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Churches and other religious properties, some of them bank foreclosures, are plentiful, and stuck in a commercial purgatory. http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/716772.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/716772.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:46 EDT Armando Salguero is blogging live from Foxboro, Mass. as the Miami Dolphins take on the New England Patriots. http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679626.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679626.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:30 EDT Small booksellers fight to stay in business http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679616.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679616.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:30 EDT View the best photos from today http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679639.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679639.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:29 EST Pitts: An act of appalling cowardice http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679634.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679634.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:29 EST UM Canes dominate Virginia, 52-17 http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679630.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679630.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:30 EDT Ida becomes Cat 1, could grow stronger http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322574.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322574.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST If there was one thing Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein craved, it was attention. And how better to get it than to whip out his checkbook?<p/> Like at Gov. Charlie Crist's 52nd birthday party/GOP fundraiser last year, when, instead of buying a $1,000 candle, Rothstein bought an entire chocolate cake covered with 52 candles. His donation: $52,000. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322653.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322653.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Broward Chief Judge Vic Tobin was miffed recently when an e-mail he sent judges regarding attorney Scott Rothstein quickly spread on the blogs. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322658.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322658.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Former Miami-Dade Police Director Robert Parker will pocket a $400,000 retirement check, the bulk from unused sick time, thanks to a generous county policy. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322674.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322674.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A 70-year-old woman trying to cross State Road 7 died after being struck by a vehicle on Saturday, according to Davie police.<p/> The woman was on State Road 7 just south of Griffin Road , said Sgt. Rob Choquette, a Davie police spokesman. Shortly before 3 p.m., she ventured across the southbound lanes. Two vehicles saw her and stopped, Choquette said, but a third slammed into her. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322690.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/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/southflorida/story/1322693.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322693.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST (AP) -- A valuable bottle of whiskey has gone missing from a South Florida liquor store.<p/> According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, the stolen 200th Anniversary Johnnie Walker Blue Label is one of just six bottles of its kind that were distributed in Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322708.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322708.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST More than 130 people were arrested after officers from a team of law enforcement agencies swept across Broward County for two straight nights, ending early Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322709.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1322709.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST As the F-15 Eagle roared out of a barrel roll and climbed toward the sun, Alvaro Ramos craned his neck and spilled his beer onto the tarmac.<p/> Ramos, a former pilot in the Colombian air force, traveled from Naples to join the thousands at this weekend's Wings Over Homestead air show -- the first of its kind in almost two decades. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323169.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323169.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:15 EST Hurricane Ida strengthened to a Category 2 storm on Saturday, and a hurricane watch was extended to the Florida Panhandle as Ida made its way across the Gulf of Mexico. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323067.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323067.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:50 EST It is the British empire of the dead. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323030.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1323030.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:45 EST In a Nov. 7 story about the racial issues in a New York community a year after the stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of one of the defendants charged in the immigrant's death. His correct name is Anthony Hartford, not Harfford. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1322722.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1322722.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:05 EST The scenes seared into the minds of those who know Bobby Yurkanin differed only in place: Whether in the pool, around the dinner table or at the bowling alley, he was the 50-something man whose life had long before been handed over to the sickness of his parents. Always his father was by his side. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1322721.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1322721.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:05 EST Gunfire erupted inside a bar near the ski town of Vail Saturday night, leaving one man dead and three others wounded, police said. A 63-year-old suspect was quickly arrested. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1322427.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1322427.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:10 EST Virginia Tech administrators have been advising Pentagon officials on how to respond to the mass shootings at Fort Hood. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1322393.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1322393.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:30 EST Authorities say one of the officers who has been hailed as a hero in the Fort Hood massacre has had a second surgery and is grateful for all the good wishes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1322378.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1322378.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:20 EST A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood is in critical but stable condition. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323148.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323148.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:05 EST The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks on Sunday, as would-be divorces flocked by the thousands to the French capital's first annual divorce fair. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323127.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323127.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:25 EST A Brazilian university expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students when she wore a short, pink dress to class, taking out newspaper ads Sunday to publicly accuse her of immorality. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323126.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323126.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:20 EST Latin American governments are increasingly intervening in the news business, creating and favoring official media, regulating content and distribution and using other legal methods to silence their critics, a newspaper group said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323079.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323079.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:55 EST The son of the late notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar is back in the public eye 15 years after fleeing Colombia for a life of anonymity as an architect in Argentina. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323059.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323059.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:25 EST Iraq's parliament Sunday night passed a long-delayed law necessary to hold nationwide elections, in a process that has been intensely watched over fears the holdup could delay the January contests and possibly delay the planned U.S. troop withdrawal. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323045.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323045.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:15 EST The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration - a demand made by Washington and its international partners as they ponder sending more troops to confront the Taliban and shore up his government. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323046.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323046.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:15 EST As Pakistan's army plows ahead with its offensive in South Waziristan, its success is at risk because the government has yet to come up with a plan to run and rebuild the lawless territory so that the Taliban and al-Qaida don't re-emerge. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323036.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323036.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:45 EST Turkey said Sunday that Sudan's internationally indicted leader, President Omar al-Bashir, will not attend a conference of Muslim nations in Istanbul. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320493.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320493.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ''God gave unto the Animals / A wisdom past our power to see,'' goes a hymn sung by God's Gardeners, the ecologically minded, deeply spiritual but eminently practical religious cult in Margaret Atwood's fire-breathing new novel, The Year of the Flood. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320496.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320496.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Elizabeth Alexander's Praise Song for the Day, the inauguration poem that helped deliver Barack Obama into office, was in the making for almost half a century, surely for three generations: The grandmother who sang lullabies, poetry set to music. The parents who took their 1-year-old daughter to the Lincoln Memorial to hear Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech. The husband who emptied the house of the two boys, because, more than anything, Alexander needed hushed space to muster words and thoughts, then distill them into something beautiful, powerful, memorable. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320503.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320503.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Journalists are never the story. They look instead to the world at large, interviewing, researching and seeking objective truth. Jeannette Walls knows this approach well, having worked for 20 years as a journalist in New York City -- including a stint as a gossip columnist -- before her first nonfiction book, The Glass Castle, was released in 2005. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320494.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320494.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The inspiration for the upcoming A Very Wolfsonian Weekend Gala -- which includes visits to classic-car museums, a talk by renowned car designer Chris Bangle and Mitchell ``Micky'' Wolfson's 70th birthday party -- began, of course, with the art of design at the Wolfsonian-FIU on Miami Beach, founded by Wolfson. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320507.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320507.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Barbara Kingsolver jokes that whenever she publishes a novel she apparently turns into a railway station because, according to reviewers, ''I only do departures.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320498.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320498.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST If most biographers start out in love with their subjects and end up hating them, Brad Gooch did things backward as he researched his highly regarded biography of southern writer Flannery O'Connor. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320501.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1320501.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Orhan Pamuk is a man in love. So is Kemal, the narrator of Pamuk's shimmering, brimming new novel The Museum of Innocence (Knopf, $28.95). http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1322567.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1322567.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The House moved Saturday night toward a vote on the most sweeping healthcare bill in generations, one that would guarantee health coverage to almost all Americans. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322625.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322625.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00 EST The Panthers had some shining moments but could not stop quarterback Dwight Dasher, who combined for 360 yards of total offense and five touchdowns inthe Blue Raiders' win. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322786.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322786.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST For the fourth year in a row, Coral Gables is heading to the playoffs -- and hoping for a different outcome.<p/> Jarvis Bridge rushed for 225 yards, Patrick McCain threw for 108 and the Cavaliers clinched the second seed in District 14-6A with a 31-14 victory over South Miami Saturday night at Tropical Park. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322352.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322352.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00 EST The Hurricanes avenged their dismal loss to Virginia in the Orange Bowl's finale two years ago with their best performance of the season. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322541.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322541.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00 EST Playing off the bench exclusively for the first time since he was a rookie in 2003-04, Udonis Haslem isn't merely contributing as much as he did when he was a starter. He's contributing more. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322656.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322656.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00 EST UF's offense wasn't up to par, but the defense more than made up for it even though it was missing the suspended Brandon Spikes. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322389.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322389.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00 EST Despite being reigning AFC East champs, the Dolphins still do not command the same level of respect in the division as the Patriots. That could change with a win on Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322654.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322654.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00 EST Florida State had a 24-21 lead after three quarters but was outscored by Clemson 19-0 in a forgettable fourth quarter at Death Valley. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322659.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1322659.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00 EST For his third start in a row, Panthers goalie Scott Clemmensen struggled, giving up five goals in the third period alone but was not pulled from the game. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1322571.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1322571.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Celebrity fragrances are nothing new, but now it seems like everybody's coming out with one -- even Oscar winners (see Reese Witherspoon). Here's a sniff: http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1322568.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1322568.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST RYAN SEACREST: The radio/TV personality got a restraining order against a male stalker who came to his office with a knife. Who knew Adam Lambert was such a sore loser? http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1322573.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1322573.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST RIBFEST<p/>11 a.m.<p/>Stuff your face with mouth-watering ribs and enjoy music by country singers Tracy Lawrence and Chuck Wicks at the annual Ribfest. $15 at Ticketmaster.com, kids 10 and younger are free, $5 parking. Homestead Air Reserve Park, Southwest 268th Street (Moody Drive) and 122nd Avenue. miamiribfest.com or 305-233-3150. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1322569.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1322569.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Her face has, hmmm, changed over the years, but the way she talks is vintage Joan Rivers.<p/> ``Someone told me -- and I hate the term -- stars have very distinct voices. You know Cher, immediately. You know Liza, immediately,'' says Rivers, who performs Wednesday night in Miami. ``When I was a little girl, I picked up the phone and someone said, `Little boy, put your mother on.' I almost died. Now, Chastity Bono would have loved that!'' http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1322563.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1322563.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST CBS newsman Morley Safer is 78. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 60. Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart is 59. Actress Alfre Woodard is 57. Actor Leif Garrett is 48. Actress Courtney Thorne-Smith is 42. Actress Parker Posey is 41. Actress Tara Reid is 34. Actress Dania Ramirez is 30. TV personality Jack Osbourne is 24. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1321114.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1321114.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Opera singer Joan Sutherland is 83. Singer Johnny Rivers is 67. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 66. Singer Nick Gilder is 58. Actor Christopher Knight (The Brady Bunch) is 52. Actors Jeremy London (Party of Five) and Jason London (Dazed and Confused) are 37. Actress Yunjin Kim (Lost) is 36. Guitarist Zach Myers of Shinedown is 26. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1321132.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1321132.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST PJ RACE<p/>6 p.m.<p/>Miami Beach's Sleepless Nights event kicks off with a pajama run sponsored by Chipotle Mexican Grill. Run in your bedtime attire for a chance to win a year's worth of burritos. The race starts at Eighth Street and Ocean Drive. Info: runmiami.com or 305-278-8668. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1321123.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1321123.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST It really is hard keeping up with the Kardashians.<p/> Kourtney is pregnant, Khloe is married (her and Lamar Odom's wedding video airs Sunday on the season opener of E!'s Keeping Up with the Kardashians), and now we get wind that Kim is house hunting in the Hollywood Hills with on-again beau Reggie Bush. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321131.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321131.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The Haitian Senate unanimously approved a longtime technocrat as prime minister Friday, hoping that a man with long ties to Haiti's political power brokers and the international community can lead this nation through its fifth change of cabinets in five years. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321125.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Famed Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez said Friday she and another blogger were punched and thrown violently into a car by presumed state security agents as they walked to participate in a peaceful march in downtown Havana. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321116.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321116.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST More than 50 House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi supporting current Cuba policy, which embargo-supporters say effectively means that a bill to open Cuba to tourists is dead. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319257.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319257.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ARROYO BARRIL, Dominican Republic -- Maximiliano Calcaño is 2 and was born with no arms.<p/> ``When I was pregnant, I was dizzy, vomiting and could barely walk,'' said Maximiliano's mother, Anajai Calcaño, 20. ``My tooth cracked and fell out. Then my baby was born like that, without arms. Nothing like that had ever happened here before.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319391.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319391.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:02 EST Subversive reggaetoneros Calle 13 were the big winners at the 10th Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday night, while elderly Cuban diva Omara Portuondo made history by not only being the first Cuban artist from the island to appear on the telecast, but the first to win an award on the air. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319259.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319259.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST An outspoken critic of the Obama administration's handling of the crisis in Honduras late Thursday dropped his opposition to two State Department nominees, saying the administration has reversed course. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1317313.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1317313.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00 EST A U.S.-mediated pact reached last week that aims to return deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to office and end the country's destabilizing political crisis is in danger of unraveling as Honduras' Congress takes its time to consider the deal. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1315618.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1315618.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:09 EST A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1322675.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1322675.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is emerging as the champion of activists fed up with Republicans who don't stay true to conservative principles. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1321339.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1321339.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST State Sen. Dan Gelber says the proposed anticorruption package he unveiled earlier this week is more vital than ever in light of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of possible fraud by the board that oversees the state pension fund. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1321193.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1321193.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Lawmakers converged on the state capital this week -- at a cost of some $100,000 in taxpayer money -- for a few days' worth of meetings to discuss legislation and policy matters in advance of the 2010 legislative session. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1319240.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1319240.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Facing a potentially bruising Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, Gov. Charlie Crist continues to run from any assertion that he is linked to President Barack Obama. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1317147.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1317147.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A fake Twitter account aimed at discrediting a prominent critic of state GOP leaders has been linked back to a senior official at the Republican Party of Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1317142.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1317142.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST State Sen. Dan Gelber, a candidate for Florida attorney general, called on Florida's elected state attorneys Wednesday to help him pass anti-corruption measures in the 2010 legislative session. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1317138.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/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/politics/story/1314878.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/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/obituaries/story/1322673.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1322673.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Jeremy N. Morris, a British epidemiologist whose comparison of heart-attack rates among double-decker bus drivers and conductors in London in the late 1940s and early '50s laid the scientific groundwork for the modern aerobics movement, died Oct. 28 in Hampstead, London. He was 99 1/2. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1319239.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1319239.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST George Na'ope, whose mastery of the hula -- the flowing, pantomimic dance of Hawaii -- and its lilting chants made him a last link between an ancient ritual and modern entertainment, died on Oct. 26 at his home in Hilo, Hawaii. He was 81. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1319243.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1319243.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Fred L. Singer, the documentary and TV-commercial producer/director whose Coronado Studios helped pioneer Miami's film industry -- and launch several protégés' successful careers -- died of pancreatic cancer on Oct. 25. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1319230.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1319230.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Francisco Ayala, an eminent Spanish novelist whose work explored societies in which there is much despotism and little benevolence, died on Tuesday at his home in Madrid. He was 103. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1313128.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1313128.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:00 EST August Coppola, a former literature professor and the father of actor Nicolas Cage and the brother of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, has died. He was 75. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1313123.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1313123.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Marshall Stanton Harris, a powerful Democratic legislator from Miami-Dade County in the 1960s and '70s -- and running mate of then-Florida Attorney General Jim Smith in an unsuccessful 1986 bid for governor -- died Monday of cancer at his Coral Gables home, said his son, Andrew. He was 77. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1311680.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1311680.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Qian Xuesen, a former rocket scientist at the California Institute of Technology who helped establish the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., before being deported in 1955 on suspicion of being a Communist and who became known as the father of China's space and missile programs, has died. He was 98. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1310557.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1310557.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT Richard Windsor McEwen, an astute businessman who more than doubled the size of the Burdines department store chain while its CEO from 1977 to 1984, was also a civic leader who worked toward multicultural harmony during a tumultuous time in Miami. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1322565.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1322565.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In South Florida's bleak real-estate market, houses for sale aren't the only glut. Churches and other religious properties, some of them bank foreclosures, are plentiful, and stuck in a commercial purgatory. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1322564.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1322564.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Small booksellers are filling niches and emphasizing service as they fight to stay in business. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1322576.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1322576.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Some investors with millions of dollars at stake thought they had asked the right questions about the double-digit returns that Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler was offering. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1321344.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1321344.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST For the first time in the company's history, Sedano's Supermarkets is expanding outside of South Florida.<p/> The Hispanic supermarket chain said Friday it has a deal to purchase three Albertson's stores in the Orlando area that will be converted into the Sedano's brand. Terms of the deal, which is scheduled to close in the first quarter of next year, were not disclosed. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1321343.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1321343.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Thousands of South Floridians' income tax refunds were sent back to the Internal Revenue Service this year because they couldn't be delivered.<p/> The IRS provided lists of taxpayers who have uncashed refunds Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1321342.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1321342.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST With the high price gold is fetching these days, thousands are selling their trinkets and treasures. Here are some points to consider before you sell: http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1321341.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1321341.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST It was just a matter of time before a problematic building material would make it into American homes.<p/> That's what state toxicologist Dr. David Krause told attendees during a summit on defective Chinese drywall Friday in Tampa. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1321340.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1321340.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Sky diving, yoga, scavenger hunts, gelatos and dancing till 2 in the morning on South Beach -- sounds more like a vacation than a business conference of top CEOs. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1323064.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1323064.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:57 EST A head-on crash Sunday morning in Miami Gardens has left one man dead and closed traffic on Northwest 199th Street.<p/> West-bound 199th Street is closed from Northwest 27th Avenue to the Turnpike entrance, Miami Gardens police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1323019.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1323019.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:32 EST One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to take a jackpot of $28 million, lottery officials said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1322204.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1322204.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:12 EST More than 130 people were arrested after a team of law enforcement agencies swept across Broward County for two straight nights, ending early Saturday.