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, 22 Nov 2009 00:12:48 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1345223.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1345223.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:51 EST Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $115,579.31 each, the Florida Lottery said Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1345215.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1345215.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:51 EST No tickets matched the four winning numbers plus the Mega Ball number, so the jackpot rolled over to an estimated $650,000 in the Mega Money game, the Florida Lottery said Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1345094.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1345094.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:01 EST A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1345148.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1345148.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:08 EST The founder of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has created a new Web site that helps Tampa Bay area's homeless. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1345507.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1345507.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:28 EST The head of Volkswagen's motor sports program is at Homestead-Miami Speedway, fueling speculation that the automaker is interested in joining Toyota as the second foreign manufacturer in NASCAR. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346242.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346242.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:47 EST Colt McCoy set an NCAA record with his 43rd career victory as a starter, passing for 396 yards as No. 3 Texas wrapped up the Big 12 South title with a 51-20 victory Saturday night over a Kansas and embattled coach Mark Mangino. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346230.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346230.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:42 EST Jamarco Warren scored 16 points and Kelvin Martin added 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead Charleston Southern to an 80-64 victory over Stetson on Saturday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346229.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346229.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:42 EST With a stunning victory in his hometown, Andre Ward proved he's ready for the world. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346224.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346224.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:42 EST Kentucky scored 14 points off four Georgia second-half turnovers and the Wildcats rallied to beat the Bulldogs 34-27 on Saturday night for their first win in Athens in 32 years. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346207.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346207.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:27 EST Luis Scola scored 22 points and grabbed key rebounds in the final minutes, and the Houston Rockets held off the Sacramento Kings 113-106 Saturday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346206.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346206.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:27 EST Keaton Belcher scored a career-high 17 points and Belmont defeated Alabama State 78-42 on Saturday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346188.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346188.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:17 EST Roy Helu Jr. ran 26 times for 95 yards and a touchdown, and Nebraska defeated Kansas State 17-3 to win the Big 12 North on Saturday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346187.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1346187.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:17 EST Casey Cantey scored 22 points to lead Alabama A&M in a 76-55 win over Martin Methodist on Saturday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345292.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345292.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:07 EST On New Year's Eve each year, thousands line up at fish counters across Hawaii to buy blocks of raw tuna, hoping that eating it will bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. This year, the long tradition may get a little more difficult to observe. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345323.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345323.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:37 EST Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345130.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345130.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:22 EST Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday sharply criticized officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for manipulating recent regional votes, saying it must learn to win fairly. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345325.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345325.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:37 EST The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345267.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345267.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:37 EST LyondellBasell Industries said Saturday Reliance Industries offered to acquire a controlling interest in the beleaguered chemical company, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345364.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345364.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:07 EST A comparison of the health care bills before Congress: http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345666.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1345666.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:37 EST Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1343549.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1343549.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:07 EST Federal regulators on Thursday directed Flagler Bank of West Palm Beach to address concerns about its financial stability.<p/>In a 17-page written agreement with the bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta ordered Flagler to submit a plan for strengthening the board's oversight of management and operations. It also must show it can maintain sufficient capital and improve liquidity. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345859.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345859.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:02 EST An attorney says he has been negotiating the possible surrender of a fugitive developer who allegedly walked away with thousands of dollars from investors in a northern Arkansas project. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345335.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345335.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:42 EST A group of investors is urging an Antiguan court to remove a British accounting firm appointed to collect assets of a Caribbean offshore bank at the center of an alleged Ponzi scheme by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345294.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345294.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:17 EST Federal authorities broke up a Palm Beach County trafficking ring that piped more than 175,000 oxycodone tablets from South Florida pain clinics to the Appalachian Mountains. It was the largest such prescription drug-selling operation yet dismantled, according to federal court documents and three sources with knowledge of the investigation. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345273.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345273.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:52 EST In the week after Jesus and Guillermo Reyes were detained at home and threatened with deportation to Venezuela, college students rallied in Kendall, Venezuelan community leaders called politicians, lawyers mobilized and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida asked that the brothers "be given all due consideration." http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345256.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345256.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:12 EST An Ocala woman and her four children were killed when their home caught fire. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345239.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345239.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:52 EST A Florida Keys couple is dead after detectives say the man apparently shot his girlfriend and then himself. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345223.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345223.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:37 EST Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $115,579.31 each, the Florida Lottery said Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345215.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1345215.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:32 EST No tickets matched the four winning numbers plus the Mega Ball number, so the jackpot rolled over to an estimated $650,000 in the Mega Money game, the Florida Lottery said Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1346284.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1346284.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:07 EST Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1346218.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1346218.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:37 EST Dozens of protesters are occupying the main administrative building at University of California, Santa Cruz in the third straight day of protest over fee hikes and cuts to campus services. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1346169.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1346169.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:07 EST A subway passenger was stabbed to death in front of horrified riders in a dispute with another man over a seat in the car early Saturday morning in midtown Manhattan, police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1346058.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1346058.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:12 EST Vice President Joe Biden told Iowa Democrats on Saturday that the Senate handed the president a big victory with its decision to move forward with debate on sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1345955.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1345955.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:22 EST Authorities say four people were hurt when one of San Francisco's historic cable cars jarred to a sudden stop while traveling through downtown. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1345852.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1345852.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:52 EST Officials say a three-alarm fire on the boardwalk in Atlantic City has been declared under control. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1345803.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1345803.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:22 EST When Sarah Palin made her first trip to western Pennsylvania as GOP presidential candidate John McCain's fresh-faced running mate, the Arizona senator warned locals that she "doesn't let anyone tell her to sit down." http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1345787.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1345787.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:07 EST The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1346254.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1346254.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:52 EST Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1346149.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1346149.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:57 EST Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 - the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345693.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345693.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:27 EST Venezuelan authorities have captured a former Colombian official wanted for collaborating with outlawed right-wing paramilitary fighters. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345608.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345608.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:42 EST A bear has attacked a man who entered its enclosure at a new park in Switzerland, and a policeman opened fire on the animal to defend the intruder. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345329.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345329.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:22 EST Hamas announced Saturday evening that it has reached an agreement with other militant groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345309.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345309.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:42 EST Sen. John McCain says he has no doubt that "political correctness" played a role in preventing concerns about the alleged Fort Hood gunman from reaching the right people. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345291.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345291.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:02 EST Saudi health officials announced the first deaths from swine flu of this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, as four pilgrims succumbed to the disease soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345269.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345269.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:37 EST President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan said Saturday his nation may resort to military force if talks with Armenia on resolving a long-standing territorial dispute produce no result. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346180.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346180.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:12 EST British TV personality David Frost will be honored at the 37th Annual International Emmy Awards for a wide-ranging career that has taken him from pioneering political satire on television to conducting serious interviews with former President Richard Nixon and other newsmakers. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345851.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345851.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:52 EST Hundreds have gathered to salute Detroit-style royalty - the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345459.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345459.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:47 EST Sheryl Crow is joining others in calling on the federal government to halt roundups of wild horses in the West, branding them as inhumane and unnecessary. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345296.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345296.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:22 EST Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by "The Dark Knight," which had a $67.2 million opening day last year. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345293.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345293.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:12 EST Step outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that's been home to her television talk show for two decades, and it's easy to get a sense of what she's meant to Chicago. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345268.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345268.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:37 EST A German auction house says it has withdrawn from sale a painting that the Max Stern estate claims was one of hundreds the Jewish art dealer was forced to sell off by the Nazis. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345187.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345187.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:07 EST New York police shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber (BEE'-ber) after thousands of young girls showed up and got a little too wild. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345161.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345161.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:02 EST Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty - the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.