VIRGINIA KEY

Old Miami landmark Jimbo's faces a crackdown

A freewheeling bait shack and watering hole on Virginia Key faces a deadline to remove the junk that some say gives the place its character. 1258774790

• Historic Virginia Key jaunt Jimbo's
• Jimbo's survives despite setbacks

UNEMPLOYMENT

Temp labor may be bridge to recovery

Florida's jobless rate ticked up to 11.2 percent last month. But employers are starting to hire more temps nationally, so they may start hiring more permanent workers in the months ahead. 1258774094

CUBA SPY CASE

U.S. agent for Cuba gets life in prison

A couple who professed admiration for Fidel Castro are sentenced to prison and will pay the federal government $1.7 million for spying for Cuba. 1258776408

• Read the plea statement from Walter Kendall Myers
• Read the plea statement from Gwendolyn Myers

NORTH MIAMI-DADE

Biscayne Park police officer attacked during traffic stop

A Biscayne Park police officer was attacked during a routine traffic stop Friday evening in North Miami-Dade, Biscayne Park Police spokesman Antonio Sanchez said. 1258778878

BROWARD CORRUPTION

Beverly Gallagher corruption case put off till Dec. 21

Formal court action was delayed again in a corruption case against an ex-School Board member. 1258778879

GAY DISCRIMINATION

Jackson nurses offer apology

Several nurses offered personal apologies to a lesbian kept from seeing her dying partner in 2007 at Jackson Memorial Hospital. 1258788160

• Gay South Florida | Photos from the town hall meeting