The healthcare sector in South Florida has switched from a reliable jobs producer to an anchor on hiring growth.

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.

Federal regulators are increasing scrutiny on the Turkey Point nuclear plant after some unplanned shutdowns, though the problems pose no threat to the public, officials say.

A Miami-Dade mom who left her infant son in a sweltering car, where he died, has a history of drug- and alcohol-related arrests.

Military officials would not comment on whether the current 102 hunger strikers include alleged 9/11 conspirators.

Gov. Rick Scott, who campaigned on a pledge to shrink the size of government, has until next week to decide how to trim the largest budget in state history, $74.5 billion.

Julio Robaina and his wife are accused of receiving undisclosed cash payments as interest on more than $1 million in personal loans.

A Miami developer plans a massive, privately financed new convention center and hotel on the site of the old Miami Arena downtown, but details remain scant.

A South Beach club operator was sentenced to 12 years in prison for conspiring with his business partners and “bar girls’’ to rip off male customers at their Russian-style lounges.

Fueled by dunks by Norris Cole and Dwyane Wade late, the Heat eliminated a proud but wounded Bulls team.

Teach For America Week targets community leaders to serve as guest teachers in local schools

The end of stone-crab season this week may be barely noticed by the Florida Keys commercial fleet.

It appears that no candidate was able to win outright, so runoffs are likely for mayor and two city council seats.

A nationwide crackdown led to the arrest of Roberto F. Marrero, his wife and more than 80 others charged with ripping off the federal health program.

Cash-wielding investors are dominating the market for distressed homes and condominiums.

Even with good credit, a solid down payment and an easy-to-please attitude, a young couple finds home buying a test of endurance.

An Indian businessman expands his international medical diagnostic network in Miami-Dade County.

Now the publisher of Condé Nast Traveler, Carolyn Kremins took her first plane trip to Miami.

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Homeowners could save up to 70 percent on their insurance premium with a new policy offering from Citizens, but only 47 people have signed up for the cheaper coverage.

For sale: a $12.6 million Bombardier Challenger jet presumably grounded at the Opa-locka Airport.

Close it Out rolled to an easy victory in the Champali Stakes, and trainer Steve Towne has plans to make it a big year for the horse.

Will Landon Donovan ever rejoin the U.S. national team? Will he play in the Brazil World Cup next summer? That remains to be seen. It looks like he won’t be on the team anytime in the near future, and that’s a shame, because he has been such a good leader on and off the field.

Pacers coach Frank Vogel, fined $15,000 for remarks against the Heat a year ago, is up to his old tricks.

Ricky Nolasco struck out 11, and the Marlins snapped a season-high, seven-game losing streak despite managing only two runs.

Dolphins players floated out from Miami Beach to try and land the biggest catch – and a nice jackpot for the local community.

The pain and frustration of last year’s playoffs are now just a distant memory for Chris Bosh. ‘He is our most important player for a reason,’ coach Erik Spoelstra said.

The Heat gets who in the NBA Eastern Conference finals? Indiana? What, no (censored) Knicks?

The Diamondbacks’ Gerardo Parra hit the first pitch for a home run, which was enough to sink the Marlins – wasting a solid outing by Miami starter Tom Koehler.

The University of Florida’s Mike Gillislee became the latest Miami Dolphins draft pick to sign with the team, agreeing to a four-year rookie deal expected to pay an estimated $2.3 million.

The Panthers, who finished with a losing record for the first time in five years, say they can turn it around in the conference tournament.

UM’s offense fizzled Saturday in a loss to Georgia Tech to end the regular season. Next up is the ACC tournament.

The state semifinals might be the last place you would expect to find a team that just a week earlier was giving an eight-run cushion to a pitcher selected as one of the nation’s 36 high school baseball prospects to play in the 2013 Under Armour Game in Chicago’s Wrigley Field this August.

Dwyane Wade watched Kevin Durant against Memphis, and it was like watching a flailing man drown, wave after wave crashing upon him until he had no breath to give. Durant averaged 29 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists per game in the series that ended his season. Those were not merely better than the averages Durant posted in this, the best regular season of his young life. Those were not merely better averages than the ones that just won LeBron James his fourth NBA MVP award. Those were better averages than the ones that represent Michael Jordan’s entire career. But Durant’s season is over now, and Wade watched it happen through what felt like a rearview mirror.

Debut novel from Laura Lee Smith explores a fractured family living in a fictional small town on the cusp of change.

John le Carré entertains with his lyrical style in his intriguing suspense novel.

A gutsy Paul Theroux endures a solo trip to the place he explored decades ago.

“I just read a first novel by Holly Goddard Jones, The Next Time You See Me and Jamie Quattro’s first short story collection I Want To Show You More. They’re both young writers, and I think both are so fresh. They just have striking voices.”

A proud tradition

Paul Reinckens kicked slowly over the sandy bottom 30 feet deep in the Gulf of Mexico looking for triangular objects — not an easy task with visibility a mere four feet and this dive being his first underwater fossil hunt. But suddenly, there it was: a hard, brownish-gray chevron lying on the sand.

Like so many aspects of life with kids, potty training means gear, lots of gear: Potty-seat choices have proliferated, sprouting all manner of bells and whistles.

Cruise ships have a reputation for encouraging a measure of gluttony.

First, it is important to understand the difference between organic and inorganic mulch. Organic mulch refers to organic matter such as bark, wood chips, leaves, straw, etc. Inorganic mulch is made of stones, glass, ground tires and other materials.

Donald Trump crowned his “All Star Celebrity Apprentice” Sunday night on NBC. Was it laid-back cowboy Trace Adkins or Vegas headliner Penn Jillette? The last two standing were tasked with creating an ad campaign and flavor of ice cream for Walgreens food brand Delish. In this corner: Teller’s Magic Swurtle chocolate turtle concoction. In the other: Adkins’ Maple Macadamia MashUp. Both flavors are currently on sale at the drugstore chain, but it was Adkins’ who took home the win.

PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer is 79. TV personality David Hartman is 78. Actor James Fox is 74. Actor Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca in “Star Wars”) is 69. Musician Pete Townshend is 68. Singer-actress-model Grace Jones is 61. Singer Jenny Berggren of Ace of Base is 41. Singer Shooter Jennings is 34. Guitarist Tim McTague of Underoath is 30. Guitarist James Richardson of MGMT is 30. Actor Eric Lloyd (“The Santa Clause”) is 27.

Actor Bill Macy (“Maude”) is 91. Actor Robert Morse (“Mad Men”) is 82. Actor Dwayne Hickman (“The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”) is 79. Keyboardist Rick Wakeman of Yes is 64. Country singer George Strait is 61. Actor Chow Yun-Fat (“Anna and the King,” “The Replacement Killers”) is 58. Singer-actress Martika is 44. Comedian Tina Fey is 43. Rapper Special Ed is 39. Musician Jack Johnson is 38. Actor Allen Leech (“Downton Abbey”) is 32.

“Busy is good,” says Wendy Williams driving to her home in New Jersey. Today, her plans include grocery shopping, Pilates and cooking dinner. “The phone is on the windshield,” the TV diva admits.

Winona Ryder is still pale, diminutive and breathtakingly pretty. She still peppers her speech with the vocalized pauses of her teen years — “you know.”

LeBron James celebrated the Miami Heat’s big win over the Chicago Bulls Thursday night with Drake at Katsuya’s Dragon Lounge at the SLS Hotel South Beach. Although James was not drinking, Katsuya has added a special victory cocktail to the list — the Heat Kanji Cocktail.

Fantasia Barrino hasn’t felt this energized since winning American Idol in 2004.

In town for the premiere of After Earth at the Miami Science Museum and the Heat game Wednesday, Will and Jaden Smith stopped by Univision’s Despierta America where the elder Smith impressed co-host Karla Martinez with his Spanish, while son Jaden went head to head in a trivia game with co-host Ana Patricia Gonzales. Earlier in the week, Jesse Eisenberg was on the show promoting his latest, Now You See Me, in between sharing magic tricks and fending off the amusing advances of Raul Gonzalez, channeling his cleaning lady character Dona Meche.

Singer Taj Mahal is 71. Singer-guitarist George Johnson of The Brothers Johnson is 60. TV personality Kathleen Sullivan is 60. Actor Bill Paxton is 58. Actor-comedian Bob Saget is 57. Singer Enya is 52. Talk-show host Craig Ferguson is 51. Musician Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is 48. TV personality-interior designer Thom Filicia is 44. Singer Jordan Knight is 43. Dancer Derek Hough is 28. Actress Nikki Reed is 25.

The bad dream gets worse for a Scottsdale eatery featured on Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, Amy’s Baking Company.

Is your cat driving you bonkers? You may need to enlist the services of Jackson Galaxy. The star of Animal Planet’s My Cat From Hell is all about taming the little creatures that inhabit and often attempt to destroy your happy home.

Summer came early in Connecticut.

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Ricky Nolasco struck out 11, and the Marlins snapped a season-high, seven-game losing streak despite managing only two runs.

A historian explores the country, looking for important spots that our nation has mostly forgotten.

In Frances Ha, which opens Friday at Coral Gables Art Cinema, Greta Gerwig (Lola Versus, Damsels in Distress) plays Frances, a cash-strapped New York dancer involved perhaps too deeply with her roommate Sophie (Mickey Sumner, daughter of musician Sting).