Holiday Isle -- next to the ''World Famous Tiki Bar'' -- once was home to the largest charter boat fishing fleet in Islamorada, the self-proclaimed sport fishing capital of the world. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/817451.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/817451.html Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:01 EST First State Bank of the Florida Keys purchased the USS Hoyt S. Vandenberg for $1.35 million Wednesday morning at a federal auction in Virginia, clearing the way for the former World War II and Cold War ship to become an artificial reef near Key West. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/815974.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/815974.html Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:01 EST The final voyage of the USS Hoyt S. Vandenberg -- a former missile-tracking ship that also brought World War II soldiers home from France -- will be either to the ocean floor or to a scrap yard. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/800131.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/800131.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Norma Miller, the Queen of Swing, has entertained millions of people over eight decades with performances in movies and TV, for soldiers in Vietnam, at the Beachcomber Hotel in Miami Beach, and in packed venues around the world. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/791865.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/791865.html Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:01 EST onhed goes here In the Florida Keys this week, the sun contributed to more than warmth, tans and pretty days. For the first time, it provided clean energy for the nonprofit electric utility that powers the northern half of Monroe County. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/789470.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/789470.html Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Traffic Enforcement Deputy Nick Pham was in a festive mood Wednesday, talking about holiday plans with co-workers at lunchtime before getting into his unmarked Monroe County Sheriff's Office car to patrol the Florida Keys' roads. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/787834.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/787834.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Outside her home, Audrey Murphy sat next to her walker, her 75-year-old eyes staring forlornly as she slowly puffed on a cigarette and worried. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/844740.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/844740.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Caught running a red light? You'll pay $208. Speeding 25 mph over the limit? Get ready to cough up $258. If you pay a fine late: Tack on an extra $16. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/844567.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/844567.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:01 EST In the deepest of sweeping cuts to environmental programs, Florida lawmakers plan to ax the state's premier land-buying program, Florida Forever. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/844562.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/844562.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer appears a slam dunk away from reelection, with endorsements from every top GOP official and facing only two token opponents who worked for fringe presidential candidates Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/843042.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/843042.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:42 EST Florida's legislators will vote Thursday on two plans to close the state's $2.3 billion deficit by slashing programs that, some hospital officials say, could set off a statewide healthcare system crisis. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/842600.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/842600.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:51 EST When Stacy Ritter shows up at Florida's official presidential inaugural ball in the nation's capital, she'll be wearing a gown she purchased eight years ago. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/842581.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/842581.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:51 EST Florida ranks 10th in the nation in overall quality of education, according to the annual report card released by Education Week on Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/842601.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/842601.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:01 EST House Speaker Ray Sansom's troubles deepened Wednesday when a North Florida prosecutor said he will ask a grand jury if it wants to investigate the lawmaker's dealings. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/840728.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/840728.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Teachers are digging into their own pockets for school supplies. Identity-theft investigations are slowing down. And thousands of nursing-home workers are bracing for layoffs. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/840747.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/840747.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Former Gov. Jeb Bush is taking a pass on Florida's up-for-grabs U.S. Senate seat in 2010, dashing the hopes of Republicans thirsting for a heavyweight champion and setting the stage for fiercely competitive primaries in both parties. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/840727.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/840727.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:01 EST A year and half after slipping $6 million into the state budget for an emergency facility at his hometown airport, House Speaker Ray Sansom led a hastily arranged meeting with local officials to explain how they might use it. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/840691.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/840691.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:47 EST A rival sugar grower has filed a second legal challenge to the state's $1.34 billion land deal with the U.S. Sugar Corp. Florida Crystals filed an administrative complaint against the South Florida Water Management District on Tuesday, the deadline to formally contest the actions of a state agency. The district's governing board, by a 4-3 vote Dec. 16, approved the purchase of 180,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land.