A day after the emir of Kuwait sent his royal jet to fetch a citizen from Guantánamo, the Pentagon has dropped war crimes charges against the Kuwaiti Airways executive who has long claimed he was a victim of mistaken identity. Full Story »
Nova Southeastern University in Davie will get a new president next year in a succession plan approved by the board of trustees last week. Effective Jan. 1, George Hanbury II, currently executive vice president and chief operating officer, will become university president, keeping his COO title. Full Story »
Against the backdrop of the climate change summit in Denmark this week, U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is hammering rival Charlie Crist's ``cap-and-trade scheme'' -- though Rubio voted for a bill backed by the governor requiring state officials to devise such a plan. Full Story »
The Everglades: River of Grass. Bass was particularly surprised by wood storks, a rare wader typically fortunate to produce one or two chicks. Nesting numbers and chicks roughly doubled the average over the last decade. Full Story »
Miami Heat Dwyane Wade would eventually like to join forces with Cleveland's LeBron James as NBA teammates in the near future. For now, Wade will settle for surpassing his buddy in All-Star voting popularity. Full Story »
Humpy's Camel Rides at Metrozoo has been around for decades. For five bucks you can climb atop the humpbacks and take them for a slow trip around the track. Over the years there have been no reports of rogue camels or wild rides, just a really fat camel named Charlie who's now causing the zoo a bit of grief. Full Story »
Three people have been hospitalized after a woman apparently lost control of her vehicle and struck the pedestrians outside of a Pembroke Pines restaurant Friday afternoon. Full Story »
The grandmother of a baby girl who died after being left in a locked car for hours has been granted $10,000 bond one day after her arrest on a charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child. She bonded out early Friday evening. Full Story »
A 12-year-old girl is showing all of us, how in life, sometimes all you have to do is ask and you shall receive. Tae Tae, as she is called, felt the pinch of budget cuts. So she started a letter writing campaign to get companies to donate art supplies. Full Story »
The man charged with viciously attacking and raping a longtime volunteer of a Broward food pantry that feeds needy elderly people was denied bond on Friday. Javerros Wright, 22, of Fort Lauderdale was charged with sexual battery, robbery, kidnapping and burglary. Full Story »
A turtle suns itself on a rock along the edge of a dark and placid comma-shaped lagoon that marks the center of campus. Casually dressed students carrying schoolbooks saunter across manicured lawns or slouch at patio tables outside the modest student activity center. A pleasant breeze ratt... Full Story »
Last Wednesday, a former bookmaker named James Giordano pleaded guilty to promoting gambling in New York. The 55-year-old Pinecrest resident was indicted in 2006 for running a sports betting website in the Caribbean that took millions of dollars in bets from dozens of U.S.-based bookies and gambl... Full Story »
From its base in South Beach, V Georgio Vodka was supposed to take over the world. Started by college basketball player, recording artist, and sports agent Victor Harvey, the company long ago hooked up with disgraced lawyer Scott Rothstein, who became a part-owner. Rothstein not only bought a sta... Full Story »
This past June 6, Miami Dade College French professor Bob Michel was walking across the Wendy's parking lot on Biscayne Boulevard at 79th Street. "I hear this incredible screeching, and before I know it, this thing was on top of me," he recalls. "All I saw was this big grille hitting me in the ri... Full Story »
Assistant State Attorney Richard Scruggs usually nails bad guys. But a Miami-Dade judge last Friday chastised the veteran prosecutor for improperly handling the case against Rev. Gaston Smith, a popular Liberty City pastor. Scruggs admitted he withheld key information from attorneys on bo... Full Story »
Bruce and Shawn Chait are charged with paying a golf membership for county work Full Story »
Cops catch fugitive who was on the run for nearly 10 years. Full Story »
Rev. Gaston Smith ripped off non-profit for $10,000. Full Story »
Crew finds massive amount of marijuana on boat near Bahamas. Full Story »
Ethics committee recommends Florida judges not be cyber friends with lawyers. Full Story »
The driver of an 18-wheeler was rescued after his big rig hit a concrete column and overturned on Interstate 595 Friday afternoon, according to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue. Full Story »
One way people can give back during the holiday season is by giving toys for needy children, but some toy drives have not received a single donation so far this year. Full Story »
Two developers were charged Friday with bribing former Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion. Full Story »
A Homestead police officer was arrested Friday, accused of falsifying records in order to become a U.S. citizen. Full Story »
A manatee that was returned to Florida in October after making its way all the way to New Jersey will be released again into the waters off the Sunshine State next week. Full Story »
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (WSVN) -- A 54-year-old woman is dead after being shot multiple times and left to die while in her vehicle. Police are looking for the person who shot and killed Carol Taylor. Full Story »
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (WSVN) -- Authorities are investigating the scene at a fast food restaurant where two men robbed employees at gunpoint. Full Story »
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- An inmate's near-escape got four Palm Beach County corrections deputies in trouble. Twenty-year-old Michael Opalenik tried to escape from the West Palm Beach detention center on May 5. Full Story »
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A Jacksonville mother has been killed and two children critically injured after their SUV plunged into a pond at a resort near Orlando's theme parks. Full Story »
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- Panhandle school officials have found a simple but novel solution to cell phones interruptions: Confiscation. The Escambia County School District previously issued suspensions for cell phone violations, but that didn't seem to work. Full Story »
Herb Parlato, who has served as the executive director of the E c o n o m i c Development Council of South Miami-Dade (EDC) for the past four years and as an assistant for two years prior to that, has resigned effective Dec. 25 and will take over a new post in Broward County. Full Story »
The biggest negative for the economy as we approach the holidays is growing unemployment. Full Story »
The Honda Odyssey debuted in the United States in 1995 and, after some early missteps, has become a popular minivan with American consumers, one known for having a lot of innovative features and engineering excellence. Full Story »
Howard Troxler, columnist for the St. Petersburg Times, writes [reprinted in the Miami Herald] an interesting column in which he tells of a group of citizens filing a lawsuit in Tallahassee, asking the court to force the Florida Legislature to correct its mishandling of how Florida’s public schools are funded. Full Story »
We hear that the Town of Cutler Bay is providing free shuttle bus service for local seniors this holiday shopping season. The bus circulates a 14-mile route between Cutler Bay senior living communities and local retail centers such as shops on Old Cutler Road and the S. Dixie Hwy. commercial strip, including Southland Mall. Full Story »
By Yudislaidy Fernandez Ten Miami-Dade County inspectors are enforcing new Florida fuel storage tank regulations that mandate that all gas stations have double-walled tanks in place by January, whittling down the list to 220 out-of-compliance stations. Full Story »
By Risa Polansky Municipalities can continue vying to annex unincorporated areas after Miami-Dade commissioners killed a proposed moratorium in a tie vote in committee Tuesday. Full Story »
By Scott E. Pacheco Two new downtown Miami hotels are getting their management in order as they look forward to July 2010 openings. Full Story »
By Zachary S. Fagenson Although Wells Fargo won't abandon Wachovia Bank's Jacksonville headquarters as it converts its new subsidiary's branches to its own, Miami is playing a rapidly expanding role for the bank statewide. Full Story »
By Risa Polansky An up-to $46 million cost increase to the complex baggage-handling system for Miami International Airport's new north terminal comes on top of an added $70 million spent to comply with federal requirements for the system. Full Story »
Driver injured after fuel splashes on his eyes A semitrailer truck carrying construction material struck a column on Interstate 595 then overturned, injuring the driver and closing down highway traffic for a few hours Friday afternoon. Full Story »
Female lieutenant says harassment is problem in agency A Broward sheriff's lieutenant who says she was repeatedly retaliated against when she complained about sexual harassment and discrimination is suing Sheriff Al Lamberti. Full Story »
Police are looking for a shirtless robber who struck a Bank of America branch Friday afternoon, then ran away with a woman who was wearing a belt made of handcuffs. Full Story »
Video showed officers allegedly making up story to clear peer Police have turned over their internal investigation of four officers accused of falsifying a DUI report to state authorities for review. Full Story »
Fort Lauderale boy, 15, died in 2000 It was a group of four teenage friends playing with a loaded handgun back in 2000 that left one of them, John Pinnock Jr., 15, dead, police say. Full Story »
Cheeca Lodge & Spa in Islamorada is set to reopen on schedule Tuesday, just shy of a year after a New Years Eve fire damaged most of the landmark resorts main oceanfront building beyond repair. Full Story »
Boxes line the walls and corridors of the current Islamorada village hall, as municipal workers ready themselves for their move to a new home. Full Story »
A Tavernier man was arrested Sunday, Dec. 6 and charged with burglarizing several vehicles on Oleander Drive in Tavernier. Full Story »
A circuit court judge ruled Thursday that the Key Largo Ocean Resort RV park must shut down by Jan. 15, giving residents there about a month to find new homes. Full Story »
The former manager of the defunct Cristal Clear Rentals no longer faces criminal charges in Monroe County. Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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