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PSC to debate utilities' energy-saving goals

Should Florida's electric companies be required to reward customers who install energy-efficient light bulbs, buy energy-saving appliances, replace inefficient windows or make other investments that save electricity?

  • Bicyclist dies in S. Miami-Dade hit-and-run

    A bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Southwest Miami-Dade Monday night, police said.

    The man, whose name was not immediately released, died on the shoulder of the road in the 15300 block of Southwest 157th Avenue. He was riding home from work on a light-blue bicycle when he was struck by a car heading north, said Det. Roy Rutland, a Miami-Dade police spokesman.

  • Author Barbara Kingsolver

    Hungry readers get food for thought at book fair

    Barbara Kingsolver would like to thank you, Miami.

    As part of what she calls ``evangelizing for literature,'' the author of the beloved novels The Bean Trees and The Poisonwood Bible told a full house Monday night at Miami Book Fair International that ``the real beating heart of democracy is the place people love books. I salute you for your love of reading.''

  • Growth seen for Haiti, Guyana

    Haiti and Guyana are the two countries in the Caribbean that are expected to post positive growth this year, despite a global economic crisis that sent financial shock waves through the region.

  • Energy shots all the buzz at food show

    The pitch goes like this: Toss back a two-ounce shot of caffeine and vitamins and you'll be alert for the rest of the day.

    Hoping that consumers will ditch coffee and traditional energy drinks for miniature power shots, more than a dozen beverage makers pushed this message at the 12th annual Americas Food & Beverage Show, being held at the Miami Beach Convention Center this week.

  • Jeremy Jarvis, age 13, left, and his brother Denver Colorado Jarvis, age 15, center, and Matthew Bent, age 15, right, are seen in juvenile court, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, in Ft. Lauderdale at the Broward County Courthouse. The boys were charged with the immolation of a 15 year-old Deerfield Beach boy.

    3 teens in Deerfield burn case face adult charges

    Three of the five teenagers accused of setting fire to 15-year-old Michael Brewer of Deerfield Beach will be charged as adults, the Broward State Attorney's Office said Monday.

  • BROWARD COUNTY

    Hollywood: We warned farmers market it couldn't open

    Customers left empty-handed after a much-awaited farmers market in Hollywood delayed its opening Sunday. The city said owners didn't pull the required city and county permits.

  • Hotel rates down 8.8 percent this year

    U.S. hotel room prices are expected to drop a total of 8.8 percent in 2009 compared to 2008 and will continue creeping down in 2010, though at a much slower rate, according to the 2010 lodging forecast from PricewaterhouseCoopers Hospitality & Leisure Practice.

  • 46% of South Florida homeowners are `underwater'

    Nearly half of all owners of single-family homes in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area were underwater at the end of the third quarter, meaning their homes were valued at less than the mortgages owed against them.


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