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OUR OPINION: Congress should halt importation of exotic predators
Morin, who has been at The Miami Herald since 1978, was awarded the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1977 and 1990. His cartoons appear in The Miami Herald five days a week.
The Dow rose 2 percent Monday, but some analysts warn that the poor economy could still bring big losses.
Hoping that consumers will ditch coffee and traditional energy drinks for miniature power shots, more than a dozen beverage makers pushed this message at the 12th annual Americas Food & Beverage Show, being held at the Miami Beach Convention Center this week.
Although University of Miami receiver Thearon Collier sports a quiet demeanor, it's his loud play on the field that makes his mother and teammates proud.
You're sick. Your head is squeezed, your nose locked up and your stomach uneasy. The bad news: There's no quick cure for the common cold and flu.
The wait is over. Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom shared their wedding with viewers Sunday night on the two-hour season opener of E!'s Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
`Ian's Law,' which would make it more difficult for insurance companies to drop coverage, is named after a ...
The featured authors at Monday's book fair events delighted their listeners.
The failure of a deal to restore Honduras' Manuel Zelaya to power has left his camp with one last hand to p...
Cuba's blogosphere has taken on a decidedly harsher face in recent months, an act of online defiance in the...
Like repo men, the feds grabbed Scott Rothstein's fire-engine red Ferrari Spider convertible with tan inter...
As the Broward school district gets scrutinized for its construction program, one school may finally get an...
Newly released statements to police and videos reveal what led to the fatal September stabbing at Coral Gab...
A study ranks South Florida as the nation's third most dangerous region for pedestrians, blaming suburban-s...
Hollywood city officials say they warned owners of the Yellow Green Market that a Nov. 8 opening date was u...
The government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to key Democratic leaders i...
Value will be the message this year, as consumers look for ways to enjoy the holiday and stick to a budget....
Some small businesses in South Florida say they are ready to grow and add jobs -- but they can't get the fi...
Nearly half of all owners of single-family homes in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area were underw...
In further moves to reduce ever-mounting losses, Jackson Health System announced Monday plans to close six ...
The Transportation Security Administration has stationed behavior-detection officials to covertly watch tra...
WHAT: Motorola Droid, sold by Verizon. FEATURES: Runs on Google's Android 2.0 mobile operating system. Has...
Since Faceboook made a few changes recently, active users have probably noticed a lot more ``suggestions'' ...
Floridians are asked to report anything that appears to be price-gouging related to Tropical Storm Ida. ...
Aventura Chef Allen Susser has developed a line of branded menu items to be sold at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywo...
The Dow rose 2 percent Monday, but some analysts warn that the poor economy could still bring big losses.
Nurturing an entrepreneurial culture is all the talk right now as an antidote for the ailing economy. And t...
In the waiting room, the patient's family members circled a Blackberry. About every 15 minutes, Dr. Carlos ...
FSU quarterback Christian Ponder said he regretted losing his cool in Saturday's game against Clemson, whic...
On the ice for the first time since the first two-point game of his young career, Dmitry Kulikov said his p...
Heat forward Udonis Haslem, a starter for the previous six years, didn't like the idea of coming off the be...
`It isn't a mental thing,' said Dolphins coach Tony Sparano about Miami's Sunday loss against the first-pla...
Will the rare meeting between two of Miami-Dade County's top football programs play like an intense rivalry...
With FIU starting quarterback Paul McCall's availability for Saturday's game in question, the Golden Panthe...
Hurricanes coach Frank Haith said `the offense is centered around' senior forward Dwayne Collins.
The playoff picture is settled. All that's left for teams advancing is to get their stars healthy and get t...
TALLAHASSEE -- With Tropical Storm Ida heading toward the Gulf Coast late Monday, the Seminoles moved up th...
There was a time when no one was allowed to laugh about breast cancer -- much less wax sarcastic or cynical...
Becky Gulsvig has been awash in pink, onstage anyway, since she began playing various roles in the cast of ...
Washing hands is the single most important way to avoid the swine flu, says the Centers for Disease Control...
Nadia Czekajewski got braces on her teeth when she was 8. Now she's in third grade, turning 9, and ``she'll...
American films have been wallowing in erotic voyeurism for, oh, about 103 years, since Thomas Edison's film...
The featured authors at Monday's book fair events delighted their listeners.
Q: I sprained my right ankle several times when I was a teenager. Recently I have gotten into running and n...
When Maura Buete arrived home after a meeting one Monday evening, she wasn't surprised to see the televisio...
The author is so smitten with his protagonist that he imbues him with qualities that offset his sins
`Ian's Law,' which would make it more difficult for insurance companies to drop coverage, is named after a ...
Pop singer Alejandro Sanz's last record, El Tren de los Momentos, came out three years ago amid a slew of t...
DINNER 6 p.m. Bourbon Steak offers a four-course dinner created specially by executive Chef Gabriel Fenton ...
Broadway legend Bernadette Peters seems the perfect choice to entertain 400 society types in an overnight a...
Jim Carrey's Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on A Christmas Carol, wh...
CBS newsman Morley Safer is 78. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 60. Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart is 59. Actr...
Celebrity fragrances are nothing new, but now it seems like everybody's coming out with one -- even Oscar w...