Coast Guard crews are searching for two missing Miami boaters who left Haulover Inlet Saturday en route to the Bahamas. Rich Alesia and Edwin Pritchard were supposed to arrive on Sunday, but have not been heard from, according to the U.S. Coast Guard . Full Story »
Florida Trend magazine will name Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padrón ``Floridian of the Year'' in its January issue, honoring him for his significant contributions to the state during 2009. Full Story »
Two teenagers have been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that left one man dead and another man wounded in Pompano Beach this weekend. Full Story »
(AP) -- Taking an important step on the thorny path to closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the White House plans to announce Tuesday that the government will acquire an underutilized state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of terrorist suspects held at Guantánamo. Full Story »
A day after the Heat absorbed its worst beating of the season, guard Dwyane Wade still wasn't on speaking terms with his teammates. ``Nah,'' Wade said Monday when asked if he had any words at practice after he took a listen-only stance in the locker room following Sunday's 28-point home loss to Memphis. ``It was all Coach [Erik Spoelstra] speaking. I let Coach come in and do his job.'' Full Story »
The U.S. Coast Guard and Miami-Dade Police are searching for two missing South Florida boaters. Richard Alicea and Edwin Pritchard, both 30, were last seen when they went boating off Haulover Beach Marina on Saturday morning. Full Story »
South Florida continues to sizzle in December. As of 11 a.m. Tuesday, the thermometer reached 83 degrees tying a temperature record that was set back in 2007. We will get a little relief from the heat late Wednesday into Thursday as the first of several fronts on the way to South Florida, clears the state. Full Story »
The South Florida woman, who once sued her husband when he hit the Florida lottery and hid the money from her, is about to be evicted from her home. Full Story »
The trial of a Hollywood man charged with the murder of a woman whose body was found stuffed in a closet of a motel began on Tuesday. 56-year old Thomas Tuer faces murder charges for his role in the death of 37-year old Deane Davis. Full Story »
If you're like most Americans, the holiday shopping season is in full swing and you may be worried about how you're going to pay for all of the gifts that you purchase. It turns out the federal government may be able to help because over 10,000 tax refunds in Florida remain undelivered. 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 »
Paper taking donations for Web content. Full Story »
Kuwait-bound guardsmen sworn in as Americans. Full Story »
Sea cow Ilya being released into ocean in Miami today. Full Story »
It's going to take more than Mrs. Butterworth to get Stephanie Kopelousos out of this Full Story »
A family with no electricity used gas generators that nearly killed their children Full Story »
The government and the window covering industry on Tuesday recalled more than 50 million Roman-style shades and roll-up blinds because of the risk children may be strangled by the cords. Full Story »
It's going to be another hot one, with temperatures approaching record highs. Find out what's in store for the rest of the week. Full Story »
Mammograms have been the gold standard for early detection of breast cancer, but many doctors are now working with another tool that may identify breast cancer even sooner. Full Story »
The trial of a former Miami police officer accused of planting evidence and stealing money from a drug dealer has been rescheduled for continuance for Jan. 21. Full Story »
Here is another one of Florida's most wanted. Have you seen him? 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 »
Miami-Dade County police released the names of two men who they say burglarized a car to get a purse then crashed a stolen vehicle in their attempt to flee. Full Story »
The news comes as state health officials conduct interviews to learn if common patterns exist among 13 other Acreage children who have suffered from brain tumors in recent years. Full Story »
23-year-old FSU grad came with her family from Colombia in 2001 An immigration judge temporarily stopped the deportation of a Florida State University graduate and political activist from Coral Springs. Full Story »
Federal agents arrested a Medicare fraud suspect Tuesday morning at his Little Havana home. Agents expected to round up about 30 more suspects in three states on charges related to Medicare fraud totaling $61 million. Full Story »
Two children are recovering this morning from carbon monoxide poisoning a day after police said a generator running inside their home made them sick. Full Story »
A 28-year-old man was jailed Thursday afternoon on two felony counts of vehicular manslaughter stemming from a Nov. 28 crash in Marathon in which two people died. Full Story »
Financial issues have put on hold until at least the beginning of the new year the vehicular-homicide retrial of Maykel Ramos De La Torre, 29. Full Story »
The Florida Highway Patrol has identified a man killed after being struck by a car on Tuesday as Frank Lotitio, 47, of Braintree, Mass. Full Story »
An ordinance proposed by Monroe County Commissioner Kim Wigington would make public record of who's paying who to lobby county officials on Keys issues. Full Story »
A federal closed season on most shallow-water grouper species will extend to state waters in January, Florida fishery managers decided Thursday. Full Story »
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