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Nianthony Martinez, 20, and Angel Emilio Gamez Jr., 21, were charged with attempted first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527837.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527837.html Fri, 09 May 2008 20:38 EDT One week after he was arrested with cocaine at the Tallahassee airport, a candidate for Broward public defender is speaking out in his own defense. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527207.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527207.html Fri, 09 May 2008 20:31 EDT Tinted black windows, a traffic stop and a hotel room stuffed with jewelry, TVs and even comic books led to the arrest of a ''super burglar'' suspected of breaking into homes from Surfside to West Miami, police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527684.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527684.html Fri, 09 May 2008 18:26 EDT A Miami Marine Stadium Marina employee has been arrested for overcharging boats for fuel, police said Friday. Pedro Rey, 42, was charged with organized fraud, grand theft and official misconduct. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527677.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527677.html Fri, 09 May 2008 17:19 EDT A bicyclist struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale is clinging to life, police said. The accident happened shortly after 4 p.m. near Commercial Boulevard and Federal Highway. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527676.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527676.html Fri, 09 May 2008 17:19 EDT A major U.S. counter-drug aid package for Mexico is under attack by U.S. organized labor, which says Congress should reject the initiative unless tough human rights conditions are included, according to a letter revealed Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527238.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527238.html Fri, 09 May 2008 17:14 EDT Former PBS&J Chairman Richard A. Wickett was sentenced Friday to six months home confinement for his role in a long-running scheme to subvert campaign-finance laws. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527165.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527165.html Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30 EDT University of Florida football player Jamar Hornsby was arrested in Alachua County Friday morning, accused of using a credit card belonging to a person who has been dead for six months. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527336.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527336.html Fri, 09 May 2008 14:08 EDT A Miami-Dade public service aide accused of beating his girlfriend and her pregnant sister is scheduled to be in court Monday to respond to the charges. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527174.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527174.html Fri, 09 May 2008 13:37 EDT A Deerfield Beach man trying to cross U.S. 441 in Coral Springs was struck and killed by a car Thursday night, according to police. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527294.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527294.html Fri, 09 May 2008 13:09 EDT Thieves left a trail of litter and shredded vinyl in their wake as they went on a car burglary spree early Friday morning through a northern Fort Lauderdale neighborhood. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527266.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527266.html Fri, 09 May 2008 12:39 EDT The stepson of Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga will no longer be confined to his home because of DUI arrests, a Broward judge ruled Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527054.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527054.html Fri, 09 May 2008 09:50 EDT (AP) -- An Orlando man says he was sleepwalking when he inappropriately touched a girl in 2006. Lawyers for 28-year-old Justin Cox say he had a history of the disorder. The jurors believed the defense. He was cleared Thursday of all charges of lewd and lascivious acts. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527053.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/527053.html Fri, 09 May 2008 09:49 EDT The Pentagon has quietly pulled the plug on plans to post a former Guantánamo prison camps commander to Pakistan, The New York Times reported Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526991.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526991.html Fri, 09 May 2008 08:47 EDT Miami Fire Rescue, working quickly and delicately, performed life-saving surgery on a car Friday morning. They did it to save the driver who was trapped inside a Nissan Altima that had crashed sideways into a heavy concrete power pole on Northwest 23rd Street and Second Avenue. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526971.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526971.html Fri, 09 May 2008 07:44 EDT (AP) -- A Florida judge will soon decide whether Hulk Hogan's son deserves to go to prison for critically injuring a friend during a street race. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526967.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526967.html Fri, 09 May 2008 07:43 EDT (AP) -- Officials say a wildfire burning at Lake Okeechobee has grown to 5,800 acres. Wind shifts could mean the fire may grow to 15,000 acres in the coming days. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526588.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526588.html Thu, 08 May 2008 23:49 EDT Latin flair In the 20th-century the Eurocentric keyboard literature of Chopin, Beethoven, and Brahms was enriched by ane unexpected profusion of works created by Spanish and South American composers. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526523.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526523.html Thu, 08 May 2008 23:04 EDT Miami commissioners agreed Thursday to pay $2.2 million to settle a grave injustice involving a mentally retarded man who spent 22 years behind bars -- for murders and rapes he didn't commit. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526511.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526511.html Thu, 08 May 2008 22:54 EDT A military judge threatened Thursday to suspend the terror trial of Canadian Omar Khadr unless the prison camp releases a detailed log of the Toronto-born captive's treatment in detention. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526512.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526512.html Thu, 08 May 2008 22:54 EDT Barack Obama says Florida's delegation will be at the national Democratic Party's convention this summer, ''happy, with their party hats on,'' two uncommitted Florida superdelegates said Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526477.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/526477.html Thu, 08 May 2008 22:29 EDT Barack Obama says Florida's delegation will be at the national Democratic Party's convention this summer, ''happy, with their party hats on,'' two uncommitted Florida superdelegates said Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/518262.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/518262.html Fri, 02 May 2008 07:16 EDT At least two people were shot and a third arrested after police busted what they believe was a burglary in progress in Cooper City overnight. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/440224.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/440224.html Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:58 EST JUPITER – Sergio Mitre received more promising news concerning his strained right forearm. The pitcher said a magnetic resonance imaging test done Friday afternoon did not reveal any ligament damage, confirming an earlier diagnosis. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/390268.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/390268.html Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:18 EST The Boynton Beach area may have seen the worst of a storm that lasted well into Wednesday morning for some parts of southern Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/387305.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/387305.html Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:57 EST Two people died on Sunday night inside a Hialeah restaurant in what appears to be a murder-suicide, police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/361620.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/361620.html Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:22 EST Federated Department stores announced they are closing nine Macys stores in 2008. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/88595.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/88595.html Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:53 EDT Bacardi has hired a new chief financial officer. Graham C. Hetherington, 48, succeeds Ralph Morera, 62, on May 1 and will be based at the spirits giant's global headquarters in Hamilton, Bermuda. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/88572.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/88572.html Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:37 EDT MADRID -- (AP) -- Cuban dissident writer Raul Rivero has won a prestigious Spanish journalism award for his work as a journalist reporting on his native country, where he spent two years in jail on charges of trying to undermine President Fidel Castro's government. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/88550.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/88550.html Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:00 EDT Burger King Holdings swung to a profit in the third-quarter, fueled by sales of new sandwiches at the second-largest hamburger chain. http://www.miamiherald.com/856/story/527878.html http://www.miamiherald.com/856/story/527878.html Fri, 09 May 2008 21:25 EDT Vernon Wells left the Toronto Blue Jays' game against the Cleveland Indians on Friday night with an injured left wrist and tight right hamstring after making a diving catch in the sixth inning. http://www.miamiherald.com/856/story/527561.html http://www.miamiherald.com/856/story/527561.html Fri, 09 May 2008 21:10 EDT Jim Edmonds' batting average had fallen to .178 - more than 100 points below his lifetime mark - and he clearly had lost a step or two while chasing fly balls in center field. http://www.miamiherald.com/856/story/527869.html http://www.miamiherald.com/856/story/527869.html Fri, 09 May 2008 21:09 EDT Jimmy Rollins came off the disabled list Friday and the NL MVP was in the Philadelphia Phillies' lineup batting leadoff and playing shortstop in the series opener against the San Francisco Giants. http://www.miamiherald.com/856/story/527798.html http://www.miamiherald.com/856/story/527798.html Fri, 09 May 2008 21:05 EDT Seattle slugger Richie Sexson was suspended for six games and fined Friday by Major League Baseball after charging the mound and throwing his helmet at a Texas pitcher the previous night. http://www.miamiherald.com/856/story/527839.html http://www.miamiherald.com/856/story/527839.html Fri, 09 May 2008 21:04 EDT Lorena Ochoa started with a birdie, pulling her even with Annika Sorenstam, the playing partner she replaced as the No. 1 female golfer in the world. http://www.miamiherald.com/776/story/527678.html http://www.miamiherald.com/776/story/527678.html Fri, 09 May 2008 17:20 EDT If you're an "American Idol" viewer like me, you're probably feeling a bit taken for granted right about now. http://www.miamiherald.com/776/story/526989.html http://www.miamiherald.com/776/story/526989.html Fri, 09 May 2008 08:10 EDT She's not just fast. She's very fast. http://www.miamiherald.com/776/story/527056.html http://www.miamiherald.com/776/story/527056.html Fri, 09 May 2008 09:52 EDT A judge has reinstated a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G., reversing an earlier decision to dismiss the case. http://www.miamiherald.com/776/story/527323.html http://www.miamiherald.com/776/story/527323.html Fri, 09 May 2008 15:16 EDT Rapper Foxy Brown has pleaded guilty to menacing a neighbor with her cell phone last year. She avoided jail based on time already served. http://www.miamiherald.com/776/story/527449.html http://www.miamiherald.com/776/story/527449.html Fri, 09 May 2008 15:20 EDT "Speed Racer" runs for a gluteus-deadening 2 hours and 9 minutes. http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/527874.html http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/527874.html Fri, 09 May 2008 21:14 EDT A South Florida judge has recused herself from a case against the Broward Sheriff's Office because of testimony from the county's disgraced former sheriff. http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/527864.html http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/527864.html Fri, 09 May 2008 20:54 EDT A federal appeals court has overturned a U.S. District Court ruling in Florida that invalidated permits for limestone mining on 5,400 acres along a strip of former wetlands west of Miami known as the "Lake Belt." http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/527049.html http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/527049.html Fri, 09 May 2008 20:46 EDT Police questioned a man arrested Friday at a Miami-area mall for possible links to the murders of a mother and daughter at a Boca Raton mall, but a victim was not able to ID him in a photo lineup. http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/527168.html http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/527168.html Fri, 09 May 2008 19:01 EDT A Florida football player was kicked off the team Friday after turning himself in on charges he used the gas credit card of a woman who was killed along with another player in a motorcycle accident. http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/527458.html http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/527458.html Fri, 09 May 2008 18:29 EDT More than 80 people were arrested in a federal sweep of four companies that allegedly arranged fraudulent marriages to earn immigrants citizenship, even organizing wedding photos with bridal gowns and elaborate, but fake, wedding cakes, federal officials said Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/527421.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/527421.html Fri, 09 May 2008 21:25 EDT Voting began Saturday across most parts of this cyclone-ravaged nation on a referendum for a controversial constitution, but balloting was delayed for two weeks in the hardest hit areas, including the capital. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/526858.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/526858.html Fri, 09 May 2008 21:25 EDT More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar - but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country. Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/527570.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/527570.html Fri, 09 May 2008 20:45 EDT President Felipe Calderon said Friday the killing of an acting federal police chief was an attempt by weakened gangs to counter his fight against drug trafficking. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/527838.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/527838.html Fri, 09 May 2008 20:39 EDT A newly disclosed set of documents that Colombia's government says were recovered from a slain rebel's computers indicate senior Venezuelan officials tried to help arm Colombia's main guerrilla army. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/527828.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/527828.html Fri, 09 May 2008 20:24 EDT An international banker nominated to be Haiti's next prime minister said Friday that Haiti must concentrate on long-term strategies to help the millions pushed deeper into misery by higher food prices. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/527861.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/527861.html Fri, 09 May 2008 20:54 EDT Federal regulators says they've closed ANB Financial National Association banks after discovering "unsafe and unsound" business practices there. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/527834.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/527834.html Fri, 09 May 2008 20:34 EDT If smoking is banned in Detroit bars, restaurants and workplaces, Betty Gilbert says it will hurt the city's casinos. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/527590.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/527590.html Fri, 09 May 2008 18:27 EDT FedEx Corp. cut its fourth-quarter earnings expectations Friday, blaming continuing increases in fuel costs. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/527029.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/527029.html Fri, 09 May 2008 17:51 EDT Wall Street ended the week with a big decline as investors grappled with two of the biggest threats to the economy: fallout from turmoil in the credit market and surging energy prices. All three major indexes suffered losses for the week. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/526286.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/526286.html Fri, 09 May 2008 17:31 EDT Treasury prices mostly rose Friday after steeper-than-expected losses at insurer AIG stirred fresh concern about strains still taxing the global financial system and as stocks retreated following another advance in oil prices.