CITY OF MIAMI

One dead, one hurt in Miami street shooting

A man was shot dead and another was wounded early Friday morning when someone opened fire on their car, pol...

TAMIAMI

Man fatally shot in front of his Southwest Miami-Dade home

A man was shot dead Friday morning in front of his Southwest Miami-Dade home.

University of Miami receives $2.4M to expand Cuban Heritage Collection

The University of Miami has received a $2.4 million gift from a private organization to enhance its prestig...

Regulators warn West Palm Beach bank

Federal regulators on Thursday directed Flagler Bank of West Palm Beach to address concerns about its finan...

South Florida trade drops 17 percent in September

South Florida's trade with the world dropped 17 percent in September, falling at a slightly slower rate tha...

MIAMI

Two stabbed at Las Sonrisas restaurant in Miami

Police are searching for a man who stabbed two other men Friday morning at the La Sonrisa restaurant in Miami.

Suspect in custody in Oakland Park rape

Broward sheriff's deputies have a suspect in custody in the rape of a 26-year-old woman who was attacked in...

UCF beats Auburn 84-74

A.J Tyler had 19 points and eight rebounds as Central Florida defeated Auburn 84-74 at the Glenn Wilkes Cla...

UCF beats Auburn 84-74

A.J Tyler had 19 points and eight rebounds as Central Florida defeated Auburn 84-74 at the Glenn Wilkes Cla...

Nationals top pick Strasburg won't need surgery

The Nationals say No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg has a dislocation in his left knee joint and should be...

Detroit defeats Robert Morris 71-59

Thomas Kennedy scored 19 points and had four steals in Detroit's 71-59 win over Robert Morris on Friday.

Idle Ochoa leads LPGA Tour Championship

Sophie Gustafson moved within two shots of leader Lorena Ochoa at the LPGA Tour Championship on Friday befo...

Easley leads Murray State past James Madison 71-43

Tony Easley had 18 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots to lead Murray State in a 71-43 rout of James...

Turner leads No. 15 Ohio State over No. 13 Cal

Evan Turner had 26 points and 14 rebounds, his fourth double-double in as many games, and No. 15 Ohio State...

Temp labor may be bridge to employment recovery

Antonio Palou is temping, but not complaining. He'd love a more permanent job, but he knows plenty of ...

Twitter sales top $4 million; ad business planned

Twitter, the social-networking company valued at $1 billion by venture capitalists, said it is generating s...

Florida, Miami-Dade jobless rates up slightly in October

Florida's unemployment rate ticked up again last month, rising a tenth of a point to 11.2 percent, the stat...

Citizens Property Insurance premiums to rise

Mobile homeowners insured by state-backed Citizens Property Insurance will see an 11 percent increase on th...

Boston Scientific to close Doral plant, eliminate 1,400 jobs

Medical-products manufacturer Boston Scientific will close its plant in Doral, eliminating 1,400 jobs by 20...

Publisher says buyer emerges for Ariz. paper

The publisher of the East Valley Tribune in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa said Friday that a buyer has made an...

Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens

Investors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market.

Joe Francis out sick for Panhandle court hearing

The founder of "Girls Gone Wild" had a doctor's note and did not appear at a Panhandle court hearing.

Probation for teen who helped in murder plot

A 13-year-old Miami Beach boy accused in a murder plot has agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors.

NJ man charged in fatal fire captured in Florida

Florida authorities have captured a man who allegedly set a fire that killed his elderly parents in their n...

Small plane crashes in Charlotte Co.; no injuries

A small plane crashed in Charlotte County, but no one was injured.

Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year

Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. b...

2 fatally wounded in shooting on Miami road

Two men were fatally shot while sitting in a car on a Miami road.

Sears Tower plot leader gets 13-year prison term

The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and ...

Plea deal reached in store scuffle case

A black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the p...

Police: 3rd arrest made in Vegas officer's death

Police say they have arrested a third person in the shooting death of an off-duty Las Vegas police officer ...

Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event

The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from ea...

Oregon court says teacher can't take gun to class

The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected a request by a high school English teacher to carry a handgun at s...

Robbery motive in deaths of 5 in rural Arkansas

Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager bounty of a set o...

Atty seeks psych care for Mo. teen murder suspect

A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she sh...

AP News in Brief

Three Democratic moderates to decide fate of health bill - for now - in crucial Saturday vote

Mexico shifts strategy in border city violence

Mexico's top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with...

Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA

McCain urges Obama to speed up Afghan decision

U.S. Sen. John McCain predicted success in the Afghan war effort Friday if President Barack Obama makes a d...

Mexican reporter on organized crime goes missing

Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist w...

Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack

The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bulle...

Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them

A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear ...

Egyptian soccer fans riot against Algeria

Egyptian soccer fans burned Algerian flags and rioted outside the Algerian Embassy in Cairo, smashing cars ...

Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations

For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned ...

"Going Rogue" is going big

Guests for the Sunday TV news shows

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

NYC TV newsman guilty of attempted assault on wife

Cable television newsman Dominic Carter, an influential reporter on New York politics, was convicted Friday...

Q&A: Debut CD from Wale taps into his emotions

Swedish Soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom dies at 82

Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, an international opera star, has died, her husband Sverker Olow says.

Britney Spears' ex sentenced to jail

Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib is being sent to jail for 45 days for leaving the scene of an acc...