South Florida Blogs

If you missed Grammy-winning R&B singer Maxwell when he performed in Miami in July 2009, there's good news for you: He's coming back, and he's bringing Jill Scott with him.

The soulful pair will take the stage at American Airlines Arena in downtown Miami [...]

DENVER -- The archbishop of Denver on Tuesday defended a decision by a Catholic school not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian couple.

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said it was a "painful situation," but the decision by Sacred Heart of [...]

PANTHERS 3, WILD 2 (SO)

BY GEORGE RICHARDS

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Tomas Vokoun didn't have much to do during the regulation of Tuesday's game.

Overtime was a different story – and Vokoun a difference maker.

The Panthers goalie was sharp in overtime and in the shootout, backstopping Florida to a 3-2 [...]

Interesting read from the NFP.

"I spoke with several NFL coaches today — as well as a high-level NFL executive — who think that drafting Bryant is a major risk," writes Matt Bowen.

I didn’t get in on the discussion about bicycle lanes in Bayshore Monday night, but I discussed the same subject at the Martin County Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee meeting. A representative from the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) presented a plan for Indian River Drive in Jensen Beach that did not include [...]

House Speaker Larry Cretul is stacking the deck in the House Government Affairs Policy Committee on the eve before it considers the controversial bill to ban the release of 911 tapes to the public.

With a narrow vote expected, Cretul has employed a little-used rule to temporarily appoint his top lieutenant, Speaker Pro [...]

As tragic and horrific as the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo and the ensuing hunger strike by Guillermo Fariñas have been, they have not been in vain.

The evidence is plain on many fronts. Cubans on the island and in exile have united behind them, and diplomatically, the Castro brothers have [...]