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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Fort Lauderdale News.Net http://www.fortlauderdalenews.net/ en-us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:26:21 -0500 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:26:21 -0500 30 The Florida Marlins are a step closer to securing their $515 million retractable roof ballpark in Little Havana, after a circuit judge on Friday rejected the last piece of a lawsuit challenging public... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19753012&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:25:28 -0500 The Miami Herald http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19753012&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 The free ride in the new express lanes on northbound Interstate 95 in Miami-Dade County is coming to an end.The state will officially start collecting variable rate tolls on northbound I-95 at 6 a.m. ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754767&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:25:10 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754767&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 PARKLAND - The city meeting was almost business as usual, except for the hour-long break city commissioners took on Wednesday night to join a prayer service for a teenager who died. City leaders ad... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754769&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:55:47 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754769&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Opa-locka residents may soon be cruising on Barack Obama Avenue.The Opa-locka city commission will vote next month to change the name of Perviz Avenue to Barack Obama Avenue.Perviz is one of Opa-locka... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754766&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:26:35 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754766&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 FORT LAUDERDALE - Authorities are searching for a man who held up two 7-Eleven employees at knife point early Friday then fled the scene with some cash. The man is in his 20s, weighs about 185 poun... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754770&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:55:45 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754770&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 MIAMI -- Gov. Charlie Crist has announced $10 million in grants for senior centers across the state.More than half the funding announced by Crist and Elder Affairs Secretary Doug Beach on Friday will ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754765&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:26:34 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754765&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 MIAMI -- It may have just been a formality, but the Marlins appear to have cleared their last legal hurdle for a new stadium. On Friday in Miami-Dade court, Circuit Judge Jeri Beth Cohen signed an ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754768&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:01:30 -0500 Florida Marlins http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754768&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Police are searching for a man who robbed a Fort Lauderdale 7-Eleven just after midnight on Friday.At 12:20 a.m., the robber held a knife when he crept up on an employee in the store's stockroom, dema... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19753007&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:25:31 -0500 The Miami Herald http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19753007&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Motor Trend said the GT-R offers a world class level of performance at a much more affordable price."The Nissan GT-R rewrites the rule book for high-performance vehicles," said Angus MacKenzie, editor... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754764&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:26:38 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754764&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Where's the beef? Local kosher butchers say with the country's largest processing plant in bankruptcy, they have less on their shelves and prices are going up. "We don't have the depth and the ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754772&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:55:44 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754772&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 A ring of smugglers kidnapped young and underage girls in Mexico, snuck them into the United States and forced them into prostitution with beatings threats against their families,federal agents charge... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19753547&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:55:42 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19753547&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Lauderdale Lakes , a shopping center that prosperity left behind in the 1990s, has changed ownership, raising city officials' hopes the site will be refurbished. UrbanAmerica LP, its former owner, ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754773&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:55:42 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754773&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 NEW YORK (AP) _ Wall Street staged a surprising comeback Friday, with the major indexes jumping more than 5 percent and the Dow Jones industrials surging nearly 500 points in a late afternoon rally, e... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19752053&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:55:41 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19752053&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- An 8-year-old boy is in stable condition after he fell from a second story window Thursday. The incident occurred near Northwest 196th Street and 84th Avenue. Acc... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754774&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:47:54 -0500 7 News http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754774&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Ronnie Brown had to pause for a moment and give some thought to the question of how it feels to be playing in a game with playoff implications this late in the season. http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754775&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:35:43 -0500 Miami Dolphins http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19754775&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida's unemployment rate for October jumps to 7 percent, the highest in the state since September of 1993.Another 42,000 Floridians lost jobs last month alone.The state's labor... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747708&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:40 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747708&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A new state revenue estimate is expected to result in more bad financial news.State economists meet Friday to revise their forecast on how much general tax revenue Florida should ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747709&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:37 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747709&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 A Miami family is making a public plea for help in finding the person responsible for the death of Rolando Santos.Santos was found dead just hours after celebrating his 45th birthday on Friday night w... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747702&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:49 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747702&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 A Pembroke Pines teenager told an Internet audience he wanted to kill himself by drug overdose -- and then he followed through on his macabre threat while a live webcam captured it, according to the B... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747715&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:17:04 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747715&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 MIAMI -- A former supervisor at the Department of Children & Families has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $1.5 million from the state welfare syste... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747710&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:35 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747710&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Florida's unemployment rate hit 7 percent in October, the highest rate in 15 years, the state labor department announced Friday.That's an increase of half a percentage point from the previous month.Mi... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747717&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:17:01 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747717&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 A 21-year-old Sunrise man was killed when he was thrown from his motorcycle early Friday morning during a violent collision with a dump truck on Interstate 595, the Florida Highway Patrol said.Matthew... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747719&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:16:58 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747719&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 FORT LAUDERDALE - The Broward Sheriff's Office is alerting doctors and clinics to be on the lookout for a suspected car thief who may have smashed his head against the windshield when his stolen vehic... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747725&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:44:02 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747725&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Florida's unemployment is at its highest point since December 1993, according to a report released today by the state's Agency for Workforce Innovation. Florida's unemployment rate rose in October ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747722&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:44:03 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747722&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 MIAMI -- The federal government is trying to protect critical habitat for the endangered smalltooth sawfish along Florida's southwest coast.The rule, proposed Thursday, seeks to protect areas essentia... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747712&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:30 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747712&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 NEW YORK -- She never mentioned Rosie O'Donnell by name, but it was clear who Barbara Walters was referring to when she opened "The View" with a complaint about former colleagues who criticize the sho... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747704&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:46 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747704&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 ATLANTA -- Appeals judges say the government must return $3,040 to a man acquitted of robbing a Florida bank rather than applying it to costs of his public defender.When the FBI arrested Timothy N. Ho... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747707&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:41 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747707&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 MIAMI (AP) — The Florida Marlins are a big step closer to getting their new downtown Miami ballpark after a judge rejected the last piece of a lawsuit challenging the project. http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19744288&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:57:42 -0500 USA Today http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19744288&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 ATLANTA -- This is the way they draw up the triple option.Ruining Miami's return to national prominence, Georgia Tech ran for a staggering 472 yards -- the second-most ever allowed by the Hurricanes -... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747711&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:33 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747711&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Casey Anthony . The law-enforcement interviews -- which will be on five DVDs -- are of Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony. The State Attorney's Office is releasing the videos in respons... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747726&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:44:00 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747726&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 in a transaction that adds 16 indoor tanning salons to the company's operations. Palm Beach Tan calls the result of the merger “the largest tanning salon chain in the nation by revenue.&rdq... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747577&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:04:06 -0500 Dallas Business Journal http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747577&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 The Florida Marlins are a step closer to getting their new publicly funded retractable roof ballpark on the site of the Orange Bowl.Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jeri Beth Cohen on Friday rejected the last... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747716&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:17:02 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747716&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 MIAMI -- The Florida Marlins today announced that effective immediately the Marlins official website can be accessed at its new domain name - http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747720&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:50:16 -0500 Florida Marlins http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747720&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 MIAMI -- If you show it, will they come? That's what gallery directors are wondering as they prepare for Art Basel Miami Beach amid a struggling international economy.Over 200 galleries will show thei... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747713&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:28 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747713&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 NASHVILLE -- Some actors like to make sure they have another skill to fall back on, just in case the acting-thing doesn't work out. But for Fred Thompson, acting is his back-up because the politics-th... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747703&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:47 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747703&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 An investigator looks over the Mazda 3 that was involved in an accident at the intersection of Pembroke Road and University Drive in Miramar on Friday morning. http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747718&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:16:59 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747718&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 BOYNTON BEACH - A 37-year-old Colorado man is accused of having an explicit Internet chat with someone he thought was a 15-year-old Florida girl. But it was really a http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747721&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:44:03 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747721&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 American children with food allergies are suffering life-threatening--and completely avoidable--reactions because manufacturers mislabel their products and regulators fail to police store shelves, a T... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747727&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:43:59 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747727&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Rapper Jay-Z and singer Beyonce Knowles were No. 1 on Forbes' list of richest Hollywood couples.According to Forbes, the musical pair earned $162 million between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008. Jay-Z r... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747705&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:45 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747705&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 KEY WEST, Fla. -- A Key West man, who was already in jail, was charged with domestic violence, violating an injunction and sexually battering a woman in September, police said.The Monroe County Sherif... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747706&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:43 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747706&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Many county officials are creating barriers to Floridians' access to public records, often because they don't know how to handle requests.The Florida Society of Newspaper Editors ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747714&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:25 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747714&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 A day after investigators asked for the public's help in solving a decades-old child murder mystery, officials said Thursday they had received only a handful of tips. They desperately need more. ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747728&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:43:58 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747728&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Video: Gas at the pump less than $2 MIAMI (WSVN) -- Several gas stations in South Florida are now selling regular unleaded gas for less than $2 a gallon. Gas prices across Miami-Dade and Broward coun... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747731&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:35:21 -0500 7 News http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747731&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (WSVN) -- Police are investigating a fatal rollover crash that killed one person and injured two others, including a baby, during the early morning commute Friday. Police said ar... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747730&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:35:20 -0500 7 News http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19747730&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 One local Dodge dealer is offering two for the price of one.University Dodge in Davie is making an offer a truck buyer can't refuse: Pay full sticker price on a four-door pick up in the $30,000 to $40... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741167&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:35:33 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741167&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 South Florida motorists have reason to cheer: Gas prices are dropping every day, and some local gas stations are selling regular for less than $2 a gallon. Average prices for regular were $2.02 per... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741171&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:29 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741171&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 SANTA ROSA BEACH - With their ruling majority intact but facing a fiscal crisis, House Republicans repaired to a ritzy resort here for a three-day retreat with a theme in mind: downsizing government. ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741177&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:18 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741177&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 PEMBROKE PINES - Police this morning are at the scene of a rollover accident at Pembrokes Road near University Drive. Authorities are advising motorists to avoid the area. No other details are a... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741168&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:22 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741168&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 They weave through traffic on South Florida's highways sometimes at speeds approaching 180 mph, sleek, aerodynamic motorcycles that sometimes pop wheelies as they vanish into the distance with a high-... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19739746&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:21 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19739746&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 The westbound lanes of Interstate 595 have been closed for several hours following a fatal overnight accident. Initial reports indicate a motorcyclist died after rear-ending a dump truck at around ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741175&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:16 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741175&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Gov. Charlie Crist that he hopes would create a world-class higher education system in Florida.It's a reversal of Crist's initial opposition to tuition hikes. At the end of the spring 2007 legislative... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741176&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:16 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741176&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Most Asian and European markets rebounded Friday after sharp declines in recent days as investors scooped up battered financial and technology shares. http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741166&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:35:35 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741166&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 The federal government wants a judge to let it force businesses to make sure its workers have legitimate Social Security numbers, or fire them. The so-called "no-match letter" rule is meant to root... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741172&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:31 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741172&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency.One week after t... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19740902&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:14 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19740902&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Every year, about 4 million puppies are bred at large-dog operations and sold in the United States, with sales traditionally rising in the weeks before the winter holidays, according to the Humane Soc... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741170&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:27 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741170&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Everglades restoration. The Lawrence Group, which owns and manages farmland in the South and Midwest, proposes to continue U.S. Sugar's farming operations and take over assets, such as the company'... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19739198&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:12 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19739198&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 He grew up in South Florida, lived in Plantation and trained hundreds of young swimmers at Broward schools and clubs. One day after learning federal prosecutors charged a Pine Crest School swim coa... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741181&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:12 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741181&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) -- Police have released a sketch of two men who they said robbed a family in October. The Broward Sheriff's Office said the incident took place at 2180 Northeast Third Aven... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741182&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:56:10 -0500 7 News http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19741182&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 A teenage girl came between best friends, prompting one of the young men to commit an unspeakable act.An affair with another woman years later finally brought his secret to light.Hurt, anger and adren... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736882&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:04:23 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736882&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Citing several back-to-back tragedies in Haiti and a new U.S. president soon to move into the White House, Miami-Dade County officials and their allies pressed the Bush administration Thursday to gran... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736885&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:04:18 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736885&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Water Water Everywhere, informational seminar, 10 a.m. at Allied Kitchen and Bath, 616 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Free. Call 954-564-1611.Bulletin Board lists events open to the public. S... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736890&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:37:35 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736890&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 For two decades, she worked for the state helping Florida's neediest. Colleagues considered her a mother figure. Bosses respected her. She got promotions.No one noticed when Department of Children & F... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736888&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:37:29 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736888&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Pembroke Pines police officer resigned Wednesday, two days after being charged with illegally possessing prescription drugs.Stephanie Walsh, 38, turned herself in to Davie police Monday after prosecut... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736891&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:37:23 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736891&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 A former supervisor at the state Department of Children & Families was sentenced to 17 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1.5 million from the welfare system. http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736883&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:04:21 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736883&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 CORAL SPRINGS - For more than three decades, a teen lay entombed in his van at the bottom of a canal — and his best friend harbored the dark secret.It unraveled last spring when authorities foun... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736892&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:37:22 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736892&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Randy Shannon 's rebuilding effort is a bit much, but couldn't they at least give a competitive effort? Youth can't be a good excuse for UM's 41-23 surrender to Georgia Tech on Thursday night at Bobby... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736893&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:37:21 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736893&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 will merge with the Humane Society of the United States in January in an effort to help more animals.Kevin Hertell, managing director for the SPCA Wildlife Care Center, called the merger a "good fit."... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736894&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:37:20 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736894&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Video: Police investigate robbery in progress MIAMI (WSVN) -- Police are on the scene of a situation where someone might be held hostage. According to the Miami-Dade Police Department an apparent rob... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736896&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:29:40 -0500 7 News http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19736896&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.After there were 13 armed robberies at West Palm Beach-area stores since Oct. 28, sheriff's deputies arrested a man they think is responsible for all of them.Re... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19733400&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:43:07 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19733400&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 MIAMI -- A south Florida mystery has been solved as the remains of a man who had been missing since March 26, 1977, are identified.When NBC 6 covered the discovery of human bones in March of 2008, it ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19733398&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:08:32 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19733398&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Rodney Alexander Smith, 35, is accused of setting that fire on Oct. 31 in the 5200 block of Stacy Street, west of West Palm Beach. He was arrested on arson charges Wednesday, the same day he set anoth... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19733402&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:43:03 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19733402&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Everglades restoration. The Lawrence Group, which owns and manages farmland in the South and Midwest, proposes to continue U.S. Sugar's farming operations and take over assets, such as the company'... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19733404&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:43:02 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19733404&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 He was a young man with a promising future, a soon-to-be college graduate who had started his own photography business.But early Thursday, at a Taco Bell drive-through in Lantana, someone shot Widnel ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19733403&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:43:05 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19733403&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Florida's Turnpike in Port St. Lucie, notices have been mailed to more than 2,000 potential jurors who may be selected to hear the case of two men accused of gunning down a family of four.During a hea... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19733407&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:42:59 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19733407&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 EMERYVILLE, CA--(Marketwire - November 20, 2008) - BigFix, Inc., a leader in real-time IT security and management solutions for the distributed enterprise, congratulates its customer, Miami-Dade Cou... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19729277&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:14:30 -0500 Market Wire http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19729277&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 The Marlins added four players to their 40-man roster on Thursday, selecting the contract of catcher Brett Hayes, as well as right-handed pitchers Chris Leroux, Dallas Trahern and Tim Wood, it was ann... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19729658&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:49:19 -0500 Florida Marlins http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19729658&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Video: Family pleas to find killer of loved one MIAMI (WSVN) -- A family made a desperate plea to the public after their loved one was found shot to death just hours after his birthday early Saturday.... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19729660&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:37:33 -0500 7 News http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19729660&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 WASHINGTON -- Florida Sen. Bill Nelson is calling on Congress to press Iran into divulging more information about Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who went missing in 2007 from a Persian Gulf isl... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724321&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:57:39 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724321&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Democratic leaders have decided to put off a bailout vote for the auto industry until December and will insist that the Big Three first come up with a plan showing how the money would help transform t... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724319&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:59:12 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724319&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Miramar residents will have to pay an extra 75 cents a month in stormwater management fees, bringing the cost up from $3.50 to $4.25. The resolution takes effect immediately. The City Commission ap... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724325&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:29:15 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724325&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 SLIDELL, La. -- A stray bullet hit a man in his chest while he was mowing his lawn Saturday, but he escaped injury because the bullet slammed into a cell phone in his pocket.R.J. Richard of Slidell sa... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724318&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:59:11 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724318&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 If you say you're taking the job, you'd better show up for work. That is the message being sent to former Sunrise City Manager Pat Salerno by the International City/County Management Association. ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724323&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:29:13 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724323&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 NEW YORK - Stocks plunged for a second straight day Thursday, falling to a ranges not seen in six years as financial and energy stocks tumbled and as demand for the safety of government debt spiked to... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724327&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:29:13 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724327&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Like girls sifting through dresses at Macy's, the teens milled through aisles of sparkling pastel- and florescent-hued homecoming gowns, stepping into dressing rooms to try them... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724315&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:59:06 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724315&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 A Pembroke Pines police officer has been charged with illegal possession of prescription drugs.Stephanie Walsh turned herself in to Davie Police Monday after a computer check showed she had an active ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724316&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:59:07 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724316&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Broward County swim coach confessed he had sex with minors and traded hundreds of pornographic images of young boys via e-mail, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in federal court. ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724328&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:29:11 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724328&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Unfortunately, I have made the decision that it is best not to continue my representation of George and Cindy Anthony. George and Cindy have a belief that their beloved granddaughter, Caylee, is st... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19721721&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:29:16 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19721721&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 NFL after he serves a prison sentence for dog-fighting. Porter, who owns two pit bulls and a Maltese, said pit bulls often get a bad rap, though he stressed he has no beef with dog-fighting laws or wi... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724324&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:29:14 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724324&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 In a Mumbai theater last weekend, about 80 travel agents, tour operators and travel writers sat down for a screening of Dostana, the latest blockbuster to hit Indian movie screens. The night's sponsor... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724322&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:29:19 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724322&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Video: Muggers caught riding bus from scene OPA-LOCKA, Fla. (WSVN) -- Opa-Locka Police have arrested two teenagers suspected of shooting and robbing a man after they fled the scene in a transit bus Th... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724331&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:20:10 -0500 7 News http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724331&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Video: Mother seeks mercy for young car thieves FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WSVN) -- The mother of one of two boys who crashed a stolen car into a newly renovated home Wednesday insisted on mercy for the p... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724329&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:20:08 -0500 7 News http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724329&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Looking back at the first meeting between the Dolphins and New England Patriots in Week 3, there was a play in the first quarter that has been swept under the rug because what could have been the end ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724332&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:06:50 -0500 Miami Dolphins http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19724332&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Miami, FL -- (Sports Network) - The Miami Dolphins have reportedly come to terms on a three-year contract extension with wideout Greg Camarillo, the team's leading receiver.The Miami Herald reported T... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718250&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:49:22 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718250&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 MIAMI -- Given the state of the market for catchers, it might turn out that the best move for the Marlins is no move at all. Adding depth at catcher is one of the primary objectives the Marlins hav... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718253&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:27:09 -0500 Florida Marlins http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718253&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Everglades restoration. The Lawrence Group, which owns and manages farmland in the South and Midwest, offered to buy U.S. Sugar for $300 per share. The group contends that if properly invested the ... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718255&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:21:59 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718255&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Singer Britney Spears thinks maybe marrying Kevin Federline was not such a good idea.In her upcoming MTV documentary, "Britney: For The Record," Spears said that she "married for all the wrong reasons... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718246&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:49:26 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718246&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 While it is not always pleasant to turn a year older, birthday presents from friends and family can indeed be a welcoming distraction from your age concerns.But did you know that there are plenty of c... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718248&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:49:24 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718248&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Oil prices continued to decline, dipping below $50 a barrel at one point Thursday, as retail gasoline prices stood below $2 in nearly half of the country. http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718247&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:49:27 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718247&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 FORT LAUDERDALE - The SPCA Wildlife Care Center will merge with the Humane Society of the United States in January. The Wildlife Care Center provides rescue, rehabilitation and release services for... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718256&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:21:56 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718256&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Eco-Friendly home renovations do not have to be ugly and expensive, a designer said.The Bueno family has a good point of view after they decorated their Miami condo in a sleek and modern style. But it... http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718252&cat=257b7bc7aa875450 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:49:19 -0500 NBC 6 http://feeds.fortlauderdalenews.net/?rid=19718252&cat=257b7bc7aa875450