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Gallagher's next appearance is scheduled for Dec. 21. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1346269.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1346269.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Wherever she went on Saturday, Valerie Brewer carried a handful of white T-shirts.<p/> She was a star that afternoon as thousands turned out at a fundraiser for her son at Galuppi's Restaurant & Patio Bar in Pompano Beach. Professional athletes, cheerleaders and politicians all came by and wished her family well. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1346527.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/1346527.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:57 EST A 20-year old man was killed after being shot multiple times upon arriving at his Lauderhill home early Sunday morning.<p/> Lauderhill police did not immediately identify the man. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1339091.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1339091.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Aboud Kobaitri was born in Lebanon, apprenticed in a Paris restaurant, attended culinary school in Norway and now runs a little bistro in Cooper City. If his path to South Broward sounds curious, know that cooking isn't the chef's only love. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1326914.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1326914.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Barring a last blast of heat and humidity, it's time to head toward the beaches to enjoy the time of the year that makes South Florida great. Here are three restaurants to consider on or near Broward's sandy shores. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1315731.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1315731.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A voluptuous young woman greets patrons with a welcoming smile at the door of Satoro Restaurant & Lounge. Step inside, and the place is as sultry as the hostess -- clubby and urban with soft lighting, white leather seats and warm orange accents. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1303692.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1303692.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT When it opened in 1989, Bimini Boatyard became the hot place to go on Fort Lauderdale's 17th Street Causeway. Fancy cars filled the parking lots, mega yachts docked out back and people-watching was over the top. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1292511.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/broward-dining/story/1292511.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The light, fragrant, healthful cuisine of Vietnam is perfect for South Florida, yet we're only beginning to embrace it. The love affair is bound to heat up with the opening of Basilic Vietnamese Grill in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, likely the only spot east of U.S. 441 specializing in dishes like pho, shaking beef and Vietnamese crepes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1346269.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1346269.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Wherever she went on Saturday, Valerie Brewer carried a handful of white T-shirts.<p/> She was a star that afternoon as thousands turned out at a fundraiser for her son at Galuppi's Restaurant & Patio Bar in Pompano Beach. Professional athletes, cheerleaders and politicians all came by and wished her family well. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1344949.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1344949.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A hearing for suspended Broward School Board member Beverly Gallagher was pushed back for the second time Friday, giving her attorney and federal prosecutors more time to try to negotiate a plea agreement. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1344946.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1344946.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST An elderly woman's lawsuit against ex-judge Larry Seidlin has expanded to include three attorneys and an accountant.<p/> Barbara Kasler, 83, whose lawyer said is worth $5 million, is suing Seidlin, who gained national notoriety for his emotional handling of the Anna Nicole Smith death case. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1344924.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1344924.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A hearing for suspended Broward School Board member Beverly Gallagher was pushed back for the second time Friday, giving her attorney and federal prosecutors more time to try to negotiate a plea agreement. Gallagher's next appearance is scheduled for Dec. 21. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1343136.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1343136.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00 EST Call this Scott Rothstein's pineapple-juice scam.<p/> Coconut Grove businessman Todd Snyder was lured into it just days before the Fort Lauderdale lawyer's Ponzi scheme imploded in late October. Snyder wired a bank more than $2 million to buy a slice of Rothstein's purported $500 million settlement with Dole Food Co. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1342979.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1342979.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The lights started flashing. The gates lowered. A gold Toyota Camry drove onto the tracks. Thirty seconds later a 325-ton Tri-Rail commuter train barreled through the crossing at 60 mph. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1343212.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1343212.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A group of Florida education nonprofit organizations has named Broward Schools Superintendent Jim Notter its Superintendent of the Year.<p/> 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1343130.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1343130.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The Wednesday before Thanksgiving might be getting a bad rap: It's not quite the travel nightmare you probably think it is. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1344943.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1344943.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The average cost of Citizens Property Insurance coverage for windstorm damage will increase next year but not as much as first expected. <p/> Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty approved an average 5.9 percent hike for single-family homeowners and 9.3 percent jump for businesses, according to an order issued Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1344947.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1344947.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is about to go on MSNBC's Morning Joe. Attorney General Bill McCollum, running for governor, updates supporters that he is ``honored'' to get the endorsement of Gov. Charlie Crist. And Sen. Dan Gelber, hoping to be Florida's next attorney general, wants you to know he's thankful for America's veterans. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1342975.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1342975.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Cigarettes sales are down 27 percent in Florida during the last four months, thanks to a new $1-a-pack tax designed to balance the budget and cut down on smoking. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1342995.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1342995.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Three men, including a registered sex offender, drive from Broward County to a Lake Worth amusement park for a robbery, according to authorities.<p/> Their intended victim, in a struggle, kills one of the assailants with his own gun. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1342997.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1342997.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST One group believes that homosexuals can be cured and runs programs aimed at putting gay men and lesbians on a straight path.<p/> The other group believes such programs have tortured thousands of men and women, making it impossible for them to accept their natural sexual orientation and live happy lives. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1343131.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1343131.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Cuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sánchez emerged Thursday as a player in U.S.-Cuba relations, scoring a lengthy reply from President Barack Obama to her questions and playing a starring role in a congressional hearing on efforts to let American tourists visit Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1343136.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1343136.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Call this Scott Rothstein's pineapple-juice scam.<p/> Coconut Grove businessman Todd Snyder was lured into it just days before the Fort Lauderdale lawyer's Ponzi scheme imploded in late October. Snyder wired a bank more than $2 million to buy a slice of Rothstein's purported $500 million settlement with Dole Food Co. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1342972.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1342972.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A Broward County grand jury issued a damning report Thursday bemoaning the explosion of illegal painkillers sold through Broward pain clinics -- and warning that reforms passed by the Legislature may not be enough. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1321339.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1321339.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST State Sen. Dan Gelber says the proposed anticorruption package he unveiled earlier this week is more vital than ever in light of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of possible fraud by the board that oversees the state pension fund. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1321201.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1321201.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A bank central to the federal fraud investigation into Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein was ordered by a Broward judge Friday to turn over records to the receiver for Rothstein's embattled law firm. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1321193.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1321193.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Lawmakers converged on the state capital this week -- at a cost of some $100,000 in taxpayer money -- for a few days' worth of meetings to discuss legislation and policy matters in advance of the 2010 legislative session. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1319242.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1319242.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A Florida House committee investigating state Rep. Ray Sansom's conduct voted Thursday to move forward, dismissing requests by Sansom's lawyers for a delay until after his criminal trial. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1319240.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1319240.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Facing a potentially bruising Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, Gov. Charlie Crist continues to run from any assertion that he is linked to President Barack Obama. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317135.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317135.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The National Rifle Association is pushing legislation to ban adoption agencies from asking potential parents if they have guns and ammunition in the home. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317137.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317137.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Consensus is building in the Florida Legislature to make the Public Service Commission operate more like judges by banning commissioners and their staff from communicating directly with the utilities they regulate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317138.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317138.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST On Nov. 5, 2008, Ray Sansom pulled up a chair before a swarm of reporters and effectively began his term as speaker of the Florida House, exulting in Republican success at the polls the night before and staring down a $2 billion budget deficit. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346462.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346462.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:32 EST Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346447.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346447.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:12 EST In an economy where money is tight and everyone's looking for a bargain, Florida's most expensive universities are attracting more students than expected. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346429.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346429.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:12 EST Officials at an Interstate 75 weigh station in Marion County reported finding more than 800 pounds of marijuana hidden in a load of cantaloupes being hauled by a semitrailer. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346428.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346428.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:12 EST An alleged bike theft was cut short in Tampa when one of the suspects was hit by a car. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346427.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346427.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:12 EST A Hillsborough County Regional Transit Authority bus struck and killed a pedestrian near the University of South Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346425.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346425.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:12 EST A Delray Beach police officer was fired for reportedly taking free ice cream. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346423.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346423.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:12 EST A Port St. Lucie woman was arrested after authorities say she left her two young children unattended overnight while she went to a bar and spent the night with a friend. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346299.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1346299.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:12 EST The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist." http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1343136.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1343136.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00 EST Call this Scott Rothstein's pineapple-juice scam.<p/> Coconut Grove businessman Todd Snyder was lured into it just days before the Fort Lauderdale lawyer's Ponzi scheme imploded in late October. Snyder wired a bank more than $2 million to buy a slice of Rothstein's purported $500 million settlement with Dole Food Co. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1346269.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1346269.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Wherever she went on Saturday, Valerie Brewer carried a handful of white T-shirts.<p/> She was a star that afternoon as thousands turned out at a fundraiser for her son at Galuppi's Restaurant & Patio Bar in Pompano Beach. Professional athletes, cheerleaders and politicians all came by and wished her family well. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1344949.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1344949.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A hearing for suspended Broward School Board member Beverly Gallagher was pushed back for the second time Friday, giving her attorney and federal prosecutors more time to try to negotiate a plea agreement. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1344946.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1344946.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST An elderly woman's lawsuit against ex-judge Larry Seidlin has expanded to include three attorneys and an accountant.<p/> Barbara Kasler, 83, whose lawyer said is worth $5 million, is suing Seidlin, who gained national notoriety for his emotional handling of the Anna Nicole Smith death case.