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In Dominica elections, party offers `the only vision'

Caribbean voters living in the tiny island of Dominica will head to the polls on Dec. 18 for general elections, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced during a rally.

Teen who helped friend in plot to kill mom gets probation

A 13-year-old Miami Beach boy who joined the murder scheme of an older friend to kill his own mother has worked out a deal with Miami-Dade prosecutors and will serve six years' probation, his attorney said Friday.
College students freed in deportation case

Two Miami Dade College students facing deportation were released from a Broward County detention center Friday, eight days after federal immigration officers came to their home to detain them.
Hearing delayed for ex-Broward School Board member Beverly Gallagher

A hearing for suspended Broward School Board member Beverly Gallagher was pushed back for the second time Friday, giving her attorney and federal prosecutors more time to try to negotiate a plea agreement.
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 state labor department said Friday.
It was the highest rate since June 1975.
Bank teller, 5 others accused of identity theft

A bank teller and five other people were arrested this week in a tri-county crackdown on identity theft rings in South Florida, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Parkway Academy forced out of playoffs

The undefeated Parkway Academy football team has been forced to vacate its spot in the Class 1A playoffs, according to the Florida High School Athletic Association's website.
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, police said.
- Man fatally shot in front of his Southwest Miami-Dade home
- Two stabbed at Las Sonrisas restaurant in Miami
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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.
- Top model found hanged in Paris apartment
- One dead, one hurt in Miami street shooting

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Two stabbed at Las Sonrisas restaurant in Miami

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Canucks rally in 3rd period, beat Avalanche 5-2

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UCLA beats Cal State Bakersfield 75-64

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South Carolina holds off South Florida 69-66

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Loyola of Chicago rallies to beat Holy Cross 76-73

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Joe Francis out sick for Panhandle court hearing

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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

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Small plane crashes in Charlotte Co.; no injuries

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Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year

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2 fatally wounded in shooting on Miami road

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Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed

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No appeal of dismissed conviction in MySpace case

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