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Perry Ellis: designing a new pattern for profits

The iconic apparel company Perry Ellis International, a major force in South Florida’s economy and an important player in the casual apparel and sportswear sector, works to return to profitability.

Super Bowl

Bill Belichick and Pete Carroll chase football history as New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks square off in Super Bowl XLIX

For all the conjecture about inflated footballs and pharmaceutically inflated players — and there has been plenty in the past two weeks — Super Bowl XLIX is about something deeper. It’s about history and legacy.

Miami-Dade County

Developers see a rebirth for Miami’s Omni area

Genting sparked an Omni real estate rush in 2011 when it bought the old Miami Herald site. The casino operator has done nothing with its property, but others are pushing forward.

Miami-Dade County

For county’s beach cleanup chief, there’s new trash for every season

Fighting litter on Miami-Dade beaches, John Ripple started with a simple weapon: bigger trash cans.

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The archbishop biker: Thomas Wenski leads poker run across Miami-Dade

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Where is Larissa? A mysterious apparent murder in Miami

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Coral Gables crash leaves driver with critical injuries

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Rubio’s trip west gains political allies but blemishes his voting record

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Developers see a rebirth for Miami’s Omni area

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Fred Grimm: South Florida’s wildest plans never materialize

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For county’s beach cleanup chief, there’s new trash for every season

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North Miami police charge man with first-degree murder in security guard shooting

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Cops: Two Miami-Dade men found with loggerhead turtle tail in Keys

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Rose McDaniel, 'the face of Joe’s Stone Crab,' dies at 85

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Miami-Dade County

Former Florida prisons chief says Gov. Rick Scott ignored crisis in corrections system

In an exclusive interview with the Miami Herald, Former Florida Department of Corrections chief Mike Crews said few people in Tallahassee — and especially not the governor — had any interest in making sure the state’s prisons were safe or fully funded.

Local Obituaries

Rose McDaniel, 'the face of Joe’s Stone Crab,' dies at 85

As greeter at the Miami Beach landmark off and on for some 60 years, Rose McDaniel determined if you belonged at the chi-chi hot spot and everyone — celebrities and mere mortals — came to adore her.

Politics

Elián saga proved early test for Jeb Bush as Florida governor

One of Jeb Bush’s first crises in office as Florida governor — the Elián González case in Miami — showed him to be a politically deft pragmatist.

Cuba

Rumors abound about Fidel’s future burial site

Fidel Castro’s tomb might end up in a famed cemetery where Cuban national hero José Martí, is buried.

Miami-Dade County

Northbound U.S. 1 lanes in Key Largo to be closed at night beginning Tuesday

Starting Tuesday, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will close parts of U.S. 1 in Key Largo to repair road damage in an 18-mile stretch.

Miami-Dade County

Preservationists campaign to save Miami Beach mural

For Miami’s K9 cops, bullet-proof vests could be life-savers

Key witness in Rilya Wilson Miami murder case back in jail

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Donald Trump deemed deserving of a key to the city

Health & Fitness

UM opens ‘clean room’ for nanotech research

All-County Sports

2014 Fall All-County teams: The best of Miami-Dade and Broward

Suspected Aventura thief, fired at by cops, is charged with assault

Raul Castro: US must return Guantánamo for normal relations

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Ex-Golden Beach cops sue town, Miami-Dade, FDLE

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Beauty Pageants

In 1960 Harold Glasser brought the Miss USA pageant to Miami Beach from Long Beach, Calif., where he was born. Miss Universe, a spin-off of the original pageant, came along. In 1971 the Miss USA and Miss Universe shows left Miami Beach after 11 straight years. While pageants have come and gone since then, for that decade the girls of summer confirmed the notion that the bathing beauty was most at home in South Florida.

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