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Energy

New oil rigs my soon sprout in Florida

Fueled by lofty oil prices, more efficient drilling techniques and the promise of untapped but also largely unproven reservoirs, at least a half-dozen companies plan to expand exploration across Southwest Florida.

Healthcare

Jackson Health solvent for first time in five years

Jackson Health System has enough money to pay its bills, administrators said this week in declaring Miami-Dade’s safety net hospitals financially solvent for the first time in five years.

HIALEAH ‘SHADOW BANKING’

At court, Robainas vow to prove their innocence

Ex-Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife have to surrender their passports and limit travel while awaiting trial on tax-evasion charges.

ART MUSEUM

Miami Art Museum gets anonymous $15M gift

A new major benefactor has emerged for the future Pérez Art Museum Miami: an anonymous donor who has given $12 million in cash and more than $3 million in art.

 

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Crime

Mother accused of leaving her child to die will remain in jail pending trial

Declaring it was necessary to “protect the safety of the community” and the “integrity of the [court] system,” a judge ordered a western Miami-Dade woman to remain in jail, at least for now, while she awaits trial on charges she killed her infant son by leaving him to bake in a hot car.

COURTS

Former UM student to serve three years for DUI death

Ivanna Villanueva, 21, killed Eyder Ayala, a grandmother driving home after a night shift at McDonald’s in October 2011.


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