CUBAN EMBARGO
Miramar-based Spirit Airlines has been fined $100,000 for paying the Cuban government for permission to use the island's airspace, constituting a violation of the long-standing U.S. embargo against the island.
A 38-year-old woman was shot and killed early Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, police said. Police identified the victim as Angela Aguiar of Lauderhill.
A 55-year-old homeless man was struck and killed early Sunday in Pompano Beach after he walked into the path of an oncoming vehicle, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.
FLORIDA LOTTERY
(AP) -- The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $6 million after no one matched the six winning numbers in the latest drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.
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BROWARD COUNTY FAIR
The Broward County Fair just wants a place to call its own. Instead, it has moved five times in its 33-year history, and this year has been especially bruising, with negotiations still ongoing with Pompano Beach over a new site behind the Festival Flea Market Mall.
HALLANDALE BEACH
The Fourth of July celebrations happened in June in the city of Hallandale Beach. No one seemed to mind an early party, as the city hosted its third annual Fourth of July beach festival Saturday.
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The For Your Information column appears in The Miami Herald's Broward section. You'll find classes, clubs, programs for senior citizens and children, and community entertainment events. Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. To submit items online, go to MiamiHerald.com, click on Calendar of Events and click Add Events, then follow the prompts or e-mail your items to newscalendar@MiamiHerald.com...
DEERFIELD BEACH
At 10:50 Thursday morning, a pit bull invaded Marie Rocio's yard in Deerfield Beach and killed the family cat. Rocio's mother called the cops.
DAVIE Davie's Independence Day Family Splash, Crafts and Fireworks Show runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Pine Island Park, 3800 SW 92nd Ave.
FOURTH OF JULY
Sparks aren't flying this year in Weston. The city's annual July Fourth fireworks display has been doused because it's a tight budget year.
CRIME
On a Sunday afternoon last August, five brazen thieves, masked and armed, snatched four art treasures from the Musée des Beaux-Arts in the French Riviera and disappeared within minutes amid a crowd of visitors.
HOLLYWOOD
Highland Gardens residents have some advice for people visiting their south Hollywood neighborhood: Watch your step. Many sidewalks are cracked or missing.
BROWARD COURTS
First, Raymond Kelly complained his suit was too wrinkled to wear, so he donned his jail jumpsuit. Then, the 40-year-old -- who was minutes away from standing trial for the rape of three women and an attempt on another -- said he wanted to delay his day in court to hire three experts to bolster his defense.
COURTS
It will cost $1 million for a suspended Broward sheriff's deputy to be released from jail after he was snared in an FBI undercover investigation, a U.S. District Court judge ruled Thursday.
FORT LAUDERDALE
A whole lotta splashing drew a whole lotta people to Fort Lauderdale beach Thursday night. Shortly before 8 p.m., a crowd gathered to watch several large animals splashing around in shallow waters near Terramar Street and State Road A1A. But what were they, the crowd wondered. Whales? Sharks?
ENVIRONMENT
Beach closures like the ones announced in Miami-Dade this week will continue throughout Florida as long as state and local governments continue to use the state's coastal waters as a toilet, according to a two-year study of wastewater treatment facilities by the Clean Water Network.
Fed up with watching your gas tank consume cash? The Florida Lottery has tapped into your fuel fetish with its new game, ``Gas for Life.''
A man whose motorcycle collided with a Saturn coupe in Fort Lauderdale died Thursday afternoon as a result of his injuries, police said. Nicholas David Prendergast, 25, of Fort Lauderdale, was driving south on Northeast 17th Way when the collision happened around noon Thursday, said Fort Lauderdale police Detective Felicia Barnwell. He was not wearing a helmet.
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