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Temp labor may be bridge to employment recovery http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/679536.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/679536.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:46 EDT Growth in temporary employment nationally could be a sign that businesses will soon feel confident enough to hire permanent workers. Spies for Cuba plead guilty, one gets life http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/679549.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/679549.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:46 EDT A retired State Department employee and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to a 30-year conspiracy to provide classified information from the U.S. to Cuba. BB-gun suspects arrested by UM police http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/679537.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/679537.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:46 EDT Four suspects -- cruising in a late model Volvo -- repeatedly fired a BB-gun on the University of Miami campus on Friday afternoon, forcing authorities to shut down the school for nearly an hour. Suit alleges massive fraud by Rothstein, others http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/679546.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/679546.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:46 EDT A group of investors who claim they lost more than $100M in Scott Rothstein's investment scam sued the lawyer, a handful of his law firm's employees and Toronto Dominion Bank. Old Miami landmark Jimbo's faces crackdown http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/679539.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/679539.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:46 EDT A freewheeling bait shack and watering hole on Virginia Key faces a deadline to remove the junk that some say gives the place its character. Panthers hockey http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679638.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679638.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:30 EDT McCabe's OT goal gives Panthers 2-1 win Miami Heat http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679626.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679626.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:30 EDT Heat, without Haslem, fall to Raptors 120-113 Beth Reinhard http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679635.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679635.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:30 EDT Changes in cancer advice sparks paranoia Social media http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679625.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679625.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:30 EDT Politicians see new outlet for voters Nicaragua http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679636.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679636.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:30 EDT For contras, a reprise of bitter discontent Twilight Saga http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679630.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1350/story/679630.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:30 EDT The complete New Moon guide for fans Old Miami landmark Jimbo's faces a crackdown http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344833.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344833.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Since 1954, at the edge of a mangrove lagoon on despoiled Virginia Key, the quirky bait shack/watering hole/gypsy camp known as Jimbo's has been ruled by one motto: Laissez faire. Temp labor may be bridge to recovery http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344834.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344834.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Antonio Palou is temping, but not complaining.<p/> He'd love a more permanent job, but he knows plenty of other information technology professionals who have been out of work for a year or more. U.S. agent for Cuba gets life in prison http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344839.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344839.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Thirty years of spying for Cuba will send a retired State Department official to prison for life after he and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to sending secrets to the United States' longtime antagonist. Biscayne Park police officer attacked during traffic stop http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344923.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344923.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A Biscayne Park police officer was attacked during a routine traffic stop Friday evening in North Miami-Dade, Biscayne Park Police spokesman Antonio Sanchez said. Beverly Gallagher corruption case put off till Dec. 21 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344924.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344924.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A hearing for suspended Broward School Board member Beverly Gallagher was pushed back for the second time Friday, giving her attorney and federal prosecutors more time to try to negotiate a plea agreement. Gallagher's next appearance is scheduled for Dec. 21. Jackson nurses offer apology http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344933.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344933.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Several Jackson Memorial Hospital nurses personally apologized to Janice Langbehn, a Washington state lesbian who said a Jackson social worker wouldn't allow her to be with her dying partner in 2007. Miami Dade College faculty member named top Florida professor http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344934.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344934.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Sandra L. Schultz, a 30-year Miami Dade College North Campus professor, has been named the 2009 Florida Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Venezuelan brothers facing deportation are freed from detention http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344936.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344936.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In the week after Jesús and Guillermo Reyes were detained at home and threatened with deportation to Venezuela, college students rallied in Kendall, Venezuelan community leaders called politicians, lawyers mobilized and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida asked that the brothers ``be given all due consideration.'' Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344480.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344480.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:02 EST WASHINGTON - The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials. Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344953.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344953.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:02 EST Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school. No appeal of dismissed conviction in MySpace case http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344914.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344914.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:42 EST Prosecutors say they will not appeal the dismissal of a woman's convictions in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide. Prosecutor: Alleged Maui spy is difficult but sane http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344852.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344852.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:37 EST A Maui man accused of spying for China is difficult to work with and makes wild exaggerations but is legally able to stand trial, a federal prosecutor asserted Friday. UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344845.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344845.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:32 EST Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts were removed late Friday, bringing the daylong occupation to an end, university officials said. Porn mogul's son to be tried in girlfriend's death http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344788.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344788.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:07 EST The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul will stand trial on accusations that he crushed his ex-girlfriend's skull with a baseball bat. Arizona police arrest parents of rape victim http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344773.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344773.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:57 EST The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly raped by four boys have been arrested on felony child abuse charges. Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344761.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1344761.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:52 EST A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road. Sentence request for US woman in Italy murder case http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345106.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345106.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:27 EST Prosecutors are expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy. Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345095.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345095.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:22 EST Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday. Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345084.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345084.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:52 EST Italian police on Saturday arrested two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, officials said. Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345014.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1345014.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:27 EST South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month. Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1344985.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1344985.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:43 EST Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the cause of the Palestinians. Blast near aid office wounds 1 in NW Pakistan http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1344915.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1344915.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:42 EST An explosion struck the office of an aid organization in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, wounding a security guard, police said. China says 37 dead, 71 trapped in mine explosion http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1344866.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1344866.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:47 EST A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 37 people and trapping 71 others nearly a third of a mile under ground. Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1344659.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1344659.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:47 EST The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate. Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343337.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343337.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Deep in the heart of Vatican City, Cuban-born Roman Catholic theologian Miguel H. Díaz has managed to find an Italian version of a sandwich that reminds him of home: pan con lechón. Nikki Reed's growing role will eclipse 'New Moon' http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343338.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343338.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Nikki Reed patiently awaits her turn in the Twilight scheme of things. Her character, teen vampire Rosalie Hale, is a minor movie character until Stephenie Meyer's third book in the series, Eclipse, becomes a movie in 2010. Parenthood's a real scream http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343334.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343334.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST OK, I'll fess up. I have screamed at my kids. I have screamed out of frustration. I have screamed because they should know better. I have screamed when I'm rushed, overwhelmed, anxious or because I've just plain had it with their boorish behavior. Etiquette experts have tips for teaching kids manners http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343342.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343342.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Along with the joy of holiday gatherings comes a fear of your child doing something egregious at the table: chewing with his mouth open, burping the first half of the alphabet, constructing a volcano with her mashed potatoes. In a Huff looking for Showtime series DVDs http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343341.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343341.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Q: I was in Sweden this summer and watched an episode of Huff with Hank Azaria and Blythe Danner. It was awesome! When I returned to the States I was able to locate the complete first season and am hooked. How many seasons were there? Can I buy them? Live like D-Wade: Buy his house http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1344838.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1344838.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Dwyane Wade has listed his Pinecrest estate on Billionaire-Xchange.com. On the site for a week, the sprawling, 11,611-square-foot, seven-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom home can be yours if you put out the lucky bid. Starting bid was $4,599,000. So far, there are no active bids and no one watching the auction. Only a super rich super-fan would want this house. Why? The pool is in-laid with Wade's nickname, Flash, and his Miami Heat jersey number 3. Bidding ends Dec. 13 -- it would be perfect for someone looking for that extra special holiday gift. Deal is, you gotta ask http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343335.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343335.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST One of the easiest ways to get a discount on products or services is to ask for one. Yet few people do. I'm not by nature a haggler, so asking for a discount doesn't come easily. But I have found that just saying, ''Can do you any better?'' often nets a lower price. Second opinion should come from a specialist http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343339.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1343339.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Q: My cat's eye problem has gotten so bad I think I need a second opinion. How do I know if she needs to see a specialist? Miami Heat's furious rally runs out of gas http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1344791.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1344791.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:22 EST Perhaps the Heat couldn't get its defense through customs at the Canadian border for the start of Friday night's game.<p/> Good thing Miami brought its offense. The Heat needed every aspect of it to overcome a miserable first half and a 23-point deficit. Florida Panthers snap Motor City drought http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1344910.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1344910.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00 EST When the clock ran down to end regulation, a few smiles and congratulatory slaps on the back were seen on the Panthers bench.<p/> Florida hadn't won anything. The game against the Red Wings was going to overtime. Miami Hurricanes want to give seniors nice sendoff http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1344764.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1344764.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00 EST The last time Duke went to a bowl game, Blue Devils quarterback Thaddeus Lewis was a first-grader in Miami. UM quarterback Jacory Harris was about to enter kindergarten. FSU to honor defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews before game http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1344983.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1344983.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00 EST Fifty years ago on a high school football field in Ozark, Ala., Bobby Bowden first saw the passion that burns inside Mickey Andrews.<p/> At the time, Andrews was a do-everything star who would go on to be recruited by Paul ``Bear'' Bryant and play on two of Alabama's national championship teams. Bowden was coach of tiny Howard College (now Samford University) in Birmingham, Ala. Jimmie Johnson on pole for Ford 400 as he vies for fourth series title in row http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1345043.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1345043.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Jimmie Johnson hasn't slept particularly well lately.<p/> The three-time defending Sprint Cup Series champion has spent the witching hours counting worst-case scenarios instead of sheep, especially after his disastrous 38th-place finish in Texas two weeks ago. Chaminade ends Pahokee's Class 2B championship run http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1345049.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1345049.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The only thing Jerrard Randall said he had ever heard before about Pahokee was how its players chased rabbits in the off-season to hone their speed and how they couldn't be beaten. Stillman's injury halts hot stretch with Reinprecht http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1344886.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1344886.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00 EST It took forwards Cory Stillman and Steven Reinprecht a little while to get going. Kind of like the Panthers themselves. FIU men defeat N.C. Central http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1345015.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1345015.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:22 EST North Carolina Central got introduced to FIU's Marvin Roberts, and the Eagles probably wish they never had met him.<p/> Roberts finished with 21 points, 10 rebounds and even had three assists as Florida International defeated N.C. Central 83-73 at FIU's U.S. Century Bank Arena. Roberts' shooting, except at the free-throw line, was nearly unerring as he hit 8 of 11 from the field. At the line, he was only 4 of 9. Nevertheless, FIU coach Isiah Thomas said of Roberts, ``Marvin's the real deal as a basketball player.'' Live like D-Wade: Buy his house http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344838.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344838.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Dwyane Wade has listed his Pinecrest estate on Billionaire-Xchange.com. On the site for a week, the sprawling, 11,611-square-foot, seven-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom home can be yours if you put out the lucky bid. Starting bid was $4,599,000. So far, there are no active bids and no one watching the auction. Only a super rich super-fan would want this house. Why? The pool is in-laid with Wade's nickname, Flash, and his Miami Heat jersey number 3. Bidding ends Dec. 13 -- it would be perfect for someone looking for that extra special holiday gift. SPOTTED http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344844.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344844.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Young, hot Korean superstar Rain stopped in at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel to promote his new movie, Ninja Assassin, out Friday. The R&B/pop singer is currently traveling the world on his ``Legend of Rainism'' tour. Celebrity birthdays on Nov. 21 http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344830.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344830.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Marlo Thomas is 72. Actress Juliet Mills (Nanny and the Professor) is 68. Actor-director Harold Ramis is 65. Goldie Hawn is 64. Actress-singer Lorna Luft is 57. Actress Cherry Jones (24) is 53. Actress Nicollette Sheridan is 46. Singer Bjork is 44. Rapper Pretty Lou of Lost Boyz is 38. Actress Jena Malone (Saved) is 25. Susie Essman: A no-B.S. kinda gal http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344840.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344840.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Susie Essman has cursing down to a science.<p/> The Los Angeles Times puts it more nicely -- calling her character Susie Green on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm ``the most lyrical purveyor of profanity on television.'' Love not in the air for these 2 http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344837.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344837.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST James Caan really wants out. <p/> Court records in Los Angeles show The Godfather star filed for divorce from his wife of 14 years, Linda. It's the second time Caan has sought to extricate himself from the marriage; the first case, filed in '05, was dropped. The Calendar http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344843.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344843.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST TRUNK SHOW<p/>1 p.m.<p/>Kristina Ashley Swimwear is having a trunk sale on its 2008 Island Collection and 2009 Spring Rasta Collection. Swimsuits range from $70 to $140, custom orders for cover-ups will also be accepted. The Clevelander Hotel, Miami Beach, SPF 4 Rooftop, 1020 Ocean Dr., Miami; 786-797-7717. Eva Longoria Parker is a helpful housewife http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1343125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1343125.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST When it comes to good causes, Eva Longoria Parker is all business. The Desperate Housewives star, 34, was just named Philanthropist of the Year by The Hollywood Reporter and she's spreading goodwill in Miami Beach Saturday for the Rally for Children With Cancer. John Kerry's daughter joins Club DUI http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1343128.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1343128.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Another day, another mug shot. This time the DUI goes to . . . Sen. John Kerry's daughter, Alexandra, who got pulled over and hauled off in Hollywood early Thursday. For contras, a reprise of bitter discontent http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1344836.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1344836.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The red and black Sandinista graffiti scrawled on buildings, street lamps and trees in downtown Jinotega makes it seem like this traditionally conservative coffee town has suddenly had a political change of heart. But behind the facade of leftist propaganda, a right-wing rebellion is brewing. In Dominica elections, party offers `the only vision' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1344508.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1344508.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27 EST Caribbean voters living in the tiny island of Dominica will head to the polls on Dec. 18 for general elections, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced during a rally. Accused Colombian paramilitary leader arrested http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1343612.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1343612.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:42 EST José Misael Valero Santana, who, according to Colombian prosecutors, led a paramilitary force of about 2,000 members in five Venezuelan border states, was arrested Wednesday. Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1343337.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1343337.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Deep in the heart of Vatican City, Cuban-born Roman Catholic theologian Miguel H. Díaz has managed to find an Italian version of a sandwich that reminds him of home: pan con lechón. Honduras' Roberto Micheletti to step down for 7 days http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1342658.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1342658.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:42 EST Honduras' de facto president Roberto Micheletti will give up his controversial post for seven days beginning on Tuesday so that Hon- durans can "concentrate on elections and not on the political crisis," he announced Thursday. Soccer helps Hondurans forget their political woes http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341042.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341042.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Thousands of fans put Honduras' political problems aside for one night to cheer on the nation's soccer team as it prepares for World Cup competition. Report: Cuba's Raúl Castro as ruthless as Fidel http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341025.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341025.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:04 EST Cuba's government remains as repressive under Raúl Castro as it was under his brother Fidel, according to the first in-depth report on the island's human rights since the younger Castro took power. Diario publisher to head press group http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1338778.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1338778.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Alejandro J. Aguirre, deputy editor and publisher of the Spanish-language Diario Las Américas newspaper, was elected president of the hemisphere's free-press organization, the Inter American Press Association announced Tuesday. Politicians jumping into social media, seeing new outlet to voters http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1344947.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1344947.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is about to go on MSNBC's Morning Joe. Attorney General Bill McCollum, running for governor, updates supporters that he is ``honored'' to get the endorsement of Gov. Charlie Crist. And Sen. Dan Gelber, hoping to be Florida's next attorney general, wants you to know he's thankful for America's veterans. Blogger in Cuba has Washington's ear http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1343131.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1343131.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Cuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sánchez emerged Thursday as a player in U.S.-Cuba relations, scoring a lengthy reply from President Barack Obama to her questions and playing a starring role in a congressional hearing on efforts to let American tourists visit Cuba. Parts of Cuban blogger's essay read aloud in House http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1342657.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1342657.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A high-octane effort to let U.S. tourists visit Cuba got a major endorsement Thursday from one of the island's leading dissidents, who suggested that ``along with suitcases, Bermuda shorts, and sunblock, support, solidarity, and freedom could come too.'' Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, who this week drew the attention of President Barack Obama, wrote in an essay to House Foreign Affairs chairman Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., that lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba ``could bring more results in the democratization of Cuba than the indecisive performance of Raúl Castro.'' Gov. Charlie Crist orders probe of juvenile justice chief http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1340982.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1340982.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Gov. Charlie Crist ordered an internal investigation and a citizen lodged an ethics complaint Wednesday over the extensive taxpayer-funded travel of Juvenile Justice Secretary Frank Peterman between the state capital and Tampa, near his family home. Sen. George LeMieux blasted for blocking diplomat http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1340981.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1340981.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST New Florida Sen. George LeMieux's first foray into foreign relations has drawn brickbats from former high-ranking State Department officials who say his effort to block the Obama administration's new ambassador to Brazil is damaging U.S. relations with Latin America. Gov. Charlie Crist: Ban texting while driving http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1338790.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1338790.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Gov. Charlie Crist and the state's top highway safety appointee endorsed a ban on texting while driving Tuesday, adding new momentum to an idea that has never taken hold in the Legislature. Bullet train might get special legislative session http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1338788.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1338788.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders are discussing a new tax to pay for South and Central Florida rail service in the hopes that federal officials will send billions of dollars to the state for a new bullet train. Sink backs adoption by gays, lesbians http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1335577.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1335577.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Alex Sink, Florida's chief financial officer and the leading Democratic candidate for governor, told the state's largest gay rights group Sunday that homosexuals should be allowed to adopt if it's in the children's ``best interest.'' Jeanne-Claude | Noted artist co-created Central Park `Gates' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1342977.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1342977.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST (AP) -- Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation The Gates and other large scale ``wrapping'' projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74. Ken Ober | Hosted MTV game show `Remote Control' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1340977.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1340977.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Ken Ober, a brassy comedian best known as the host of the 1980s-era MTV game show Remote Control, was found dead on Sunday in his home in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 52. David Lloyd | Writer for many popular sitcoms http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1332919.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1332919.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:00 EST David Lloyd, who wrote scores of scripts for some of the most popular television sitcoms of the 1970s, '80s and '90s -- including the memorable Chuckles the Clown episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which was revered by comedy connoisseurs for wringing belly laughs from a funeral -- died Tuesday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 75. Clara Oesterle | Former Miami-Dade commissioner pushed for Metrorail http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1323758.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/story/1323758.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Clara Rush Oesterle's legacy as a Miami-Dade County commissioner runs on 30 miles of electrified track: the Metrorail/Metromover system.<p/> As commissioner from 1974 to 1988 and close ally of the late county Mayor Steve Clark, she championed light rail as essential to controlled county growth. Jeremy N. Morris | Epidemiologist linked exercise, heart health 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. Francisco Ayala | Spanish novelist examined abuses of power 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. George Na'ope | Hula master was last link to sacred tradition 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. Fred L. Singer | Film pioneer best known for Burdines TV ads 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. You may have to skip pumpkin pie http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345081.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345081.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST By now, you may have heard of the Great Pumpkin Shortage of `09.<p/> Supermarkets everywhere sticking little apology notes where canned pumpkin used to be. Thanksgiving dessert plans ruined. Florida's citrus country producing new vodka http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345080.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345080.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Standing in the heart of citrus country, where the trees are just beginning to yield the baseball-sized fruit that is Florida's signature crop, it's natural to thirst for a cold glass of orange juice. But when Palm Beach Gardens entrepreneurs Chester Brandes and Timo Sutinen came to this Central Florida town, they had another beverage in mind. Namely, vodka. A Florida-made, orange-flavored vodka, to be exact. So, they set out to create just that spirit, hoping to capitalize on the sun-kissed fascination for all things Florida. Within about a year, 4 Orange Premium Vodka was born. Floridian gets 68 months in fraud scheme http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345078.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345078.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The president of a Florida consulting firm convicted in a massive fax blast scam blinked back tears Friday as he was sentenced to 68 months in prison for his role in defrauding thousands of small business owners across the United States, Mexico and Canada. Florida aims to boost credit to small businesses with `Economic Gardening' http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345077.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345077.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A long-awaited pilot program designed to offer training and loans to thriving, mid-stage Florida companies is beginning to take shape -- and take applications. Study calls Florida tax system unfair http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345076.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345076.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST If you are a Florida resident with low to moderate income, you are paying a disproportionate amount of state and local taxes.<p/> So says a nationwide study of state tax systems that shows Florida has the second worst tax system in the U.S. in regards to fairness. Boston Scientific to close Doral plant http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345075.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345075.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Medical-products manufacturer Boston Scientific will close its plant in Doral, eliminating 1,400 jobs by 2012, Miami-Dade economic development officials said Friday. Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida seized, promptly sold http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345074.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1345074.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Banking regulators seized Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida and sold the tiny Fort Myers bank to Central Bank, of Stillwater, Minn., marking the 124th U.S. bank to fail during 2009 and the 12th in Florida. Temp labor may be bridge to recovery http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1344834.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1344834.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Antonio Palou is temping, but not complaining.<p/> He'd love a more permanent job, but he knows plenty of other information technology professionals who have been out of work for a year or more. In Dominica elections, party offers `the only vision' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1344508.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1344508.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27 EST Caribbean voters living in the tiny island of Dominica will head to the polls on Dec. 18 for general elections, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced during a rally. Teen who helped friend in plot to kill mom gets probation http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1344409.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1344409.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:27 EST A 13-year-old Miami Beach boy who joined the murder scheme of an older friend to kill his own mother has worked out a deal with Miami-Dade prosecutors and will serve six years' probation, his attorney said Friday. College students freed in deportation case http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1344381.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1344381.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02 EST Two Miami Dade College students facing deportation were released from a Broward County detention center Friday, eight days after federal immigration officers came to their home to detain them.