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• BROWARD CORRUPTION

  Beverly Gallagher corruption case put off till Dec. 21

  Formal court action was delayed again in a corruption case against an ex-School Board member.
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  FORT LAUDERDALE | TRAIN TRAGEDY

  Tri-Rail train strikes car on tracks; 2 women killed

  Two women died and a man was in critical condition after their car was hit by a Tri-Rail train at Commercial Boulevard.

• Broward's Jim Notter named Superintendent of Year

  A group of Florida education nonprofit organizations has named Broward Schools Superintendent Jim Notter its Superintendent of the Year.

  The prize, from the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, recognizes Notter for supporting the Broward Education Foundation, which is the school district's nonprofit fundraising arm. The Broward group provides college scholarships to high school seniors and grants to teachers for innovative projects.
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  HOLIDAY TRAVEL

  Thanksgiving travel: myth or reality?

  The Wednesday before Thanksgiving might be getting a bad rap: It's not quite the travel nightmare you probably think it is.

• COURTS

  Lauderhill man convicted in baby boy's death

  The 10-month-old boy was shaken so severely that his eyes bled and his skull fractured, a prosecutor told Broward County jurors in Fort Lauderdale.

• HOLLYWOOD

  Hollywood's Cosac center for the homesless may be forced to expand

  With too many residents needing its services, a Hollywood homeless shelter may be forced to expand.

• Three survivors improving after fiery I-95 crash in Broward

  The conditions of three people injured Monday in a fatal wreck on Interstate 95 are improving, authorities said Wednesday, while a fourth remained in critical condition.

• SCOTT ROTHSTEIN SCANDAL

  Other law firms scoop up Scott Rothstein's colleagues

  Being a former employee of Scott Rothstein isn't proving to be an obstacle for some of those attorneys who are now looking for jobs.

• DAVIE

  Evicted Davie couple charged with torching home

  The blaze that destroyed a Davie mobile home has led to the arrest of two residents who were being evicted.

• EDUCATION

  Florida to seek $1 billion in U.S. education grants

  Eligible for up to $700 million in competitive federal grants for education, Florida anticipates asking the federal government for even more than that.

• SCOTT ROTHSTEIN SCANDAL

  Hospital returns $1M Scott Rothstein donation

  The scandal surrounding attorney Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme has forced him to surrender his law license and a Fort Lauderdale hospital to return his $1 million donation.

• JUPITER

  4 held in string of CVS thefts

  A spree of hair-care product thefts has landed four Miami-Dade suspects behind bars.

• BROWARD COURTS | ROBERT RAY HUIZENGA

  Robert Ray Huizenga probation hearing delayed

  A drunken boating accusation may lead to further troubles for the son of businessman H. Wayne Huizenga.
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  UNEMPLOYMENT

  Unemployment compensation tax will surge for employers

  The state's trust fund for unemployment benefits is depleted, and employers will have to pay much higher taxes to refill it.

• Not-guilty plea entered in Deerfield Beach man's death

  A Massachusetts man has been ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty to murdering a Deerfield Beach man whose corpse he took to the hospital.

• Three Broward tickets hit Fantasy 5

  Eight tickets matched all five numbers in Tuesday night's Fantasy 5 drawing, and three of them were sold in Broward County.

  Each of the winners will get a $25,775.91 share of the jackpot, the Florida Lottery said Wednesday. Tuesday's numbers were 5, 10, 15, 22 and 26. The Broward tickets were sold at these locations:
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  SCOTT ROTHSTEIN SCANDAL

  Scott Rothstein Ponzi case turns to raids on banks

  Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme went through a `supersonic' boom in October as he moved more than $100 million out of investor accounts, lawyers say.

• BROWARD SCHOOLS

  Broward teachers march for raises

  An estimated 1,000 public school teachers and supporters turned out Tuesday to protest corruption, waste and the lack of raises.

• DAVIE

  Sex offender's Davie home destroyed

  A registered sex offender lost his mobile home in a fire police called suspicious, although authorities don't think he was targeted.

• Burned Deerfield Beach teen leaves intensive care

  Burn victim Michael Brewer took another step in his recovery Tuesday, moving out of the intensive care unit at the University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital burn center.

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