http://www.miamiherald.com/548/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/548/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Today's Extras 60 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:20:53 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530717.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530717.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:02 EDT BankUnited Financial finished its most recent quarter in the red, recording $65.8 million in losses stemming from the worsening housing market. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530758.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530758.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:02 EDT The death toll from a powerful earthquake that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed to nearly 10,000 in China's worst-hit province Tuesday, while untold numbers remain trapped after the worst quake in three decades. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530776.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530776.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:02 EDT A proposed three-tower Coconut Grove condo project -- decried by some neighbors as an imposing behemoth and tainted by allegations of political payouts -- may never get built. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530775.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530775.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:02 EDT Art replaces skin in Miami's new tourism campaign, part of the destination's push for more affluent and sophisticated travelers. The ads feature local artists in surreal interpretations of Miami-Dade locales. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530672.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530672.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:02 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/548/story/530670.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530670.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:02 EDT The four suspects accused of murdering Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor in his Palmetto Bay home will not face the death penalty. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530773.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530773.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:02 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/548/story/530667.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/530667.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:02 EDT The Cuban contingent that competed in last week's Pan American Judo Championships left Miami for Havana by way of Panama City on Monday afternoon without gold-medal-winning judoka Yurisel Laborde, who left the group Sunday afternoon. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/529568.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/529568.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT Some arrive on foot, walking for miles in the scorching Haitian heat. Others come by way of bicycles and even donkeys. Every morning, farmers and the children of farmers make their way to this sleepy rural town on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince carrying gallons of fresh cow milk. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/529571.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/529571.html Sun, 11 May 2008 23:57 EDT Some husbands shower their wives with gifts when they win the Lotto. Arnim Ramdass kept the good news to himself. And when Donna Campbell found out on her own, her husband went AWOL, leaving the former beauty queen emotionally drained and financially desperate. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528796.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528796.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT This was supposed to be a golden era for South Florida, an unprecedented four-year period of political power where lawmakers with ties to Miami-Dade and Broward counties -- and the clout to bring the area money and push for local priorities -- were firmly in charge of the Florida Legislature. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528164.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528164.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT At The Isle casino in Pompano Beach, the party is in full swing. Dance tunes thumping, neon lights flashing, slot machines clanging -- this is jokers-wild, Ocean's Eleven, momma-needs-a-new-pair-of-shoes territory, long enshrined in American culture. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528162.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528162.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT The room is the same as it has always been. There is the cabinet stocked with insulin and syringes, the narrow twin bed that never offered a full night's sleep. The shelves, home to a galaxy of porcelain angels, the walls filled with images of peaceful Madonnas. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528798.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528798.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT For many college seniors donning caps and gowns this week, hunting for a job in today's economy will be an exercise in compromise and disappointment, as graduates face a challenging business climate with a rising unemployment rate. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528817.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528817.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT Barack Obama erased Hillary Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528005.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528005.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT Oscar Rivero, the developer at the center of Miami-Dade County's affordable-housing scandal, was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Friday after admitting he used more than $700,000 from a county loan to buy a house for himself in South Miami. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/527973.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/527973.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT Syesha Mercado -- the first South Floridian to reach American Idol's Top 3 -- made the trip back home Friday for a series of appearances that were taped for Tuesday's show. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528053.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528053.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT The tough-girl names of these new steel-wheels teams tell it all: Divas De Las Muertas, Sunshine Smashers, Beach Bruisers and Swamp City Vixens. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/527978.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/527978.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT The commencement speech for Jessica Happi's University of Miami graduation ceremony had scarcely ended Friday, and already she was thinking about employment. http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528007.html http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/528007.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT Sen. Hillary Clinton will campaign beyond Tuesday's West Virginia primary and take her fight for the Democratic presidential nomination all the way to the party's convention this summer if she or Sen. Barack Obama hasn't won enough delegates to clinch the party's nomination, her campaign advisors said Friday.