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Public education
South Florida’s crumbling schools and how they got that way
When basketball coach Cleve Roberts took a Miami Norland team to play at Miami Jackson Senior High a few years ago, they encountered a new $70 million facility with shiny glass and fresh paint.
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Why school buildings don’t last here
Ever wonder why the little old schoolhouse in Florida doesn’t last as long as buildings in other parts of the country?
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Schools sniffing around for new tax revenue
Money for buildings is a major issue for South Florida’s public school districts. In Miami-Dade, the School Board is looking for new revenue sources, such as a sales surtax.
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Maine GOP chairman says Romney wins caucuses
Mitt Romney narrowly won Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign with a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week. But the former Massachusetts governor won just a plurality of the Maine vote, suggesting he still has work to do to unite GOP voters behind his candidacy.
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Man dies following suicide at gun range, linked to wife’s death in Tamarac
A suicide at a South Florida gun range led to the discovery of a second dead body in a Tamarac home as BSO investigators discovered it wasn’t just a suicide but a murder-suicide.
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2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
Tallahassee tax cuts put squeeze on cities
As the Florida Legislature pushes business-friendly tax cuts, local governments are being left with the bill, with billions of dollars slashed from their bottom lines.
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Political scene
Miami-Dade commissioner tries to change Head Start vote
When Miami-Dade commissioners voted last month to outsource the county’s Head Start program for pre-K children, Commissioner Jean Monestime reluctantly voted yes.
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Political scene
Portion of Miami Commission meeting takes place en español
Change for seniors can be a challenge, and their worries about a new company providing transportation services turned last week’s Miami Commission meeting into a bilingual affair. Some seniors had been told, incorrectly, that rides to nearby supermarkets would cost money, or not be available at all.
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Political scene
Miami-Dade Commission takes back strip mall funding
Miami-Dade commissioners last week took back $3 million in funding they had approved last month to renovate a shopping center at Northwest 79th Street and 27th Avenue.
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Multimedia
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South Florida serial bank robber strikes again
The FBI is asking for the public’s help in locating a serial bank robber who struck again at a Fort ...
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Roads reopened after morning crash
Roads closed earlier Saturday due to a car crash along Eighth Street and 92nd Avenue in Miami-Dade are reop...
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150 at USF to be tested for TB
About 150 people at the University of South Florida will be tested for tuberculosis after a student is beli...
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Cooler temperatures for sweater weather weekend
Bundle up, South Florida, because this weekend is all about sweater weather.
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SWAT standoff ends with 1 arrest in Pompano Beach
A South Florida man was arrested early Saturday morning after being involved in a six-hour police standoff ...
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Florida in $325M Powerball jackpot
What would you do if you won the $325 million Powerball jackpot? That’s what a lot of people across ...
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Santa Clara fades in loss to No. 16 Saint Mary's
It's the little things that are keeping Santa Clara winless in the West Coast Conference this season.
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Canaan, No. 9 Murray State beat Austin Peay 82-62
Austin Peay got on the board first against Murray State on Saturday night. It was all downhill from there f...
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Villopoto races to 3rd victory of year
Ryan Villopoto raced to his third victory AMA Supercross in six rounds this year, beating Chad Reed in fron...
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Boeing says it's frustrated with Dreamliner glitch
A top Boeing Co. executive says that the plane maker is frustrated with the latest 787 Dreamliner productio...
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Faces beyond the numbers of long-term unemployed
J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps p...
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Deadline nears, Obama wants payroll tax cut action
President Barack Obama is pressuring Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for the rest of the year as anoth...
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Greece's grim choice: deep budget cuts or default
Why would Greece accept more pain when unemployment is at 21 percent, the economy is enduring its fifth yea...
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$25B settlement reached over foreclosure abuses
A landmark $25 billion settlement with the nation's top mortgage lenders was hailed by government officials...
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Inmate set to die for slaying of St. Pete woman
A twice-convicted murderer who has lived on Florida's death row for more than three decades is scheduled to...
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Texting-while-driving ban up again in Legislature
Joyce Concklin has 10 good reasons why every state should pass a ban on texting while driving: That's the n...
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Thrift store worker accused of grand theft
A thrift store worker has been arrested after deputies say he gave away or undercharged customers for items.
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Crown Princess departs after norovirus outbreak
A cruise ship that returned early to port after a stomach virus outbreak has departed again after an extens...
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Fla. opens cold night shelters for homeless
Cold weather night shelters for the homeless have opened as Florida residents prepare for a blast of arctic...
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Southwest Fla. man, woman found dead in hot tub
Police say two people have been found dead after apparently drowning in a hot tub in southwest Florida.
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40 years with Niceville's duo, Wise and Corbin
On Aug. 2, 1971, Randall Wise was appointed the city's mayor.
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The nation's weather
The East will dry out Sunday as wet weather moves across the West. A low pressure trough is advancing eastw...
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Hudson to honor Houston at Grammys
Jennifer Hudson will pay tribute to her idol, Whitney Houston, at Sunday's Grammy Awards.
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Chicago to design vehicle sticker itself
After a week of controversy, Chicago officials have decided to design the 2012-13 vehicle registration stic...
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American flight makes emergency landing in Ky.
Passengers on an American Airlines flight from Miami to Detroit have completed their journey hours after th...
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Iran urges Hamas to continue fight against Israel
Iran's supreme leader has urged the Hamas prime minister of Gaza to continue the Islamist militant group's ...
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Al-Qaida executes 2 Yemenis suspected of US links
A security official says al-Qaida-linked militants have publicly executed two Yemenis suspected of collabor...
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France's far-right leader attempts image change
Marine Le Pen has purged the old guard from her father's extreme-right National Front party and is reaching...
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Hamas strongman in Gaza rejects unity deal
A rare public rift broke open Sunday in the usually tightly disciplined Islamic movement Hamas over a recon...
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Turkish jets hit suspected rebel targets in Iraq
Turkey's military says warplanes have bombed suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.
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Al-Qaida urges Muslims to help Syrian rebels
Al-Qaida's chief has called on Muslims from other countries to support rebels in Syria seeking to overthrow...
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Houston recalled as happy in days before death
Whitney Houston's last days were spent surrounded by family, catching up with old friends and doing a bit o...
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Bobby Brown on Miss. stage: 'I love you, Whitney'
It was an emotional night for soul singer Bobby Brown as he performed Saturday night before thousands just ...
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