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Iraqi PM calls on Iraqi politicians to unite
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Bombing in northern Afghanistan kills 4 civilians
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China sends 1st minister-level official to Taiwan
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Gov. Rick Scott touts record on early childhood education
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Police: Teen killed grandmother, drove body around
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Gov. Scott signs tougher penalties for hit-run drivers
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CAMPAIGN 2014
Gov. Rick Scott touts record on early childhood education
Gov. Scott kicks off his “Caring For Florida’s Families” tour, calling for more incentives for quality early-learning programs.
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Healthcare
South Florida hospitals will feel the pinch for patient safety problems
This fall, Medicare will reduce payments to hospitals with poor patient safety performance — part of a new program under the Affordable Care Act.
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GAY MARRIAGE
Attorney General Pam Bondi to defend Floridas gay marriage ban in Miami-Dade, the Keys
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi will defend the states gay marriage ban in separate Miami-Dade County and Monroe County cases.
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Federal courts
Jamaican man denies being global pimp in Miami sex-trafficking trial
A Jamaican man testified at his Miami sex-trafficking trial that he was kind to the women who claim he abused them as prostitutes in his escort business.
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Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade Mayor Gimenez would shift tax money to libraries under plan
The switch could leave about $12 million less for police, fire and other general services to narrow a funding gap for the library system.
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North Miami
North Miami family sues pool companies over the electrocution of 7-year-old son
Following the electrocution of their son, the Sloan family is suing a host of pool companies.
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Criminal courts
Prosecutors lay out murder case as Miami cop-killer trial begins
In opening statements at Andrew James Rolle’s murder trial Tuesday, prosecutors said he killed an off-duty Miami police detective after blungling a hit on a rival.
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Legislature 2014
Gov. Scott signs tougher penalties for hit-run drivers
A bill honoring the late cyclist Aaron Cohen is among the last to be signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott this year.
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SOCIAL SERVICE
United Way of Miami-Dade turns 90 and eyes its next century of community service
From the homeless to the hurricane-ravaged, immigrants to natives, United Way of Miami-Dade has rebuilt lives for 90 years and sees education as a major component of its next 90.
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Healthcare
South Florida hospitals will feel the pinch for patient safety problems
This fall, Medicare will reduce payments to hospitals with poor patient safety performance — part of...
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GAY MARRIAGE
Attorney General Pam Bondi to defend Floridas gay marriage ban in Miami-Dade, the Keys
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi will defend the states gay marriage ban in separate Miami-Dade Cou...
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GAY SOUTH FLORIDA
Temple Israel’s gay Ru’ach fellowship celebrates with Miami pride seder
Ru’ach, the LGBT fellowship at Temple Israel of Greater Miami, celebrates its 14th pride seder by ho...
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FLORIDA COURTS
They do: Miami Beach, Orlando join forces to support gay marriage in Florida court cases
Miami Beach and Orlando filed joint motions in two Florida courts seeking marriage equality for same-sex c...
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IMMIGRATION
Immigration reforms dead? Depends on whom you ask
‘The hope of immigration reform is dead,’ said one migrant worker in Little Havana, but some ...
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WORKPLACE
Activists press for non-discrimination protections for LGBT workers in Florida, U.S.
Activists are pressuring Congress, Florida officials to implement LGBT employment non-discrimination protec...
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GOP Rep. McCarthy elected House majority leader
House Republicans have made the first change in their leadership since Majority Leader Eric Cantor unexpect...
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Islamist fighters reportedly attempting to encircle Baghdad
Iraq’s dire situation has gone from bad dream to nightmare in two weeks of fighting that have seen ...
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Records show how Iraqi extremists withstood U.S. anti-terror efforts
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria sprang from a largely self-funded, corporation-style prototype whose re...
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Iraq radicals capture more towns as Maliki government downplays rebel successes
Iraqi rebels seized four critical towns in the restive western province of al Anbar overnight Saturday and ...
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China Sourcing Fair
Thousands of Asian products on display in Miami Beach at China Sourcing Fair
The Miami China Sourcing Fair brings together more than 10,000 buyers from the Americas and about 400 suppl...
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Key Iraqi oil refinery shuts down as Islamists press to seize it
The oil refinery in the town of Baiji supplies at least 40 percent of Iraq’s gasoline production, m...
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72 kids to hospital in Canada carbon monoxide leak
Seventy-two children have been taken to a Quebec hospital after at least two were overcome by carbon monoxi...
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Airlines
American Airlines cuts Venezuela flights in trapped-cash dispute
American Airlines announced Tuesday it will cut 38 of its 48 weekly flights to Venezuela.
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Brazilian Amazon
From pink dolphins to eco-lodges, Brazil hopes World Cup will boost tourism
From pink dolphins to ecolodges, Brazil hopes the World Cup will boost tourism, but Amazon can handle visit...
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Politics
Crist criticized for “flip-flop” after scrapping visit to Cuba
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate says he needs the time to focus on principal opponent, Gov. Rick Scott.
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WAR COURT
Iraqi wants civilian attorney at Guantánamo war court to navigate Afghanistan, Iraq
An Iraqi prisoner at Guantánamo who is accused of commanding al-Qaida’s army after the Sept. 1...
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Jamaica
Jamaica’s Simpson Miller sidelines nationals in Miami visit
Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is in South Florida, but local Jamaicans shouldn’t exp...
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IMMIGRATION
Immigration reforms dead? Depends on whom you ask
‘The hope of immigration reform is dead,’ said one migrant worker in Little Havana, but some ...
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CUBA
Arnaldo Ochoa — a problem for Castro brothers 25 years ago
Castro’s fears led to a revolutionary hero’s execution and drunken binges by his brother Ra&#...
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Politics
Crist criticized for “flip-flop” after scrapping visit to Cuba
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate says he needs the time to focus on principal opponent, Gov. Rick Scott.
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CUBA
Arnaldo Ochoa — a problem for Castro brothers 25 years ago
Castro’s fears led to a revolutionary hero’s execution and drunken binges by his brother Ra&#...
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CUBA
Cuba ends censorship — NOT
For a brief and shinning moment, it seemed that Cuba had unblocked access to several websites censored for ...
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CUBA
Cuba confirms Chikungunya fever cases
The violent fever was found in Cubans who had traveled abroad.
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CUBA
Mother of U.S. prisoner in Cuba Alan Gross dies at 92
The mother of U.S. government subcontractor Alan P. Gross, serving a 15-year prison sentence in Havana, die...
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Cuba
Of demographics and drift: 'The re-Cubanization of Miami' and waning support for the embargo
A small majority of Cuban Americans supports lifting the embargo against Cuba, according to a poll by Flori...
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CUBA
Cuba clamps down on Wi-Fi networks
The little-known nets allow members to exchange information and entertainment materials.
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CUBA
Cuban dissident says he was beaten and choked
A crackdown on Wednesday drew a condemnation from the U.S. State Department.
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Jamaica
Jamaica’s Simpson Miller sidelines nationals in Miami visit
Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is in South Florida, but local Jamaicans shouldn’t exp...
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Experts to check possible Columbus ship off Haiti
A team of experts from UNESCO will examine a site off northern Haiti that an explorer believes may be the w...
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Politician's car hits bus in Haiti; 11 dead
A police official said Sunday that a Haitian legislator driving an SUV slammed into a small passenger bus k...
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Remittances
Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2013 still not back to pre-global-crisis levels
The Multilateral Investment Fund says money transfers to the Americas were not back to to pre-2008 levels l...
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The Caribbean
Floridians urged to clean up to prevent new mosquito-borne viruses
As a painful mosquito-borne virus continues to rapidly spread in the hemisphere, public health and mosquito...
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Chikungunya
Mosquito-borne virus could become public health nuisance for Florida
A mosquito-borne virus rapidly spreading in the Caribbean may become a public health issue for Florida, exp...
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Mosquitoes
The Aedes aegypti — the Darth Vader of mosquitoes
Aedes aegypti, the mosquito spreading chikungunya in Haiti, is behind several other diseases, including yel...
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GAY MARRIAGE
Attorney General Pam Bondi to defend Floridas gay marriage ban in Miami-Dade, the Keys
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi will defend the states gay marriage ban in separate Miami-Dade Cou...
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Legislature 2014
Gov. Scott signs tougher penalties for hit-run drivers
A bill honoring the late cyclist Aaron Cohen is among the last to be signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott thi...
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Politics
Crist criticized for “flip-flop” after scrapping visit to Cuba
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate says he needs the time to focus on principal opponent, Gov. Rick Scott.
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Broward tax-appeal board to vote on job for politically connected lawyer
Broward’s Value Adjustment Board will consider a resolution Monday to give a lucrative no-bid contra...
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CAMPAIGN 2014
Underdog Nan Rich runs determined grassroots gubernatorial campaign
Nan Rich has been running for governor for more than two years. But she remains in the shadows of her prima...
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City of Miami
13 years after an agreement for development, Miami’s Watson Island is still barren
Two weeks after a June 2 deadline for start of construction at a megayacht marina and resort on publicly ow...
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Politics
Marc Caputo: Revising history, Hillary Clinton’s Cuba flip-flop not really a ‘Hard Choice’
Too bad Florida International University’s latest poll, which showed Miami-Dade Cubans increasingly ...
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CAMPAIGN 2014
One-third of Florida Legislature faces no opposition at polls
When combined with unopposed incumbents, 43 percent of the Legislature was decided at noon Friday, more tha...
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Brazilian Amazon
From pink dolphins to eco-lodges, Brazil hopes World Cup will boost tourism
From pink dolphins to ecolodges, Brazil hopes the World Cup will boost tourism, but Amazon can handle visit...
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Great white shark population is healthy and growing, new census shows
A new census study shows there are more than 2,400 white sharks off California and suggests that existing p...
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An Obama order offers help to ocean habitats
The following editorial appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Monday, June 23:
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Study finds oil from BP spill impedes fish's swimming
In a lab on Virginia Key, a group of baby fish are being put through their paces on a tiny fish treadmill.
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Pressure builds against France's ban on fracking
Deep beneath the City of Light lies what some believe to be an energy bonanza ripe for harvest.
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Python Invasion Project: An interview with a traditional Gladesmen family
In the mornings, before the airboats rev up, the stillness that blankets Macks Fish Camp in the Everg...
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White House buzz: Federal officials move to curb losses in U.S. bee population
The White House and federal officials are coming to the rescue of the lowly honeybee, pumping money and ex...
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Judge upholds jury verdict for family in Texas fracking case
The judge presiding over a pivotal case involving toxic emissions from gas and oil drilling has accepted a ...
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Miami-Dade School Board
School Board incumbents raise $250K while facing little to no opposition
Despite criticisms, school board members say donations don’t sway their votes.
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EDUCATION
Farewell, Coach Blatch: Longtime Ojus Elementary educator dies just before his retirement
Colleagues and former students gathered at Ojus Elementary School in Northeast Miami-Dade Sunday to say goo...
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Election campaign
Two on Miami-Dade school board draw challengers; two unopposed
Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall and Raquel Regalado won’t face challengers. Marta Pérez and Perla T...
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Miami-Dade Schools
Researchers: Teach for America boosts math scores in Miami-Dade
A new study funded by the Knight Foundation says needy Miami-Dade students benefit from the presence of Tea...
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Miami-Dade School Board
Miami-Dade School Board to seek extra federal funds as unaccompanied migrant children land in Miami
Administrators say U.S. should provide extra money to educate a surge in children fleeing across the U.S.-M...
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Dade Medical College’s Ernesto Perez charged with ethics violations
Dade Medical College owner Ernesto Perez faces eight counts of ethics violations for not registering as a l...
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Medical school
With bleeding and wheezing mannequins, high-stress simulations give UM medical students real-world experience
A big aspect of the program is teaching future nurses and doctors how to communicate with each other.
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In my opinion
Fabiola Santiago: Newtown tries to move on from tragedy
Gray, mournful skies follow me along I-84 into one of America’s beautiful historic towns, now known...
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To Our Readers
Basketball coverage all about speed
Like the Miami Heat, at the Miami Herald we’ve been honing our own playbook with every championship ...
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St. Augustine
St. Augustine protests spurred landmark civil rights vote in 1964
The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which the U.S. Senate passed a half-century ago next week, had been ...
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Architecture
At 9/11 Memorial Museum, a relentless literalism
Many New Yorkers, still trying to make sense of the 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center, have had a...
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Mummified man in manhole was likely electrocuted
An autopsy shows that a man whose mummified remains were found in a Tucson, Arizona, manhole likely died of...
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Northwestern issues diplomas with misspelled word
An Illinois university's typo is getting national attention.
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Skyscraper game of Tetris breaks world record
All the pieces have fallen into place for the designer of a giant Tetris game.
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Zero fighter part back in Hawaii 73 years later
A metal plate with the serial number of a Japanese Zero fighter that crashed during the 1941 bombing of Pea...
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Car backs through Washington restaurant drive-thru
Police say a woman was trying to back her car in into the drive-through lane of a Jack in the Box restauran...
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Cat's cradle: Pet perches atop investigating cop
The cat. In the bathroom. On the officer's shoulders?
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Thief steals Model A from churchgoer, crashes it
Central Oregon authorities say a 79-year-old man took a 1930 Ford Model A coupe to church on Sunday to show...
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Reader board error gets bus stopped near Raymond
Pacific Transit buses have a reader board setting for drivers to call for help that reads, "Emergency, call...