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 2009 MiamiHerald.com Broward 60 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:02:51 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1140310.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1140310.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti has asked law enforcement and detention deputies to take voluntary furloughs to save their colleagues from losing their jobs by the end of the month. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138971.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138971.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Real teeth are the best training for aspiring dentists, so who wants to offer up theirs for some practice runs? Anyone? Anyone? At Nova Southeastern University's College of Dental Medicine, the line to be treated by student dentists is, perhaps surprisingly, quite long. These dentists don't yet have fancy medical degrees hanging on the wall, but they come cheap -- performing services at roughly one-third to one-half the cost of a private-practice facility. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138963.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138963.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Lauderhill police searched Sunday night for a minister who is suspected of stabbing his wife and leaving her to die on the floor. They say he then fled in a white Dodge Intrepid. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1140350.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1140350.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Five inmates hung themselves in Broward County jails in the past year, an unusually high number that troubles activists and comes as the sheriff plans to lay off jail employees and cut drug treatment programs. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1140419.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1140419.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:32 EDT The murder investigation of a Pompano Beach man whose body was found in Lee County last month is continuing, officials said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1139578.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1139578.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:02 EDT Ben Novack Jr., the son of the founder of Miami's iconic Fontainebleau resort, was slain in his room at a suburban New York hotel, police said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1140072.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1140072.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:56 EDT After a prep football competition in Tampa, the trip home for a group of Hollywood Hills players was typical as they crossed the state along the rim of Lake Okeechobee: rainy, rural and dark. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1139757.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1139757.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:02 EDT Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti has asked law enforcement and detention deputies to take voluntary furloughs to save their colleagues from losing their jobs by the end of the month. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1139715.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1139715.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:32 EDT Former major leaguer Jim Leyritz will be freed again on bond pending trial on a charge of DUI manslaughter, a Broward judge decided Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1139408.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1139408.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:00 EDT The wife of Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderley pleaded no contest Monday morning to aggravated assault without a firearm and to shooting into an occupied dwelling. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1139265.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1139265.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:14 EDT Traffic will slow significantly on Interstate 595 for three nights starting Tuesday due to roadwork, the Florida Highway Patrol announced. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1131971.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1131971.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT After more than 30 years and 80 locations as far-flung as Singapore, Mexico City and Macau, Morton's The Steakhouse has finally brought its prime beef to Broward. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1122074.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1122074.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Lots of restaurants host birthday celebrations, baby showers and anniversary parties. But Udipe adds dosai parties (on and off premises) to its repertoire. Owner Santosh Shetty cooks up the crisp, golden crepes in hotels, on lawns and, of course, in the kitchen of his Sunrise restaurant, named after his birthplace in the south of India. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1111200.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1111200.html Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT If you're in the mood for a family-friendly night of strolling and dining, downtown Hollywood has plenty of choices. If you have children, consider combining your outing with Funtastic Fridays, a miniature carnival set up in Anniversary Park with plenty of free activities to keep the little ones busy before or after dinner. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1100867.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1100867.html Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT The new Sage French American Café in Hollywood is a sassier version of its sibling in Fort Lauderdale. In fact, you wouldn't guess at first that the two are related. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1089940.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1089940.html Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Another steakhouse? Don't yawn yet. Sizzling Steak 954 is not your typical meat market. It's the first South Florida venture for restaurateur Stephen Starr, whose culinary empire includes Buddakan and Morimoto in Philadelphia and New York City. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1140350.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1140350.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Five inmates hung themselves in Broward County jails in the past year, an unusually high number that troubles activists and comes as the sheriff plans to lay off jail employees and cut drug treatment programs. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1140310.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1140310.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti has asked law enforcement and detention deputies to take voluntary furloughs to save their colleagues from losing their jobs by the end of the month. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138971.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138971.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Real teeth are the best training for aspiring dentists, so who wants to offer up theirs for some practice runs? Anyone? Anyone? At Nova Southeastern University's College of Dental Medicine, the line to be treated by student dentists is, perhaps surprisingly, quite long. These dentists don't yet have fancy medical degrees hanging on the wall, but they come cheap -- performing services at roughly one-third to one-half the cost of a private-practice facility. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138963.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138963.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Lauderhill police searched Sunday night for a minister who is suspected of stabbing his wife and leaving her to die on the floor. They say he then fled in a white Dodge Intrepid. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138960.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138960.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Smokers, beware: If you have relied on the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes' smoke shops as a tax-free haven for cigarettes, think again. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138950.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138950.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT With $5.54 in his bank account, Nova Southeastern University's José Jaquez, 18, and fellow student Stacy Gaspard, 19, drove to Orlando last Monday in a borrowed 12-seat van with a classmate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1139046.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1139046.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT If you believe money matters in politics, then it is good to be Angelo Castillo. Castillo is running for reelection in the District 4 commission seat in Pembroke Pines, Broward County's second most populous city. He has more than $62,000 in the bank -- with eight months until Election Day, according to campaign finance reports. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138953.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138953.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Thirty-seven years after they huddled together in the Everglades waiting for rescuers, survivors of the horrific crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 have reunited for another common mission: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1138028.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1138028.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Compared to kudzu, the infamous vine that ate The South, Old World climbing fern may be an obscure pest plant. But they're a lot alike. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1136894.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1136894.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT State legislators can't take even a bottle of water from lobbyists, but the ban on gifts won't stop enterprising lawmakers from fishing elsewhere for lobbyists' money. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1136924.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1136924.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT The Miami Herald earned eight prizes from the Florida Society of News Editors on Friday, including top honors for a series examining breakdowns in Miami-Dade's transit tax. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1136889.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1136889.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:39 EDT State Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink is the top fundraiser in the governor's race, but her financial report released Friday suggests she's in damage control over her use of state airplanes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1135277.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1135277.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:00 EDT Florida's surgeon general says the state is preparing for massive swine flu immunizations, starting with schoolchildren, as the Obama administration urges states to prepare for the likelihood that the virus might worsen in the fall. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1135198.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1135198.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT The Florida economy may be in the dumps, but Charlie Crist's campaign fundraising machine is humming along. Crist announced Thursday that in just 50 days he raised an eye-popping $4.3 million for his U.S. Senate campaign. That not only dwarfs the previous Florida U.S. Senate fundraising record set by Republican Mel Martinez -- $1.7-million in his first fundraising period in 2004 -- but it highlights the huge hurdles for Crist's Republican Senate rival Marco Rubio, who raised just $340,000 in the... http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1135191.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1135191.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT A multipronged legal battle erupted Thursday over the growing colony of sex offenders forced to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1135205.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1135205.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Since imposing emergency sprinkling restrictions during a drought two years ago, South Florida water managers have been moving toward making the twice-weekly limits permanent. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1086743.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1086743.html Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Florida, famous for shipping orange juice all over the country, may yet be known for a very different kind of export: criminals. With the inmate population hovering around 100,000 and the state lacking money to build new prisons, the Legislature has given the corrections department the authority to ship inmates to other states for the first time. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1083694.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1083694.html Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:25 EDT The fourth African-American to ever sit on the Florida Supreme Court formally took his seat Friday in a ceremony that helped cement Gov. Charlie Crist's reputation as a centrist. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1080463.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1080463.html Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT The state's decision to consider a no-bid contract extension for a controversial human-resources company has renewed criticism from a leading state senator who says privatization initiatives have cost taxpayers $200 million with little to show for the money. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1076942.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1076942.html Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday signed into law one of his top priorities of 2009: a bill that allows all 11 state universities to increase tuition by as much as 15 percent a year. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1076955.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1076955.html Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday approved changes to Florida growth laws that supporters say will strengthen the economy and opponents predict will increase urban sprawl and traffic gridlock. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1072715.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1072715.html Fri, 29 May 2009 03:01 EDT When Gov. Charlie Crist proudly announced that he was vetoing a pay cut for 28,000 state workers, there were some salaries he couldn't save from the budget ax: his own, state Cabinet members' and those of about 1,000 judges, prosecutors and public defenders in the state. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1069508.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1069508.html Thu, 28 May 2009 07:55 EDT A grand jury investigating Ray Sansom's ties to a Panhandle college issued a second round of indictments Wednesday, accusing the ousted House speaker of lying about a developer's plans to store aircraft in a taxpayer-funded building. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1069053.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1069053.html Thu, 28 May 2009 03:01 EDT Breaking a pledge against raising taxes, Gov. Charlie Crist signed Florida's $66.5 billion budget into law Wednesday and barely used his veto pen. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139650.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139650.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:57 EDT Authorities say a Florida Highway trooper and three other people are in serious condition after a crash on Interstate 4. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139627.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139627.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:38 EDT The estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton charged in the death of a 1-year-old girl she was baby sitting in central Florida will remain in jail for now. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139558.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139558.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:39 EDT Homebuilder Lennar Corp. says it has identified defective Chinese-made drywall in about 400 Florida homes, most built in the 2006 and 2007 fiscal years. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139557.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139557.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:39 EDT The son of the founder of Florida's storied Fontainebleau Hotel was killed in his room at a hotel in suburban New York during a convention he organized, police said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139538.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139538.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:24 EDT The wife of the Fort Lauderdale police chief has pleaded no contest to aggravated assault with a firearm and to shooting into an occupied dwelling. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139536.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139536.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:24 EDT The National Weather Service says El Nino is back, meaning a stormier and cooler fall and winter for the Deep South. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139495.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139495.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:44 EDT Police are searching for the masked intruders who kicked in the door of a Bradenton apartment and fatally shot a 19-year-old pregnant woman, causing the death of her baby. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139477.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139477.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:24 EDT Police say a man who organized a convention at a suburban New York hotel has been found dead there, apparently a homicide victim. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138960.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138960.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Smokers, beware: If you have relied on the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes' smoke shops as a tax-free haven for cigarettes, think again. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1140350.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1140350.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Five inmates hung themselves in Broward County jails in the past year, an unusually high number that troubles activists and comes as the sheriff plans to lay off jail employees and cut drug treatment programs. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1140310.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1140310.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti has asked law enforcement and detention deputies to take voluntary furloughs to save their colleagues from losing their jobs by the end of the month. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138971.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1138971.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Real teeth are the best training for aspiring dentists, so who wants to offer up theirs for some practice runs? Anyone? Anyone? At Nova Southeastern University's College of Dental Medicine, the line to be treated by student dentists is, perhaps surprisingly, quite long. These dentists don't yet have fancy medical degrees hanging on the wall, but they come cheap -- performing services at roughly one-third to one-half the cost of a private-practice facility.