VIRGINIA KEY

Old Miami landmark Jimbo's faces a crackdown

A freewheeling bait shack and watering hole on Virginia Key faces a deadline to remove the junk that some s...

UNEMPLOYMENT

Temp labor may be bridge to recovery

Florida's jobless rate ticked up to 11.2 percent last month. But employers are starting to hire more temps ...

CUBA SPY CASE

U.S. agent for Cuba gets life in prison

NORTH MIAMI-DADE

Biscayne Park police officer attacked during traffic stop

A Biscayne Park police officer was attacked during a routine traffic stop Friday evening in North Miami-Dad...

BROWARD CORRUPTION

Beverly Gallagher corruption case put off till Dec. 21

Formal court action was delayed again in a corruption case against an ex-School Board member.

GAY DISCRIMINATION

Jackson nurses offer apology

Several nurses offered personal apologies to a lesbian kept from seeing her dying partner in 2007 at Jackso...

EDUCATION

Miami Dade College faculty member named top Florida professor

Sandra L. Schultz, a 30-year Miami Dade College North Campus professor, has been named the 2009 Florida Pro...

Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed

Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle ...

No appeal of dismissed conviction in MySpace case

Prosecutors say they will not appeal the dismissal of a woman's convictions in a MySpace hoax directed at a...

Prosecutor: Alleged Maui spy is difficult but sane

A Maui man accused of spying for China is difficult to work with and makes wild exaggerations but is legall...

UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike

Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at the University of California,...

Porn mogul's son to be tried in girlfriend's death

The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul will stand trial on accusations that he crushed his ex-gi...

Arizona police arrest parents of rape victim

The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly raped by four boys have been arrested on felon...

Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils

Sri Lanka will release 136,000 ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees Dec. 1, allowing the civilians to leave s...

Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks

Italian police on Saturday arrested two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for last year...

Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony

South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showin...

Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal

Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprison...

Blast near aid office wounds 1 in NW Pakistan

An explosion struck the office of an aid organization in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Sa...

China says 37 dead, 71 trapped in mine explosion

A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 37 people and tra...

Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger

The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Fr...

Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican

CELEBRITY Q&A

Nikki Reed's growing role will eclipse 'New Moon'

Parenthood's a real scream

OK, I'll fess up. I have screamed at my kids. I have screamed out of frustration. I have screamed because t...

PARENTING

Etiquette experts have tips for teaching kids manners

Along with the joy of holiday gatherings comes a fear of your child doing something egregious at the table:...

TELEVISION Q&A

In a Huff looking for Showtime series DVDs

Q: I was in Sweden this summer and watched an episode of Huff with Hank Azaria and Blythe Danner. It was aw...

SCENE IN THE TROPICS

Live like D-Wade: Buy his house

Dwyane Wade has listed his Pinecrest estate on Billionaire-Xchange.com. On the site for a week, the sprawli...

ON THE CHEAP

Deal is, you gotta ask

One of the easiest ways to get a discount on products or services is to ask for one. Yet few people do. I'm...

RAPTORS 120, HEAT 113

Miami Heat's furious rally runs out of gas

The Heat overcame a 23-point deficit to tie the score in the fourth quarter, but petered out at the end.

PANTHERS 2, RED WINGS 1 (OT)

Florida Panthers snap Motor City drought

Scott Clemmensen made 39 saves, Bryan McCabe scored in overtime and the Panthers won in Detroit for the fir...

DUKE AT NO. 21 UM | NOON, ESPNU

Miami Hurricanes want to give seniors nice sendoff

Jacory Harris and the younger Hurricanes want to give UM seniors the proper send-off on Senior Day against ...

MARYLAND AT FSU | NOON, CBS

FSU to honor defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews before game

FORD CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND

Jimmie Johnson on pole for Ford 400 as he vies for fourth series title in row

Taking the pole for Sunday's Ford 400 gave Jimmie Johnson a boost and some peace of mind as he tries to win...

PANTHERS NOTEBOOK

Stillman's injury halts hot stretch with Reinprecht

It took forwards Cory Stillman and Steven Reinprecht a little while to get going. Kind of like the Panthers...

Ely guard braces for tough defensive task vs. Brandon Knight

When Pine Crest's Brandon Knight starts to heat up at the Chaminade Tip-Off Classic on Saturday night, Blan...

SPOTTED

Young, hot Korean superstar Rain stopped in at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel to promote his new movie, Ninja ...

Celebrity birthdays on Nov. 21

Marlo Thomas is 72. Actress Juliet Mills (Nanny and the Professor) is 68. Actor-director Harold Ramis is 65...

ON THE SHELVES

Susie Essman: A no-B.S. kinda gal

Susie Essman has cursing down to a science. The Los Angeles Times puts it more nicely -- calling her ch...

CELEBRITY ROUNDUP

Love not in the air for these 2

James Caan really wants out. Court records in Los Angeles show The Godfather star filed for divorce fr...

The Calendar

TRUNK SHOW 1 p.m. Kristina Ashley Swimwear is having a trunk sale on its 2008 Island Collection and 2009 ...

SCENE IN THE TROPICS

Live like D-Wade: Buy his house

Dwyane Wade has listed his Pinecrest estate on Billionaire-Xchange.com. On the site for a week, the sprawli...

COMING TO TOWN

Eva Longoria Parker is a helpful housewife

NICARAGUA

For contras, a reprise of bitter discontent

In Nicaragua, ex-contras prepare to oppose Sandinistas in a feud that stretches back to the war in the 1980s.

In Dominica elections, party offers `the only vision'

Caribbean voters living in the tiny island of Dominica will head to the polls on Dec. 18 for general electi...

Accused Colombian paramilitary leader arrested

José Misael Valero Santana, who, according to Colombian prosecutors, led a paramilitary force of abo...

Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican

Honduras' Roberto Micheletti to step down for 7 days

Honduras' de facto president Roberto Micheletti will give up his controversial post for seven days begin...

LAND SHARK STADIUM

Soccer helps Hondurans forget their political woes

Thousands of fans put Honduras' political problems aside for one night to cheer on the nation's soccer team...

CUBA | HUMAN RIGHTS

Report: Cuba's Raúl Castro as ruthless as Fidel

A report by Human Rights Watch paints Raúl Castro's regime in Cuba as little more than a continuati...

ELECTION 2010

Politicians jumping into social media, seeing new outlet to voters

For Florida candidates, social-networking tools are keys to campaign outreach.

U.S.-CUBA RELATIONS

Blogger in Cuba has Washington's ear

A blogger in Cuba who's not afraid to take on the authorities has gained attention at the White House and o...

Parts of Cuban blogger's essay read aloud in House

Part of a Cuban blogger's essay that advocates lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba was read aloud at a H...

FLORIDA POLITICS

Gov. Charlie Crist orders probe of juvenile justice chief

Florida launched an investigation into the extensive taxpayer-funded travel of the state's juvenile justice...

POLITICS

Sen. George LeMieux blasted for blocking diplomat

Florida Sen. George LeMieux's efforts to question a State Department employee about Cuba policy and other i...

TALLAHASSEE

Gov. Charlie Crist: Ban texting while driving

Gov. Charlie Crist and the state's top highway safety appointee endorsed a ban on texting while driving Tue...

HIGH-SPEED RAIL

Bullet train might get special legislative session

Gov. Charlie Crist hopes lawmakers are close to agreeing on a special session for rail projects, but concer...

JEANNE-CLAUDE, 74

Jeanne-Claude | Noted artist co-created Central Park `Gates'

(AP) -- Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation The Gates and other large scal...

KEN OBER, 52

Ken Ober | Hosted MTV game show `Remote Control'

Ken Ober, a brassy comedian best known as the host of the 1980s-era MTV game show Remote Control, was found...

DAVID LLOYD, 75

David Lloyd | Writer for many popular sitcoms

David Lloyd, who wrote scores of scripts for some of the most popular television sitcoms of the 1970s, '80s...

CLARA RUSH OESTERLE, 84

Clara Oesterle | Former Miami-Dade commissioner pushed for Metrorail

Clara Rush Oesterle's legacy as a Miami-Dade County commissioner runs on 30 miles of electrified track: the...

JEREMY N. MORRIS, 99

Jeremy N. Morris | Epidemiologist linked exercise, heart health

Jeremy N. Morris, a British epidemiologist whose comparison of heart-attack rates among double-decker bus d...

FRANCISCO AYALA, 103

Francisco Ayala | Spanish novelist examined abuses of power

Francisco Ayala, an eminent Spanish novelist whose work explored societies in which there is much despotism...

GEORGE NA'OPE, 81

George Na'ope | Hula master was last link to sacred tradition

George Na'ope, whose mastery of the hula -- the flowing, pantomimic dance of Hawaii -- and its lilting chan...

THANKSGIVING

You may have to skip pumpkin pie

Because of problems with the harvest, there is a shortage of pumpkin pie filling on supermarket shelves thi...

Florida's citrus country producing new vodka

Standing in the heart of citrus country, where the trees are just beginning to yield the baseball-sized fru...

FEDERAL COURT

Floridian gets 68 months in fraud scheme

Men from Miami and Boca Raton were also involved in an outfit that was charged with using faxes to defraud ...

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Florida aims to boost credit to small businesses with `Economic Gardening'

Florida's Economic Gardening Program -- designed to help high-growth companies with loans and training -- i...

TAXATION

Study calls Florida tax system unfair

Because Florida mainly depends on sales taxes and property taxes, a study says the tax system is unfair to...

JOB LOSSES

Boston Scientific to close Doral plant

Even as Miami-Dade officials try to build the county's life sciences industry, Boston Scientific is plannin...

BANKING

Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida seized, promptly sold

Banking regulators seized Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida and sold the tiny Fort Myers bank to Central B...