http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Today's Top Stories 60 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:42:33 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1125499.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1125499.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:10 EDT George Washington -- founding father, first president, face on the dollar bill, distant cousin? B.B. Gould of Biscayne Park can lay claim to the honor. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1125505.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1125505.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:19 EDT The U.S. Justice Department is investigating corruption allegations made by an indicted Fort Lauderdale insurance executive who, in a bid for a favorable plea deal, has named lawyers, lobbyists and fundraisers he claims plotted with him to thwart a state crackdown on him and his industry. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1125123.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1125123.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:16 EDT The dynamic new chief executive officer of the Dolphins and Land Shark Stadium was always ''a little bit of a Dolphins fan,'' even as a kid growing up in Baltimore. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1125533.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1125533.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:15 EDT The doors were padlocked when Marta Cruz and her two young daughters arrived at the girls' summer program Thursday. The South Dade educational center was one of two programs for farmworkers' children that were closed due to a spat between the Homestead Housing Authority and the Miami-Dade School Board. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1125520.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1125520.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:14 EDT The most severe drop in taxable property value in Miami-Dade County in at least 40 years is actually a little worse than first thought. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1125513.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1125513.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:13 EDT The massive Marine assault launched Thursday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province is intended to recapture an area that's been under Taliban control for the past five years -- a step officials think is critical to showing Afghan civilians that coalition forces can protect them from Islamist militants. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1123869.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1123869.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:05 EDT The final piece of the Florida Marlins' 15-year quest for a permanent South Florida home came down to $6.2 million, last-minute political confusion and, finally, a 1 a.m. vote at County Hall. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1123803.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1123803.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:08 EDT When exotic animals attack, they reignite the debate about how best to regulate them -- particularly in Florida, where anacondas, pythons and even iguanas have recently come under scrutiny by local and state governments. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1123796.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1123796.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:17 EDT More than 100 Broward teachers will not return to the classroom in the fall because they no longer have certification -- leaving an unknown number of spots for teachers who were laid off to fill. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/885673.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/885673.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:47 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1123834.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1123834.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:16 EDT Hip, hip hooray! Facebook just announced a new series of privacy settings that will give users much more control over who can see what on the social networking website. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1123868.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1123868.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:15 EDT An eccentric populist to some, a phony, wannabe president-for-life to others, Honduras' exiled President Manuel Zelaya carries a curious pedigree. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1123628.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1123628.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:02 EDT Even though the Dominican Republic was wiped out by the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic, the tournament wasn't a total waste for Hanley Ramirez. During the event in March, he sought advice from a few of his Dominican teammates on ways to become a better run-producer. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1124033.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1124033.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:14 EDT Authorities say a Davie man with a chronic heart problem was killed by swine flu. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1122310.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1122310.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:55 EDT At 1:10 a.m. Wednesday, Miami-Dade County commissioners cast the final vote on a set of last-minute changes that cleared the way for the sale of more than $300 million in bonds to pay for construction of a new baseball stadium in Little Havana. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1121940.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1121940.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:59 EDT Are slot machines a cure for Miami International Airport's financial woes? Miami-Dade County leaders think they could be. On Tuesday, Miami-Dade commissioners voted to allow the county manager to immediately seek a permit that would give the county the ability to apply for a slot machine license from state officials. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1121934.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1121934.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:49 EDT A peek inside the apartment of husband-and-wife spy suspects reveals a shortwave radio, a sailing guide to Cuban waters -- and now a copy of The Spy's Bedside Book, according to new court documents in the case. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1121933.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1121933.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:48 EDT Don't let a recession fool you. Hotel reservations this Fourth of July weekend might not be so easy to get. Reduced rates, a Friday holiday, and aggressive efforts by hotels to fill beds with local visitors have combined to make the upcoming weekend busier than dismal unemployment figures and stock tables might suggest. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1121745.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1121745.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:48 EDT The regime that ousted Manuel Zelaya in Honduras claimed Tuesday that the deposed president allowed tons of cocaine to be flown into the Central American country on its way to the United States. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1121948.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1121948.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:47 EDT Florida continues to see a rapid rise in fatal overdoses caused by prescription-drug abuse -- a trend fueled by a cottage industry of cash-only pain clinics -- while deaths from illegal drugs wane, according to a report from the state's medical examiners released Tuesday.