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• Tip leads police to A1A hit-run suspect in Fort Lauderdale

  Ryan LeVin, the Illinois man charged with killing two British businessmen in a hit-and-run crash on Fort Lauderdale beach, now sits in a jail cell after an anonymous tip led police to him.

• Kaplan University leader gets top job

  Iowa-based Kaplan University has tapped an administrator based in the school's Fort Lauderdale office to assume the role of school president, Kaplan's board of trustees announced Wednesday.
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  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

  Who was the reputed mobster Scott Rothstein took down?

  The Miami man who U.S. and Italian authorities say was a Sicilian mob associate lived well but not outrageously -- in contrast with Scott Rothstein, the Fort Lauderdale Ponzi schemer whose undercover work for the feds took down Roberto Settineri.
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  BROWARD CORRUPTION CASE

  Broward's Beverly Gallagher changing plea to guilty

  A former Broward School Board member accused of taking money from undercover federal agents will plead guilty to bribery.
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  Earthquake divides Haitian families

  The earthquake in Haiti has split families who have sent their children to school in South Florida.
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  Police search for missing Fort Lauderdale mom

  The search continued Tuesday for a 36-year-old Fort Lauderdale mother missing since Thursday.

  Melanie Parada was last seen Thursday night while at home with her daughter at 15 Isle of Venice Dr., according to Fort Lauderdale police. Parada's 8-year-old daughter woke up the next day and realized her mother was gone.
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  Broward deputies: `Gypsy swindler' conned woman out of $298,000

  Rub your body with an egg to cure ovarian cancer.

  Eat nothing but red fruit for a "spiritual transfusion."

  And, most importantly, ring up huge bills at ritzy department stores to save your dad from a heart attack.
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  ALLIGATORS

  Hallandale alligator processor turns pythons into leather products

  For some Burmese pythons captured in the Everglades, the end of the line is a building in a warehouse district of Hallandale Beach.

• GAY RIGHTS

  Gay-rights group will honor two lawmakers

  Equality Florida on Sunday will honor U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
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  MENTAL HEALTH

  FDA warns psychiatrist who treated dead foster child

  The psychiatrist who treated the Broward foster child who killed himself last year is now in hot water with the FDA.

• EDUCATION

  South Florida school officials like Obama's education plan

  Obama's plan to shape up the education system would give states more responsibility.

• BROWARD SCHOOLS

  Broward parents plea: Save elementary-school arts

  The third and final forum for Broward residents to raise concerns about how the school district does business turned into a passionate plea to save the arts from budget cuts.

• POMPANO BEACH

  BSO: Fatally shot Pompano Beach woman given ample warning

  BSO says it gave plenty of warning to the Pompano Beach woman deputies shot to death during a drug raid early Saturday.

• STATE APPEALS COURT

  Ken Jenne asks appeals court to restore his pension

  Former Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne wants a court to restore the $134,500-a-year pension that the state said he forfeited when he was sent to prison.

• Tear gas ends standoff at Pompano Beach apartment

  Broward Sheriff's Office deputies used tear gas to subdue an armed man holed up in a Pompano Beach apartment for hours early Monday morning.

  The standoff ended with no injuries, according to BSO.

• FORT LAUDERDALE | HIT-AND-RUN DEATHS

  Porsche owner charged in tourists' hit-and-run deaths

  The owner of a speeding Porsche that killed two British businessmen in Fort Lauderdale last year has been charged in their hit-and-run deaths.
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  Chefs compete in Golden Matzah Bowl

  It was part Top Chef, part Passover.

  ``This one is nice and fluffy,'' Evelyn Goldstein observed at table No. 1.

  ``This one is a bit salty,'' her friend Blanche Broder weighed in at table No. 6.

• 2010 CENSUS

  U.S. Census questionnaires hit mailboxes

  The 2010 Census questionnaires begin hitting mailboxes on Monday, the culmination of what the Census Bureau describes as the largest civic outreach and awareness campaign in U.S. history.

• Pembroke Lakes Mall evacuated after store fire

  A fire in a shoe store at the Pembroke Lakes Mall in Pembroke Pines prompted authorities to evacuate the mall Sunday a short time before closing.

  Fire crews who arrived at the mall about 5:30 p.m. found heavy smoke coming from the Journeys store, according to Assistant Division Chief Shawn Hallich, a spokesman for Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue.

• EDUCATION

  Florida teachers' pay faces big overhaul

  A proposed bill that would tie teachers' pay to student performance rather than years of experience has many educators worried.

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