FLORIDA REPUBLICANS

Charming ex-GOP official a symbol of party's troubles

The former executive director of the Florida GOP was known as a charmer, but his generous salary has becom...

PORT EVERGLADES

Port Everglades reaches environmentally friendly agreement with county and state

Broward and state officials have reached a deal to allow Port Everglades to proceed with its $2 billion exp...

THE KEYS

Key Largo gets some wood rats back

Seven Key Largo wood rats -- from a kinder, gentler rodent strain than the one humans abhor -- were release...

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA

Florida GOP money transfers raise questions

The flow of money in and out of the Republican Party of Florida is leading to debate over whether state cam...

BROWARD SCHOOLS

Broward school officials to review grading rules

The Broward school district will examine its grading policy for prekindergarten through grade 12.

TALLAHASSEE

Alex Sink publicly scolds Florida's top financial regulator

Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink lambasted the state's top financial regulator at the Cabinet meeting Tues...

CHILD WELFARE

Adopted son of gay Key West man gains state subsidy

Florida's gay adoption law suffered another setback. Child welfare administrators agreed to subsidize servi...

Coroner confirms 2 Mexican children died in rains

The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office has identified two bodies found near the border with Mexico ...

UN forecasts 'stable' Afghan opium crop

After a major drop over the past two years, Afghanistan's opium cultivation is unlikely to rise or fall dra...

City vehicles strike 2 in San Francisco accidents

One pedestrian is dead and another seriously injured following separate accidents in San Francisco involvin...

Calif. man convicted of killing girlfriend's son

A jury has convicted a 23-year-old California man of killing his girlfriend's 1-year-old son.

Round 2: Snow slams Mid-Atlantic, points north

NY Senate votes to expel convicted lawmaker

NYC jail chaplain released in razor blades case

A grand jury declined Tuesday to indict a Muslim chaplain accused of trying to smuggle razor blades and sci...

Iran rewards Basij militia with political clout

During an Iranian government meeting late last month, a top adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brough...

UN forecasts 'stable' Afghan opium crop

After a major drop over the past two years, Afghanistan's opium cultivation is unlikely to rise or fall dra...

China high court stresses 'mercy' in death penalty

China's highest court has issued new guidelines on the death penalty that instruct lower courts to limit it...

Myanmar court sentences US man to 3 years' prison

A Myanmar court ordered a U.S. citizen Wednesday to serve three years in prison for entering the military-r...

Suspect on trial in Indonesia hotel bombings

An alleged Islamist militant being tried on charges of harboring terrorists behind deadly twin hotel bombin...

Chile president-elect favors independent ministers

President-elect Sebastian Pinera named a Cabinet of technocrats Tuesday to run his government, calling more...

Bolivian candidate sentenced to make adobe bricks

A governing party candidate in Bolivia is making 1,000 adobe bricks as part of a drunk-driving sentence han...

Revamp your Valentine's Day

SWIMSUIT MODELS

Sports Illustrated pin-ups offer bathing suit wisdom

STYLE CALENDAR

TRENDSDAY WEDNESDAY What's Hip Wednesday @ The Biltmore: Features music, fashions from Neiman Marcus and...

SPA FANCY

Real inspiration comes in threes

Good things come in threes. Case in point: Huey, Dewey and Louie; Charlie's Angels; and Snap, Crackle and P...

FASHION Q&A

Bride's sandy dilemma; Michelle's fancy necklace

AUTO PERSONALITIES

Car tester judges reactions -- from drivers

Thundering down a highway in a smoking-hot BMW M6, I flick on my blinker and slide into the left lane to pa...

HEALTH

Experts laud first lady's childhood-obesity fight

South Florida school districts and physicians are cheering a new national initiative to end childhood obesity.

HEAT 99, ROCKETS 66

Balanced effort helps stop Miami Heat's five-game losing streak

ROUNDUP

Marquee matchup between Palmetto's Tim Hardaway Jr., Coral Reef's Charles Hankerson Jr. in District 16-6A semifinal

Tim Hardaway Jr. and Charles Hankerson Jr. began their high school careers as teammates. Three years la...

IN MY OPINION

Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade's critical comments are no big deal

NORDIC COMBINED EVENT

Billy Demong, Johnny Spillane and Todd Lodwick poised to lift Nordic Combined from obscurity in U.S.

Americans have made a splash in Alpine events in past Olympic Games, but this year the U.S. team is favored...

NOTEBOOK

Miami Heat's Erik Spoelstra's message to team: Make winning plays

THE WINTER OLYMPICS

A personal test for Miami's Jennifer Rodriguez at Vancouver Games

HURRICANES 4, PANTHERS 1

GM Sexton is fuming as Florida Panthers falter in fourth loss in a row

The fading Panthers again failed to muster much of an attack, dropping their fourth game in a row. They hav...

CELEBRITY ROUNDUP

Next stop for `Jersey Shore' guidos: South Beach, of course

Break out the hair gel and tight clothing. The cast of MTV's Jersey Shore is headed our way. According ...

Celebrity birthdays on Feb. 10

Actor Robert Wagner is 80. Singer Roberta Flack is 73. Singer Jimmy Merchant of Frankie Lymon and the Teena...

LA VIDA LOCAL

Guerrido's hot -- even when weather's not

If you see Jackie Guerrido on the street, she won't mind if you ask when the weather will warm up. Afte...

ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Celebrate Miami.com

Miami.com celebrates its second anniversary Wednesday night at LIV at Fontainebleau, arguably South Florida...

The Calendar

OPENING 7 p.m. The Webster celebrates the official grand opening of ``The Roof'' with drinks provided by ...

CELEBRITY ROUNDUP

Brangelina still in love

Don't always believe what the gossip mags write -- especially when they're writing about one of Hollywood's...

SCENE IN THE TROPICS

Who snubbed who at Super parties?

The Audi Super Bowl party in the penthouse of the W South Beach Saturday was interesting on so many levels....

DISASTER IN HAITI

In Haiti's tent cities, quake `mayors' fill a void

Haitians have created leadership structures in the camps to provide aid, medical care and other needs of fe...

CUBA | HUNGER STRIKE

Cuban hunger striker's condition reportedly worse

The mother of a Cuban political prisoner on a hunger strike said her son's condition has worsened and that ...

DISASTER IN HAITI

U.S. firms want part in Haiti cleanup

Who will remove the debris in Haiti remains to be seen, but Pompano Beach-based AshBritt is pushing for a m...

COSTA RICA

For new Costa Rican leader, a lifetime of preparation

Costa Rica's first female president is pledging to continue the work of outgoing President Oscar Arias.

COSTA RICA | ELECTIONS

Ruling party candidate in lead

Laura Chinchilla, who served as vice president under current President Oscar Arias, on Sunday evening looke...

VENEZUELA

For Chávez, a difficult year ahead

With protests, economic woes and falling approval ratings, President Hugo Chávez will have a tough y...

Medical flights slow for sick kids

Bureaucratic paperwork is delaying medical flights from Haiti to the United States and is endangering child...

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA

Florida GOP money transfers raise questions

The flow of money in and out of the Republican Party of Florida is leading to debate over whether state cam...

FLORIDA REPUBLICANS

Charming ex-GOP official a symbol of party's troubles

The former executive director of the Florida GOP was known as a charmer, but his generous salary has becom...

U.S. SENATE RACE

Kendrick Meek adds name to NASCAR race car

Kendrick Meek hopes to get his name before a new segment of the electorate by paying to have his name splas...

Records suggest expense, salary padding by Florida GOP leaders

As a volatile election season gets underway, the Republican Party of Florida is facing its biggest crisis o...

POLITICS

S. Florida tea-party activists shun national convention

South Florida tea-party activists stayed away from the national gathering in Nashville, with local leaders ...

POLITIFACT | SORTING OUT THE TRUTH IN POLITICS

Politifact: Class-size claim misleading

Even with Florida's class size amendment, are the state's classrooms averaging more students than other sou...

TALLAHASSEE

Records: Fundraiser charged big tab to Florida GOP-issued credit card

A Florida GOP fundraiser put everything from golfing fees to $3,000 meal tabs on his party-issued credit ca...

MARTIN BARRY SILVERBERG, 54

Martin Barry Silverberg | Turned Elvis gig into career

The housing crash has created many new careers, but few as imaginative as the one Martin Barry Silverberg c...

U.S. REP. JOHN MURTHA, 77

John Murtha | Criticized Bush over Iraq War

Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to...

BRANIARD DORRIS, 68

Braniard Dorris | Former Miami Beach fire chief

Braniard Dorris, a 28-year Miami Beach firefighter who served as chief from 1985-93, died Jan. 31 of compli...

REX NETTLEFORD, 76

Rex Nettleford | Jamaican scholar and arts icon

Jamaican scholar and choreographer Rex Nettleford has died after suffering a heart attack in the United Sta...

AARON RUBEN, 95

Aaron Ruben | TV writer, producer

(AP) -- Aaron Ruben, who produced such TV hits as The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. and Sanford a...

HARRY SINGLETARY, 63

Harry Singletary | Led Florida prison system

Harry Singletary Jr., a basketball star at Florida Presbyterian College in St. Petersburg in the '60s who l...

LAWRENCE GARFINKEL, 88

Lawrence Garfinkel | Statistician linked smoking to cancer

Lawrence Garfinkel, the statistician who overcame his lack of a doctoral degree and training in oncology to...

EXECUTIVES' ASSOCIATION OF FORT LAUDERDALE

Fears of double-dip recession are baseless, Invesco analyst says

Fears that the economy could suffer a double-dip recession are likely unfounded, Invesco analyst Fritz Meye...

New Florida tourism slogan announced

A Miami advertising agency has crafted a new tourism slogan for the Sunshine State: ``Your Florida Side is ...

SOCIAL NETWORKING

Google now challenging Facebook

Google, the world's most popular search engine, has added a social-networking feature to its Gmail e-mail s...

HEALTHCARE

Jackson Health System's CFO steps down from post

Jackson Health System's chief financial officer, who was the focus of the wrath of the board when he told i...

STOCKS

Better news about Greece sends markets soaring

Financial markets in the U.S. rose sharply after the European Union indicated that it is developing a plan ...

TOYOTA

Toyota to recall thousands of hybrid models

Toyota's woes continue with the recall of 437,000 Prius and other hybrid cars.

Not happy at work? Here are some tips on how to change that.

As Valentine's Day nears, most people focus on romantic relationships. We want to spice them up a bit, reki...