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OUR OPINION: Rights report shows Cuba's new boss same as old boss
Morin, who has been at The Miami Herald since 1978, was awarded the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1977 and 1990. His cartoons appear in The Miami Herald five days a week.
For Florida candidates, social-networking tools are keys to campaign outreach.
Standing in the heart of citrus country, where the trees are just beginning to yield the baseball-sized fruit that is Florida's signature crop, it's natural to thirst for a cold glass of orange juice. But when Palm Beach Gardens entrepreneurs Chester Brandes and Timo Sutinen came to this Central Florida town, they had another beverage in mind. Namely, vodka. A Florida-made, orange-flavored vodka, to be exact. So, they set out to create just that spirit, hoping to capitalize on the sun-kissed fascination for all things Florida. Within about a year, 4 Orange Premium Vodka was born.
Scott Clemmensen made 39 saves, Bryan McCabe scored in overtime and the Panthers won in Detroit for the first time in nearly 13 years.
Deep in the heart of Vatican City, Cuban-born Roman Catholic theologian Miguel H. Díaz has managed to find an Italian version of a sandwich that reminds him of home: pan con lechón.
Young, hot Korean superstar Rain stopped in at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel to promote his new movie, Ninja Assassin, out Friday. The R&B/pop singer is currently traveling the world on his ``Legend of Rainism'' tour.
In a lawsuit that reads like a racketeering indictment, a group of investors alleged that attorney Scott Ro...
Several nurses offered personal apologies to a lesbian kept from seeing her dying partner in 2007 at Jackso...
In Nicaragua, ex-contras prepare to oppose Sandinistas in a feud that stretches back to the war in the 1980s.
A freewheeling bait shack and watering hole on Virginia Key faces a deadline to remove the junk that some s...
A new tobacco tax is doing just what its proponents envisioned: reducing cigarette sales while fattening st...
Outside Miami City Hall on Thursday, officials announced Miami's new police chief: Maj. Miguel Exposito, a ...
A Broward County grand jury suggests a series of new reforms to stop the explosion of unregulated pain clin...
Suspended Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones formally announced that she will run for her vacant seat.
Two women died and a man was in critical condition after their car was hit by a Tri-Rail train at Commercia...
Young performers will put their talent to work Friday to raise money to support arts and music programs in ...
Florida's jobless rate ticked up to 11.2 percent last month. But employers are starting to hire more temps ...
Even as Miami-Dade officials try to build the county's life sciences industry, Boston Scientific is plannin...
Men from Miami and Boca Raton were also involved in an outfit that was charged with using faxes to defraud ...
Florida's Economic Gardening Program -- designed to help high-growth companies with loans and training -- i...
Because Florida mainly depends on sales taxes and property taxes, a study says the tax system is unfair to...
Banking regulators seized Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida and sold the tiny Fort Myers bank to Central B...
With the economy sputtering, South Florida couples are staying together more or attempting do-it-yourself d...
A study finds female, Hispanic and Asian hotel workers more likely to be injured on the job.
A Coconut Grove businessman says he invested $2.16 million with Scott Rothstein after a friend solicited hi...
Three South Florida students are featured in a new documentary film about budding entrepreneurs.
The Heat overcame a 23-point deficit to tie the score in the fourth quarter, but petered out at the end.
Scott Clemmensen made 39 saves, Bryan McCabe scored in overtime and the Panthers won in Detroit for the fir...
Taking the pole for Sunday's Ford 400 gave Jimmie Johnson a boost and some peace of mind as he tries to win...
The only thing Jerrard Randall said he had ever heard before about Pahokee was how its players chased rabbi...
It took forwards Cory Stillman and Steven Reinprecht a little while to get going. Kind of like the Panthers...
North Carolina Central got introduced to FIU's Marvin Roberts, and the Eagles probably wish they never had ...
FIU will be the seventh common opponent of the season for Florida and Alabama. Let the comparisons begin as...
Rematch set. A day after Miami Northwestern did its part, Miami Central's football team had little trou...
A lot of football is left before St. Thomas Aquinas can once again claim that mythical national championship.
When Pine Crest's Brandon Knight starts to heat up at the Chaminade Tip-Off Classic on Saturday night, Blan...
OK, I'll fess up. I have screamed at my kids. I have screamed out of frustration. I have screamed because t...
Along with the joy of holiday gatherings comes a fear of your child doing something egregious at the table:...
Q: I was in Sweden this summer and watched an episode of Huff with Hank Azaria and Blythe Danner. It was aw...
Dwyane Wade has listed his Pinecrest estate on Billionaire-Xchange.com. On the site for a week, the sprawli...
One of the easiest ways to get a discount on products or services is to ask for one. Yet few people do. I'm...
Q: My cat's eye problem has gotten so bad I think I need a second opinion. How do I know if she needs to se...
Q: I seem to be growing apart from my boyfriend, but not emotionally, like you might think. We love each ot...
Bella's love-triangle test tries our patience
Desperate to overcome desperation
Young, hot Korean superstar Rain stopped in at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel to promote his new movie, Ninja ...
Marlo Thomas is 72. Actress Juliet Mills (Nanny and the Professor) is 68. Actor-director Harold Ramis is 65...
Susie Essman has cursing down to a science. The Los Angeles Times puts it more nicely -- calling her ch...
James Caan really wants out. Court records in Los Angeles show The Godfather star filed for divorce fr...
TRUNK SHOW 1 p.m. Kristina Ashley Swimwear is having a trunk sale on its 2008 Island Collection and 2009 ...
SHAKE IT UP 6:30 p.m. Writers from across the United States participated in a contest to create a contempor...