Highlights
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Miami Dolphins
Stephen Ross intends to be boss for long time
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Transportation
Expressways to close at night to install toll equipment
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FIU
From Africa to FIU, young leaders find some inspiration
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Youth fair
Battle over location goes public with dueling letters
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At the movies
'Boyhood' (R)
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Contest
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crime
Shooting death of FSU professor stuns community
The shooting death of a well-known Florida State University law professor Dan Markel has stunned the legal community. Police havent said much more about the crime, which happened in a quiet, upscale neighborhood known as Betton Hills. The mystery has rocked the legal community and spurred scores of blog posts and online tributes.
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GAY MARRIAGE
Miami-Dade judge rules
in favor of gay marriageMiami-Dade Circuit Judge Sarah Zabel overturned Floridas gay marriage ban and ordered that six-same sex couple should be allowed to wed.
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Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade mayor decides to let higher library-tax ceiling stand
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez wont veto a higher property-tax rate ceiling for libraries set by county commissioners.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Poll: Florida voters are
concerned about climate changeNearly eight in 10 likely Florida voters want limits on carbon pollution from power plants and as many as 71 percent say theyre concerned about climate change, according to a new poll conducted for an environmental group during the hotly contested governors race.
Breaking News
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Some in 'torture' report denied chance to read it
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Miami-Dade demolished active-duty soldier’s home
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Judge orders Coconut Grove salon to give authorities name of groping victim
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Battle between FIU and Miami-Dade Youth Fair over location goes public with dueling letters
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Questions remain in shooting death of FSU professor
COMMUNITY NEWS
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Homestead
Homestead Housing Authority’s plan to manage farmworker housing is shot down
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The Miami Herald
Bianco, new Grove gelato place, is a step back in time
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COCONUT GROVE
Finding therapy on the open water
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MURDER INVESTIGATION
Phone records lead to arrest in murder of teen
Gena James, 19, was found shot to death in a field in October; police say cell records implicate her boyfriend.
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Latin America media
Telesur television goes bilingual with English programming
Over the last nine years, Venezuela-based Telesur has become a leading voice in Latin America. Now, the channel is hoping its left of center views can snare English-language viewers.
Multimedia
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Friends and Neighbors
Friends and Neighbors: Campaign raises money to feed hungry school children
Local food banks want to help children who often go hungry get what they need to thrive in school. Communit...
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Friends and Neighbors
Florida Mayors join forces to say no to bullies
Looking back at my growing up days, I can remember how school bullies tried to made life miserable for me a...
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Crime Watch
Crime Watch: How to protect your children online
School will be starting soon and many of you emailed me regarding the social network sites that your kids w...
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Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade demolished active-duty soldier’s home
A federal judge ruled last week that the county should have delayed building-code violation proceedings aga...
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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
From Africa to FIU, young leaders find some inspiration
Under an Obama administration initiative, 25 young African leaders learned public administration and other...
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Youth Fair
Battle between FIU and Miami-Dade Youth Fair over location goes public with dueling letters
The presidents of the youth fair and FIU sent letters to their constituents to build support for their oppo...
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Veterans' response to senator's PTSD remarks mixed
The talk in American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War halls and barrooms across Montana has been about Se...
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Tatiana Maslany addresses Emmy snub at Comic-Con
If Tatiana Maslany is upset she wasn't nominated for an Emmy for portraying multiple clones on TV's "Orphan...
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Some in 'torture' report denied chance to read it
About a dozen former CIA officials named in a classified Senate report on decade-old agency interrogation p...
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New 'Game of Thrones' actors revealed at Comic-Con
They traveled a long way from the continent of Westeros to get there, but cast members of HBO's "Game of Th...
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Hospital shooting suspect had history of violence
A psychiatric patient who killed his caseworker — and grazed his psychiatrist before the doctor pull...
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Police hunt for 2 who carjacked SUV, killed 3 kids
Police were searching for two men who carjacked an SUV and plowed into a group of children and adults selli...
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In Gaza lull, residents return to destroyed areas
Thousands of Gaza residents who had fled Israel-Hamas fighting streamed back to devastated border areas dur...
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Quotations in the News
"Hamas is paying a very heavy price and will pay an even heavier price." — Israeli Defense Minister ...
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Activists: Syrian rebels shoot down helicopter
Activists say Syrian rebels have shot down a helicopter gunship over a slum in the northern city of Aleppo,...
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2 critics of Swaziland government sentenced
Two government critics in Swaziland have been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of ...
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Russia: EU sanctions weaken anti-terrorism efforts
Russia is lashing out at the latest round of Ukraine-related sanctions imposed by the European Union, sayin...
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Malaysian prime minister to travel to Netherlands
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will travel to the Netherlands on Wednesday to discuss the downed Mala...
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Iraqi police: Baghdad official taken by gunmen
Gunmen traveling in 10 black SUVs seized a senior Sunni politician who had previously been jailed on terror...
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AP Essay: Air tragedies bring grief without order
When air travel goes wrong, the modern world has given us a script to follow.
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Holy month of Ramadan is a big boon for retailers
Glitzy billboards in the Middle East and postage stamps in the U.S. Advertisements for lingerie and sales o...
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In Gaza lull, residents return to destroyed areas
Thousands of Gaza residents who had fled Israel-Hamas fighting streamed back to devastated border areas dur...
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Ask Nancy
Ask Nancy: What to do when your elderly neighbor needs help
Q. My next-door neighbors for the past 30 years are two elderly women who are now in their eighties. One ha...
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The travel troubleshooter
Resort won’t accept my Travelzoo voucher
Q: I recently bought a Travelzoo voucher for pet-friendly accommodations at Yosemite Lakes RV Resort. I ma...
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Condo Line
How do condo owners find a competent manager?
Q: We are a small condominium and have been having a problem in finding a competent management company. We ...
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Southern Cross Stargazer for July 27-Aug. 2, 2014
By nightfall ruddy Mars and silver Saturn drift close in the southwest. Mars lies between Spica (right) in ...
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Kids’ nutrition
Healthy eating options are plentiful, and fun, when giving children food for life
When Sheah Rarback, the director of nutrition at the University of Miami’s Mailman Center for Child ...
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Healthy kids
Music, games make kids exercise fun
Hospitals are getting kids on a healthy track through exercise and educating them about food choices.
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FIU
With stability in Conference USA (finally), FIU and others ready to establish rivalries
Everybody needs somebody to hate. Now, maybe Conference USA schools have a chance to build more of those s...
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Marlins 2, Astros 0
Miami Marlins top Houston Astros with Brad Hand in control
Brad Hand pitched into the eighth inning, allowing only three hits in his second strong outing in a row, as...
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IN MY OPINION
Greg Cote: Year 3 means proving ground for Miami Dolphins’ Ryan Tannehill
Mike Wallace is one of the few guys in the Dolphins locker room willing to let his personality come out and...
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Marlins notebook
Mini-slump frustrates Miami Marlins’ Casey McGehee
Players don’t normally come under questioning after they have gone three games without a hit. Three-...
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DOLPHINS NOTEBOOK
Miami Dolphins’ revamped offensive line off to sloppy start at training camp
If the Dolphins open the season with the same starting offensive line that took the field for the first day...
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Celebrity birthdays on July 26
Actor James Best (“The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 88. Singer Darlene Love is 73. Singer Mick Jagge...
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Scene in the Tropics
Sean Combs’ girlfriend Cassie Ventura poses for vodka shoot
Cassie Ventura, recording artist and girlfriend of Diddy, was spotted Wednesday at the SLS South Beach, pos...
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Good Grief! Lifetime drops reality TV show on Texas mortuary
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – The Lifetime TV network says it dropped a reality show about a Texas mortua...
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Haiti Reconstruction
Congress passes law promoting transparency in Haiti’s reconstruction
Concerned about the slow disbursement of U.S. dollars in Haiti and problems with projects, U.S. lawmakers p...
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Latin America Media
Venezuela’s Telesur television goes bilingual with English programming
Over the last nine years, Venezuela-based Telesur has become a leading voice in Latin America. Now, the cha...
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WAR COURT
Judge drops 1 of 5 defendants from Guantánamo’s 9/11 case
A military judge has ruled that one of five prisoners at the Guantánamo Bay Navy base charged in the S...
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Haiti
Borrowing from Hillary Clinton, Haiti Prime Minister raises profile
As an ongoing political stalemate in Haiti fuels an electoral crisis, many are focusing attention on Haitia...
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Venezuela
Venezuela moves to close down Torre David, a 45-story ‘vertical slum’
The Venezuelan government is moving more than 4,400 squatters out of Torre David — the countryȁ...
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International trade
Study: No Trans-Pacific Partnership would be a setback for U.S., Latin America
The U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim countries are negotiating the trade and investment pact but it’s expecte...
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World Cup legacy
No World Cup boost for Brazilian president’s reelection bid
The recently held World Cup in Brazil boosted the country’s global image but didn’t do much t...
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Climate change
Florida poll: More than 7 in 10 voters concerned about climate change, back EPA action plan
A majority of Florida voters polled say the favor limits on carbon pollution from power plants.
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Politics
Why won't Florida GOP leaders talk about trips to King Ranch in Texas?
The trips to historic King Ranch in Texas were financed all or in part with contributions from Florida ...
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Politics
From secret Rick Scott deposition to Charlie Crist’s tie to Ponzi schemer, Florida governor’s race has more ‘mudslinging’
The Democrats are using a website to highlight a sealed deposition Rick Scott gave before running for gover...
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Redistricting
Judge skeptical about changes to Florida congressional districts before election
A Leon County judge said he was unsure he could redraw the state’s congressional map before the elec...
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Guantánamo detainee severed from 9/11 trial
The decision delivers another in a series of delays to the government’s effort to prosecute Ramzi Bi...
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Politics
Poll: Libertarian Adrian Wyllie helps Gov. Rick Scott catch Charlie Crist
Crist and Scott are essentially tied in the latest Quinnipiac University poll, in good part because Liberta...
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Politics
Charlie Crist about to get millions in campaign subsidy
The former governor will get millions in campaign cash under the state’s public campaign financing p...
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Politics
Gov. Scott had stake in pipeline firm whose $3 billion venture he and his appointees backed
Upon his election in 2010, Gov. Rick Scott’s transition team included a Florida Power & Light execut...
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'Up the Down Staircase' writer Kaufman dies at 103
Bel Kaufman, the witty and spirited fiction writer, educator and storyteller whose million-selling "Up the ...
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Bill Thompson co-starred on 'Wallace and Ladmo'
The man who played Wallace Snead on the "Wallace and Ladmo Show," a children's program that aired on Phoeni...
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THOR HALVORSSEN, 71
Venezuelan executive, human-rights advocate Thor Halvorssen dies in South Florida
Thor Halvorssen, a Venezuelan telecom executive and human-rights leader, died on Sunday in North Miami. He ...
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Edward Duffie, Sr., 77
From bank security guard to vice president, Edward Duffie Sr. dies at 77
Some names become a brand, and in the Edison area of Miami, Edward Duffie Sr. commanded attention, if not o...
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Deaf educator and pioneer Robert Panara dies at 94
Robert Panara, who lost his hearing as a child and became a leading educator of the deaf and a pioneer of s...
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Dan Borislow, magicJack inventor, dies at 52
Dan Borislow, the inventor of magicJack and a pioneer in developing phone calls over the Internet, died Mon...
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Dan Borislow, magicJack inventor, dies at 52
Dan Borislow, the inventor of magicJack and a pioneer in developing phone calls over the Internet, died Mon...
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TOURISM
Convention center overhaul forcing travel trade show out of Miami Beach
Travel trade show IPW, which was scheduled to be held in Miami Beach in 2016, will instead meet in New Orle...
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Norwegian Cruise Line adding more craft to cocktail program
Norwegian Cruise Line is expanding its partnership with one of Miami’s top mixologists.
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BankUnited reports lower second quarter profit, exits auto lending
Miami Lakes-based BankUnited (BKU) reported a 10 percent decline in second quarter earnings to $48.5 millio...
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International Finance Bank pays $70,000 fine for alleged deceptive advertising
Miami-based International Finance Bank agreed to pay $70,000 in a civil money penalty after regulators said...
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Norwegian Cruise Line giving away cruise in hunt
Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line is launching a social media scavenger hunt Friday — and giving awa...
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Carnival Cruise Line huddles up with Dallas Cowboys
Carnival Cruise Lines announced a new teammate Thursday: the Dallas Cowboys.
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Developers buy 6.2 acres along the Miami River, including Finnegan’s River, with plans to create Miami Riverwalk
New York real estate investors Chetrit Group and Miami developer Ari Pearl have bought 6.2 acres on three b...
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SEC files charges against two South Florida men allegedly involved in a boiler room scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday announced a second round of charges against individuals,...
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Homestead
Ex-mayor’s client drops bid to buy Homestead bowling alley
The investment firm that had proposed to buy a closed bowling alley in Homestead has dropped its bid for t...
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Miami Beach
Miami Beach to take up question of renaming Arthur Godfrey Road
Miami Beach commissioners on Wednesday referred to committee a discussion about renaming Arthur Godfrey Road.
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Miami Beach
Miami Beach mayor to ask that Venetian bridge be locked down
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine agreed Wednesday to join Venetian Islands residents in asking the U.S. Coas...
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