The trucks pulled up in front of Tim Farley's home like a military convoy. Nearly a dozen men clad in green and armed with chain saws and pruning shears marched into his backyard to find and destroy the enemy -- Farley's citrus trees.
MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS
Miami-Dade public schools officials' first attempt at closing underenrolled schools earlier this year angered hundreds of parents, leading Superintendent Rudy Crew to shelve the proposal.
A woman's body was found floating in the water east of Old Cutler Road at Southwest 173rd Street on Monday morning. Officers responding to a call of a body in the water found the woman around 8:20 a.m.
BANKUNITED FINANCIAL
BankUnited Financial finished its most recent quarter in the red, recording $65.8 million in losses stemming from the worsening housing market.
CUBAN JUDO TEAM
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.
As the death toll in earthquake-ravaged areas of China soared to nearly 10,000 Monday, members of South Florida's Chinese community reached out to relatives abroad and began talk of preparing aid for the victims.
The start of the manslaughter trial of former New York Yankee player Jim Leyritz was postponed Monday. Leyritz, 44, is accused of running a red light and crashing his sport utility vehicle into a car driven by Fredia Ann Veitch on his birthday in December.
STOCKS
Broward physician and heavyweight Republican donor Zachariah P. Zachariah has been accused of insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CRIME
Three men accused of robbing a fast-food restaurant, then shooting at several law enforcement officers as they tried to escape, were identified Sunday.
FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT
The nation's chief nuclear watchdog will tour Turkey Point on Tuesday, a visit that follows recent six-figure fines imposed on Florida Power & Light for its hired guards sleeping and carrying disabled weapons while on duty.
EDUCATION
For Bob Mandell, the bad news came on a Wednesday evening. Dial-A-Teacher, the homework-help hot line to which he had devoted nearly two decades of service, would be closing for good the following day.
MIRAMAR
A Miramar birthday party came to an abrupt end when gunshots were heard coming from a home early Sunday, striking a visitor from the Orlando area and a disc jockey, according to Miramar police.
MOTHER'S DAY
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.
MOTHER'S DAY
Beverly Watts, mother, created a family over the Internet. Unable to have children of her own, Beverly, 50, of Sunrise, was determined to adopt a child. She took classes at Calvary Chapel church in Fort Lauderdale. She got a physical exam. She filled out reams of paperwork and got fingerprinted. And then she scanned a website hosted by Broward County's privately run foster care agency with hopes of finding a son.
S cientific studies rarely make for great marketing brochures, but recent warnings about the chemical compound bisphenol A or BPA -- found in plastics used to make everything from sippy cups and baby bottles to cooking spoons -- is helping spur blockbuster sales for some savvy retailers.
SILVER KNIGHTS
The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald are celebrating current and past Silver Knight winners this month to mark the 50th anniversary of the program that recognizes extraordinary high school seniors.
FORT LAUDERDALE
Watching the evening newscast on Sept. 27, 1999, from her South Florida home, Josie Ashton thought the lead story was a movie, not a real-life tragedy.
WORKING MOMS
This Mother's Day the economy is making the salute to moms a bit more serious. Working mothers are finding their median weekly wages declining, their work demands increasing, and companies pulling back on family-friendly benefits.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
One week after he was arrested with cocaine at the Tallahassee airport, a candidate for Broward public defender is speaking out in his own defense.
MURDER AT THE MALL
A man who appeared to fit the description of the killer wanted in the unsolved murders of a Boca Raton woman and her 7-year-old daughter last December is not the kidnapper, authorities said Friday.
