Voting early? Get in line
Long lines snaked through early-voting sites in Miami-Dade and Broward counties Tuesday as voters waited up to three hours to cast ballots in the Nov. 2 election. | Coping tips for early voters BY LUISA YANEZ, TERE FIGUERAS AND ANDREA ROBINSON / lyanez@herald.com
New dollar dictate breeds confusion
Cuba's decision to eject the U.S. dollar from its domestic economy sent Cuban Americans to banks and money-transfer offices Tuesday seeking ways to wire other hard currencies to relatives. On the island, Cubans told the government the new rules left them thoroughly confused.
Israeli parliament OKs Gaza pullout
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon scored a historic victory today when lawmakers approved his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank next year. Associated Press
Boston on the brink Martinez, Sox one win away from elusive title.
Pedro Martinez returned to top form, and the Red Sox again got off to a fast start, helping Boston move closer to its first World Series title since 1918. BY KEVIN BAXTER / kbaxter@herald.com
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HALLOWEEN STYLE Fashion students go cutting-edge cheap for Halloween
On Halloween, fashion students have an unfair advantage. No self-respecting designer-in-the-making is going to show up at a party on Sunday with a plastic mask over her face and a black sheet on her back. BY KATHRYN WEXLER / kwexler@herald.com
`REAL JOB' Working women not better off
Teresa Heinz Kerry was wrong and insensitive when she said that she didn't know whether Laura Bush had ever held a ''real job.'' She quickly said that she was sorry. The first lady, a former teacher and librarian, had the grace to accept Heinz Kerry's apology. In fact, she said that it wasn't necessary. BY JODI A. ENDA
New dollar dictate breeds confusion Cuban Americans in South Florida began looking for alternative ways to wire money to relatives on the island after Cuba's decision to stop accepting the U.S. dollar.
Cuba's decision to eject the U.S. dollar from its domestic economy sent Cuban Americans to banks and money-transfer offices Tuesday seeking ways to wire other hard currencies to relatives. On the island, Cubans told the government the new rules left them thoroughly confused. BY NANCY SAN MARTIN, CHRISTINA HOAG AND PABLO BACHELET / nsanmartin@herald.com
UM branch to get a $10M gift A Coral Gables healthcare entrepreneur is donating $10 million to the University of Miami School of Business to help fund a building to be named in his family's honor.
An idea proffered over lunch a month ago has blossomed into the largest gift ever bestowed on the University of Miami School of Business. BY INA PAIVA CORDLE / icordle@herald.com
'Forget Me Not' helps parents bury children
After losing a child of her own and counseling dozens of other mourning parents, Aletha Pillon-Fink knows what a funeral and grave marker can mean to a parent.
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