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  • Florida Marlins trade pitcher Matt Lindstrom for 2 minor-leaguers

    Miami Herald – Wed Dec 9, 8:41 pm ET  

    It didn't take long to discover the Marlins made a shrewd move when they traded for Matt Lindstrom in 2006. The reliever, who came armed with a 100-mph fastball, was an instant contributor out of the bullpen. Full Story »

  • Where police are the killers, scrutiny put on new force

    Miami Herald – Wed Dec 9, 7:58 pm ET  

    The gunshots woke them at at 2 in the morning, but no one dared venture out until dawn. ``My kids saw them first, on the way to school,'' said Francelisa Pérez, whose one-story house is 150 yards from the gruesome discovery. ``Their hands were tied.'' Full Story »

  • Cleared Guantánamo detainee sent to Kuwait

    Miami Herald – Wed Dec 9, 5:30 pm ET  

    A Kuwaiti royal jet evacuated from Guantánamo Wednesday a Kuwaiti Airways engineer who was freed from eight years detention because a U.S. judge ruled interrogators wrung a false confession out of him at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba. Full Story »

  • FIU law student killed in crash in the Dominican Republic

    Miami Herald – Wed Dec 9, 5:15 pm ET  

    A Florida International University law student visiting the Dominican Republic was killed in a car crash over the weekend. Jorge Pupo, 33, a second-year student and a member of the law review, was killed in a head-on collision along with another family member, Jorge Ramos Pupo, 63. Full Story »

  • Ohio company settles Florida Medicaid fraud charges

    Miami Herald – Wed Dec 9, 1:23 pm ET  

    Florida will receive $8.5 million from a settlement with Roxane Laboratories, a Columbus, Ohio, pharmaceutical company, to partially resolve a Leon County Medicaid fraud lawsuit, the state attorney general said Wednesday. Full Story »

CBS4 Miami

  • Pioneer Middle Kids Treated After Popping Pills

    CBS4 Miami – 22 mins ago  

    Five Cooper City middle school students were treated by paramedics Wednesday afternoon after they reportedly swallowed a number of pills. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue received a call about the situation at Pioneer Middle School, located in the 5300 block of SW 90th Avenue, around 3p.m. Full Story »

  • Motocross Bandit Strikes At Least Three Banks

    CBS4 Miami – 51 mins ago  

    The FBI calls him the motocross bandit, and they need the public's help to find the armed bank robber who last struck on Wednesday in Plantation. Full Story »

  • Village At Gulfstream Park Preps For Grand Opening

    CBS4 Miami – 2 hrs 25 mins ago  

    Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino is betting that its news multi-million dollar retail expansion project, which opens in two months, will get customers there to shop or gamble, or both. The grand opening of The Village at Gulfstream Park is set for February 11. It's described as South Florida's newest outdoor shopping and entertainment destination. Full Story »

  • Guilty Verdict In Dillard HS Murder Trial

    CBS4 Miami – Wed Dec 9, 7:47 pm ET  

    The jury deliberating the fate of 16-year-old Teah Wimberly has reached a verdict and found the teen guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of her Dillard High School classmate Amanda Collette last November. She could receive a life term in prison. Full Story »

  • Employees Placed On Leave Over Leak Of TSA Manual

    CBS4 Miami – Wed Dec 9, 7:34 pm ET  

    Even though the TSA is assuring passengers that screening procedures remain strong, after someone posted their guidelines online, some travelers at Miami International Airport remained weary. Full Story »

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7 News Miami

  • Woman shot and killed in vehicle

    7 News Miami – Sun Dec 6, 11:13 pm ET  

    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 »

  • Fast food employees robbed at gunpoint

    7 News Miami – Sun Dec 6, 11:13 pm ET  

    MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (WSVN) -- Authorities are investigating the scene at a fast food restaurant where two men robbed employees at gunpoint. Full Story »

  • Fla. deputies written up for inmate's near-escape

    7 News Miami – Sun Dec 6, 8:13 pm ET  

    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 »

  • 1 dead, 2 seriously injured after crash into pond

    7 News Miami – Sun Dec 6, 8:13 pm ET  

    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 »

  • Fla. Panhandle schools to confiscate cell phones

    7 News Miami – Sun Dec 6, 8:13 pm ET  

    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 »

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Miami New Times

  • At Florida Memorial University, surviving assaults is part of the curriculum

    Miami New Times – Tue Dec 8, 4:51 pm ET  

    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 »

  • Sports betting magnate James Giordano goes to jail

    Miami New Times – Tue Dec 8, 4:50 pm ET  

    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 »

  • Scott Rothstein's drunken adventure

    Miami New Times – Tue Dec 8, 4:50 pm ET  

    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 »

  • Miami Dade College professor claims a Hummer hit him; driver says he's nuts

    Miami New Times – Tue Dec 8, 4:50 pm ET  

    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 squirms on the stand

    Miami New Times – Tue Dec 8, 4:50 pm ET  

    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 »

Broward-Palm Beach New Times

  • Boats Gone Wild

    Broward-Palm Beach New Times – Wed Dec 9, 2:03 am ET  

    Santa may have a sleigh and eight mangy reindeer, but the 2009 Winterfest Boat Parade has Kim Kardashian and Alonzo Mourning. This pair of hoops-loving celebs are the grand marshals for this 38th-annual orgy of seagoing Christmas spirit — call it Boats Gone Wild — which kicks... Full Story »

  • Toy Store-y

    Broward-Palm Beach New Times – Wed Dec 9, 2:03 am ET  

    Two words: Monster Pussy. What image does that conjure up in your skull? We're willing to bet it’s not a delectably hip orange cat donning a purple T-shirt, like the one in Helena Garcia 's painting Monster Pussy . And hell, if it is, you wre born to attend the Wee Beasties art e... Full Story »

  • XXX-Mas

    Broward-Palm Beach New Times – Wed Dec 9, 2:03 am ET  

    If you’re looking to be publicly flogged, spanked, and humiliated this holiday season — or, alternatively, if you’re looking to administer brutal discipline — show up tonight at Purgatory Nightclub (1000 State Road 84, Fort Lauderdale) for this month’s fetish party . T... Full Story »

  • Still Dancing On the Ceiling

    Broward-Palm Beach New Times – Wed Dec 9, 2:02 am ET  

    These days, R&B singer and songwriter Lionel Richie might be best known for being Nicole Richie’s dad, but those over 30 will remember the string of hits he either wrote, co-wrote, or recorded since the late 1970s, including “Truly,” “All Night Long,” “Say You, S... Full Story »

  • One Meeeeellion Dollars

    Broward-Palm Beach New Times – Wed Dec 9, 2:02 am ET  

    All of you poor South Florida grinches, it’s time to stop giving IOUs and leftover candy canes for Christmas presents. Well, that is, if you win at Seminole Gaming’s Super Jackpot Million Dollar Bingo Sunday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (1 Seminole Way, Hollywood). From ... Full Story »

Key West Citizen

  • State wildlife officials looking out for the best interests of all anglers

    Key West Citizen – Wed Dec 9, 1:20 am ET  

    A Dec. 2 guest column by Jon Ain commented about recommendations being made to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission by its research staff concerning possible changes to permit... read more Full Story »

  • Today in Keys History

    Key West Citizen – Wed Dec 9, 1:19 am ET  

    20 YEARS AGO The Key West Police Department's investigation of the police shooting of a suspected drug dealer was ruled to be justifiable homicide. Ground was broken for the $18 million... read more Full Story »

  • Mile Markers

    Key West Citizen – Wed Dec 9, 1:19 am ET  

    KEY WEST Bond sought for murder suspect The Miami attorney representing Nicholas Ferro said Tuesday that he is preparing to argue that his 23-year-old client should be given a... read more Full Story »

  • Traffic stop leads to man's arrest for drugs

    Key West Citizen – Wed Dec 9, 1:19 am ET  

    MARATHON -- A 23-year-old man is facing drug charges after deputies allegedly found more than an ounce of marijuana during a traffic stop. Andrew Flis was charged with possessing more than 20 grams... read more Full Story »

  • Schools probe excess payments

    Key West Citizen – Wed Dec 9, 1:19 am ET  

    (Editor's note: This story was corrected to eliminate an erroneous reference to a divided School Board vote to cancel the Y-Net contract. read more Full Story »

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