http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Broward 60 Wed, 14 May 2008 21:17:32 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532185.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532185.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT Nubia Agudelo and her husband were facing foreclosure and everyone they turned to refused to help them with their loan. ''We were paying $3,000 a month on two mortgages,'' said Nubia Agudelo, 50, of her four-bedroom, two-bath house in Pembroke Pines. She paid $300,000 for it in 2006. http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/533541.html http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/533541.html Wed, 14 May 2008 20:13 EDT Broward Sheriff's Sgt. Joe Diskin was cruising on his motorcycle down State Road A1A on Monday, off duty, out of uniform and not thinking about work. http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/532806.html http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/532806.html Wed, 14 May 2008 15:59 EDT Allstate has lost its battle in court and it will be barred from writing new business in Florida until it complies with a subpoena for documents and information issued by the state's insurance commissioner. http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/532985.html http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/532985.html Wed, 14 May 2008 14:32 EDT Roughly 500 significant cases of identity theft crossed the desk of Sgt. Jay Leiner, head of the Broward Sheriff's Office's Economic Crime Unit, in 2007. http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/532922.html http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/532922.html Wed, 14 May 2008 13:31 EDT A South Florida man accused of videotaping himself abusing a young girl now faces more than 100 more child pornography charges. Matthew Kent Sheley was arrested in April and charged with possessing child pornography and sexually battering a child. Florida authorities on Wednesday added 103 child pornography charges against the 36-year-old, who lived in Hallandale Beach. http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/532655.html http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/532655.html Wed, 14 May 2008 09:07 EDT The school day at Deerfield Beach High got off to a smoky start Wednesday and it had nothing to do with wildfires. Somebody set off a smoke bomb about 7:40 a.m., forcing the school's evacuation. http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/390482.html http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/390482.html Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:04 EST A spectacular multifloral lady slipper orchid, with long, undulating petals and golden pouches, won grand champion as best plant of the show at the 19th World Orchid Conference, open in Miami through Sunday. Exhibited by Krull-Smith of Apopka, the superbly grown Paphiopedilum Michael Koopowitz is a cross between Paph. philippinense and Paph. sanderianum. The plant is three feet tall and four feet wide, with petals extending 2 ½ feet. Frank Smith, the company owner, said the plant is not... http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/88455.html http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/88455.html Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:59 EDT ORLANDO -- (AP) -- A group petitioning to ban gay marriage filed a lawsuit Thursday against Broward County and a Sunrise police officer, claiming the sergeant violated volunteers' civil rights during a petition drive. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532184.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532184.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT The former President Bush calls him ''Zach,'' and the Bush currently in the White House calls him ``Zee Zee.'' He has been a repeat guest at the family's Crawford ranch, the White House and on Air Force One. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532183.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532183.html Wed, 14 May 2008 00:01 EDT Hoping to crack down on school bullying and harassment, Broward School Board members on Tuesday discussed a new policy that emphasizes prevention, training and close monitoring of all complaints. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532343.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532343.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT Plucking birds from their nests sometimes brings Cameron Fritzson a few bucks. This week, it almost cost him his life. Fritzson, 20, was in critical condition Tuesday, a day after nearly being electrocuted while trying to capture monk parakeets from atop a Florida Power & Light tower in Pembroke Pines. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532171.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532171.html Wed, 14 May 2008 08:04 EDT With the economy down and needs up for the homeless, the hungry and the elderly, donations to South Florida churches and other religious institutions are straining to keep up with soaring needs, leaders say. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532153.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532153.html Wed, 14 May 2008 07:10 EDT Broward County Commissioners unanimously rejected Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport's proposed new airline incentives on Tuesday, asking the aviation director to rejigger the list of cities -- or determine if a program is even necessary. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532129.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532129.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT A mother and her 2-month-old baby were in critical condition on Tuesday night after firefighters rescued them from a burning Coral Springs home earlier in the week. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532138.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532138.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT A man accused of robbing a Pembroke Pines bank is now charged with three more bank robberies in Hollywood, according to Hollywood police. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532186.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/532186.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT Broward commissioners played budget hardball with new Sheriff Al Lamberti on Tuesday, saying they'd hire an auditor to scrutinize his books and scour his proposed $719 million budget in search of fat. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/531832.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/531832.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT The For Your Information column appears in The Miami Herald's Broward section. You'll find classes, clubs, programs for senior citizens and children, and community entertainment events. Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. To submit items online, go to MiamiHerald.com, click on Calendar of Events and click Add Events, then follow the prompts or e-mail your items to newscalendar@MiamiHerald.com... http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530727.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530727.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT The trucks pulled up in front of Tim Farley's home like a military convoy. Nearly a dozen men clad in green and armed with chain saws and pruning shears marched into his backyard to find and destroy the enemy -- Farley's citrus trees. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530773.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530773.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT Broward physician and heavyweight Republican donor Zachariah P. Zachariah has been accused of insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530672.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530672.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT Scattered brush fires from Central to South Florida forced road closures and evacuations throughout the state on Monday, prompting Gov. Charlie Crist to declare a state of emergency to facilitate firefighting efforts statewide. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530708.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530708.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT The start of the manslaughter trial of former New York Yankees player Jim Leyritz was postponed Monday. Leyritz, 44, is accused of running a red light and crashing his sport utility vehicle into a car driven by Fredia Ann Veitch on his birthday in December. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530729.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530729.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT They were three people who lived in the same neighborhood of Spanish-tile homes and semi-circle driveways in north Fort Lauderdale, separated by only a few blocks. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530730.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530730.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT It's been more than 20 years since Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to make an official visit to a synagogue, but Jewish and Catholic leaders are still working today to mend the lingering rift between the two communities. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530736.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/530736.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is investigating a traffic crash fatality involving a vehicle and a bicyclist.