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• IMMIGRATION

  USCIS, attorneys agree naturalization process is running smoother

  Until recent improvements took hold, the Homeland Security agency that processes citizenship applications had a backlog of requests that stretched back years.

• HOMESTEAD | AIR SHOW

  Display of power wows thousands at Homestead air show

  Back for the first time in 17 years, this year's Air Force-sponsored Wings Over Homestead air show was a treat for plane aficionados from across South Florida.

• GOLD

  Gold sellers beware, experts warn

  Inside a conference room at a Kendall hotel, Maria Noguera and her mother sit in front of a jeweler from Twery's Estate Buyers. As a large lamp shines down on their glittering rings, necklaces, watches and earrings, the jeweler meticulously counts, separates and tests the 30 pieces of gold they brought to sell.

• Florida fern, bat endangered candidates

  The Florida bristle fern, found only in pine woods in Miami-Dade and Sumter counties, is among five new candidates for the federal list of endangered and threatened species.

• Miami-Dade couple's quarrel ends in gunfire, death

  An estranged Miami-Dade couple are dead after a fight late Thursday that ended in gunfire.

  Police were called to a ``woman in distress'' at a home in the 19000 block of Northwest 57th Avenue, authorities said.

• Miami Gardens man gets life for killing wife's lover

  For fatally shooting his wife's new lover in the back of the head, a Miami Gardens man must serve life in prison -- a case that marks the first murder trial for the city's 2-year-old police department.

• ENVIRONMENT

  Everglades group closes office

  An advocacy group started by Everglades icon Douglas has closed its Miami office for financial reasons, but leaders vow to continue their mission.

• MIAMI GARDENS

  Mom prepares to bury Miami Gardens man killed in Afghanistan

  A Miami Gardens man who died in Afghanistan and was hailed by the United Nations as a hero will be buried Saturday.

• MIAMI BEACH

  Gabrielle Redfern wins runoff spot in Miami Beach Commission race

  With just 21 more votes, Gabrielle Redfern won a recount and will oppose Michael Góngora in a Commission Group 3 runoff race.

• FORT LAUDERDALE

  Bank ordered to turn over documents for Rothstein case in Broward County

  A bank connected to the case of attorney Scott Rothstein was ordered to release files by Monday.

• TRANSPORTATION

  Miami-Dade Turnpike conversion to begin Nov. 8

  Florida's Turnpike will begin work Sunday to convert the toll road's southern 26 miles in Miami-Dade into an all-electronic open road tolling facility in early 2011, transportation officials announced Friday.
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  FORT HOOD SHOOTING

  In shooting's aftermath, Fort Hood community unites

  The Fort Hood, Texas, community rallied together after the horrific shooting at the nation's largest military post.

• MIAMI BEACH

  Sleepless Night event brings 13-hour entertainment to Miami Beach

  With a green tennis ball as bait, William Ruiz cast out his line from a perch atop the Park Central Hotel, waited for a nibble, and then furiously reeled in his catch -- a brass wire.
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  MIAMI POLICE CHIEF

  Miami Police Chief John Timoney faces first showdown

  Will police Chief John Timoney survive newly elected Mayor Tomás Regalado's bid to oust him? `I love it here,' the veteran cop says.
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  HOMESTEAD

  Air show to help Homestead Air Reserve Base recapture glory days

  Wings Over Homestead, a weekend air show, aims to restore Homestead Air Reserve Base to glory days image.

• HOMESTEAD

  VFW will avoid Homestead parade flag flap

  A local VFW post decided not to invite to the Veterans' Day Parade in downtown Homestead the two groups that had been fighting over last year's display of the Confederate battle flag.

• TOLL ROADS

  SunPass alternative unveiled

  Highway managers plan to tear down toll plazas at all major South Florida expressways -- and implement a plan for those who want to continue paying cash.
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  Miami baby born at 1 pound, 1 ounce going home

  The smallest baby ever born at Holtz Children's Hospital is set to go home Friday.

  Born at 1 pound, 1 ounce on March 5, Gabriella Mercedes Gil had a 15 percent chance of surviving, Holtz spokeswoman Lorraine Nelson said.

• Elderly man hit by pickup dies; driver flees in Southwest Miami-Dade

  An elderly pedestrian died in a hit-and-run accident with a pickup truck Thursday evening, Miami-Dade police said.

  About 7:15 p.m., the white pickup headed south on Southwest 117th Avenue hit the man near 192nd Street, police spokesman Detective Roy Rutland said.

• CUBA

  Miami sports agent who aided in defections freed from jail

  Juan Ignacio Hernández Nodar, a Miami sports agent who served 13 years for trying to help Cuban baseball stars defect, will fly home Friday.

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