http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Florida 60 Mon, 12 May 2008 04:52:35 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/529571.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/529571.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT Some husbands shower their wives with gifts when they win the Lotto. Arnim Ramdass kept the good news to himself. And when Donna Campbell found out on her own, her husband went AWOL, leaving the former beauty queen emotionally drained and financially desperate. http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/529435.html http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/529435.html Sun, 11 May 2008 22:30 EDT Brush fires shut down roads in central Florida on Sunday and forced hundreds of homes to evacuate, authorities said. http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/529341.html http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/529341.html Sun, 11 May 2008 17:30 EDT A former Florida State student found dead after helping with a narcotics investigation should not have been placed in such a dangerous situation, lawyers representing the woman's family said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/529097.html http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/529097.html Sun, 11 May 2008 17:15 EDT One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $16 million, lottery officials said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/529075.html http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/529075.html Sun, 11 May 2008 10:19 EDT A judge has awarded $94.6 million in damages to the family of a former senior Havana police official whose relatives claimed in a lawsuit that he was murdered by Cuban government agents. http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/529065.html http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/529065.html Sun, 11 May 2008 09:44 EDT One winner of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $268,449.77, the Florida Lottery said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/528796.html http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/528796.html Sun, 11 May 2008 00:01 EDT This was supposed to be a golden era for South Florida, an unprecedented four-year period of political power where lawmakers with ties to Miami-Dade and Broward counties -- and the clout to bring the area money and push for local priorities -- were firmly in charge of the Florida Legislature. http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/528778.html http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/528778.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT Faced with $5 billion in cuts to the state budget, Broward lawmakers spent most of their time in Tallahassee this year playing defense as they tried to block deep cuts to county schools, hospitals and courts. http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/528806.html http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/528806.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT Before Miami-Dade's political players stepped up to the plate for the 60-day legislative session, they knew the stats were stacked against them. There was $5 billion less in the state's coffers, five legislators on their way out because of term limits, and a bevy of public agencies lobbying for the least amount of budget cuts. http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/523775.html http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/523775.html Wed, 07 May 2008 03:01 EDT In a day of righting government injustice, a wrongfully convicted man was finally compensated for 24 years in prison Tuesday, just hours after Gov. Charlie Crist signed off on an $18 million payment plan for a brain-damaged girl whom the system failed. http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/521240.html http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/521240.html Mon, 05 May 2008 03:01 EDT With tensions running high in the last hours of the session, the typically good-natured Sen. Larcenia Bullard, D-Miami, broke down, accusing Senate President Ken Pruitt of ignoring her questions and refusing to acknowledge her requests to speak throughout the day. The breaking point came as lawmakers tried to attach a Central Florida commuter rail amendment to one of her bills to study the expansion of Interstate 95. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/529569.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/529569.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT An extra dollar spent on a Lotto ticket meant an extra $10 million for the one player who hit all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing, the Florida Lottery said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/529543.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/529543.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT Authorities say a 77-year-old Central Florida man used a wrench to fight off a 22-year-old woman during an attempted robbery. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Walter Funk discovered Nicole Mason-Suares in his home Saturday morning after his wife, Ingebord, 81, heard noises. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/529535.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/529535.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT Smoke from brush fires in Brevard County forced the Florida Highway Patrol to close a 25-mile stretch of Interstate 95 on Sunday, officials said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/527974.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/527974.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT For a sign of Florida Republicans' all-out effort to attract black voters, look no farther than the glossy full-colored The Black Republican magazine that launches broadsides like these: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/528053.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/528053.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT The tough-girl names of these new steel-wheels teams tell it all: Divas De Las Muertas, Sunshine Smashers, Beach Bruisers and Swamp City Vixens. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/527989.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/527989.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT A man who appeared to fit the description of the killer wanted in the unsolved murders of a Boca Raton woman and her 7-year-old daughter last December is not the kidnapper, authorities said Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/527980.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/527980.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT For 11 years, Larry Wexler of Orlando has been perfecting his head-turning, solar-powered, three-wheeled vehicle that can cruise up to 85 miles an hour and never has to stop at a gas station. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/527977.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/527977.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT More than 80 people were arrested in a federal sweep of four companies that allegedly arranged fraudulent marriages to earn immigrants citizenship, even organizing wedding photos with bridal gowns and elaborate -- but fake -- wedding cakes, federal officials said Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/526574.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/526574.html Fri, 09 May 2008 07:12 EDT Detectives are combing through surveillance video from the Aventura Mall, hoping it will lead them to the killer of a Boca Raton woman and her 7-year-old daughter.