MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Juan O. Tamayo | jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com
Friday, September 3 07:12 PM
Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas underwent emergency surgery Friday to remove his gall bladder, inflamed as a result of his 135-day hunger strike earlier this year to demand the release of political prisoners.
Naked Politics
Friday, September 3 06:21 PM
The Big Guy has been brought into the fray of the hotly contested congressional race between Democrat Joe Garcia and Republican state Rep. David Rivera. According to the Florida Democratic Party, Rivera called himself "the son of God" in a...
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Miami Herald Staff
Friday, September 3 06:17 PM
The Miami Dolphins added some security on the offensive line Friday by acquiring veteran tackle Pat McQuistan from the Dallas Cowboys. Left tackle Jake Long and right tackle Vernon Carey are both recovering from minor injuries, and lineman Nate Garner was placed on injured reserve this week with a left foot injury.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Jacqueline Charles | jcharles@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 05:42 PM
There was the quiet meeting with a snubbed, former Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis followed days later by the well-publicized encounter with Wyclef Jean, the night before he was booted from Haiti's upcoming presidential tourney.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Juan O. Tamayo | jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com
Friday, September 3 05:42 PM
Cuba's Fidel Castro, reprising symbols of his former power, wore a full military uniform and spoke to a mass audience outdoors Friday for the first time since he nearly died four years ago.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Tania Valdemoro | tvaldemoro@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 05:27 PM
The former head of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana -- who earned a reputation as an aggressive critic of President Fidel Castro during his diplomatic tour -- is the latest contender for mayor in Coral Gables.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Sheera Frenkel | McClatchy Newspapers
Friday, September 3 05:26 PM
Jewish settlers across the West Bank have vowed to begin construction in more than 60 locations, posing a direct challenge to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he returned home from Thursday's first round of direct peace talks in Washington.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers
Friday, September 3 05:20 PM
As the last of the 30,000 additional troops that President Barack Obama dispatched to Afghanistan arrived, top American military leaders here conceded Friday that the country's pervasive corruption threatens to undermine the effort to clear communities of insurgents and hand them over to governments that Afghans consider legitimate.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Henning Engelage | hengelage@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 05:17 PM
A popular South Florida beach remains off-limits for swimmers as Labor Day weekend approaches. The Miami-Dade Health Department said Friday it is extending its swimming advisory at Crandon Park beaches because of high bacteria counts. That means beach-goers should avoid the water there until the advisory, first imposed on Wednesday, is lifted.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Theo Karantsalis | Special to the Miami Herald
Friday, September 3 05:07 PM
A registered sex offender on the run from a Texas halfway house -- and who was to be featured on America's Most Wanted this weekend -- was caught at a Miami Springs hotel Friday, before the show even aired.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Nadege Charles | ncharles@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 04:57 PM
Two North Miami Beach city officials allege members of the city council have repeatedly violated state open-government law and both have lodged written complaints. Neither complaint names a specific council person -- but one councilwoman said she takes the allegations as a personal affront.
MiamiHerald.com: Nation
Carol Rosenberg | crosenberg@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 04:42 PM
The Pentagon's war crimes appeals court announced without explanation Friday that the full U.S. Court of Military Commission Review, not a smaller panel, would review the conviction of Osama bin Laden's driver, now free and living in Yemen.
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
Michael Doyle | McClatchy Newspapers
Friday, September 3 04:35 PM
The mother of murdered intern Chandra Levy is asking a judge's permission to attend the trial of the accused killer.
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
Michael Doyle | McClatchy Newspapers
Friday, September 3 03:40 PM
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, fires away in a new book he hopes will spread his ideas far and wide. Environmental lobbyists are "followers of neo-Marxist, socialist, Maoist or Communist ideals."Global warming claims are "hysteria" spread by a "Doomsday cult." The phrases "radical left" and "radical environmentalist" recur often.
MiamiHerald.com: Business
Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers
Friday, September 3 03:10 PM
The unemployment rate went up slightly to 9.6 percent in August as employers shed 54,000 jobs during the month, the Labor Department said Friday in a jobs report that nonetheless provided a surprise in better-than-expected private-sector and temporary hiring.
Naked Politics
Friday, September 3 03:01 PM
Here's the RGA/RPOF attack ad on Alex Sink we mentioned this morning: And here's the response from the Sink camp: "Put yourself in Rick Scott's shoes -- when you run a company that was forced to pay a $1.7 billion...
MiamiHerald.com: Sports
Jim Varsallone | jvarsallone@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 02:57 PM
South Florida's own Snakemaster Abudadein (Jeff Gardner) was part of Kevin Sullivan's heel faction Army of Darkness in the 1980s for Championship Wrestling from Florida.
MiamiHerald.com: Sports
Jim Varsallone | jvarsallone@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 02:42 PM
Former pro wrestler Luna Vachon, 48, was found dead Friday, Aug. 27 at her mother's home in Florida. Luna worked for WWE, WCW and ECW and various promotions and territories including Florida. She has many South Florida ties through family, friends and co-workers.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Clark Spencer | cspencer@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 02:32 PM
Almost from the instant Nyjer Morgan charged the mound and Florida Marlins pitcher Chris Volstad readied himself for bare-knuckled combat by throwing down his glove, it became a given that punishment would result.
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
Mark Garfield | The Rock Hill Herald
Friday, September 3 02:05 PM
South Carolina's U.S. Rep. John Spratt today denounced comments his campaign spokesman made, invoking the name of Osama bin Laden to make a point about conservative voters in the Fifth Congressional District.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Adam H. Beasley | abeasley@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:32 PM
Isiah Thomas hasn't ducked the big boys in his second season at FIU, scheduling a home date with Florida State and a visit to Louisville, according to the team's 2010-11 schedule, which the school released Friday.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Lesley Clark | lclark@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 12:42 PM
A nationally-televised debate Sunday between U.S. Senate candidates Marco Rubio and Kendrick Meek has been postponed due to Rubio's ailing father.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Curtis Morgan | cmorgan@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 12:27 PM
A boil water order has been issued to residents near a water main break at Biscayne Boulevard and Northeast 25th St. The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department issued the order Friday as a precaution after contractors broke a 12-inch water main, causing the system to lose pressure.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Nirvi Shah | nshah@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 12:12 PM
About 7,000 rebates for appliances Floridians bought in April still have to be mailed, the state said this week. It could be near the end of September before everyone who applied for a rebate toward the cost of refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, washing machines, single-room air conditioners and tankless gas water heaters receives their cash.
Naked Politics
Friday, September 3 11:32 AM
From Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio: Unfortunately, the health of Marco?s father, Mario Rubio, has significantly deteriorated in the last 48 hours. As a result, Marco plans to stay with his father and family during this time, and will be...
Naked Politics
Friday, September 3 11:31 AM
Associated Industries of Florida hosted a closed-door breakfast fund-raiser with Rick Scott Friday. For more than an hour, the Republican candidate for governor talked about his agenda for creating jobs, improving schools and having a viable private insurance market in...
Naked Politics
Friday, September 3 11:10 AM
After his morning fundraiser at Associated Industries of Florida, Republican Rick Scott continues the rounds in Tallahassee today with a $10,000 a person fundraiser at the offices of health care lobbyists Jon Johnson and Travis Blanton at 3:30 p.m. today....
Naked Politics
Friday, September 3 10:52 AM
A Democratic donor from Miami has filed a complaint against state Rep. David Rivera, asking the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether the Republican congressional candidate violated campaign finance laws by "coordinating'' attacks on Democrat opponent Joe Garcia with a...
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Juan Ortega | Sun-Sentinel
Friday, September 3 10:49 AM
Five residents were displaced after their large mobile home caught fire late Thursday night, a fire official said.
Naked Politics
Friday, September 3 10:46 AM
The State Department is denying reports that the Obama administration is considering swapping the "Cuban Five" spies in U.S. prisons for a U.S. government subcontractor jailed in Havana. The denial came a day after Cuban-Americans in Congress expressed concern over...
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Tim Chapman | MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Friday, September 3 10:06 AM
A woman died after a tour bus hit her while she attempted to cross the street in South Beach Friday morning.
Naked Politics
Friday, September 3 09:22 AM
The Republican Party of Florida is pretty broke but today the money is flowing. The party found $1,302,720 million to buy ads yesterday, another round of attack ads aimed at Democrat Alex Sink. According to The Fix, the cash is...
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
McClatchy Newspapers
Friday, September 3 08:29 AM
The Obama administration's pointman on the Deepwater Horizon oil catastrophe Thursday evening announced that BP successfully removed a containment cap that had stopped crude oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico nearly two months ago and is expected to remove the well's dysfuntional blowout preventer later Thursday.
MiamiHerald.com: Environment
Terri Bennett | McClatchy Newspapers
Friday, September 3 08:09 AM
When you stop and really think about all the meat you consume in just one day, it starts to really add up. From bacon at breakfast, that chicken Caesar salad at lunch, to ground beef tacos for dinner, many of us chow down on several meat products each day. Do Your Part for the planet and your family's health and go meatless for at least one day a week.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Doreen Hemlock | Sun-Sentinel
Friday, September 3 08:07 AM
A new luxury bus service launched this summer for the U.S. Southeast, with introductory rates for round trips starting at $40 between Orlando and Miami through Sept. 30.
MiamiHerald.com: Broward Youth Sports
Jim Varsallone | jvarsallone@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 02:22 AM
Chris Shevlin kicked two fields (33 and 29 yards) in the second half, and Patrick Lawson (fumble recovery, interception, 2 1/2 sacks) anchored a strong defense that allowed no points as the Western High School football team opened the season with a 6-2 victory over West Broward at Cooper City High School.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Jeff Darlington | jdarlington@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Quarterback Chad Henne and the Dolphins' first-team offense still seem to lack consistency as season nears.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Elaine Walker | ewalker@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Burger King's agreement to be acquired by private investment firm 3G Capital in a $4 billion deal could help the chain gain ground in the burger wars.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Mike Balducci | Special to the Miami Herald
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
This isn't the way Chaminade-Madonna hoped to start the season. The Lions watched a 17-point halftime lead whittle away until the Legacy (Colo.) Lightning took the lead with seven seconds left in the fourth quarter, beating Chaminade 26-23.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Erik Hofmeyer | Miami Herald Writer
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning running back Lazaro Rodriguez scored the first touchdown in Sharks' history on a 75-yard scamper early in the first quarter of the team's debut.
MiamiHerald.com: Sports
Evan Drexler | Miami Herald Writer
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
After a sluggish first quarter, Ely scored four times in a 3:10 span in the second quarter on its way to a 34-6 season-opening home victory against Stranahan on Thursday night at Lockhart Stadium.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Charles Rabin | crabin@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Miami's police union, acting rapidly after city-imposed salary and pension cuts earlier this week, has filed suit in state court charging that the cuts were unwarranted and calling for the city to be placed on state financial oversight.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Michelle Kaufman | mkaufman@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
The average tennis fan might have been surprised to see 371st-ranked teenager Beatrice ``Trice'' Capra beat the No. 18 player in the world to reach the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday afternoon, but not John Evert.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
From Miami Herald staff reports
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
The University of Miami released its men's basketball schedule Thursday for the 2010-11 season. UM will play exhibition games against Barry (Nov. 3) and Florida Southern (Nov. 8) at BankUnited Center before opening the regular season at home Nov. 12 against Jacksonville.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Douglas Hanks | dhanks@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Miami-Dade's population has returned to pre-recession levels, another sign of a fragile economic recovery, according to a University of Florida report.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Juan O. Tamayo | jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
The U.S. State Department Thursday flatly denied reports that the Obama administration is considering swapping the ``Cuban Five'' spies in U.S. prisons for a U.S. government subcontractor jailed in Havana.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Linda Robertson | lrobertson@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
The University of Miami football team's season opener was a feast that somehow left you wanting more.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Patricia Mazzei | pmazzei@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
A Democratic donor from Miami has filed a complaint against state Rep. David Rivera, asking the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether the Republican congressional candidate violated campaign finance laws by ``coordinating'' attacks on Democrat opponent Joe Garcia with a political committee intended to remain independent.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Diana Moskovitz | dmoskovitz@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
When a repo man towed his mother's car, Antonio Edwards Jr. responded by running after the tow truck -- and firing a MAC-10 at it, police said. Edwards, 21, didn't hit the driver in the Aug. 25 shooting, but later that afternoon -- as police were on the scene investigating -- he accidentally shot himself in the stomach with the weapon, they said.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Jodi Mailander Farrell | Special to the Herald
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
For those who have wolfed down a Big Mac or Whopper only to burn with regret two minutes later, there is now EVOS. The beef is hormone- and antibiotic-free at this fast-casual, Tampa-based franchise that recently opened its first South Florida location in Pinecrest. Fries are air-baked, not deep-fried. The shakes are made from organic milk and sugar.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Robert Samuels | rsamuels@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Teagan Marti, the 12-year-old girl from Parkland who plummeted 100 feet to the ground in a free-fall ride in Wisconsin, is back in South Florida. Teagan, who hasn't been able to walk since the incident, is undergoing evaluations at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Doctors are hoping she can start rehabilitation by next week, said her mother, Julie Marti.
MiamiHerald.com: Sports
Andre C. Fernandez | a1fernandez@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
With star running back Jakhari Gore graduated, Columbus' football team entered the season looking for new leaders on offense. On Thursday night at FIU Stadium, six running backs led a 295-yard rushing effort that resulted in a 35-3 season-opening victory against Palmetto.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Tony Pugh | tpugh@mcclatchydc.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
An annual survey released Thursday finds that workers are paying, on average, about $482 more for job-based family health insurance this year as companies force employees to shoulder more of the burden of healthcare costs.
MiamiHerald.com: Broward
Rafael A. Olmeda | Sun Sentinel
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
The contentious issue of school boundary changes is once again on the table. The Broward School Board on Thursday reopened discussion on ways to relieve overcrowding in western schools while also exploring a plan to eliminate portables over the next decade.
MiamiHerald.com: Sports
Michelle Kaufman | mkaufman@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Beatrice Capra, who upset No. 18 Aravane Rezai, said she was inspired by last year's American phenom Melanie Oudin.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Robert Nolin And Brittany Wallman | Sun Sentinel
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
For nearly three decades Jesse Gaddis has been the driving force for taxis -- and for many years the only source for cabs -- at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
David Ovalle | dovalle@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
A sassy bartender with a no-nonsense country drawl. A tattooed ex-con with disdain for authority. A scared ex-wife. One by one, residents of the small town of Burlington, N.C., took the stand in Miami-Dade Circuit Court this week with similar stories: Defendant Christopher Phillips had admitted to killing his girlfriend Trinity Robinson, 18, who vanished in Homestead in May 1993.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Edwin Pope | epope@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
OK, here we go. Miami will win at least two of its next three games at Ohio State, Pitt and Clemson.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Jacqueline Charles | jcharles@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Even before being deemed qualified to run, presidential hopefuls in impoverished Haiti faced a hefty bill: a $12,500 nonrefundable filing fee. Now they are finding that the amount will only get steeper as campaign season begins to sizzle this month.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Juan Carlos Chavez | jcchavez@elnuevoherald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
A federal appellate court in Atlanta upheld a controversial Florida law that prohibits funding for academic and research travel to nations that are considered ``sponsors of terrorism,'' among them Cuba.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Michelle Kaufman | mkaufman@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Andy Roddick admitted, in retrospect, that he carried on too long over a disputed foot fault call during his second-round loss to Janko Tipsarevic late Wednesday night.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Jim Freer | Miami Herald Writer
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
txt The University of Miami released its men's basketball schedule Thursday for the 2010-11 season. UM will play exhibition games against Barry (Nov. 3) and Florida Southern (Nov. 8) at BankUnited Center before opening the regular season at home Nov. 12 against Jacksonville.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Armando Salguero | asalguero@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Dolphins' offense, invigorated this preseason by a healthy Ronnie Brown and made multidimensional by the addition of Brandon Marshall, kept the ball for 12 plays and nearly six minutes on its first possession Thursday night -- a satisfying drive that led to a field goal and gave Miami a lead.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Carli Teproff | cteproff@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Florida is part of a consortium of 26 states that will receive a total of $170 million in federal funding to help develop new tests to assess students' mathematics and language arts skills, the U.S. secretary of education announced Thursday.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Susan Miller Degnan | sdegnan@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
A red-hot Jacory Harris passed for 210 yards and three touchdowns, two to Leonard Hankerson, helping the Hurricanes open the season in style with a rout of the Rattlers.
MiamiHerald.com: Florida
Lee Logan | Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
As an independent candidate for governor, Lawton ``Bud'' Chiles railed against the corrupting influence of special interest cash. Out of the race, he's supporting an establishment figure: Democrat Alex Sink.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Joseph Goodman | jgoodman@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
In the case of quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, the NCAA governed with a moral gavel. Which is to say, the NCAA was morally obligated to do what was best for the image of the NCAA.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Howard Cohen | hcohen@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
The happy convergence of luck and pluck -- plus Internet-powered word-of-mouth -- has put Coral Gables-based chamber choir and orchestra Seraphic Fire in the same orbit as pop music's biggest ladies: Lady Gaga and Lady Antebellum.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Toluse Olorunnipa | tolorunnipa@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Terra Beachside Villas, the once-distressed Miami Beach condo building that has sat empty for two years, is searching for new life as its owners look to complete a rapid turnaround from foreclosure to full health.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Greg Cote | gcote@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Jacory Harris sprinted onto the field Thursday night, and that's when J12 came out to play, the huddle and the adrenaline easing the transformation the way a phone booth used to work for Clark Kent.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Manny Navarro And Susan Miller Degnan | mnavarro@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Despite an impressive junior season, Leonard Hankerson said he hardly spent any time pondering an early jump to the NFL. The Hurricanes' leading receiver in 2009 said he wanted to come back and make an even bigger splash as a senior.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
James Burnett | jburnett@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Iwasn't sure whether to laugh or cry earlier this week when I knocked on the front door of 19-year-old Albert B. Stanley's Pompano Beach home to ask anyone who'd talk to me what he was thinking. I was greeted by a woman whose first question was, ``What did he do wrong?''
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Jeff Darlington | jdarlington@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Dolphins center Jake Grove and linebacker Channing Crowder did not make the trip to Dallas on Thursday because of injuries -- but both players are still eyeing a return to action by the start of the regular season, multiple sources said Thursday.
MiamiHerald.com: Florida
Steve Bousquet | Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
Rick Scott and Jennifer Carroll made their debut as the Republican gubernatorial ticket Thursday and met small but enthusiastic crowds on a three-city fly-around.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Joseph Goodman | jgoodman@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 01:00 AM
In the case of quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, the NCAA governed with a moral gavel. Which is to say, the NCAA was morally obligated to do what was best for the image of the NCAA.
MiamiHerald.com: 5-Minute Herald
Manny Navarro | mnavarro@MiamiHerald.com
Friday, September 3 12:00 AM
The Marlins didn't have many nice things to say about Nyjer Morgan after he triggered Wednesday night's benches-clearing brawl at Sun Life Stadium.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Diana Moskovitz | dmoskovitz@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 11:27 PM
A suspicious package forced the evacuation of two terminals at Miami International
Airport Thursday night, slowing traffic around the area and prompting many people at the
airport to leave the area on foot.
MiamiHerald.com: Broward
Eileen Soler | Special to The Miami Herald
Thursday, September 2 11:22 PM
The fall brings a new school year and a new fundraising season, with ways to have fun for a good cause. A win-win event Help the homeless and watch the Florida Marlins take on the Philadelphia Phillies from bullpen seats at 7:10 p.m. Sept. 13 at Sun Life Stadium.
MiamiHerald.com: Broward
Monique Madan | Special to The Miami Herald
Thursday, September 2 11:22 PM
Labor Day isn't just about picnics and parties this weekend. It's all about laughing if you stop by the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival's Comedy-A-Thon at Cinema Paradiso.
MiamiHerald.com: Broward
Julie Levin | Special to The Miami Herald
Thursday, September 2 11:22 PM
For families with children with special needs, attending the High Holy Day services can sometimes be a stressful and unrewarding experience. The children may not be able, or willing, to sit through an entire service, and fellow congregants don't always show much understanding toward interruptions.
MiamiHerald.com: Hollywood
Julie Levin | Special to The Miami Herald
Thursday, September 2 11:22 PM
Jews around the world will soon gather to mark the holiday of Rosh Hashana, widely celebrated as the start of the Jewish new year. The two-day holiday has traditionally been a time when even less-observant Jews make plans to go to temple services, where they begin to look back over the past year and listen to the blowing of the shofar, or ram's horn, which heralds the beginning of the 10-day period known as the High Holy Days.
MiamiHerald.com: Dania Beach
Julie Levin | Special to The Miami Herald
Thursday, September 2 11:22 PM
Thousands of miles and several time zones couldn't keep U.S. Army contractor Tobias Barbir from being at one of the most important events in his father's life.
MiamiHerald.com: Broward
Eileen Soler | Special to The Miami Herald
Thursday, September 2 11:22 PM
Darrell Gwynn met his match this month -- 16-year-old Levi Lamb. Gwynn, a National Hot Rod Association Hall of Famer from Weston, and Levi, a hunter, fisherman and 4-H hog-raising champ from Okeechobee, came wheel-to-wheel at the Darrell Gywnn Foundation office in Davie.
MiamiHerald.com: Broward
Eileen Soler And Julie Landry Laviolette | Special to The Miami Herald
Thursday, September 2 11:17 PM
Broward cities are braced for another brutal budget season in the midst of the worst economic crisis in 70 years. Dramatic drops in revenue and escalating costs for services are leading most of the county's 31 cities -- and Broward County itself -- to slash spending by Oct. 1, the state's deadline for balancing and setting all municipal 2010-11 budgets.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Howard Cohen | hcohen@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 10:47 PM
One can never tell from where the next folk hero will emerge. She wasn't her school's Miley Cyrus, not a celebrity her peers would immediately think to look up to at her Colorado high school.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Carmen Gonzalez Caldwell | Special to The Miami Herald
Thursday, September 2 10:47 PM
Happy Labor Day weekend to everyone. As we all know, it's the last long weekend for a while so enjoy it!
MiamiHerald.com: Hialeah
Laura Isensee | lisensee@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 10:47 PM
At the start of the year, the Hialeah Housing Authority faced a backlog of more than 1,000 federal housing vouchers, meant to help families pay rent.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Bea Hines | bhines@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 10:47 PM
BY BEA HINES bhines@MiamiHerald.com So often some people work behind the scenes, trying to make our community a better place. Because they go about doing what they do without ever making a fuss, many of us never know what an asset they are to the community.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Howard Cohen | hcohen@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 10:47 PM
A New Year is a time for fresh starts -- but for many in the community who don't have family near or the means to celebrate the Jewish holidays, Rosh Hashana can be difficult to face alone.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Tania Valdemoro | tvaldemoro@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 10:47 PM
Temple Beth Am hosts Rock N' Rosh haShanah, an open-air service complete with a picnic and a rock band to welcome the Jewish New Year. At Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, kids mark the end of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, by parading down the sanctuary with glow sticks.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami Lakes
Laura Isensee | lisensee@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 10:47 PM
In the battle for an open seat on Miami Lakes Town Council, Carmen Elias-Levenson, 51, and Nelson Hernandez, 24, are waging grass-roots campaigns. That means drumming up support on Facebook. Not just old-fashioned block-walking in the town of 27,000 residents.
MiamiHerald.com: Aventura / Sunny Isles Beach
Howard Cohen | hcohen@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 10:42 PM
Seven individuals have qualified to run for seats in the Nov. 2 election in Sunny Isles Beach. Current Mayor Norman Edelcup seeks another term and will face property manager Michael Schnitzer in the race.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami Beach
Pamela Duque | pduque@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 10:42 PM
North Bay Village residents will head to the polls Nov. 2 to select a new mayor and two new commissioners. Mayor Oscar Alfonso decided not to seek reelection, leaving the seat for mayor up for grabs. In the running: Commissioner Reinaldo Trujillo, who has at times been a vocal critic of Alfonso and the city's operations, and Corina Esquijarosa, who sits on two local boards.
MiamiHerald.com: West Miami-Dade
Jose Cassola | jcassola@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 10:42 PM
City leaders want West Miami residents to know that the new Rebeca Sosa Multipurpose Facility is open for business. At Wednesday's City Commission meeting, commissioners established rental rates for the use of the center for parties and special events, including wedding receptions, baby showers and teen dances.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami Beach
David Smiley | dsmiley@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 10:42 PM
Months of contract negotiations and finance talks were supposed to ease the tension heading into a September budget season in which Miami Beach faces a $29 million shortfall.
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 10:29 PM
Campaigning tonight in Delray Beach, Democratic Senate candidate Kendrick Meek raised the stakes for his debate Sunday against Republican rival Marco Rubio on NBC's "Meet the Press." "A lot of people running around here with low expectations, 'Oh my God,...
MiamiHerald.com: Environment
Curtis Morgan | cmorgan@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 10:00 PM
Another offshore rig exploded Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, an unsettling echo of BP's deep-sea blowout less than six months ago, but this time it appears there won't be another environmental catastrophe.
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 09:41 PM
David Plouffe's days of spending time with his family may be nearing an end again. President Barack Obama may need him to run his 2012 re-election campaign.
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 09:36 PM
David Plouffe was one top member of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign who didn't take a job in the White House. However, Plouffe's days of spending time with his family may be nearing an end again. Obama may soon need him to run his 2012 re-election campaign.
MiamiHerald.com: Total Soccer | Fútbol Total
Luis F. Sanchez | lfsanchez@elnuevoherald.com
Thursday, September 2 09:31 PM
<strong><span class="dropcap-large">L</span></strong>a renovación del contrato a Bob Bradley es una apuesta segura en la selección estadounidense. La continuidad del técnico es sinónimo de seguridad y mirada al futuro. Aunque el acuerdo es por cuatro años, podría extenderse más tiempo si los resultados lo siguen acompañando.
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
Warren P. Strobel And Margaret Talev | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 08:08 PM
The first Middle East peace talks in nearly two years got off to a quick start Thursday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreeing to meet again in two weeks and to commence work on the blueprint for a peace treaty.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Mary Ellen Klas | Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
Thursday, September 2 08:07 PM
In the continuing saga between Florida Power & Light and the Public Service Commission, the Juno Beach-based company filed a motion Thursday asking that Commissioner Nathan Skop remove himself from any remaining cases in which they are involved.
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
William Douglas | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 06:56 PM
With the Labor Day weekend approaching, union leaders and U.S. business interests expressed concerns Thursday about the fragility of the nation's economic recovery. They offered drastically different remedies for fixing the country's woes, however.
MiamiHerald.com: Business
William Douglas | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 06:56 PM
WASHINGTON - With the Labor Day weekend approaching, union leaders and U.S. business interests expressed concerns Thursday about the fragility of the nation's economic recovery. They offered drastically different remedies for fixing the country's woes, however.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 06:31 PM
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and NATO disagreed Thursday over whether an airstrike in northern Afghanistan killed the top member of re-emerging insurgent group or 10 election workers.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Herald Staff | Miami Herald Staff Report
Thursday, September 2 06:12 PM
NBC's The Marriage Ref -- which relies on a panel of celebrities to weigh in on the marital conflicts of bickering couples -- is holding an open casting call in Miami Beach starting Friday.
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 05:46 PM
In the continuing saga between Florida Power & Light and the Public Service Commission, the Juno Beach-based company has filed a motion today asking that Commissioner Nathan Skop remove himself from any remaining cases in which they are involved. The...
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 05:46 PM
Thanks to the tea party, Rep. Mike Castle's once smooth path to Delaware's Republican Senate nomination suddenly has become less predictable — and is providing a fresh reason for already staggering moderate Republicans everywhere to be frightened.
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 05:09 PM
In a new television ad airing on Florida's Panhandle, Democrat Alex Sink say that while we're fighting the oil spill we "have to diversify our economy starting right now." She says in the 30-second spot that she has a "detailed...
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
David Ovalle | dovalle@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 05:07 PM
Christopher Phillips, a drug-dealing North Carolina handyman, was found guilty of second-degree murder for the slaying of his teenage girlfriend, whose body was never found after she vanished in Homestead in 1993, jurors decided Thursday.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Luisa Yanez | lyanez@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 04:42 PM
Despite reports to the contrary, sometime Miami resident Jennifer Lopez will become an American Idol judge next season, TMZ reported on Thursday.
MiamiHerald.com: Business
Tony Pugh | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 04:11 PM
An annual survey released Thursday finds that workers are paying, on average, about $482 more for job-based family health insurance this year as companies force employees to shoulder more of the burden of health care costs.
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 04:09 PM
In a Leon County courtroom, the Republican Party of Florida is making a last minute attempt to remove a Tea Party candidate from the ballot in a Central Florida state legislative race. But time is running out before the ballot...
MiamiHerald.com: National Business
Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 03:51 PM
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday strongly rejected as "myth" suggestions that he could have saved investment bank Lehman Brothers and prevented the near-collapse of the global financial system.
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 03:50 PM
In a harshly worded letter to the federal government's BP claims czar Kenneth Feinberg, Senate President Jeff Atwater bascially tells him: don't screw up. "I have become increasingly troubled by reports of delays in the claims process, artificial and capricious...
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 03:36 PM
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke strongly rejected as "myth" suggestions that he could have saved investment bank Lehman Brothers and prevented the near collapse of the global financial system.
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 02:56 PM
Israelis and Palestinians on Thursday opened their first direct peace negotiations in 20 months, a long-shot attempt to end the conflict that host Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged is burdened by history and bitter disputes.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Charles Rabin | crabin@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 02:47 PM
Miami's police union, acting rapidly after city-imposed salary and pension cuts earlier this week, has filed suit in state court charging that the cuts were unwarranted and calling for the city to be placed on state financial oversight.
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 02:23 PM
Charlie Crist just picked up an interesting endorsement in his bid for U.S. Senate: state Senate Minority Leader Al Lawson of Tallahassee. Lawson, who just narrowly lost a primary race against Congressman Allen Boyd, would be the most high-profile Democrat...
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 02:10 PM
The Democrats are likely to lose 47 seats and control of the House of Representatives in November's elections, a top political analyst says in a new forecast Thursday. Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, also says...
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 01:52 PM
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Toluse Olorunnipa | tolorunnipa@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 01:42 PM
Pending home sales were up 33.7 percent in Miami-Dade County in August compared to the same month last year, according to data released Thursday by Miami Realtors.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Curtis Morgan | cmorgan@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 01:32 PM
An offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on Thursday but company and federal records show it appears to be producing natural gas, not oil.
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 12:56 PM
Metro editor Jay Ducassi just announced this, Florida's loss but the nation's gain: Beth Reinhard, a Herald veteran whose stellar performance as our political writer for the past four years has earned the respect of her peers nationally, has decided...
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Douglas Hanks | dhanks@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 12:42 PM
Miami-Dade's population returned to prerecession levels, another sign of a fragile economic recovery, according to a University of Florida researcher.
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 12:39 PM
Israelis and Palestinians on Thursday opened their first direct peace negotiations in 20 months, a long-shot attempt to end the conflict that host Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged is burdened by history and bitter disputes.
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 12:31 PM
On Monday, Alex Sink -- in her role as chief financial officer -- ordered an audit of the famed "Taj Mahal" courthouse for the First District Court of Appeals. But the Republican Party of Florida claims Sink's hands aren't entirely...
MiamiHerald.com: Broward
Alexia Campbell | Sun-Sentinel
Thursday, September 2 12:19 PM
Two men were detained for questioning Thursday morning after they were seen mutilating a dead whale on the beach in Delray Beach.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Jim Wyss | jwyss@miamiherald.com
Thursday, September 2 12:07 PM
With Venezuela's much-watched parliamentary elections coming up Sept. 26, El Universal newspaper has produced an interactive map showing a state-by-state breakdown of the last five national votes from 2004 to 2009.
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 11:54 AM
Israelis and Palestinians on Thursday opened their first direct peace negotiations in 20 months, a long-shot attempt to end the conflict that host Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton acknowledged is burdened by history and bitter disputes.
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 11:53 AM
After three months of being rivals, Bud Chiles and Alex Sink are on the same team. Chiles endorsed Sink this morning at a press conference in Tallahassee. In a quick speech, Sink said she and Chiles shared common goals, including...
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Douglas Hanks | dhanks@MiamiHerald.com
Thursday, September 2 11:07 AM
Personal bankruptcy filings continued to surge in South Florida last month. Miami-Dade continued its bumper crop of new filings, up 75 percent from August 2009 to 1,788 filings. Broward saw personal bankruptcies spike 50 percent to 1,067, reversing a trend of declining increases since March.
MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Steve Bousquet | Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
Thursday, September 2 10:32 AM
It's official. GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott on Thursday morning announced that state Rep. Jennifer Carroll of Jacksonville will be his running mate as lieutenant governor.
MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents
Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 10:19 AM
WASHINGTON - The Democrats are likely to lose 47 seats and control of the House of Representatives in November's elections, a top political analyst says in a new forecast Thursday.
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 09:51 AM
The campaign websites and stump speeches of congressional hopefuls David Rivera and Joe Garcia don't mention the defining issue of their careers: Cuba. In a year when the political refrain is jobs, neither candidate wants to risk being seen as...
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 09:47 AM
Rick Scott's campaign just sent this letter to supporters: I am so grateful today to announce that Representative Jennifer Carroll of Fleming Island Hill is my pick for Lieutenant Governor. She is the House Representative for District 13, which is...
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 09:28 AM
For a solid week now, Rick Scott hasn't appeared in a single television advertisement. It seems unfathomable to even turn on the TV these days and not see his shiny head, given how many ads he bought in the primary....
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 08:42 AM
Rick Scott's running mate on the Republican ticket for governor is expected to be state Rep. Jennifer Carroll, a U.S. Navy veteran and mother of three who, if elected, would be Florida's first black lieutenant governor. Scott will unveil his...
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 08:36 AM
In the past two weeks, both a lawsuit and an ethics complaint have alleged that the late businessman Ralph Hughes bankrolled an Arkansas home for Hillsborough County Commissioner Jim Norman. Norman wasn't talking Wednesday. But the St. Petersburg Timesasked him...
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Richard Burnett | Orlando Sentinel
Thursday, September 2 08:27 AM
The rate of past-due car payments in Florida has fallen during the past year, mirroring a nationwide trend and providing a glimmer of hope that more cash-strapped Floridians are getting their financial act together, according to a new survey.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Miami Herald Staff Report
Thursday, September 2 08:27 AM
AutoNation, America's largest automotive retailer, said that its retail new vehicle unit sales in August fell 17 percent to 18,669 compared to August 2009, which benefited from the Cash for Clunkers program.
MiamiHerald.com: Education
Marc Freeman And Akilah Johnson | Sun-Sentinel
Thursday, September 2 08:12 AM
The FCAT you've come to know — and often complain about — is changing this school year as the state pushes higher academic standards and new testing.
MiamiHerald.com: Breaking News
Hannah Sampson | hsampson@miamiherald.com
Thursday, September 2 08:12 AM
Comair, Delta's regional subsidiary, announced plans Wednesday to cut its fleet by more than half and to reduce staff accordingly. The Cincinnati-based carrier operates Delta's 24 daily flights at Miami International Airport but stopped flying to Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach earlier this year, according to the airports. It was unclear Wednesday whether the Miami flights would eventually be affected.
MiamiHerald.com: Environment
Debbie Arrington | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 08:09 AM
In his tool-packed workshop in Rough and Ready, Calif., David Burns creates a copper forest that will never die.
MiamiHerald.com: Environment
Bethann Stewart | McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, September 2 08:09 AM
Most people know about the geothermal system in Boise's Downtown and Warm Springs area. It's one of the oldest in the country.
Naked Politics
Thursday, September 2 08:08 AM
Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene accused The Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times in a libel lawsuit filed Wednesday of orchestrating a ``plan to assassinate [his] character'' that cost him the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in Florida. Greene,...