Saturday 19th May, 2012
Hold politicians accountable for education
The FCAT writing fiasco is not a failure — it’s an opportunity to slow down and get things right. But you do have to wonder, after a decade of increasing education standards and ...
State left untouched real source of voter fraud
MiamiHerald.com/columnistsMiami knows plenty about corrupting elections. We did a fine job of it in 1997. Maybe those leading the state’s bungled crusade to “protect the integrity of ...
Forecasters eye low pressure off Carolinas' coast
MIAMI -- The National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on a low pressure system off the South Carolina coast to see if it will develop into a tropical depression or storm.An advisory issued ...
Next Mega Money jackpot an estimated $550,000
Miami HeraldTALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- No tickets matched the four winning numbers plus the Mega Ball number, so the jackpot rolled over to an estimated $550,000 in the Mega Money game, the Florida Lottery said ...
Two Broward men face terrorism charges in Chicago
Sun-SentinelRahm Emanuel 's house and police stations with "incendiary devices," prosecutors charged in court documents.The trio -- Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Jared Chase, 24, of ...
Despite the stares, South Floridians swear by 'feeding tube' diet
Sun-SentinelIt is perhaps today's most maligned diet - assailed as "crazy" and "gross" since pictures emerged last month of a bride outfitted with a feeding tube to drop weight quickly ...
FHP: Toddler killed in crash; asks for information
The Miami HeraldCLEWISTON, Fla. -- The Florida Highway Patrol is asking the public for information regarding a crash that killed a 2-year-old boy in Clewiston.An FHP report says alcohol played a role in the early ...
Woman gets 20 years for firing warning shot
Miami HeraldTAMPA, Fla. -- Critics of mandatory-minimum sentencing laws are upset over a 20-year prison term imposed on a Florida woman for firing a warning shot to try to scare off her threatening ...
Remnants of Haiti's army march in the capital; two Americans and a Canadian among those arrested
Miami HeraldPORT-AU-PRINCE - Two Americans and a Canadian have been arrested by Haitian authorities for allegedly helping members of Haiti’s rogue army, the country’s chief prosecutor told The Miami ...
Miami Beach officials to talk interim city manager
Miami HeraldThe next Miami Beach city manager could be decided Saturday.With longtime City Manager Jorge Gonzalez set to resign on July 8, city commissioners are meeting at the Alexander hotel, 5225 Collins ...
Ch. 4 to air special on survivors who returned to Holocaust sites
Sun-SentinelHaiti earthquake and numerous hurricanes. But he was unprepared for the quiet tragedy he saw at Auschwitz.He was interviewing David Mermelstein, a Holocaust survivor who was revisiting the death ...
Scott's pro-children gestures lack follow-up, advocates say
Sun-SentinelRick Scott named his wife, Ann, the state's chief child advocate. He put Department of Children and Families Secretary David Wilkins in charge of the children and youth cabinet. And he ...
Marlins defeat Indians 3-2 in Cleveland
Sun-SentinelCLEVELAND — Closers generally don't get any additional gratification out of saving games for one starter over another. Yet Friday might have been a little different. ...
Palm Beach County agrees to open lake to personal watercraft
Sun-SentinelAfter pressure from vessel owners and state officials, Palm Beach County plans to lift its ban on WaveRunners and other personal watercraft at Sunset Lake, west of Boca ...
G-8 leaders put focus on European financial crisis
Miami HeraldCAMP DAVID, Md. -- Leaders of the world's economic powers say Germany should balance its push for European fiscal austerity with doses of stimulus spending to avoid a financial calamity with ...
Truman Legacy Symposium praises late president
Miami HeraldKEY WEST, Fla. -- Former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham has opened a weekend Truman Legacy Symposium, praising the late President Harry Truman for supporting foreign aid and opposing ...
Florida unemployment falls, but so does labor force
Sun-SentinelUnemployment is still falling in Florida and South Florida, partly because baby boomers are retiring. The jobless rate in April was 8.7 percent, the lowest since January 2009, the state said Friday. ...
Missing Hollywood mother and son found
Sun-SentinelHollywood Police.Ms. Bien Nguyen, 81, and Tuan Nguyen, 42, were last seen around 10 a.m. Tuesday leaving their home on the 6900 block of Douglas Street driving a red 2003 Honda CRV with a Florida ...
Mysterious odor clears Lauderdale airport terminal
Sun-SentinelFORT LAUDERDALE— Five people required hospital treatment and more than 1,000 others were evacuated when an unknown odor wafted through a security checkpoint in Terminal 2 ...
Appraiser adding street-side photos of Broward homes, properties
Sun-SentinelLarry Singh, a deputy property appraiser with Broward County, takes street-side pictures while reviewing properties in the Winston Park neighborhood in Coconut ...
Judge rejects Lauderdale's ban on short-term vacation rentals
Sun-SentinelFORT LAUDERDALE— The city tells homeowners their single-family homes can't be turned into short-term vacation rentals.But the city is wrong because it has no ordinance regulating the ...
Dolphins' Reggie Bush among passengers evacuated from Fort Lauderdale airport
Sun-SentinelFive people were taken to Broward General Medical Center after being overcome by an unknown odor in Terminal 2 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport around 5 p.m. Friday, the Broward ...
Technology boosts South Florida's adult video business
Sun-SentinelWhile Los Angeles is still the mecca for adult films and videos, South Florida has its share of adult video makers and producers of X-rated online content and websites.Even more than making films ...
SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
The Miami HeraldCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the historic ...
Possible engine problem delays U.S. rocket launch
Sun-SentinelCape Canaveral Air Force Station was delayed on Saturday when a computer detected a possible problem with one of the rocket's engines, a Space Exploration Technologies official said. ...
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