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OUR OPINION: cf,gtm State lawmakers should heed governors' call to guarantee funding for parks, open spaces
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.
Investors who say they were swindled by Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein should have been far more skeptical than they were, financial experts say.
For the fourth year in a row, Coral Gables is heading to the playoffs -- and hoping for a different outcome.
Jarvis Bridge rushed for 225 yards, Patrick McCain threw for 108 and the Cavaliers clinched the second seed in District 14-6A with a 31-14 victory over South Miami Saturday night at Tropical Park.
''God gave unto the Animals / A wisdom past our power to see,'' goes a hymn sung by God's Gardeners, the ecologically minded, deeply spiritual but eminently practical religious cult in Margaret Atwood's fire-breathing new novel, The Year of the Flood.
Celebrity fragrances are nothing new, but now it seems like everybody's coming out with one -- even Oscar winners (see Reese Witherspoon). Here's a sniff:
Until recent improvements took hold, the Homeland Security agency that processes citizenship applications h...
Back for the first time in 17 years, this year's Air Force-sponsored Wings Over Homestead air show was a tr...
Come Wednesday, we won't have Manny Diaz to push around anymore. Not that Miami's outgoing mayor ever a...
Senate candidate Marco Rubio appeals to conservatives -- but his legislative record in Florida offers a dif...
South Florida has embraced this résumé before. Jewelry, mansions, yachts, parties, a fleet of...
Obama administration tells American Indian farmers and ranchers it is ``committed to resolving'' class-acti...
The nation's unemployment rate soared to 10.2 percent in October, putting pressure on Congress and Presiden...
Cuba's best-known blogger Yoani Sanchez said state security officials seized and assaulted her in an effort...
A replica of Washington's Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be in South Florida until Sunday.
For lawmakers in Tallahassee this week, many big questions remained unresolved, but fundraising for campaig...
With their regular reading teacher out for the day, a group of Fort Lauderdale students arrived to find the...
Small booksellers are filling niches and emphasizing service as they fight to stay in business.
Investors who say they were swindled by Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein should have been far more ...
Three Albertson's stores in Orlando will become Sedano's as part of the Miami firm's expansion plans.
Thousands of South Floridians' income tax refunds were sent back to the Internal Revenue Service this year ...
With the high price gold is fetching these days, thousands are selling their trinkets and treasures. Here a...
During a summit on defective Chinese drywall, a toxicologist said that kind of problem was expected.
No boring speeches for these folks. A conference for young CEOs features all sorts of fun activities.
The State Board of Administration is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The head of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce will become Miami-Dade's top hotel industry advocate.
Inside a conference room at a Kendall hotel, Maria Noguera and her mother sit in front of a jeweler from Tw...
The nation's unemployment rate soared to 10.2 percent in October, putting pressure on Congress and Presiden...
Florida State had a 24-21 lead after three quarters but was outscored by Clemson 19-0 in a forgettable four...
For his third start in a row, Panthers goalie Scott Clemmensen struggled, giving up five goals in the third...
The Panthers had some shining moments but could not stop quarterback Dwight Dasher, who combined for 360 ya...
The Hurricanes avenged their dismal loss to Virginia in the Orange Bowl's finale two years ago with their b...
Playing off the bench exclusively for the first time since he was a rookie in 2003-04, Udonis Haslem isn't ...
UF's offense wasn't up to par, but the defense more than made up for it even though it was missing the susp...
People voted to elect a new city of Miami mayor Tuesday. Results were surprising, but you know what they sa...
What a lot of people can't figure out today is how Virginia ever won three games this season. The closest t...
The annual Soul Bowl was a tale of two halves. Blanche Ely won the first. Dillard won the second, but Ely d...
Elizabeth Alexander's Praise Song for the Day, the inauguration poem that helped deliver Barack Obama into ...
Journalists are never the story. They look instead to the world at large, interviewing, researching and see...
The inspiration for the upcoming A Very Wolfsonian Weekend Gala -- which includes visits to classic-car mus...
Barbara Kingsolver jokes that whenever she publishes a novel she apparently turns into a railway station be...
If most biographers start out in love with their subjects and end up hating them, Brad Gooch did things bac...
Orhan Pamuk is a man in love. So is Kemal, the narrator of Pamuk's shimmering, brimming new novel The Museu...
The House moved Saturday night toward a vote on the most sweeping healthcare bill in generations, one that ...
Interviews with Bill Clinton yield historical perspective as well as glimpses of behind-the-scenes Washington.
David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago is a play of a certain era: early Mamet, post-sexual revolution,...
A believer takes a calm approach to the writings of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
RYAN SEACREST: The radio/TV personality got a restraining order against a male stalker who came to his offi...
RIBFEST 11 a.m. Stuff your face with mouth-watering ribs and enjoy music by country singers Tracy Lawrenc...
Her face has, hmmm, changed over the years, but the way she talks is vintage Joan Rivers. ``Someone tol...
CBS newsman Morley Safer is 78. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 60. Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart is 59. Actr...
Opera singer Joan Sutherland is 83. Singer Johnny Rivers is 67. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 66. Sing...
PJ RACE 6 p.m. Miami Beach's Sleepless Nights event kicks off with a pajama run sponsored by Chipotle Mex...
It really is hard keeping up with the Kardashians. Kourtney is pregnant, Khloe is married (her and Lama...
A big winner at the 10th annual Latin Grammy awards at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Thursday night was ...
Miami resident Andrea Ivory was honored by CNN Heroes on Wednesday at Jackson Memorial Hospital with a cele...
Rihanna feels ashamed for going back to ex-boyfriend Chris Brown after he left her bruised and battered dur...