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David Dueppen and his baby's mother, former stripper Beatrice Hernandez, turned even tawdrier Tuesday as the two traded intimate and bizarre allegations in a Miami-Dade courtroom. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327180.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327180.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST After Broward School Board members complained in August that the FCAT coincided with Easter and Passover in 2011, state officials agreed to change the schedule for giving the high-stakes exam. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327178.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327178.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST After learning the Broward school district has been overspending thousands in overtime payments, School Board members wanted to know Tuesday how they could put a stop to it. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327199.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327199.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST When auto magnate Ed Morse faced a legal tussle with a South Florida interior decorator, Morse turned to his lawyer Scott Rothstein -- and got taken for a ride. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1325239.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1325239.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:22 EST When auto magnate Ed Morse faced a legal tussle with a South Florida interior decorator, Morse turned to his lawyer Scott Rothstein -- and got taken for a ride. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1326640.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1326640.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:02 EST Laywers have filed a petition on behalf of three investors to force Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein's law firm into involuntary bankruptcy. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1325672.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1325672.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:37 EST The Broward School Board may sign off on a more restrictive policy for lobbyists Tuesday, following a board member's arrest that called lobbyists' influence into question. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1315731.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1315731.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A voluptuous young woman greets patrons with a welcoming smile at the door of Satoro Restaurant & Lounge. Step inside, and the place is as sultry as the hostess -- clubby and urban with soft lighting, white leather seats and warm orange accents. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1303692.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1303692.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT When it opened in 1989, Bimini Boatyard became the hot place to go on Fort Lauderdale's 17th Street Causeway. Fancy cars filled the parking lots, mega yachts docked out back and people-watching was over the top. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1292511.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1292511.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The light, fragrant, healthful cuisine of Vietnam is perfect for South Florida, yet we're only beginning to embrace it. The love affair is bound to heat up with the opening of Basilic Vietnamese Grill in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, likely the only spot east of U.S. 441 specializing in dishes like pho, shaking beef and Vietnamese crepes. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1281950.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1281950.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Going out to watch football doesn't have to mean eating greasy bar food. Here are three places that offer a wider selection to go with their wide screens. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1270772.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1270772.html Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Dining at Candela is like having a personal chef. Give talented toque Armando Vega a few days notice and he'll cook whatever you want (within reason, of course). Plus you'll be amazed at the quality and quantity of the food at such modest prices. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327199.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327199.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST When auto magnate Ed Morse faced a legal tussle with a South Florida interior decorator, Morse turned to his lawyer Scott Rothstein -- and got taken for a ride. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327190.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327190.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The already sordid tale of the Rev. David Dueppen and his baby's mother, former stripper Beatrice Hernandez, turned even tawdrier Tuesday as the two traded intimate and bizarre allegations in a Miami-Dade courtroom. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327180.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327180.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST After Broward School Board members complained in August that the FCAT coincided with Easter and Passover in 2011, state officials agreed to change the schedule for giving the high-stakes exam. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327178.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327178.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST After learning the Broward school district has been overspending thousands in overtime payments, School Board members wanted to know Tuesday how they could put a stop to it. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327167.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327167.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The Broward School Board, prohibited by the state from building any new schools because there are already too many empty seats in the district, approved 27 new charter schools Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327164.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327164.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST One year of warfare in Iraq made Cesar Pastora an angry, troubled man. A veteran of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Pastora fed on the exhilaration of his duties: jumping from airplanes, which he did 42 times, and participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1325239.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1325239.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:22 EST When auto magnate Ed Morse faced a legal tussle with a South Florida interior decorator, Morse turned to his lawyer Scott Rothstein -- and got taken for a ride. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1325222.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1325222.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Ian Pearl once feared a tracheal tube inserted into his throat would render him voiceless.<p/> But he got his voice back -- and then some.<p/> He's using it now to bring attention to the issue of discriminatory health insurance practices against the disabled. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1326640.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1326640.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:02 EST Laywers have filed a petition on behalf of three investors to force Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein's law firm into involuntary bankruptcy. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1325301.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1325301.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST As an underdog U.S. Senate candidate courting the GOP's conservative wing, Marco Rubio takes a hard-line position against illegal immigration: no amnesty. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1325224.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1325224.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Florida's tough prison sentences for juveniles came under scrutiny at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, with justices appearing divided about whether locking up teenagers for life constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1325216.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1325216.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:22 EST After picking up a key endorsement Monday that could pump big money into his campaign, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio set to work on another win that would deliver a big, symbolic blow to Charlie Crist in the governor's home county. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1323766.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1323766.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein, who returned from a trip to Morocco last week to face a federal fraud investigation, said he was in good spirits Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1323759.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1323759.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A Lotto ticket sold at a Pembroke Park gas station won Saturday night's $28 million jackpot, the Florida Lottery said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1323757.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1323757.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The last time Louise Hall saw her daughter, she helped her pack a suitcase into her trunk.<p/> They said goodbye, and Janet Cates, 56, drove off. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1322690.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1322690.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST His marriage long ago went sour, his home taken in foreclosure, his job lost to incompetence, his finances sunk in bankruptcy. Everything Jason Rodriguez sought ended in failure. Except his alleged plot to kill. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317135.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317135.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The National Rifle Association is pushing legislation to ban adoption agencies from asking potential parents if they have guns and ammunition in the home. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317138.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317138.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST On Nov. 5, 2008, Ray Sansom pulled up a chair before a swarm of reporters and effectively began his term as speaker of the Florida House, exulting in Republican success at the polls the night before and staring down a $2 billion budget deficit. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314878.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314878.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Responding to criticism over inactivity on 4,400 state complaints against debt collectors, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum proposed separate measures Tuesday to reign in abusive tactics. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314881.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314881.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Florida's restrictions on where sex offenders can live might be both ineffective and endangering the public, a legislative analyst said Tuesday.<p/> Marti Harkness, a criminal-justice analyst, told the House Public Safety & Domestic Security Committee that studies from Florida, Minnesota and Colorado showed almost no link between a sex offender's residency and the crime he committed. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314886.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314886.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Casting herself as a ``fresh face'' not connected to what she calls a troubled Republican establishment, state Sen. Paula Dockery of Lakeland jumped into the race for governor Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314879.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314879.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST TALLAHASSEE - Attorney General Bill McCollum filed suit Tuesday against two leading Internet travel firms, accusing Expedia and Orbitz of cheating the state and local governments out of millions of dollars in sales tax revenues from online hotel bookings. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1313125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1313125.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Independent voters are more likely to side with Republicans than with Democrats on issues facing Floridians, according to a poll conducted for The Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1309088.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1309088.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Florida voters want offshore oil drilling, oppose a ``public option'' for health insurance and overwhelmingly support a gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe, according to a new Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326603.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326603.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:41 EST Law enforcement in Geneva say they've charged a Florida inmate with a murder that occurred nearly 15 years ago. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326515.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326515.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:10 EST The Florida Public Service Commission on Tuesday rejected proposed energy conservation goals that environmentalists had called too weak. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326489.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326489.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00 EST A Virginia man charged in a racketeering case against the Pagans Motorcycle Club has pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326467.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326467.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:55 EST The USA International Ballet Competition has attracted the world's best young dancers to Mississippi for 30 years. And while many ballet companies have seen budgets shrink in tough times, the IBC says a record number of dancers want to compete here in 2010. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326446.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326446.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:35 EST Prosecutors have decided to drop charges against two men who got into a raucous fist fight at a St. Petersburg City Council meeting. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326405.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326405.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:10 EST University of Maryland Medical Center surgeons have transplanted four kidneys after removing them through donors' belly buttons. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326377.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326377.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:00 EST A former Dixie County building inspector has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326339.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1326339.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:35 EST A man who made billions of dollars off Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme signed a will leaving the bulk of his fortune to charity, but the gift's ultimate size may depend on legal wrangling over how much of the money rightfully belongs to cheated victims. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327167.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327167.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The Broward School Board, prohibited by the state from building any new schools because there are already too many empty seats in the district, approved 27 new charter schools Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327199.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327199.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST When auto magnate Ed Morse faced a legal tussle with a South Florida interior decorator, Morse turned to his lawyer Scott Rothstein -- and got taken for a ride. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327190.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327190.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The already sordid tale of the Rev. David Dueppen and his baby's mother, former stripper Beatrice Hernandez, turned even tawdrier Tuesday as the two traded intimate and bizarre allegations in a Miami-Dade courtroom. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327180.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1327180.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST After Broward School Board members complained in August that the FCAT coincided with Easter and Passover in 2011, state officials agreed to change the schedule for giving the high-stakes exam.