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Anyone? Anyone? At Nova Southeastern University's College of Dental Medicine, the line to be treated by student dentists is, perhaps surprisingly, quite long. These dentists don't yet have fancy medical degrees hanging on the wall, but they come cheap -- performing services at roughly one-third to one-half the cost of a private-practice facility. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1138960.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1138960.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Smokers, beware: If you have relied on the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes' smoke shops as a tax-free haven for cigarettes, think again. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1135202.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1135202.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Florida will soon start sending some of the state's worst drivers back to school. A new state law will require any motorist convicted of three crash-related moving violations over a three-year period to take a behind-the-wheel education course and pass a driving test, just like a teenager. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136542.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136542.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Teriyaki wings and state film subsidies rarely go together, unless you're in the prepared-food line waiting for Burn Notice to get its lunch. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1138975.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1138975.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Don't expect a lot of fireworks from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday as it begins hearing testimony on whether Sonia Sotomayor should be the next Supreme Court justice. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/inside/story/698263.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/inside/story/698263.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:51 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/news/inside/story/698391.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/inside/story/698391.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:07 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/news/inside/story/687181.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/inside/story/687181.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:53 EDT Today's winning numbers http://www.miamiherald.com/news/inside/story/698410.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/inside/story/698410.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:16 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/news/inside/story/698409.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/inside/story/698409.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:15 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138875.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138875.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:21 EDT Hanley Ramirez wore his pants hiked high, accentuating his black socks and garish aqua spikes. The shortstop wasn't making a fashion statement Sunday at Chase Field. He was mimicking pitcher Josh Johnson. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138219.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138219.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:20 EDT During summers when he was a child, architect Bernard Zyscovich wandered the fading Art Deco haunts of Miami Beach barefoot and with a healthy sense of disdain. It wasn't until years later, when tourists and outsiders visited and celebrated his hometown that he began to appreciate what he had. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1139043.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1139043.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Amid a record drop in real estate values, does Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez think a property tax increase is necessary to balance the budget? Voters will find out Wednesday, the last possible day -- under state law -- a proposed budget can be submitted. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1139046.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1139046.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT If you believe money matters in politics, then it is good to be Angelo Castillo. Castillo is running for reelection in the District 4 commission seat in Pembroke Pines, Broward County's second most populous city. He has more than $62,000 in the bank -- with eight months until Election Day, according to campaign finance reports. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1139047.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1139047.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Broward County commissioners announced a want ad recently: Anyone want to operate a jail ASAP? Due to budget cuts, Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti plans to shutter the Stockade, one of five jails, by July 31, and lay off 177 workers. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138951.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138951.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Getting married can be an elaborate, stressful affair. Now try it 20 feet under water -- and make it a Jewish wedding, where the groom is expected to smash a wrapped glass under his heel. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138960.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138960.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Smokers, beware: If you have relied on the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes' smoke shops as a tax-free haven for cigarettes, think again. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138959.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138959.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Everyone struck out in the major lottery drawings Saturday night. The Lotto jackpot rolled over to $15 million for Wednesday's drawing after no one correctly picked Saturday's six numbers -- 13, 16, 19, 20, 27 and 33 -- the Florida Lottery said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138953.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138953.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Thirty-seven years after they huddled together in the Everglades waiting for rescuers, survivors of the horrific crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 have reunited for another common mission: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138950.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138950.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT With $5.54 in his bank account, Nova Southeastern University's José Jaquez, 18, and fellow student Stacy Gaspard, 19, drove to Orlando last Monday in a borrowed 12-seat van with a classmate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138963.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138963.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Lauderhill police searched Sunday night for a minister who is suspected of stabbing his wife and leaving her to die on the floor. They say he then fled in a white Dodge Intrepid. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138028.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1138028.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Compared to kudzu, the infamous vine that ate The South, Old World climbing fern may be an obscure pest plant. But they're a lot alike. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1138039.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1138039.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT An argument earlier in the day between teens from rival neighborhoods had Jason Broom worried as he stood in a pothole-riddled parking lot pondering his next move. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1138029.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1138029.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT The Obama administration has made offshore wind energy a priority and an important part of its plans to create jobs and combat climate change, but even such favorable political breezes have not been strong enough to propel the nation's first projects. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1138047.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1138047.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT The phone calls clamored in from Miami, Europe and Australia to the line of a tiny office near Perez's Produce and Pig Farm. Is it true? they asked the receptionist. Do you have really have Bubbles, Michael Jackson's old chimpanzee, there in. . . how do you pronounce the name of that town? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1138038.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1138038.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT In the struggle to overhaul the nation's healthcare system, 16 physicians have ended up in ringside seats -- as members of the House and Senate. But they do not agree on what a bill should look like. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1138024.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1138024.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT (AP) -- A female body stuffed inside an air-conditioning duct was found Saturday in a Manhattan skyscraper where a cleaning woman was last seen four days ago. Police discovered the corpse, hidden in a utility room duct, as they searched the 26-story tower for 46-year-old Eridania Rodriguez. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1136928.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1136928.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT (AP) -- An Iranian-American scholar whom Iran once accused of fomenting political unrest has been arrested there for the second time in two years, the State Department and the man's family said Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1136949.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1136949.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT (AP) -- One of the country's main monitors of hate groups asked Congress Friday to investigate possible racial extremism in the military, after finding U.S. service members participating on a social networking site advertised as being for white people only. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1136916.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1136916.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT (AP) -- A spokeswoman for Gov. Sarah Palin is scoffing at comments by Bristol Palin's former fiance, who says he thinks Palin resigned to cash in on her fame. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1136936.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1136936.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Despite the Bush administration's insistence that its warrantless eavesdropping program was necessary to protect the country from another terrorist attack, FBI agents, CIA analysts and other officials had difficulty evaluating its effectiveness, according to an unclassified government report made public Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1136950.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1136950.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT (AP) -- Hundreds of horrified relatives grappling with guilt and anger wandered around a historic black cemetery near Chicago on Friday searching for their loved ones' graves after former cemetery workers were accused of dumping hundreds of unearthed corpses in scheme to resell their plots. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1136944.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1136944.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Veterans healthcare programs would receive another big boost under a $132.4 billion measure passed by the House on Friday. The 12 percent increase for the veterans medical services account is the latest in a recent string of increases. Funding for veterans has long had strong bipartisan support. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1135284.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1135284.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, explaining her stunning announcement she is resigning from office, has repeatedly said that attacks on her since she ran for vice president have cost state government ``millions.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1135369.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1135369.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs letter pledges free medical care and treatment for former patients who have tested positive for HIV or hepatitis since being exposed to endoscopic cleaning mistakes at three VA hospitals, including one in Miami. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138977.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138977.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Sitting next to her younger brother's white casket on the back of a pickup truck, an angry Rebeca Murillo screamed at soldiers guarding the city's international airport as the hearse drove past the deadly site. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138983.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138983.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT (AP) -- Incense was lit and paper money burned at the funeral Sunday for a Han Chinese family -- a man, his wife and his parents, all killed in last week's ethnic riots. Three Uighur neighbors approached, standing tentatively apart. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138978.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138978.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT The first female president of Lithuania took office Sunday, promising to use her financial experience to help the Baltic state tackle one of the worst economic crises in the European Union. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138985.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138985.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT A bomb blast killed two U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's dangerous south, where thousands of American troops have deployed in a massive operation to oust Taliban fighters from the country's opium poppy region, officials said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138979.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138979.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT A car bomb exploded near a church as worshippers left Sunday Mass, killing at least four civilians and injuring 18 in one of several attacks on Iraq's beleaguered Christian minority. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138030.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138030.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT (AP) -- The global economic crisis can be an opportunity for positive social change, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus said Saturday during a speech honoring former South African President Nelson Mandela. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138041.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138041.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Ultra-Orthodox Jews threw themselves under the wheels of an idling bus and in front of waiting cars to protest the opening of a parking lot on the Jewish Sabbath -- an act they consider an abomination. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138033.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138033.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Haji Sahib Rohullah Wakil spends his days going from one high-level official meeting to another with the swagger of a tribal elder, advocating for the needs of Kunar province, his home region. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138043.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138043.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, the man who is seeking to resolve the Honduran crisis in his living room, is a 67-year-old economist and lawyer by training with salt-and-pepper hair, and the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138025.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138025.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT (AP) -- The deaths of eight British soldiers in Afghanistan within 24 hours triggered a debate in Britain on Saturday that could undercut public support for the war just as the U.S. is ramping up its own participation in the conflict. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138034.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138034.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT From taxi drivers to politicians, Ghanaians reveled Saturday in the first visit of an African-American president to sub-Saharan Africa. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138045.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1138045.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT (AP) -- Muslim militants in the Philippines released an ailing Italian Red Cross worker Sunday from six months of jungle captivity, officials said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1137258.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1137258.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:07 EDT America's president and Africa's son, Barack Obama dashed with pride onto the continent of his ancestors Saturday, challenging its people to shed corruption and conflict in favor of peace. Campaigning to all of Africa, he said "Yes you can." http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1139370.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1139370.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:35 EDT For months, the reports percolated in Washington and other capitals. Iran was constructing a major beachhead in Nicaragua as part of a diplomatic push into Latin America, featuring huge investment deals, new embassies and even TV programming from the Islamic republic. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1139341.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1139341.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:19 EDT Ecuador today will begin imposing stiff tariffs on hundreds of Colombian imports, the latest round in a festering dispute between the neighbors. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1138690.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1138690.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:03 EDT Venezuelan reporters -- seen as generating favorable coverage of Honduras' ousted president Manuel Zelaya -- were detained by police overnight as the new administration tries to restore order in the wake of the two-week political crisis. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1137765.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1137765.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:32 EDT The day after soldiers raided Honduran President Manuel Zelaya's house and bundled him, still in his pajamas, out of the country, President Barack Obama stood with Colombia's visiting leader at the White House and branded the act an illegal coup. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1138043.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1138043.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, the man who is seeking to resolve the Honduran crisis in his living room, is a 67-year-old economist and lawyer by training with salt-and-pepper hair, and the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1138689.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1138689.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:59 EDT Sitting next to her younger brother's white casket on the back of a pick up truck, an angry Rebeca Murillo screamed at soldiers guarding the city's international airport as the hearse drove past the deadly site. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1138843.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1138843.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:47 EDT The upheaval in Honduras epitomizes a new kind of Latin American struggle, in which elected leftist leaders defy the status quo and test the limits of democracy. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1138032.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1138032.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Like most thoroughfares in booming cities of the developing world, Bogota's Seventh Avenue resembles a noisy, exhaust-coated parking lot -- a gluey tangle of cars and the rickety, smoke-puffing private minibuses that have long provided transportation for the masses. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1138049.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1138049.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya paid tribute Saturday to a teenager killed during protests and expressed fear the interim government will drag out negotiations to resolve the crisis so it can remain in power through November elections. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1136946.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1136946.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT An overwhelming offensive against the media in Venezuela this week has reached a crescendo, with the possibility that hundreds of radio and television stations will soon be shut down. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1136935.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1136935.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT While ousted President Manuel Zelaya carries out a raucous public battle to return and finish the last six months of his term, the Honduran attorney general is quietly collecting evidence that might put Zelaya behind bars -- or keep him at bay -- for years. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1136931.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1136931.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT An appeals court found insufficient evidence to warrant the trial of a Guatemalan whose Twitter message led to his arrest on charges of inciting financial panic. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1136918.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1136918.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Unwilling to consent to a face-to-face meeting, the two men dueling to lead this nation have left the battle in the hands of emissaries. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1120415.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1120415.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Top Florida officials misused state resources to travel between the capital and their homes, costing taxpayers at least $51,000 and raising potential IRS violations, according to state investigators' findings that were removed from a final auditor's report. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1116756.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1116756.html Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:11 EDT The special investigator hired by the Florida House of Representatives to investigate Rep. Ray Sansom's dealings with a Panhandle college has concluded that there is probable cause that the former speaker of the House violated House rules and could be sanctioned. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1116406.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1116406.html Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has ordered her office to ''conduct a thorough and immediate review'' of her use of the state plane after questions were raised about whether the plane was being used strictly for official duties. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1116403.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1116403.html Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT State Rep. Ray Sansom, already indicted by a grand jury, now faces disciplinary action from his colleagues after an investigator Friday found probable cause that he damaged ''faith and confidence'' in the Florida House. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1112825.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1112825.html Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Florida's Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, who is running for governor on a platform of fiscal discipline, has logged hundreds of flights on state planes, often including side trips for her and family members to their home near Tampa. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1107991.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1107991.html Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT A crucial document in the criminal case against former Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom is one spare page: three typed lines, a handwritten note in the margin and the number 1, circled. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1105949.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1105949.html Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT The FBI has begun investigating a web of political and personal connections that have already resulted in state indictments of former House Speaker Ray Sansom and two associates, sources told the Herald/Times Bureau. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1095081.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1095081.html Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT State Sen. Steve Oelrich believes he may have been the first casualty in the crossfire from Florida's Republican primary for U.S. Senate, after Gov. Charlie Crist's veto of a non-controversial bill Oelrich sponsored. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1093337.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1093337.html Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT All bets are off. The Seminole Tribe is not likely to approve a gambling deal under terms set by the Florida Legislature, the tribe's attorney said Thursday, citing provisions that could increase costs and competition. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1086743.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1086743.html Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Florida, famous for shipping orange juice all over the country, may yet be known for a very different kind of export: criminals. With the inmate population hovering around 100,000 and the state lacking money to build new prisons, the Legislature has given the corrections department the authority to ship inmates to other states for the first time. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1083694.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1083694.html Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:25 EDT The fourth African-American to ever sit on the Florida Supreme Court formally took his seat Friday in a ceremony that helped cement Gov. Charlie Crist's reputation as a centrist. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1080463.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1080463.html Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT The state's decision to consider a no-bid contract extension for a controversial human-resources company has renewed criticism from a leading state senator who says privatization initiatives have cost taxpayers $200 million with little to show for the money. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1076942.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1076942.html Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday signed into law one of his top priorities of 2009: a bill that allows all 11 state universities to increase tuition by as much as 15 percent a year. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1135325.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1135325.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT For high school students who have the time and money to travel, visiting college campuses is the best way to get a feel for places where they may spend four years. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1137975.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1137975.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Long a cause of consternation and a target of reform efforts, high schools across Florida continued to perplex educators this year. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1135192.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1135192.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Auditors got it all wrong when they reported that two contractors ripped off the Broward School District while making Hurricane Wilma repairs, officials of the district's construction department said Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1133650.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1133650.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:00 EDT What started off as a science project at Gulliver Prep will soon provide clean water to people in Haiti. A team of 13 biomedical sciences and engineering students invented a solar-powered water purification system that they'll be sending to a hospital when the school year starts. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1135195.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1135195.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Lauren Dewitt was on vacation in Ohio for her bridal shower this week when she found another reason to celebrate: an e-mail informing the recently laid-off teacher that the Broward school district wanted her back. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1135368.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1135368.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT The Miami-Dade school district and the Homestead Housing Authority on Thursday agreed to sign a contract that will reopen the district's programs for migrant children. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1125504.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1125504.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT There was a time when community colleges' open-door policy extended right up until the last day of registration. Procrastinating students might not get their first choice of classes, but they would still be able to get in. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1122006.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1122006.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Between band practice and a church youth group, Emmanuella Louisdor and a classmate are developing a blueprint for a ''green marketplace'' where global entrepreneurs can trade environmentally friendly innovations. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1122024.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1122024.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Some of the 394 Broward teachers let go one week ago will soon find out that their layoffs were short-lived. Broward school district officials will know how many teachers they can offer jobs to -- for now -- by early Wednesday. Teachers will get word by certified mail and district e-mail, likely by Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1120391.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1120391.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Florida Atlantic University professors have filed a formal complaint against the school, claiming the layoffs of tenured faculty members violates their union contract. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1120385.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1120385.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Early into a new six-year contract, Florida Atlantic University president Frank Brogan may leave to take a new state job. Brogan, whose contract with FAU expires in 2015, is considering applying to become chancellor of the state university system, said Nancy Blosser, chairwoman of the FAU Board of Trustees. He would oversee matters affecting all 11 public universities. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1114646.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1114646.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Not everyone at Florida International University agrees with renaming the University Park campus -- the school's oldest, in West Miami-Dade -- in honor of President Modesto Maidique, who is stepping down in August. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1114651.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1114651.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Currently ranked fourth in the country, Florida International University's cheerleading squad has often enjoyed more success than the football and basketball teams it roots for year in and year out. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139308.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139308.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:39 EDT Although I haven't done it for a few years, I love camping. (As in tent camping. Not bringing along a whole trailer-full of energy-sucking amenities.) And seeing as how it's so green, I just might get back to it. Just think: No hotel room to cool or heat. Evenings by lantern-light. Low-impact activities like hiking, watching the stars and telling outrageous stories. And, for many, NO TV!!! I love the feel of the air, the sound of the wind in the trees, the glow of the moon. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139307.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139307.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:39 EDT A fast-food restaurant that wants you to see Food, Inc.? Can it be true? Yep - and they'll even pay for your ticket. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139296.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139296.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:29 EDT Green is more than a color these days. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139274.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139274.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:24 EDT Dear EarthTalk: What effects do fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides used on residential lawns or on farms have on nearby water bodies like rivers, streams - or even the ocean for those of us who live near the shore? <p/> - Linda Reddington, Manahawkin, N.J. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139272.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139272.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:24 EDT Finally! It's jam time at my house. There's something about making jam that I just love. I think it's the whole idea of preserving the harvest at its peak. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139266.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139266.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:19 EDT The Obama administration's United We Serve campaign runs through Sept. 11, a day President Obama refers to as a "national day of service and remembrance." http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139251.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139251.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:09 EDT The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Friday, July 10: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139152.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139152.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:09 EDT Does your SPF 15 lip balm actually protect your lips from sunburn? That's info you can now find out thanks to the new and improved 2009 Sunscreen Guide from Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org/cosmetics/report/sunscreen09). This year, lip balm data's been added to the guide - a much needed addition, since many lip balms apparently don't quite do their job. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139154.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139154.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:09 EDT Many people take multivitamins every day because they're trying to be healthy and do the right thing for their bodies. So it's more than a little disconcerting to find out that many of us have actually been slowly poisoning ourselves with lead all these years. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139148.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1139148.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:09 EDT For the past 6 months, the Silver Creek Sportsplex in San Jose, Calif., has been testing ceiling lighting from a nearby startup that holds the promise of saving huge amounts of energy. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1138238.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1138238.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:00 EDT If the Senate doesn't pass a bill to cut global warming, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer says, there will be dire results: droughts, floods, fires, loss of species, damage to agriculture, worsening air pollution and more. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1137673.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1137673.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:53 EDT The pursuit of the sea's most fearsome predator remains for many the ultimate fishing thrill, but shark fishing is coming under pressure as shark numbers plummet worldwide. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1138028.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1138028.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Compared to kudzu, the infamous vine that ate The South, Old World climbing fern may be an obscure pest plant. But they're a lot alike. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1136423.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1136423.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:40 EDT Senate supporters of a bill that for the first time would put limits on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have launched an intense one-on-one effort to sound out their colleagues' views in hopes of winning their support. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1135205.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1135205.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Since imposing emergency sprinkling restrictions during a drought two years ago, South Florida water managers have been moving toward making the twice-weekly limits permanent. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136544.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136544.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Sonia Sotomayor is a groundbreaking nominee for the Supreme Court who defies easy pigeonholing. She's a tough-minded former prosecutor who's denounced the death penalty. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136532.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136532.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Campaigning for president, Barack Obama said repeatedly that any overhaul of the healthcare system should be negotiated publicly and televised for all to see. Throughout this year's negotiations, however, the big deals have been struck in secret. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136541.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136541.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT In striking another blow against the use of racial quotas, the Supreme Court challenged the nation's first minority president and Congress to help lead us to a post-racial America. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136537.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136537.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Parachuting into a foreign crisis can be journalistically treacherous, not least because, out of ignorance, you may get the story wrong. The Herald's Frances Robles, a foreign correspondent with experience in the region, faced a particularly daunting situation as she landed two weeks ago in Honduras, faced with two men claiming to be president and an unusual coup. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136542.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136542.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Teriyaki wings and state film subsidies rarely go together, unless you're in the prepared-food line waiting for Burn Notice to get its lunch. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1138050.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1138050.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT José Villamil of Miami is one of a number of readers asking about reader comments posted under articles on The Miami Herald's websites. Some, like Villamil, want more options with the system. Others question why commenting so often turns raw and sarcastic. Some suggest The Herald should simply give up on commenting. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136545.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1136545.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT José Villamil of Miami is one of a number of readers asking about reader comments posted under articles on The Miami Herald's websites. Some, like Villamil, want more options with the system. Others question why commenting so often turns raw and sarcastic. Some suggest The Herald should simply give up on commenting. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1126804.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1126804.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Whether it's over healthcare, climate change or most other big Washington battles this year, Congress keeps debating the same underlying issue -- is the federal government getting too big and intrusive? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1126820.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1126820.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT One of the pivotal questions from the recent financial swindles, including the mammoth case that led to Bernard Madoff's 150-year sentence last week, is whether regulators could have done more to prevent them. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1126806.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1126806.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT It was the divide that caught my eye. Two weeks before the coup that ousted Honduras' elected president, we were driving down a boulevard here in San Pedro Sula, the nation's second-largest city. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1126803.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1126803.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Almost every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Candace McCann sits down for a face-to-face meeting with her daughter. Sometimes 7-year-old Kashmir draws a picture. Other times she stands on a chair to model an outfit: jeans and a Hannah Montana T-shirt or new shoes. Lately she's been opening her mouth, showing off lost teeth. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1126807.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1126807.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Poor Jon and Kate. Their marriage is over, their show on hiatus, their domestic ordeal entering a new phase of acrimony. Possibly nothing could have saved this marriage, but one thing would have made it less fragile: a mandate for health insurance to cover in vitro fertilization. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1121693.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues_ideas/story/1121693.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:00 EDT Like Amazon.com revolutionized the retail industry and iTunes modernized the music industry, technology has the potential to transform education in America. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1137243.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1137243.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:50 EDT The car was a-rockin', and the law went a-knockin'. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136801.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136801.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:40 EDT A suburban Philadelphia man has agreed to take anger management classes for blaring a pornographic soundtrack to chase away kids playing outside his home. Michael Buck was arrested May 31 at his upscale Phoenixville cul-de-sac after irate neighbors told police they could hear the sexually explicit audio a block-and-a-half away. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136516.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136516.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:30 EDT A long-haul trucker from southeastern Idaho has created a new trucking-themed board game inspired by his hours on the road. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136468.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136468.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:15 EDT The car was a-rockin', and the law went a-knockin'. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136453.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136453.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:55 EDT Brenda Bailey is still on a roll. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136392.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136392.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:15 EDT A woman accused of keeping 150 cats in her New Jersey mansion has been ordered to pay more than $35,000 in fines and restitution. Wanda Oughton pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of animal cruelty for failing to provide adequate shelter. The judge in Chester Township Municipal Court also told the 62-year-old she's not allowed to own more than six cats over the next three years. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136387.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136387.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:10 EDT Police arrested a man suspected of stealing duck calls from a vehicle. Authorities said a 40-year-old man was booked Wednesday with burglary of a motor vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136377.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136377.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:05 EDT Virginia's only nudist camp is doing its part to help stage the nation's largest simultaneous skinny dip this weekend. White Tail Resort will offer free admission to newcomers at its annual open house Saturday and Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1135995.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1135995.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:05 EDT A golfer has been sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison for bashing another player over the head with a 6-iron during a fight over slow play. The 34-year-old man, Nicholas Jay Shampine, had been convicted of assault in King County Superior Court. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136312.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136312.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:30 EDT Authorities said a bullet from a gun that was accidentally dropped injured a Tampa woman sitting in a bathroom stall. Police said the bullet hit 53-year-old Janifer Bliss in the lower left leg. She was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1134821.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1134821.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:25 EDT Two brothers in Rio are living over the edge - literally: sleeping, working and eating on the side of a building 33 feet (10 meters) up in the air. Twenty-seven-year-old Tiago Primo and his 20-year-old brother Gabriel spend 12 hours a day in the bed, hammock, chair and dining table they've attached to a bright red-and-yellow wall as part of an art exhibit in Rio's old center. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1134762.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1134762.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:20 EDT An Ohio man has his wedding band back - and is back in his wife's good graces - after the ring accidentally wound up in the till at a Texas tollbooth. Rodger Moore went to Texas for a family wedding nearly two weeks ago. He said he was on his way to catch his flight home when his ring slipped off as he threw change into the basket at an unmanned booth on the Dallas North Tollway. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1134686.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1134686.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:35 EDT A southwest Florida woman was arrested after deputies said she assaulted her 71-year-old common-law husband after he complained about her cooking. A Lee County Sheriff's Office arrest report shows 66-year-old Meredith Hart Mulcahy was charged with battery on an elderly person Tuesday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1134665.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1134665.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:20 EDT God might not be the only one passing judgment on a man who skipped out on paying $200 for a religious tattoo at a parlor. Denton police are investigating a nonpayment complaint filed by a tattoo artist who inscribed "Only God can judge me" on a customer's arm. The Denton Record-Chronicle reported Thursday that the artist finished the work, which included a pair of praying hands, and presented the bill. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1134301.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1134301.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:56 EDT Authorities say a prankster persuaded a married couple to smash their Florida hotel window after falsely telling them the room had a gas leak. Police say a person claiming to be a front-desk clerk at an Orlando hotel convinced the couple to break a wall mirror and use a lamp to punch a hole through the wall. The couple also threw a mattress out the window, but a hotel manager came to the room before they could jump. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/action-line/story/1136765.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/action-line/story/1136765.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Q. I had been taking two medicines for many years. The prices of both have increased drastically. When I was in the pharmacy recently, I asked a pharmacist if there were any generic drugs that would do the job for less. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/action-line/story/1136764.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/action-line/story/1136764.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Q. I would like to recycle magazines, brochures, and other glossy paper products in Miami-Dade County. I see that some local U.S. Post Offices have recycling bins in their lobbies. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1139140.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1139140.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:54 EDT Authorities in south Alabama say a gas station employee used a cricket bat to chase away a would-be robber who brandished a toy gun.