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, 08 Nov 2009 01:04:19 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1319276.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1319276.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:49 EST The day John Timoney was sworn in as Miami police chief in 2003, 11 of his troops stood trial for concocting evidence and planting guns in a spate of shootings. Seven would be convicted. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1318483.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1318483.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:44 EST The base commander at Fort Hood says soldiers who witnessed a shooting rampage that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before opening fire at the Texas post. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1319257.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1319257.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:45 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/top-stories/story/1259052.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1259052.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:00 EST http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1319274.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1319274.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:55 EST Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein's office was a secured inner sanctum, complete with video cameras, second entrance and hidden private elevator. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1319225.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1319225.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:57 EST Suspended Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion is facing another criminal charge -- this time from state prosecutors who charged him Thursday with one count of receiving unlawful compensation, a second-degree felony. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1317319.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1317319.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:57 EST Dozens of federal agents on Wednesday night raided the Fort Lauderdale law offices of attorney Scott Rothstein, a swaggering lawyer under investigation for allegedly masterminding an investment scam that could reach hundreds of millions of dollars. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1317317.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1317317.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:56 EST Miami Mayor-elect Tomás Regalado has promised a breather from eight years of rapid development, saying he plans to focus on the city's small neighborhoods. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1317143.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1317143.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:11 EST After Tuesday's elections, Florida looms as the next front in a war between moderates and conservatives that's dividing a Republican Party trying to surge toward the 2010 election. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1317133.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1317133.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:08 EST One-time Miami social worker aide Grady Nelson admitted to raping and stabbing his stepdaughter and stepson, then gashing their mother more than 60 times -- including slashing her neck ``from side to side, right through the jugular,'' a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1317347.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1317347.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:54 EST With the New York Yankees, it is all about history and the legends who wore the pinstripes, a monolithic franchise that towers over all others, both in terms of titles and Hall of Famers. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1317313.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1317313.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:00 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/top-stories/story/1314860.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1314860.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:51 EST Miami voters demanded a breather from eight years of fast-paced development Tuesday, ushering in Tomás Regalado as mayor on a wave of support from residents who said they were tired of uncontrolled growth and unchecked spending. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1314872.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1314872.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:54 EST A flashy Fort Lauderdale lawyer who investors say fleeced them for hundreds of millions of dollars and whose partners say wiped out his law firm's finances flew back from Morocco on Tuesday to face federal prosecutors considering criminal charges, sources familiar with the probe said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1314855.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1314855.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:00 EST Matti Herrera Bower was on her way to continuing her historic stint as Miami Beach mayor Tuesday night, holding a large lead against two opponents as votes were tallied. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1314871.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1314871.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:52 EST When the Latin Grammy Awards are presented for the 10th time on Thursday, there will be plenty of cause for celebration.<p/> The awards, which honor the top musical artists throughout the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, are extremely popular. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1314858.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1314858.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:59 EST In a withering assessment, leaders of the University of Miami are complaining strongly about the overall direction of the Jackson Health System and the doctors it is hiring. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1314857.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1314857.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:58 EST A Miami dentist set up a drop-off spot on Flagler Street in Little Havana. A Broward business owner donated thousands of dollars to build soy processing factories. And a West Palm Beach church plans to ship food. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1313165.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1313165.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:44 EST As Miami chooses its next mayor Tuesday, the differences in candidates could not be more stark. One has bucked nearly every major city initiative, the other pitches Miami's public works projects as progress. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1313121.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/1313121.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:42 EST Sixteen years after tearfully testifying in his Operation Court Broom bribery case, former Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Phillip Davis on Monday took the stand again, this time to deny charges that he pilfered grant money intended to help the poor.