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TOP STORIES

• S. Florida veterans: A day to 'mourn, not celebrate'...

  From WWII to the war in Afghanistan, battle survivors remain impacted by those who didn’t come home.

COLUMNISTS

• Captain Tidy vs. the Litter People

  It's 10:36 on a Thursday morning in downtown Miami. The suspect is standing at a bus stop on Biscayne Boulevard, smoking a ciga...

TOP STORIES

• Back on the Miami Commission dais, Spence-Jones deli...

  Since being acquitted of felony charges, Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones has delivered key victories to her constituen...

• Witnesses in Trayvon Martin case contradict, change ...

  Several witnesses in the Trayvon Martin case changed their accounts after weeks of intense media coverage, according to recordi...

• Many proposed rentals could become condo conversions...

  Rising lease prices are prompting developers to build — increasingly with bank financing — apartment projects to capi...

• Tropical Storm Beryl strengthens

  Tropical Storm Beryl was wrecking some Memorial Day weekend plans on Sunday, causing shoreline campers to pack up and head inla...

BREAKING NEWS

• Crowds gather for Golden Gate Bridge celebration

  Crowds gathered along San Francisco's waterfront Sunday, while San Francisco Bay was crowded with pleasure boats, tug boats and...

• Syria denies Houla killings, UN condemns attack

  Syria on Sunday strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people - including women and children - in one of ...

PEOPLE

• Carlos Ponce, another pretty face on Model: Latina ...

  Carlos Ponce couldn’t have been complaining too loudly when his manager called with this offe...

• Hot stuff celebrities love

  Wet weather can’t sideline a happy hour at Bella Beach, the chic Mediterranean-inspired resto-lounge at the Trump Intern...

EDITORIALS

• ‘A free and undivided republic’

  OUR OPINION: Memorial Day honors the sacrifice of our soldiers who died securing the peace

• Lies, damned lies and Cuban ‘diplomacy’...

  OUR OPINION: U.N. body’s questions put Cuba in the dock

BUSINESS

• Location-based marketing a boost for business

  More businesses are using social media and mobile technology to target customers based on where they are.

• Many proposed rentals could become condo conversions...

  Rising lease prices are prompting developers to build — increasingly with bank financing — apartment projects to ...

SPORTS

• University of Miami named NCAA host despite loss

  The Miami Hurricanes didn’t accomplish their mission at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, but they still got a n...

• Empire Builder wins Mambo Meister Stakes

  Empire Builder won the inaugural race that pays homage to the euthanized horse that trained and won nine stakes at Calder.

TROPICAL LIFE

• A romantic journey to America

  Inspired by the lives of her own grandparents, who came to America from northern Italy in the early 20th century, Adriana Trigi...

• The ups and downs of Lysander’s life

  Sex is everywhere in 1913 Vienna, but the consequences are murky.

COMMUNITY NEWS

• Exotic animals snarl traffic, delight kids

• County: Venetian Causeway construction should be don...

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COMMENTARY

• Jim Morin's editorial cartoon

POLITIFACT FLORIDA

PolitiFact Florida is a partnership of the Tampa Bay Times and the Miami Herald to help you find the truth in politics.

Every day, reporters and researchers from the Times and the Herald examine statements by Florida elected officials and candidates and anyone else who speaks up on matters of public importance. We research their statements and then rate the accuracy on our Truth-O-Meter – True, Mostly True, Half True, Barely True and False. The most ridiculous falsehoods get our lowest rating, Pants on Fire.

http://www.politifact.com/florida/