http://www.miamiherald.com/885/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/885/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Test Page 60 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:08:07 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/830/story/10157.html http://www.miamiherald.com/830/story/10157.html Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:01 EST Officials lift<br> water advisory http://www.miamiherald.com/830/story/9394.html http://www.miamiherald.com/830/story/9394.html Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:01 EST Heat should sign Marbury if available http://www.miamiherald.com/830/story/79181.html http://www.miamiherald.com/830/story/79181.html Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:01 EST Team locks up winning record, defeat Nats http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/716602.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/716602.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:12 EDT Pablo Borrego pulled up to a Deerfield Beach home Tuesday morning with hopes of buying a car. He left in an ambulance -- victim of a shooting which has left Broward sheriff's deputies searching for the person that pulled the trigger. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/716689.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/716689.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:01 EDT The Miami-Dade School Board had planned to discuss its contracting process Tuesday, but it canceled the meeting after failing to reach a quorum. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/715972.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/715972.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:52 EDT On the eve of a nationally televised debate, Republican John McCain dispatched the nation's most famous hockey mom to kneecap their Democratic rival Monday at a jam-packed ice rink in this Southwest Florida Republican stronghold. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/715968.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/715968.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:02 EDT From television interviews in Miami-Dade to a school visit in Broward, Haitian President René Préval raced through South Florida over the weekend seeking additional relief for his storm-ravaged nation. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/715956.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/715956.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:11 EDT A Miami federal judge on Monday said the 20-year-old defendant in the Joe Cool case will be retried in January on murder, kidnapping and robbery charges. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/715955.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/715955.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:05 EDT Crouched atop a small wooden boat, Kevin Chandler cruises through a Broward canal. He searches for prey in the dark, with a small light wrapped around his forehead. A Newport cigarette hangs from his mouth. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-AP-stories/story/716301.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-AP-stories/story/716301.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:52 EDT The Federal Reserve moved swiftly to break through a credit clog that is imperiling the economy, saying Tuesday it would buy massive amounts of short-term debt and hinting that it may cut interest rates. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-AP-stories/story/716185.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-AP-stories/story/716185.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:52 EDT A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay into the United States, a dramatic ruling that could set the course for releasing dozens of other prisoners at the naval facility in Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/715583.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/715583.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Here's a multiple-choice question for the families of high school students facing yet another round of SATs and other standardized tests: Why has the college application process grown so stressful and all-consuming? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/715601.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/715601.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Naomi Lowit had her first baby, Sophia, 18 months ago. ''I know how hard it is to get back in shape.'' So Lowit designed a class for moms just like her -- and sympathetic dads like hubby William Weyrowski -- at her studio, Nomi Pilates in North Miami (there's a Fort Lauderdale branch, too). http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/716010.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/716010.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT A man wearing a polo shirt embroidered with the San Diego Chargers logo was walking alone down the hallway of the Dolphin Stadium press box Sunday, outside the door where the scouts and coaches sit, mumbling under his breath about the halftime score. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/716011.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/716011.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT The tandem shuffle with Vernon Carey in the end zone after his 5-yard touchdown run? That was actually Carey's idea. The left-hand-on-helmet, right-hand-flicking-football demonstration after the game-sealing first down? That was a copy of LaDanian Tomlinson's signature touchdown celebration -- a final ''Take that!'' to last year's conference finalists. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/716000.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/716000.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT The slot is open. Paris Hilton is looking for a new BFF (that's ''best friend forever'' in heiress speak). Tune in at 10 p.m. Tuesday to catch the second episode of MTV's Paris Hilton's My New BFF, in which 18 desperados vie to fill the void left by Nicole Richie when The Simple Life ended its run last year. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/715980.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/715980.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT South Beach Wine and Food Festival founder and director Lee Schrager, in New York City for Gotham's version of our fest, closed the Nasdaq on Friday, ringing the bell with star chef and fest participant Bobby Flay. ''It was pretty fantastic, on the big board on 42nd Street,'' Schrager told us. If only the market was as fantastic as his experience. Sigh. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/716635.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/716635.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:02 EDT Three years after President Hugo Chávez expelled American missionaries from the Venezuelan Amazon, accusing them of using proselytism of remote tribes as a cover for espionage, resentment is festering here over what some tribal leaders say was official negligence that led to the deaths of dozens of indigenous children and adults.<br> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/715989.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/715989.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Currencies throughout Latin America tumbled in value against the dollar, and the value of Brazil's stock exchange dropped by 8 percent, as the U.S. financial crisis reverberated throughout Latin America. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/715953.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/715953.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT New e-mails have surfaced that appear to further implicate new Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho in a romantic relationship with a former Miami Herald reporter -- only days before the School Board is expected to vote on Carvalho's $275,000 contract. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/715956.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/715956.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT A Miami federal judge on Monday said the 20-year-old defendant in the Joe Cool case will be retried in January on murder, kidnapping and robbery charges. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/712662.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/712662.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:19 EDT In the go-go days of the 1980s, when cash was king in South Florida, a steakhouse named Christy's thrived. Over the years, the owners kept the business concept simple but consistent, offering choice cuts of meat, an interesting and varied wine list served by a staff who understood the restaurant's mission. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/712704.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/712704.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:12 EDT Consider this: 150 pounds of spaghetti, 70 gallons of tomato sauce, hundreds of garlic rolls and dozens of homemade desserts will, once again, fill the stomachs of an estimated 900 Homestead and South Miami-Dade residents. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/715955.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/715955.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Crouched atop a small wooden boat, Kevin Chandler cruises through a Broward canal. He searches for prey in the dark, with a small light wrapped around his forehead. A Newport cigarette hangs from his mouth. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/715968.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/715968.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:02 EDT From television interviews in Miami-Dade to a school visit in Broward, Haitian President René Préval raced through South Florida over the weekend seeking additional relief for his storm-ravaged nation. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/715972.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/715972.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT On the eve of a nationally televised debate, Republican John McCain dispatched the nation's most famous hockey mom to kneecap their Democratic rival Monday at a jam-packed ice rink in this Southwest Florida Republican stronghold. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/715963.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/715963.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT A new poll suggests an increasingly competitive race for Congress in South Florida, with none of the Republican incumbents polling above 50 percent. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/703761.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/703761.html Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT About 3,200 new voters are in the cross-hairs of Florida's new and controversial ''no-match'' law, which could force them to cast provisional ballots on Election Day if officials can't confirm their identities. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/702108.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/702108.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT The developer of a massive project in downtown Miami is quietly considering a campaign to amend Florida's Constitution to allow Las Vegas-style casinos in the city and open the door for a similar casino at Miami Beach's famed Fontainebleau Hotel. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/716484.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/716484.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:22 EDT A Mason-Dixon poll released Tuesday shows Democrat Barack Obama with a narrow edge over Republican John McCain in Florida, leaving the nation's largest tossup state in the hands of the 6 percent of voters who are undecided. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/715914.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/715914.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:52 EDT Nearly 20 years of John McCain's contrition over his role in a 1980s banking scandal vanished this week in 17 minutes and 30 seconds. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/716701.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/716701.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:54 EDT When Congress passed the bailout bill last week, it attached dozens of extra benefits, from reducing rum taxes to eliminating a tax on a kid's toy. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/716318.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/716318.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:06 EDT Consumer bankruptcies in South Florida surged last month, up 83 percent from a year ago and nearly 10 percent from August. By comparison, consumer bankruptcy filings nationally climbed 28.6 percent from a year ago, according to data compiled by the National Bankruptcy Research Center and released by the American Bankruptcy Institute. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/columnists/story/714535.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/columnists/story/714535.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:01 EDT A look, sound and feel so rare lately returned late Sunday afternoon like an old friend dearly missed. It was a Dolphins home crowd, standing and thunderously cheering their team as a game ended. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/columnists/story/712428.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/columnists/story/712428.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT The collapse of Wall Street and the freeze of credit markets can be traced to one unlikely culprit: Cindy Crawford. I'm sure she didn't mean to cripple the economy. Most supermodels avoid meddling in global monetary markets, and it's unlikely that Cindy realized how much influence she commanded.