http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Breaking News 60 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:50:58 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1325159.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1325159.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:22 EST Barbara Kingsolver would like to thank you, Miami.<p/> As part of what she calls ``evangelizing for literature,'' the author of the beloved novels The Bean Trees and The Poisonwood Bible told a full house Monday night at Miami Book Fair International that ``the real beating heart of democracy is the place people love books. I salute you for your love of reading.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1325120.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1325120.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:42 EST Haiti and Guyana are the two countries in the Caribbean that are expected to post positive growth this year, despite a global economic crisis that sent financial shock waves through the region. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1325104.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1325104.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:22 EST The pitch goes like this: Toss back a two-ounce shot of caffeine and vitamins and you'll be alert for the rest of the day. <p/> Hoping that consumers will ditch coffee and traditional energy drinks for miniature power shots, more than a dozen beverage makers pushed this message at the 12th annual Americas Food & Beverage Show, being held at the Miami Beach Convention Center this week. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1325044.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1325044.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:22 EST Three of the five teenagers accused of setting fire to 15-year-old Michael Brewer of Deerfield Beach will be charged as adults, the Broward State Attorney's Office said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1323760.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1323760.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:27 EST For eight months Hollywood officials warned the owners of the Yellow Green Farmer's Market that they couldn't hold their grand opening until permit violations were addressed. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1324525.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1324525.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:42 EST U.S. hotel room prices are expected to drop a total of 8.8 percent in 2009 compared to 2008 and will continue creeping down in 2010, though at a much slower rate, according to the 2010 lodging forecast from PricewaterhouseCoopers Hospitality & Leisure Practice. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1324267.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1324267.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:42 EST Nearly half of all owners of single-family homes in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area were underwater at the end of the third quarter, meaning their homes were valued at less than the mortgages owed against them. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1324067.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1324067.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:37 EST A sex offender living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway has been cleared of accusations that he went to a park when children were present, violating state and county restrictions. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1325294.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1325294.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:27 EST A bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Southwest Miami-Dade Monday night, police said.<p/> The man, whose name was not immediately released, died on the shoulder of the road in the 15300 block of Southwest 157th Avenue. He was riding home from work on a light-blue bicycle when he was struck by a car heading north, said Det. Roy Rutland, a Miami-Dade police spokesman. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1324393.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1324393.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:11 EST A central Florida man who gave his wife a gun and encouraged her to kill herself is facing criminal charges. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1325045.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1325045.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:27 EST Michigan athletic director Bill Martin pushed a student and grabbed the wind breaker of another student during two football games, according to a department of public safety report. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1324996.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1324996.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:37 EST Kurt Busch and Pat Tryson had every reason to coast through the season's final 10 races in a long farewell before the crew chief bolts to a new team next year. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1324725.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1324725.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:02 EST Western Kentucky fired David Elson on Monday, though he will finish out the remainder of a horrific season in which the Hilltoppers have struggled to make the transition to major college football. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1324434.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1324434.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:37 EST After a day of deliberation, coach Brian Kelly decided that Tony Pike will be Cincinnati's starting quarterback when he's healthy. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1324427.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1324427.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:32 EST Sasha Cohen's comeback has taken another setback. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323871.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1323871.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:42 EST The mother of former major leaguer Victor Zambrano has been kidnapped. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1325287.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1325287.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:27 EST Manu Ginobili scored 36 points without Tim Duncan and Tony Parker in the lineup and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Toronto Raptors 131-124 on Monday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1325276.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1325276.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:22 EST Jim Boeheim became the eighth Division I coach to reach 800 wins with the latest milestone a 75-43 victory over Albany on Monday night in the 2K Sports Classic. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324283.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324283.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:52 EST If holiday travelers on the same plane compare what they paid to fly, they're likely to find quite a spread, depending on when they bought their tickets. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324525.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324525.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:42 EST U.S. hotel room prices are expected to drop a total of 8.8 percent in 2009 compared to 2008 and will continue creeping down in 2010, though at a much slower rate, according to the 2010 lodging forecast from PricewaterhouseCoopers Hospitality & Leisure Practice. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324376.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324376.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:52 EST Floridians are asked to report anything that appears to be price-gouging related to Tropical Storm Ida.<p/> Under Florida law, it is illegal to charge exorbitant or excessive prices for essential items -- including shelter, gasoline, food, water, ice, generators or lumber -- following the declaration of an emergency, unless the increases in the amount charged can be attributed to additional costs for retailers. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1325104.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1325104.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:22 EST The pitch goes like this: Toss back a two-ounce shot of caffeine and vitamins and you'll be alert for the rest of the day. <p/> Hoping that consumers will ditch coffee and traditional energy drinks for miniature power shots, more than a dozen beverage makers pushed this message at the 12th annual Americas Food & Beverage Show, being held at the Miami Beach Convention Center this week. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324869.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324869.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:17 EST A vice president for shipping giant UPS who was accused of raping a 21-year-old Indiana University student over homecoming weekend has committed suicide in Georgia, police said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324029.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324029.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:42 EST A jury began deliberations Monday at the trial of two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324068.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324068.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:42 EST Russia's Gazprom saw its earnings halved in the first six months of the year due to lower natural gas prices and sinking demand in Europe, while overall debt jumped nearly a third, the company reported Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324324.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/1324324.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12 EST Industrial automation company Rockwell Automation Inc. said Monday fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 77 percent, as revenue dropped and the company recorded restructuring charges. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1325244.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1325244.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:32 EST America's Northwood University and China's Jilin University are collaborating on a program to train car dealers for China, the globe's biggest vehicle market. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324911.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324911.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:47 EST A Western Nebraska jury has convicted a 26-year-old man of murdering his Chadron State College roommate last year. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324889.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324889.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:27 EST Three teenagers accused of setting a 15-year-old on fire will be charged as adults. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324882.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324882.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:22 EST The U.S. Coast Guard has closed Gulf Coast ports from Mississippi to Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324848.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324848.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:52 EST For Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, it's goodbye farm fields, hello palm trees. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324834.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324834.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:42 EST A high school senior won't go to jail for borrowing his mother's car when he was 15 and causing a fatal accident. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324741.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324741.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:08 EST The U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty Monday against an Ohio man who killed and mutilated a man he met in a gay bar in 1985, rejecting a claim that his lawyers erred during the sentencing phase of his trial. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324561.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324561.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:12 EST A new national museum honoring excellence in scholastic sports is going up in eastern Pennsylvania, spotlighting the high school exploits of pro superstars like LeBron James but also cheering former top athletes who excelled away from the playing field. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325299.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325299.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:42 EST Envelopes containing suspicious powder were sent to three foreign consulates in Manhattan on Monday, but initial tests suggested the mailings were a hoax, police officials said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325296.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325296.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:37 EST Vitaly Ginzburg http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325272.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325272.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:12 EST A New Mexico teenager suspected of killing a nun on the Navajo Indian reservation reportedly tried to commit suicide over the weekend. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325195.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325195.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:07 EST The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a gun show in western Massachusetts say the Uzi submachine gun jammed twice before he lost control of the weapon and fired into his head. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325181.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325181.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:52 EST The attorney for the Army psychiatrist accused in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says he's met with his hospitalized client. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325161.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325161.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:27 EST A Texas man has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for his role in what became the deadliest human smuggling attempt in U.S. history. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325158.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325158.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:22 EST A close friend of Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen shot one of Owen's sons in an apparent workplace dispute Monday afternoon and then shot himself in the head, the lieutenant governor said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325157.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1325157.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:17 EST As of Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at least 836 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 a.m. EST. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325321.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325321.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:22 EST Dueling visits to Brazil by the presidents of Israel and Iran are showing the South American powerhouse's growing role in Mideast diplomacy. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325293.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325293.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:27 EST Gunmen in camouflage stormed a plywood factory and abducted three workers Tuesday, a day after suspected Muslim militants beheaded a kidnapped schoolteacher on a nearby southern Philippine island, officials said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325258.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325258.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:52 EST The U.S. State Department issued a statement late Monday decrying attacks on three Cuban bloggers, including one who has gained international attention for her searing observations about life on the communist island. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325254.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325254.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:47 EST Increased droughts, floods and storms will hit China's Yangtze River Basin over the next few decades, the result of rising temperatures globally, according to a report released Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325253.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325253.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:47 EST Thailand's fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived Tuesday in Cambodia following his appointment as economic adviser to the government, fueling tensions between the neighboring countries. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325215.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325215.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:22 EST The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South Korean military officials said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325203.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325203.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:17 EST Japan said Tuesday it plans to provide up to $5 billion in aid to Afghanistan, effectively replacing its naval refueling mission that supports U.S.-led coalition in the region in a commitment announced days ahead of President Barack Obama's visit. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325184.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1325184.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:57 EST The Mexican government has declared parts of the Gulf coast state of Tabasco disaster zones due to flooding from days of heavy rains, freeing up federal relief funds for the area. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1325346.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1325346.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:32 EST There was a huge pop star, a tennis phenom, a top fashion designer, a key U.S. diplomat and three Beatle wives. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1325212.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1325212.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:22 EST Mya is tops on "Dancing With the Stars." http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1325066.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1325066.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:52 EST Another executive at The Walt Disney Co.'s movie studio is exiting hurriedly as the company's troubles continue at the box office with a weak opening for "A Christmas Carol." http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1324968.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1324968.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:12 EST Mutual of Omaha may have had its own "aha moment." The insurance company has decided to settle its lawsuit against Oprah Winfrey's production company over rights to the phrase. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1324916.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1324916.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:52 EST A judge on Monday ordered a woman to stay away from Justin Timberlake for the next three years. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1324909.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1324909.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:47 EST A Connecticut woman who was mauled and blinded after a 200-pound chimpanzee attacked her in February is set to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1324798.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1324798.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:27 EST Jennifer Lopez won a court order Monday barring her first husband from making their sex life public - at least for a day. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1324738.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1324738.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:07 EST It may not merit the adjective in its title, yet the animated yarn "Fantastic Mr. Fox" offers some of the most goofy fun you'll have at a theater this season.