http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2010 MiamiHerald.com Breaking News 60 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:58:27 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1471834.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1471834.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:42 EST The Pompano Beach City Commission chamber was the safest place to be Tuesday as nearly 200 Broward sheriff's personnel lined the sidewalks and hallways before the commission meeting. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1471712.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1471712.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:32 EST SOUTH MIAMI<p/>SUMMARY: Galvanized by issues such as proposed high-voltage power lines on U.S. 1 and an impending budget crunch, South Miami voters put biologist Philip Stoddard in the mayor's seat. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1471656.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1471656.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:12 EST Steve Augello's daughter died in a 2008 car accident shortly after sending a text message from her cellphone. <p/> Months later, the Spring Hill resident came to Tallahassee, like many grieving parents before him, asking for a law to banish what led to the grief. For him, it's text messaging while driving. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1471563.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1471563.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:12 EST Broward schools officials said Tuesday they would tackle a sometimes foggy and always sensitive topic: grading.<p/> As the rules stand now, at some schools the lowest possible grade is 0. At others, it is 50 percent. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1471541.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1471541.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:42 EST Florida's embattled ban on adoption by gay people suffered another setback Tuesday, when state child welfare administrators agreed to provide health insurance, college tuition and other benefits to the adopted son of a gay Key West man. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1471529.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1471529.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:12 EST While the real estate industry in South Florida and across the country may be showing some glimmers of hope, there still is likely to be more pain in 2010 -- particularly when it comes to commercial real estate financing. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1469997.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1469997.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:27 EST Miami Beach police have released the name of the 27-year-old man wounded early Monday morning in an officer-involved shooting.<p/> Floyd Jerome Wells remains in in stable condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital, according to Detective Juan Sanchez, a police spokesman. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470767.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470767.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:47 EST A federal judge in Miami has refused to dismiss obstruction charges against two former employees of disgraced financier Allen Stanford, though he called the government's evidence ``thin.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1469991.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1469991.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:57 EST Attorneys handling the bankruptcy fallout from Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme want records from a California technology firm because Rothstein used the company's secure computer servers to hold confidential conversations that may reveal his co-conspirators. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470688.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470688.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:57 EST Two winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $106,251.88 each, the Florida Lottery said Tuesday.<p/> The winning tickets were bought in Hialeah and Spring Hill, lottery officials reported. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470597.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470597.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:57 EST Think there are all kinds of crazy deals to be had in today's real estate market?<p/> That's what 31-year-old Jason Bellak thought, too -- a year ago. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470433.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470433.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:27 EST Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems -- the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470359.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470359.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:42 EST The Broward School Board will talk about budget cuts at a workshop meeting Tuesday, but the most exciting discussion may involve whether students with good grades should be exempt from taking midterm or final exams. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470352.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470352.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:32 EST The Urban Land Institute Southeast Florida/Caribbean District Council, is hosting a seminar to discuss the latest forecasts following the longest downturn of new housing in a generation, continued weakness in commercial markets and a hesitant lending environment. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470309.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1470309.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:19 EST A truck carrying farm animals crashed on U.S. 27 late Monday night, killing another driver and scattering livestock across the road. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471914.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471914.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:42 EST Carmelo Anthony scored 19 points in his return from an ankle injury and the Denver Nuggets had their biggest win of the season, routing the Dallas Mavericks 127-91 on Tuesday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471905.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471905.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:37 EST Kris Versteeg scored in the fifth round of a shootout, leading the Chicago Blackhawks past the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Tuesday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471885.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471885.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:27 EST John Wall had 22 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double, and fellow freshman DeMarcus Cousins got his seventh in a row, as No. 3 Kentucky outmuscled Alabama 66-55 on Tuesday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471892.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471892.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:27 EST E'Twaun Moore scored a season-high 25 points and JaJuan Johnson added 19, lifting No. 6 Purdue to a 76-64 victory over No. 10 Michigan State on Tuesday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471858.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471858.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:07 EST Paul Kariya has a lot to do with the St. Louis Blues being the NHL's worst team on home ice. For once, he played a key role in a happier ending. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471849.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471849.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:02 EST Kelvin Lewis converted two free throws after a technical foul with 0.2 seconds remaining, lifting Houston over Western Kentucky 74-72 on Tuesday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471844.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471844.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:57 EST Jamal Crawford scored 28 points, including fourth 3-pointers in the fourth quarter that helped the Atlanta Hawks pull away from the Memphis Grizzlies for a 108-94 victory Tuesday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471821.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1471821.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:47 EST The Atlanta Thrashers traded a former franchise cornerstone for the second time in less than a week on Tuesday night, sending goaltender Kari Lehtonen to the Dallas Stars. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1470352.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1470352.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:32 EST The Urban Land Institute Southeast Florida/Caribbean District Council, is hosting a seminar to discuss the latest forecasts following the longest downturn of new housing in a generation, continued weakness in commercial markets and a hesitant lending environment. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1471529.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1471529.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:12 EST While the real estate industry in South Florida and across the country may be showing some glimmers of hope, there still is likely to be more pain in 2010 -- particularly when it comes to commercial real estate financing. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1470235.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1470235.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:18 EST Japan Airlines, wooed for months by Delta Air Lines with promises of cash and a broad global network, spurned the world's biggest carrier and opted to keep its alliance with American Airlines. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1470597.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1470597.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:57 EST Think there are all kinds of crazy deals to be had in today's real estate market?<p/> That's what 31-year-old Jason Bellak thought, too -- a year ago. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1470433.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1470433.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:27 EST Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems -- the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1471414.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1471414.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:17 EST A week after board members expressed outrage at Jackson Health System's wildly miscalculated losses, its chief financial officer ``has stepped down.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1470351.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1470351.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:32 EST Information technology services provider Terremark Worldwide said Monday that its fiscal third-quarter loss narrowed slightly as its revenue climbed 13 percent. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1470926.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1470926.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:06 EST President Barack Obama says American businesses will be able to look ahead with confidence, once they're convinced that officials in Washington have their "act together." http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471938.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471938.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:12 EST Shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station early Wednesday, delivering a new room and observation deck that will come close to completing construction 200 miles above Earth. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471523.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471523.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:59 EST The remains of a US Air Force major killed when an earthquake struck the Haitian hotel where he was staying have been found. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471478.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471478.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:35 EST The body of a U.S. Air Force officer visiting Haiti at the time of last month's earthquake has been found in the rubble of a hotel in the country's devastated capital, military officials said Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471406.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471406.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:55 EST Sixteen schools in eight districts and on a university campus have been cited for failing to comply with Florida's class size limits. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471372.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471372.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:21 EST The remains of a U.S. Air Force officer have been found at the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471126.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471126.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:31 EST State wildlife officials say deaths and injuries to wildlife from last month's nearly two-week cold snap are unprecedented. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471098.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471098.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:26 EST A 32-year-old central Florida woman has been jailed for making threats on a social networking Web site. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471096.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1471096.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:26 EST After rap star Lil Wayne spent months bidding farewell to his fans and his freedom, what loomed for him Tuesday was a dental chair, not a house of detention. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471956.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471956.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:42 EST After a major drop over the past two years, Afghanistan's opium cultivation is unlikely to rise or fall dramatically in 2010, a U.N. report said Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471881.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471881.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:17 EST One pedestrian is dead and another seriously injured following separate accidents in San Francisco involving city-owned vehicles. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471697.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471697.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:42 EST A jury has convicted a 23-year-old California man of killing his girlfriend's 1-year-old son. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471679.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471679.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:27 EST If snow keeps 230,000 government employees home for the better part of a week, will anyone notice? With at least another foot of snow headed for Washington, Philadelphia and New York, we're about to find out. The federal government in the nation's capital has largely been shut down since Friday afternoon, when a storm began dumping up to 3 feet of snow in some parts of the region. Offices were remaining closed at least through Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471662.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471662.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:22 EST The New York Senate voted Tuesday night to expel a senator convicted of a misdemeanor charge of assaulting his girlfriend, a resolution the lawmaker assailed as an injustice to the people who elected him. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471655.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471655.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:07 EST A grand jury declined Tuesday to indict a Muslim chaplain accused of trying to smuggle razor blades and scissors into a jail, spurring his release without bail while the case continues. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471634.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471634.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:57 EST The Homeland Security Department estimates the number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. fell about 7 percent to 10.8 million in January 2009. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471614.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1471614.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:42 EST Authorities have arrested a California man who they say was teaching a sixth-grader how to drive when his car crashed into another vehicle, killing the boy, his mother and younger sister. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471959.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471959.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:42 EST China's highest court has issued new guidelines on the death penalty that instruct lower courts to limit its use to a small number of "extremely serious" cases. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471928.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471928.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:57 EST A Myanmar court ordered a U.S. citizen on Wednesday to serve three years in prison for entering the military-ruled country with forged documents and undeclared foreign currency. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471890.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471890.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:22 EST An alleged Islamic militant went on trial Wednesday on charges of harboring terrorists behind twin suicide hotel bombings in Jakarta that killed seven and injured more than 50 in Indonesia. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471652.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471652.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:07 EST President-elect Sebastian Pinera named a Cabinet of technocrats Tuesday to run his government, calling more on political independents than members of the Chilean conservative parties that made him their standard-bearer. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471630.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471630.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:57 EST A governing party candidate in Bolivia is making 1,000 adobe bricks as part of a drunk-driving sentence handed down under the community justice system backed by the country's pro-indigenous government. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471610.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471610.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:42 EST A crackdown on a vicious Mexican drug gang has led to the arrest of five Tijuana police officers, including two who had been at the forefront of the border city's efforts to rid the force of corruption. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471521.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471521.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:00 EST A rice vendor may have lived under the rubble of a flea market for 27 days with little more than water and possibly fruit, a doctor said Tuesday, in what would be a dramatic tale of survival four weeks after Haiti's devastating earthquake. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471490.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1471490.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:46 EST Parents of some of the children who 10 U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake told a judge Tuesday that they freely handed over their kids, the Americans' lawyer said. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471945.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471945.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:22 EST A spokesman for The Discovery Channel says the captain of the "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel Cornelia Marie has died. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471934.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471934.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:07 EST Anne Rice is giving the video book a try. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471918.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471918.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:47 EST Jay Leno ushered out one of television's biggest flops without sentiment on Tuesday, the final night of a prime-time experiment doomed by bad ratings and bad vibes. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471899.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471899.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:27 EST Ellen DeGeneres hit the right notes with "American Idol" viewers. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471779.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471779.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:22 EST President Felipe Calderon's "South Park" cameo will have to wait. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471638.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471638.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:02 EST Bonnaroo (BAHN-ah-ROO) is known for its eclectic lineup. This summer's roster takes it to a new level. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471543.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471543.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:50 EST A San Francisco jury has found a former reality TV show contestant guilty of killing a man in 2007. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471536.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1471536.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:34 EST For a good cause, NBC stars including Amy Poehler and Peter Krause and anchorman Brian Williams are weighing in on what parenthood means to them.