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 2009 MiamiHerald.com Breaking News 60 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:27:19 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1323019.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1323019.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:32 EST One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to take a jackpot of $28 million, lottery officials said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1322418.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1322418.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:01 EST Fueling on the warm Caribbean Sea, Tropical Storm Ida gained speed and strength and was expected to become a hurricane Saturday night or Sunday morning as it moved north on a path that could threaten Florida Panhandle and other Gulf Coast states by next week. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1320859.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1320859.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:12 EST President Barack Obama said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended the rampage at Fort Hood. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1321509.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1321509.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:11 EST Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1320548.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1320548.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:10 EST An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader was deeply troubled by it, the leader said Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1321535.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1321535.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:10 EST A bat and a fern found only in Florida may be added to the federal list of endangered and threatened species. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1320168.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1320168.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:35 EST The engineer accused of fatally shooting one worker and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked appeared briefly in court Saturday and was ordered held without bond. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1323064.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1323064.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:57 EST A head-on crash Sunday morning in Miami Gardens has left one man dead and closed traffic on Northwest 199th Street.<p/> West-bound 199th Street is closed from Northwest 27th Avenue to the Turnpike entrance, Miami Gardens police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323345.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323345.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:45 EST All those blowouts have carried TCU to unprecedented heights in the BCS standings, giving the Horned Frogs hope - however slim - of becoming the first BCS buster to break into the national championship game. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323307.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323307.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:20 EST The Jacksonville Jaguars are getting good at bouncing back from embarrassing losses. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323302.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323302.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:15 EST The Jacksonville Jaguars are getting good at bouncing back from embarrassing losses. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323297.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323297.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:15 EST Michael Turner is looking a lot more like he did a year ago. DeAngelo Hall might want to keep his mouth shut the next time he faces his former team. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323291.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323291.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:55 EST Jimmie Johnson crashed on the third lap of the NASCAR race at Texas, where he was trying to move closer to an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup season championship. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323253.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323253.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:35 EST Jason Richardson scored 22 points, Steve Nash had 17 assists, and the Phoenix Suns maintained their dominance of the Washington Wizards with a 102-90 victory Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323178.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323178.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:40 EST Top-ranked Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament on Sunday, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323150.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323150.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:10 EST Over the past decade, Oklahoma has rarely been out of the AP Top 25 and Stanford has rarely been in. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1323490.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1323490.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:45 EST A comparison of the health care bills before Congress. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1323132.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1323132.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:30 EST Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1323295.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1323295.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:10 EST Investors will get some guidance about the economy this week from data issued not by the government, but by big retailers in the form of third-quarter earnings reports. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1323176.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1323176.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:30 EST President Barack Obama says it's now up to the Senate to take the baton from the House and pass a bill aimed at overhauling the nation's health care system. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1323423.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1323423.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:00 EST Northrop Grumman said Sunday it agreed to sell its advisory services business TASC Inc. to private equity firm General Atlantic LLC and affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for $1.65 billion in cash. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1321747.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1321747.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:45 EST House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass health care legislation. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1322209.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1322209.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:20 EST A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1321692.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1321692.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:50 EST President Barack Obama says now is the time for Congress to "answer the call of history" and approve legislation revamping the country's health care system. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323363.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323363.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:50 EST Tampa police say a father helping his 32-year-old daughter clean a gun after target shooting accidentally fired the weapon and killed her. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323361.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323361.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:50 EST A former assisted living center employee convicted of murdering a resident's daughter in 2002 is going back to death row. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323153.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323153.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:10 EST Seven homeless Boise residents are suing the city and the police department, saying that rules against camping in public spaces amount to cruel and unusual punishment in a city where homeless shelters are overflowing. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323134.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323134.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:30 EST A Pasco County man was bitten by an alligator that had parked itself under his car. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323043.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323043.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:55 EST Three men have been arrested in a fatal stabbing of a Daytona Beach teen at an amphitheater. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323034.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323034.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:45 EST A Delray Beach man who went to grab his Bible from his car was robbed at gunpoint. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323019.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323019.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:25 EST One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to take a jackpot of $28 million, lottery officials said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323010.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1323010.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:05 EST Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323492.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323492.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:50 EST A refinery explosion that severely damaged 10 homes this week was caused by a burst pipe that sprayed hydrogen gas onto a nearby heater, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board's lead investigator said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323456.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323456.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:20 EST Democrat senators divided on government health insurance, so House's bill has nowhere to go http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323415.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323415.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:50 EST A key U.S. senator called Sunday for an investigation into whether the Army missed signs that the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood had embraced an increasingly extremist view of Islamic ideology. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323350.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323350.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:45 EST The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to Laos whose family had a history of military service, a civilian who had returned to work a week after suffering a heart attack, and a psychiatric nurse who arrived at Fort Hood a day before the shooting. Here is a look at the victims. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323340.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323340.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:40 EST Commuters in the City of Brotherly Love have been told to gear up to begin a second week of finding other ways to work following the collapse of a proposed deal to end a six-day-old strike by about 5,000 bus drivers, subway and trolley conductors and mechanics. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323303.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323303.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:15 EST A strong earthquake was reported in the ocean off Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323287.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323287.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:50 EST Reggie Turner stopped by a growing memorial to 11 victims of an alleged serial killer because he knew one of the women. Michelle Lee came to pay her respects as a mother and grandmother. Mark Mason and two buddies rode their motorcycles to just take a look. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323219.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323219.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:40 EST Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, however, about the nation's readiness to turn the talk into reality. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323386.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323386.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:20 EST U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323296.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323296.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:10 EST After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy session, Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a law setting national elections for January, averting for now a political crisis that threatened to unravel the country's slow progress toward stability. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323294.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323294.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:05 EST As if the Taliban, car bombs, roadside bombs, leftover Soviet land mines, political unrest and errant NATO air attacks weren't enough, Afghans are facing a new killer: the H1N1 flu pandemic. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323240.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323240.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:15 EST Honduran police say gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying the country's top prosecutor, but neither he nor his bodyguards were harmed. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323199.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323199.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:10 EST President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323148.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323148.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:05 EST The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323127.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323127.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:25 EST A Brazilian university has expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students for wearing a short, pink dress to class - publicly accusing her Sunday of immorality. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323126.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323126.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:20 EST Latin American governments are increasingly intervening in the news business, creating and favoring official media, regulating content and distribution and using other legal methods to silence their critics, a newspaper group said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1323471.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1323471.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:30 EST Television cooking star Rachael Ray is boosting the local food supply for a struggling Ohio town. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1323058.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1323058.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:25 EST Jim Carrey's Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on "A Christmas Carol," which took in $31 million to open as the weekend's top movie. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1323023.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1323023.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:40 EST Launching its comeback in perilous financial times, the New York City Opera might well have played it safe with a surefire crowd-pleaser, like its production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1322360.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1322360.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:10 EST Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1322104.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1322104.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:15 EST Rocker Peter Wolf says he's looking forward to trying some home-brewed beer and good wine when he arrives in Maine for a gig with the Portland Symphony Orchestra. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1321936.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1321936.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:25 EST Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup on Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1321320.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1321320.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35 EST Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders - and tattoos - exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1321207.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1321207.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:55 EST The Honolulu Symphony said Friday it's canceling concerts for the rest of the year and filing for bankruptcy, citing a big drop in donations.