http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2010 MiamiHerald.com Miami-Dade 60 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:42:11 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1469996.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1469996.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00 EST Facing more serious charges, the pop musician accused of drunkenly driving away from a fatal bicycling accident learned Monday that he would not be allowed to leave jail. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1469997.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1469997.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00 EST Miami Beach police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that left a 23-year-old man hospitalized early Monday, a police spokesman said.<p/> Detective Juan Sanchez described the person shot by police as a 23-year-old male, who was in stable condition after being taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center with a gunshot wound to the torso. He was not identified by name. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1469987.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1469987.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00 EST State utility regulators and Florida Power & Light's parent company said Monday they would investigate anonymous allegations that FPL managers broke the law and committed fraud by forcing employees to provide inaccurate and misleading information to regulators and shareholders. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1470051.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1470051.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00 EST A 16-year-old girl, who had been missing since Friday afternoon, was reported found and unharmed, Miami-Dade police said Monday.<p/> The teen, Rebecca Dumornay, had been last seen leaving Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in North Miami-Dade, where she is a junior. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1469994.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1469994.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:00 EST Nurse Kelley Marchette scooped up the newborn baby, his face shining blue. He wasn't breathing.<p/> But she didn't forget her training -- she shoved a tube down the newborn's throat and began pumping air into his lungs. Within seconds, the baby boy let out a mechanical cry. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1470767.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/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/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1470688.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/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/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1459981.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1459981.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:00 EST Talavera, a charming Coral Gables newcomer, is worth a visit any day for its homey Mexican cuisine, classy setting and notably sharp service, but especially on Super Bowl Sunday for crisp, hand-cut corn chips the color of pale cinnamon bark that are utterly greaseless and as authentic as can be. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1448445.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1448445.html Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:00 EST Winter is the best time to people-watch in South Florida, and these three outdoor dining spots in Coconut Grove, Coral Gables and South Miami offer not only affordable al fresco food but prime viewing for our favorite spectator sport. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1434219.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1434219.html Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:00 EST Soleá, the W Hotel's newly launched Spanish stunner, is as warm and welcoming as a cup of steaming chocolate on a cold winter night. This is not the same Soleá that made its faltering debut in August. After being pushed to open for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a watered-down Mediterranean concept, restaurateurs Karim Masri, Nicola Siervo and Rony Seikaly (Quattro Gastronomia Italiana, Sosta Pizzeria) lured talented executive chef Marc Vidal to give South Beach its first real taste of Spanish cuisine. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1422389.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1422389.html Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:00 EST The new downtown Botequim Carioca is a breed apart from our herd of Brazilian churrascarias. More of a tapas bar that also has a menu of filling main courses, it's worth a try if you're in the AmericanAirlines Arena neighborhood. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1469989.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1469989.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00 EST U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek is adding some horsepower to his campaign.<p/> Fans in the stands and watching ESPN2 cable coverage of Saturday's NASCAR race in Daytona Beach will see Mike Wallace's No. 01 race car emblazoned with the ``Kendrick Meek for U.S. Senate'' logo. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1470050.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1470050.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00 EST A Fantasy 5 ticket sold in Pinecrest was one of four to match all five numbers in Sunday night's drawing, and is worth $45,828.77, the Florida Lottery said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1470053.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1470053.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00 EST A Homestead man was sentenced to two years in prison last week for smuggling cigarettes into Europe to avoid paying millions in customs and tax duties. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1470751.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1470751.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:32 EST Cash-strapped Miami Beach is hoping newly installed red light cameras will not only make driving safer at certain intersections, but also bring badly needed money to city coffers once fines begin early next month. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1468634.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1468634.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00 EST When the telephone rings at her home in Coral Gables, Lourdes Batista rushes to answer in hopes of hearing some news from law enforcement authorities about her husband, Félix, who was kidnapped more than a year ago while on a business trip to Mexico. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1468709.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1468709.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:56 EST This time, the Super Bowl weather conspired in South Florida's favor. As the Mid-Atlantic dug out from a historic blizzard, a television audience expected to top 100 million people saw a far different climate as a mild, cloudless evening greeted football's biggest game. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1468541.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1468541.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:00 EST All in all I thought it was a terrific Super Bowl, except when the Toyota Corolla with the stuck throttle crashed through the west grandstands and took out the entire CBS sideline reporting staff. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1468633.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1468633.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:00 EST A North Carolina player won Saturday night's $141.4 million Powerball jackpot, but Florida Lotto players hoping for that game's top prize came up empty. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1467546.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1467546.html Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:00 EST After spending almost $16 billion to implement Florida's voter-approved plan to reduce class sizes, Gov. Charlie Crist and the Republican Legislature are now talking about reining it in. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1467199.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1467199.html Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:00 EST Despite four decades of slogging through Everglades marshes and mangroves, wildlife ecologist Frank Mazzotti had never experienced anything like the aftermath of frigid January. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1465912.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1465912.html Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:00 EST To some dogs, discovering a dead lizard in the yard is like finding a slice of bacon on the kitchen floor: a Category 5 tasty treat.<p/> It also can be deadly. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1465919.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1465919.html Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:00 EST Florida Transportation Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos was cleared Friday of allegations that she skirted state public records laws in a series of unusual e-mail exchanges with a co-worker. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1465914.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1465914.html Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:00 EST From golf-course fees to charter jets to the nation's capital, Republican Party of Florida Executive Director Delmar Johnson racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel, food and expenses to his party-issued American Express card last year. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1463663.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1463663.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:00 EST A lucrative secret contract awarded to the top deputy for Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer has Republican leaders livid as they try to repair the financially ailing party during this key election year. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1463946.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1463946.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:00 EST U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio backtracked Thursday from his statement that the U.S. Census should count only ``legal American citizens,'' temporarily shifting his surging campaign into damage control. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1463947.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1463947.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:00 EST Every day, people in the state's capital city pass by the historic site of a 1960 lunch counter sit-in and just see an old, abandoned brick storefront. But two black lawmakers, one of whom was behind the Legislature's formal slavery apology two years ago, see the building as a symbol of Florida's important role in the civil-rights movement. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1447867.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1447867.html Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:00 EST Did Florida Power & Light mislead state regulators when it announced Jan. 13 that it would be forced to suspend projects because it didn't win a 30 percent rate increase? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1447970.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1447970.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:02 EST State Rep. Ray Sansom on Tuesday accused a state prosecutor of misconduct and asked that charges of misusing $6 million in taxpayer money be dismissed. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1445889.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1445889.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:00 EST Having already spent $16 billion to reduce class sizes -- and facing a multibillion-dollar budget deficit -- leading Republicans including Gov. Charlie Crist want voters to reconsider their 2002 vote in favor of smaller classes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1444220.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1444220.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:00 EST At first glance, they seem alike: Both men are politically ambitious lawyers and state senators from South Florida. <p/> But real differences separate Dave Aronberg and Dan Gelber, who are fighting for the Democratic nomination for attorney general. The contest is one of three down-ballot statewide races likely to be decided by TV ads and obscured by high-profile free-for-alls for U.S. Senate and governor. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1443085.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1443085.html Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:00 EST Scott Rothstein dissed O.J. Whatley when the Hollywood businessman tried to get a meeting with the one-time bigshot to pitch him on luxury watches. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1443086.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1443086.html Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:00 EST Scott Rothstein will have his day of reckoning Wednesday, when he pleads guilty to the biggest investment racket in South Florida history.<p/> Even as the 47-year-old faces the prospect of life in prison, his legacy as a human wrecking ball lives on. Rothstein is widely considered the narcissistic destroyer of a law firm who scarred the lives of colleagues, investors, politicians, cops and charities. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1441106.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1441106.html Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:00 EST Gov. Charlie Crist proposed a $2.1 billion environmental-protection budget Friday that's a reflection of the dire financial times: Bare bones and lacking new initiatives. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1441000.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1441000.html Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:00 EST TALLAHASSEE - Ousted House Speaker Ray Sansom got more time Friday to find a new lawyer as he defends himself against charges he damaged the Legislature's integrity. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470213.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470213.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:08 EST A Miami Beach police officer shot and wounded a suspect. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470211.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470211.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:08 EST A man accidentally shot himself in the leg shortly after leaving a Jupiter gun store. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470210.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470210.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:08 EST A Minnesota man has been sentenced to five years in prison for leaving behind a passenger who fell off his motorcycle and died in Volusia County. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470209.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470209.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:08 EST A manatee that was rescued in South Florida last year has been released back into the wild. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470208.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470208.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:08 EST A Homestead man has been sentenced to two years in prison for smuggling more than a million packs of cigarettes out of the United States. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470116.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1470116.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:58 EST Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1469653.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1469653.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:44 EST Gov. Charlie Crist has teamed with a famous dolphin to raise awareness that kids in Florida's foster care system need to be adopted. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1469565.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1469565.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:11 EST The Florida Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt the execution of a man convicted of murdering a state wildlife officer 25 years ago.