UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS

Undocumented children pin hopes on revival of DREAM Act

The recent Jesús and Guillermo Reyes immigration case has rekindled interest in legislation that wou...

DISASTER RELIEF

Loans available for flood-damaged homes, businesses

After recent flooding rains, South Florida business owners and residents with damage to homes or cars can ...

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Palm Beach police arrest 2 state employees for stealing from patient

Two state employees allegedly stole thousands of dollars from a patient suffering dementia.

NEW YEAR'S DAY SERVICES

Broward, Dade to operate near-normal trash schedule for holiday

Trash and recycling service will mostly operate on a regular schedule on New Year's Day.

TRAFFIC LAWS

New law could send Florida's bad motorists to traffic school

People who have caused two or more crashes during the previous 36 months will to have to attend a driver-im...

FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY

FAU hosting Yiddish lecture

Yiddish fans can listen to a lecture and vintage recordings of Jewish music of the 1920s and 1950s at Flori...

TOURISM

Hot tickets perk up hotel bookings

It may be 10 to a room for Phish fans, but hotels are seeing a boost from big New Year's events, which also...

AP News in Brief

Judge tosses charges against Blackwater guards in Baghdad shooting case steeped in politics

GPS-led travel goes amiss; 3 Ore. parties rescued

In a holiday hurry, Jeramie Griffin piled his family into the car and asked his new GPS for the quickest wa...

The nation's weather

Airport pat-downs often ineffective security stop

With all the screening technology at U.S. airports, the last line of defense is still the human hand: the p...

NYC mayor to give inauguration speech for 3rd term

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is emphasizing volunteerism for his New Year's Day inauguration festi...

NH gays celebrate new law with Statehouse weddings

Jubilant gay couples have rung in the New Year in New Hampshire with wedding vows to celebrate the state's ...

Obama wishes US a happy New Year

President Barack Obama is wishing the nation a happy New Year with "brighter days ... ahead of us."

Police: Suicide bomb kills 20 in Pakistan

Police say a suicide car bomber killed 20 people at volleyball tournament in a northwest Pakistani city nea...

Spain takes over EU presidency

Spain took over the presidency of the European Union on Friday, with the prime minister promising to work t...

Myanmar court charges US citizen

A special court Friday formally charged a Myanmar-born American, initially accused of attempting to foment ...

Top US general stresses importance of Iraq vote

Upcoming elections in March that will determine who will lead Iraq as American forces go home are of "enorm...

Ultra-Orthodox Jews make rare visit to Gaza

A small group of ultra-Orthodox Jews were preparing Friday to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath in Gaza, in an u...

Thousands demand democracy in Hong Kong

Pope calls for respect, peace at start of 2010

MOVIES

2009 Movie Yearbook

Miami Herald critic Rene Rodriguez offers a look back at the best (and worst) in film

MOVIES

Review | Red Cliff (R) ***

China goes to war, and it's in grand style

Cleveland Orchestra's Miami series in jeopardy

Hanson said Friday that although he has no firm figures regarding ticket sales, ``I believe we are on our w...

BACKSTAGE PASS

Upcoming concerts include Mother's Day tribute

AFTER DARK

Watch your ship come in . . . or go by

Maybe you'll hit the gym in 2010. Maybe you'll smoke that last cigarette. But here's a New Year's resolutio...

VELVET UNDERGROUND

Clubland royalty's got fab hopes for 2010

Everything that happened yesterday and the days before are so, well, 2009. As we look to 2010, we asked som...

STAYING IN

A Greek feast with a side of football

EAT: You've spent the holidays in the kitchen doing the turkey, the pork roast, the cookies. Now it's time ...

DOLPHINS

Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano backs his coordinators

The Dolphins' setbacks on offense and defense don't appear to have strained coach Tony Sparano's relationsh...

GEORGIA TECH

Georgia Tech linebacker Malcolm Munroe happy to be home, warm for FedEx Orange Bowl

Redshirt freshman linebacker Malcolm Munroe is the only Yellow Jacket starter with strong ties to South Flo...

GATOR BOWL | FSU VS. WEST VIRGINIA, 1 P.M. (CBS)

Gator Bowl matchup is as much about saluting Bobby Bowden as who wins

It's only fitting that after 56 years of coaching, a football game is expected to break out during Bobby Bo...

SPURS 108, HEAT 78

Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade falters in blowout

Dwyane Wade was held to 16 points and committed seven turnovers as the Heat was dealt its worst loss of the...

SUGAR BOWL | NO. 5 UF VS. NO. 4 CINCINNATI

Tebow's finale, Meyer's status dominate spotlight for Sugar Bowl

For the Florida Gators, the beginning of the New Year is the end of an era. Friday will mark Tim Tebow's fi...

CANADIENS 5, PANTHERS 4

Penalties are costly for Florida Panthers

The Panthers gave the Canadiens' strong power play too many chances and paid the price before a sellout cro...

High school football All-Star game to feature combine for juniors

For the past five years, Mario Smith and his staff at TrainersRUs.net have been formulating a way to host a...

The Calendar

PARTY ON 8 a.m. Wake up (or keep going) and kick off 2010 with the Ferosh record label's party Genesis VI...

Celebrity birthdays on Jan. 1

Author J.D. Salinger is 91. Singer-guitarist Country Joe McDonald of Country Joe and the Fish is 68. Comedi...

A recently single Brody Jenner, who was in town for the holiday weekend, hung out with rapper Wale at Club ...

NEW YEAR'S DAY

Hey, celebs -- don't break these resolutions!

Living other people's lives for them is so easy. An outside perspective lets us tell when others are making...

CELEBRITY ROUNDUP

Charlie Sheen heading back to work

Despite his recent domestic-abuse arrest, Charlie Sheen is not taking a break from his day job. The Two...

NEW YEAR'S EVE

The party countdown begins

It's New Year's Eve, but don't worry if you haven't yet made plans. Lots of parties still have tickets avai...

COMING TO TOWN

Los Van Van plans concert in Miami

Cuban dance band Los Van Van will return to Miami in January for the first time since more than 3,500 prote...

Havana's Tropicana turns 70, feathers, dancing girls and all

When the Tropicana nightclub and casino opened its doors in a leafy Havana garden on Dec. 30, 1939, World W...

HONDURAS

Honduras' business leaders hope elections restore investors' faith

Honduras' business leaders are hoping the recent presidential elections will help restore faith among inter...

Jamaica: No guide lights when jet overshot runway

Offshore lights that guide pilots into Jamaica's main airport had been knocked out for more than a month wh...

BRAZIL

American dad, son arrive in U.S.

A father was able to bring his 9-year-old son from Brazil back to the United States after a five-year battle.

CUBA

Cuba reports more tourism, less revenue

More foreigners visited Cuba this year than last year, the government reported, but they stayed less time a...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Mexico ready to step up

Mexico will pursue a binding climate accord at the 2010 U.N. summit after the Copenhagen talks failed to ac...

VENEZUELA

Ex-President Caldera dies at 93

The family of former President Caldera said they don't want Venezuela's current government to play any role...

FORT LAUDERDALE

2 Broward doctors settle insider trading case

Two Fort Lauderdale physicians will pay to settle a civil complaint brought by the U.S. Securities and Exch...

Miami gives Watson Island developer a reprieve on back rent

Flagstone Island Gardens developer Mehmet Bayraktar, who said he'd make good on $500,000 in overdue rent to...

U.S.-CUBA FORUM

Florida's U.S. Senate candidates unified on Cuba

The four candidates for U.S. Senate affirmed their support for democratic reforms in Cuba and took a tough ...

POLITIFACT | SORTING OUT THE TRUTH IN POLITICS

Gov. Charlie Crist's education claim compares apples, oranges

Gov. Charlie Crist says Florida has a good story to tell when it comes to K-12 education. His evidence...

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Public Service Commission newcomers face high-stakes decisions

Newcomers appointed to the state utility board will have the power to make a historic decision and will fac...

Gov. Charlie Crist: I will return Rothstein donations

Gov. Charlie Crist's campaign said Friday that he would return $76,250 from employees of the Rothstein Rose...

DIPLOMACY

Sen. George LeMieux ends stall on Brazil ambassador

Brazil could get its long-awaited U.S. ambassador as Florida Sen. George LeMieux drops his `hold.'

CARLENE HATCHER POLITE, 77

Writer explored race, sex

Carlene Hatcher Polite, an experimental novelist of the 1960s and '70s whose work focused on the uneasy con...

ABDURRAHMAN WAHID, 69

Led nation in years of tumult

Abdurrahman Wahid, the eccentric, nearly blind Muslim cleric who served for almost two turbulent years as I...

RUTH LILLY, 94

Philanthropist gave away millions

(AP) -- Ruth Lilly, a prolific philanthropist who was the last surviving great-grandchild of pharmaceutical...

ALBERT MORRISON JR., 72

Helped start one of Florida's largest accounting firms

Albert Morrison Jr., a native South Floridian who helped found what would become the largest independent ac...

2009 REMEMBRANCES| ED WAGLIN

His work behind the scenes let others shine on TV

Ed Waglin had terrible eyesight, but great vision for what worked on television. Jackie Gleason, Perry ...

2009 REMEMBRANCES

Teacher inspired, challenged

ANA MARIA AGÜERO GÜELL Socrates and Shostakovich, Plato and Brahms -- Ana Maria Agüero...

2009 REMEMBRANCES| JOE NAMPHY

Prominent soccer figure in Haiti, South Florida

Joe Namphy envisioned peace through soccer. The Haitian businessman, who lived in Lauderhill, was invol...

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Last of bailout cash pumped into banks

The Treasury wound down its bailout program, handing out a total of $29.3M to 10 banks.

UNEMPLOYMENT

U.S. jobless claims fall unexpectedly

New jobless claims have been dropping steadily, but the good news didn't apply to Florida, where claims inc...

HOT JOBS

KEEPING THEIR EYES TO THE SKY

Think you've got nerves of steel? Two South Florida colleges can train you to become an air-traffic controller

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

Scam targets drug buyers

Scammers impersonating federal agents have extorted money from people who were told they faced penalties fo...

SPONSORSHIP

AT&T parts with Woods

AT&T ended a sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods as fallout lingers from the golf legend's marital infid...

TOURISM

Hot tickets perk up hotel bookings

It may be 10 to a room for Phish fans, but hotels are seeing a boost from big New Year's events, which also...

SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESSES

Landmark Miami River boatyard nearly closed

Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock Co., a Miami River boatyard said to be one of the oldest businesses in Florida, ha...