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The bite, while severe, was not life-threatening, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1127268.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1127268.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:10 EDT A 26-year-old woman died Saturday morning when she was hit by a car while walking along an Interstate 95 ramp, the Florida Highway Patrol said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1127140.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1127140.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:40 EDT A man quietly walked into a Fort Lauderdale Citibank Friday morning, showed a teller a note implying he had a weapon and then simply walked away with an undisclosed amount of cash. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1126918.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1126918.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:25 EDT Two large busts on Friday cleared more than 450 pounds of powerful fireworks being sold illegally on the streets of Miami-Dade County, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1127125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1127125.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:14 EDT The dress blue uniform of a U.S. Marine was stolen from his car parked outside his mother's house in west Florida, the 20-year-old man said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1126971.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1126971.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:52 EDT Officials say a handful of people suffered injuries, heat exhaustion or dehydration at an Altamonte Springs fireworks show. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1126943.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1126943.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:17 EDT Authorities say a 24-year-old west Florida Little League coach stole from his own youth baseball association. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1127867.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1127867.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:15 EDT The Organization of American States voted late Saturday to suspend Honduras from the group over the militarized ouster of president Manuel Zelaya, who vowed minutes later to return to the polarized country Sunday despite warnings it would be too dangerous. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1126900.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1126900.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:58 EDT The Florida Highway Patrol says a 37-year-old woman driving the wrong way on Interstate 10 was killed in a crash with another driver in north Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128128.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128128.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:03 EDT The Florida Marlins have placed right-hander Chris Leroux on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation and signed reliever Brendan Donnelly. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128127.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128127.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:58 EDT The Florida Marlins have placed right-hander Chris Leroux on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation and signed reliever Brendan Donnelly. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128110.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128110.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:43 EDT Martin Kaymer of Germany has won the French Open by beating Lee Westwood of England in the first hole of a playoff. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128091.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128091.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:53 EDT Marino Vanhoenacker of Belgium set a course record in winning his fourth straight Ironman Austria triathlon on Sunday, while Bella Bayliss of Britain won the women's event. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128078.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128078.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:08 EDT Britain's Mark Cavendish has won the second stage of the Tour de France, with seven-time champion Lance Armstrong finishing safely in the trailing pack. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128077.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128077.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:08 EDT Pete Sampras has arrived at the All England Club to watch Roger Federer and Andy Roddick play in the men's final at Wimbledon. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128022.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128022.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:43 EDT A cricket umpire has died after being struck on the head by a ball. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128020.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1128020.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:33 EDT The last man to win a true Grand Slam in tennis thinks it could happen again. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1127969.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1127969.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:08 EDT The Washington Post's publisher apologized to readers Sunday for a plan to charge business leaders and lobbyists for intimate dinner discussions with government officials and the newspaper's journalists. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1126933.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1126933.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:12 EDT Negotiations for the sale of General Motors Corp.'s unit Adam Opel GmbH to Canadian autoparts maker Magna are progressing well and should soon be complete, the head of GM Europe said in remarks released Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1126980.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1126980.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:33 EDT A firm appointed by Antiguan authorities to liquidate the assets of R. Allen Stanford's offshore Caribbean bank has won control of assets in the U.K. worth more than $100 million, a defeat for a U.S.-appointed receiver in an ongoing fight over jurisdiction in the case. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1127121.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1127121.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:28 EDT For Joe Kiely, the drone of thousands of trucks passing his Colorado plains town signals economic prosperity. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1127150.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1127150.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:08 EDT Spartan Stores Inc. is launching a campaign aimed at promoting Michigan pride. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1127265.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1127265.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:08 EDT Three women donned scuba masks and jumped into the waters off Oahu's North Shore, floating inside a submerged cage as about a dozen sharks glided toward bloody fish scraps tossed into the water by a tour company. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1127389.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1127389.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:08 EDT A poster in Jim Tarbox's office at his North Kingstown Chrysler Jeep dealership declares: "Challenge: The harder the course, the more rewarding the triumph." http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1126047.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1126047.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:57 EDT The Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell a household name and showcased some of America's greatest writers, is returning to its roots to show readers the value of a quiet read in an increasingly frenetic digital age. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128111.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128111.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:43 EDT Authorities say 43-year-old man was killed when he tried to cross a road near Florida's Turnpike on a bicycle. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128102.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128102.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:23 EDT Authorities say a man who fishing with his 18-year-old son in the Ocala National Forest drowned when their canoe overturned in Lake Katherine. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128101.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128101.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:13 EDT Authorities say a woman sitting outside at a Fourth of July party in South Florida was hit by a stray bullet. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128090.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128090.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:49 EDT One winner of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $225,512.91, the Florida Lottery said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128080.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128080.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:43 EDT The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $11 million after no one matched the six winning numbers in the latest drawing, lottery officials said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128060.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128060.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:48 EDT Miami-Dade Fire Rescue says a 43-year-old woman swimming near a sandbar in Biscayne National Park was bitten by a shark. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128038.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128038.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:09 EDT Former Florida State University President J. Stanley Marshall is recovering from open-heart surgery. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128008.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1128008.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:23 EDT Emergency officials say two monorail trains crashed in the Magic Kingdom section of Walt Disney World, killing one train's operator. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1128118.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1128118.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:53 EDT Long dependent on wellwater and supplies sent hundreds of miles by canal from the Colorado River, this desert city will soon harvest some of its 12 inches of annual rainfall to help bolster its water resources. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1128100.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1128100.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:13 EDT Authorities in Texas have accused a man of wrapping a 20-foot chain around his teenage son's neck and spraying him in the face with Mace. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1128093.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1128093.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:53 EDT A bus rolled onto its side and plowed into a rock ledge early Sunday on a highway in the Adirondacks in northeastern New York, killing a woman pinned underneath and hurting nine others, authorities said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1128007.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1128007.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:23 EDT Emergency officials say two monorail trains crashed in the Magic Kingdom section of Walt Disney World, killing one train's operator. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1128000.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1128000.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:08 EDT A plan to restore salmon runs on California's Sacramento River also could help revive killer whale populations 700 miles to the north in Puget Sound, as federal scientists struggle to protect endangered species in a complex ecosystem that stretches along the Pacific coast from California to Alaska. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1127970.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1127970.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:08 EDT Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1127969.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1127969.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:03 EDT The Washington Post's publisher apologized to readers Sunday for a plan to charge business leaders and lobbyists for intimate dinner discussions with government officials and the newspaper's journalists. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1127914.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1127914.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:08 EDT A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter has rescued a French kayaker who became fatigued in the Bering Sea during his quest to circumnavigate the world. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128136.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128136.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:08 EDT Jordan's Queen Noor, a founder of an international initiative to eliminate nuclear weapons, called on the presidents of the United States and Russia to advance the cause at their Monday summit by agreeing to significant cuts in their arsenals. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128094.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128094.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:53 EDT More than 20,000 choir singers gathered Sunday to fill the air with positive vibes as Estonians took their minds off a crippling recession in a mass celebration of folk songs. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128043.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128043.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:23 EDT Russia's president says Moscow plans to improve its ties with the Vatican. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128039.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128039.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:09 EDT Three suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA who were captured in France were wanted for violent acts within Spain and had been on the run from police for months, the interior minister said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128017.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128017.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:28 EDT Israel's defense minister said Sunday he hopes to reach a "wider understanding" on regional peace when he meets Washington's Mideast envoy this week, but gave no indication the sides have resolved a dispute over settlement construction in the West Bank. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128013.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128013.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:28 EDT Zimbabwe has promised to withdraw its soldiers from diamond fields in the east, an official newspaper reported Sunday - a week after a rights group alleged the military was committing killings and abuses in the area. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128005.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128005.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:13 EDT Iraqis are skeptical that much will change after last week's pullback of U.S. combat troops from Baghdad and other cities, a sentiment not shared by their government. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128004.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1128004.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:08 EDT Heavy shelling between Somali rebels and government forces near the presidential palace killed at least 12 people on Sunday, witnesses said, and the prime minister looked for help from more African Union peacekeepers. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1128031.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1128031.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:08 EDT One of the impoverished child stars from "Slumdog Millionaire" will move from his shanty home in one of Mumbai's more wretched slums into a new apartment next week, his mother said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127802.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127802.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:33 EDT The more than 1.6 million fans who registered for tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service will finally get word Sunday on whether they will be among the lucky few to get tickets for the ceremony. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127423.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127423.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:48 EDT Roland Martin will anchor a new Sunday public affairs show aimed at a black audience that will debut in September on the TV One network. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127415.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127415.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:48 EDT Madonna paid tribute to Michael Jackson on Saturday night in the same arena where he was to stage his comeback, dancing along with an impersonator doing Jackson's distinctive moves. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127347.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127347.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:28 EDT NBC executives changed their minds Sunday and decided to join other networks that will televise Michael Jackson's memorial service live this week. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127300.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127300.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:48 EDT Dr. Tohme Tohme vividly remembers the first time he met with Michael Jackson to discuss the pop star's finances. It's not the money talk that stays with him now, but his enchantment at entering Jackson's world of love. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127299.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127299.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:48 EDT Music manager Allen Klein, a no-holds-barred businessman who bulldozed his way into and out of deals with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died Saturday, a publicist for his company said. He was 77. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127212.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1127212.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:23 EDT The agent for "Harry Potter" star Rupert Grint says the actor is recovering from a mild case of swine flu.