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The Lotto jackpot rolled over to $15 million for Wednesday's drawing after no one correctly picked Saturday's six numbers -- 13, 16, 19, 20, 27 and 33 -- the Florida Lottery said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1138396.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1138396.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:38 EDT A Big Minni Food Store in Broward County reported a large propane tank was leaking Sunday morning, and firefighters helped avoid an explosion. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1138617.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1138617.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:09 EDT A motorcyclist was killed in Plantation Sunday afternoon after he slammed into a tree in the median along Peters Road, according to fire rescue officials. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1138523.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1138523.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:29 EDT The United States government and Swiss banking giant UBS on Sunday jointly asked to postpone a hearing on whether the bank should have to turn over the names of 52,000 clients with secret offshore bank accounts to allow the U.S. and Swiss governments more time to resolve the dispute. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137683.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137683.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:56 EDT Traffic on Interstate 95 was at a standstill near downtown Miami Saturday morning. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137662.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137662.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:44 EDT Hialeah Police announced they have arrested and charged Lus Leonel Vilar for his role in the theft of an unmarked police car on Friday. The car belonged to an undercover officer and was stolen from the parking lot of a Flannigan's restaurant on West 84th Street. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137111.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137111.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:04 EDT Elise Schillmoller of Miami won the women's division of the Ameriprise Financial Independence Day Triathlon at Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137175.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137175.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:03 EDT Up to 20 weeks of additional unemployment checks started going out last week to tens of thousands of Florida residents whose regular benefits have expired, according to the state's work force agency. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1138966.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1138966.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:24 EDT The Coast Guard rescued three boaters Sunday morning who were stranded in the waters along the Florida Keys after a fishing trip. The three men -- ages 42, 37 and 16 -- were found about 20 miles southeast of Marathon, said Lt. j.g. Matthew Meinhold, a Coast Guard spokesman. The men had taken their 22-foot boat to the Keys for a Saturday morning fishing trip, with plans to return that evening. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137461.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137461.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:47 EDT A ferry capsized off Haiti's southern coast Saturday morning, killing at least five people. Authorities said it wasn't clear how many people were on board, but as many as two dozen could be missing. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137566.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137566.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:09 EDT About 400 divers and snorkelers had to get wet to listen to a radio station's broadcast in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137333.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137333.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:08 EDT A federal proposal would open a vast sweep of forest and swamp on both sides of Alligator Alley to hunting and off-road vehicles. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137587.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137587.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:03 EDT A Marine from northeast Florida has been killed in Afghanistan. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137191.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137191.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:34 EDT Authorities say a Florida Department of Corrections prisoner transport van struck and killed a pedestrian in Nassau County. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137313.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1137313.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:34 EDT No tickets matched all five "Fantasy 5" numbers, meaning the 275 tickets with four numbers correct are worth $555 each, the Florida Lottery said Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139120.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139120.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:44 EDT Josh Beckett kept firing strikes. Kansas City hitters kept missing them. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139102.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139102.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:29 EDT Lance Armstrong carried on playing mind games with his younger rival and teammate Alberto Contador on Sunday, hinting that he might be the strongest rider this year on the Tour and admitting for the first time that some tension exists on the Astana team. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139104.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139104.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:29 EDT Steve Stricker remembers the strong start to his career in the 1990s and the deep bunker he hit after that, so he can't quite pinpoint where his standing in the game is. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139107.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139107.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:29 EDT Dario Franchitti is back in the right seat. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139092.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139092.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:04 EDT A South Florida judge is expected to hear arguments on whether former major leaguer Jim Leyritz should be released from custody. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139083.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139083.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:49 EDT The Arizona Diamondbacks have released veteran first baseman Tony Clark. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139082.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139082.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:44 EDT Manny Acta says he has been fired as manager of the Washington Nationals. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139044.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1139044.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:24 EDT Sometimes, Ron Capps has to play the villain, a role he doesn't particularly relish. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1139078.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1139078.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:34 EDT European stock markets traded in a tight range Monday despite big losses in Asia as investors held back from staking out positions ahead of a raft of U.S. earnings this week. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138278.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138278.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:44 EDT Republicans lined up Sunday in opposition to a second economic stimulus package, a rare demonstration of unity from an out-of-power political party in search of a rallying cry against President Barack Obama. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138523.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138523.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:29 EDT The United States government and Swiss banking giant UBS on Sunday jointly asked to postpone a hearing on whether the bank should have to turn over the names of 52,000 clients with secret offshore bank accounts to allow the U.S. and Swiss governments more time to resolve the dispute. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138298.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138298.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:42 EDT The cash-strapped Dubai owner of the QE2 is weighing plans to open the British ocean liner as a floating hotel elsewhere in the Middle East or Africa rather than in the struggling Persian Gulf sheikdom. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138500.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138500.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:29 EDT On his first trip to the Middle East as Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner's message this week will be similar to the one he delivered to Chinese officials a month ago: your investments in the United States are safe. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138231.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138231.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:47 EDT Australian officials said Sunday that China has not given them any evidence to support its detention of an Australian mining executive on spying charges and warned that the affair could discourage foreign companies from doing business there. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138365.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138365.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:47 EDT The U.S. and Swiss governments and banking giant UBS AG indicated Sunday they were seeking a settlement and asked a federal judge to delay high-stakes hearings on the Internal Revenue Service's effort to identify thousands of suspected American tax evaders. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138510.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1138510.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:44 EDT Airfare wars and room-rate promotions are usually aimed at vacationers, but airlines and hotels are resorting to similar tactics to regain their traditional cash cow - the business traveler. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139138.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139138.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:44 EDT Police in one city on Florida's east coast have told the U.S. Department of Justice they need help fighting crime: Segways. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139095.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139095.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:04 EDT A Tampa megachurch has a new pastor. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139092.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1139092.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:04 EDT A South Florida judge is expected to hear arguments on whether former major leaguer Jim Leyritz should be released from custody. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1138703.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1138703.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:24 EDT Two men being held on open murder charges in a wealthy Florida couple's slayings went to their house intending to rob it, according to arrest warrants. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1138586.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1138586.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:14 EDT Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry joined a reef cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida after the band canceled a concert in Tampa. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1138521.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1138521.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:59 EDT Authorities say two people have died when their small plane crashed into a densely wooded area near the St. Johns River in northeastern Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1138501.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1138501.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:34 EDT More than 70 Florida child-welfare workers falsified records in the last two years, leaving 14 children in unsafe homes and causing the state Department of Children and Families to temporarily lose track of at least six other children, a newspaper reported Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1138391.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1138391.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:27 EDT Carlos has weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm as it heads west over the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139172.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139172.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:24 EDT Dancing the night away in Des Moines doesn't seem to be at the top of many must-do lists. Maybe because it's illegal. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139128.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139128.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:49 EDT There's a good chance the chicken you bought at the grocery store or ordered in a restaurant grew up in a dimly lit poultry house like the ones on Ray Goertz's 160-acre farm, where roughly 120,000 birds preen and peck and poop. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139100.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139100.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:24 EDT California's legislative leaders are reporting progress with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on a deal to close the state's $26.3 billion budget shortfall, expressing hope for agreement by the end of the week. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1138823.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1138823.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:44 EDT Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at a posh seaside tourist resort in Brazil. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139041.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139041.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:09 EDT Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139038.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139038.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:09 EDT When it comes to dealing with gay personnel in the ranks, the contrasts are stark among some of the world's proudest, toughest militaries - and these differing approaches are invoked by both sides as Americans renew debate over the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139037.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139037.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:09 EDT Nations that allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in their armed forces, as compiled by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139036.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1139036.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:09 EDT For more than a decade, he had prepared for that moment. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139176.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139176.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:29 EDT Five suspected militants were killed Monday in two separate gunbattles with police in Russia's violence-prone southern province of Chechnya, and at least six law enforcement officers were injured in other attacks, authorities said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139145.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139145.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:04 EDT Jan. 28, 1948: Charles Taylor born in Arthington, Liberia, into a family descended from freed American slaves. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139142.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139142.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:04 EDT An Israeli official says Britain has revoked five licenses granted to British companies to sell defense exports to Israel. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139134.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139134.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:24 EDT German prosecutors formally charged John Demjanjuk on Monday with 27,900 counts of being an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp during World War II. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139130.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139130.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:04 EDT Britain is beginning a public inquiry into the death of an Iraqi civilian beaten and killed in the custody of British troops. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139129.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139129.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:49 EDT At least 150 family members of those who died on Yemenia Airways Flight 626 were flying to the Comoros Islands on Monday aboard a chartered French airplane. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139084.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139084.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:54 EDT Three cranes crashed Monday while trying to lift a steel girder that had fallen at New Delhi's metro rail construction site, a new blow to the project a day after the first accident left six people dead. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139079.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1139079.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:59 EDT Frightened Urumqi residents watched Monday as police in bulletproof vests carrying pistols, shotguns and batons chased down a man and kicked and beat him, shattering a relative calm in the tense city in western China. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1139033.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1139033.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:09 EDT More than any news program in recent memory, NBC's "The Wanted" comes with a reputation preceding it. And it isn't good. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1138936.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1138936.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:09 EDT Gospel singer Timothy Wright's son has been installed as pastor of his late father's New York City church. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1138624.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1138624.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:04 EDT Prospects for Cuban performances by the New York Philharmonic look promising following a tour of concert halls and meetings with music officials on the island, orchestra president Zarin Mehta said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1138389.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1138389.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:49 EDT Gay Austrian fashion devotee Bruno has landed the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, though it's uncertain how much staying power he has. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1138252.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1138252.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:27 EDT In his final days, Michael Jackson was robust and active. Or dangerously thin and frail. Begging for access to powerful prescription drugs. Or showing no signs of ever having used them. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1137675.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1137675.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:52 EDT Actor Danny DeVito served up his own premium "Limoncello" liqueur flavored with zesty Italian lemons and gave a cry of "Salut!" to a drink-sipping crowd at Tales of the Cocktail, a New Orleans cocktail and culinary festival. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1137223.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1137223.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:35 EDT Before becoming Public Enemy No. 1, gangster John Dillinger pulled off his first bank robbery in a sleepy Ohio town. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1137209.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1137209.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:45 EDT Before becoming Public Enemy No. 1, gangster John Dillinger pulled off his first bank robbery in a sleepy Ohio town.