Miami Herald

MIAMI The developer behind a long-delayed luxury resort on Miami's Watson Island wants more time to secure financing for the $640 million venture on city-owned land. Full Story »

Miami-Dade police have nabbed the man suspected of robbing a SunTrust Bank after an off-duty cop alertly took down the tag number of the thief's getaway car. Full Story »

Miami-Dade police on Tuesday released surveillance video of a group of men who broke into a North Miami-Dade warehouse and then tried to hit a police officer with their SUV. Full Story »

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 »

About 2,300 homes in Weston were without electricity for over an hour Monday night. The affected homes, which went dark shortly after 8 p.m., were between Saddle Club Road and Indian Trace, said Florida Power & Light spokesman Mayco Villafana. Full Story »

On his most recent résumé, Gil Martinez, the fired director of Hollywood's beach redevelopment agency, said that before he was hired by the city, he had four years of experience in housing and community development. Full Story »

Four years ago, Hollywood launched one of the most ambitious refurbishment projects in state history Full Story »

A Homestead police officer was arrested Friday, accused of falsifying documents to obtain U.S. citizenship. Authorities charged Jose Villarreal, 31, with official misconduct, uttering forged instruments and false official statements. Full Story »

Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A teen who pleaded guilty and testified against co-defendants in the brutal gang rape of a woman and the beating of her young son was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison. Full Story »

Ramps along the Don Shula Expressway will be closed throughout the week, creating delays for commuters. Here are the closures: Going south, the exit ramp for northbound Southwest 107th Avenue will be closed for bridge construction throughout the work week from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Full Story »

As educators seek to turn around the nation's most struggling schools, one option has gained favor: More time in school. From the nation's education secretary to local superintendents, officials are hoping that adding time to a school day or year could help students needing extra attention. Full Story »

The Florida Lotto and multistate Powerball jackpots rolled over when no one matched all six numbers in either game Saturday night, but two South Florida tickets took shares of Fantasy 5's top prize. Full Story »

A man is dead and another injured after a Saturday-night shooting in Pompano Beach. According to the Broward Sheriff's Office: Around 6:20 p.m., the two victims, identified only as men in their 40s, were outside an apartment complex on the 200 block of Avondale Drive when an unidentified suspect or suspects approached. A confrontation ensued and shots were fired. Full Story »

Buju Banton, the Jamaican reggae star whose anti-gay lyrics have drawn international criticism, is in a federal lockup in Miami, facing drug conspiracy charges. Full Story »

A foreign visitor has died and at least two other people have become sick after staying at a downtown Miami luxury hotel, and health officials are blaming an unusual type of pneumonia called Legionnaire's Disease. Full Story »

A 31-year-old man trying to spray paint a concrete wall on Interstate-95 near Stirling Road was apprehended by authorities, Florida Highway patrol officials reported late Friday . Full Story »

A Hialeah Gardens man was hospitalized Friday after the truck he was driving veered off Interstate-595 and struck a bridge column on the southbound side of U.S. 1 in Broward County, Florida Highway Patrol reported. Full Story »

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 »