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• IMMIGRATION POLICY

  3 family members facing deportation still in hiding

  A family facing deportation from Miami now worries that the past from which they fled in Venezuela might be their future if immigration authorities remove them.

• EDUCATION

  Florida to seek $1 billion in U.S. education grants

  Eligible for up to $700 million in competitive federal grants for education, Florida anticipates asking the federal government for even more than that.
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  FLORIDA KEYS

  Florida Keys wild bird center struggles to make ends meet

  Tavernier's wild bird center, which is run on a shoestring budget by its octogenarian founder, is surviving the recession -- barely.

• Missing FIU student's mom, sister join search

  The mother and sister of a missing Florida International University law student have flown to Miami to help in the search for him.

  Tom ``Tommy'' Daniels, 28, has been missing since Nov. 2, when he ran out of a pizza restaurant near FIU's West Miami-Dade campus, saying: ``They are coming to get me.''

• FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY

  Charges dropped against Florida Memorial University student

  Criminal charges were dropped against a Florida Memorial University student who scuffled with security.

• Two Liberty City terror suspects get prison terms

  Two Miami men cast as lesser players in a plot to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices were sentenced to prison Wednesday in Miami federal court.

• JUPITER

  4 held in string of CVS thefts

  A spree of hair-care product thefts has landed four Miami-Dade suspects behind bars.
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  UNEMPLOYMENT

  Unemployment compensation tax will surge for employers

  The state's trust fund for unemployment benefits is depleted, and employers will have to pay much higher taxes to refill it.
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  TURMOIL AT CITY HALL

  Ousted Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones may run for seat

  As Miami's mayor announced a special election for Overtown's District 5 seat following the suspension of Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, the city awaited the next political shoe to drop.

• CORAL GABLES

  Carroll's Jewelers on Miracle Mile to close after 63 years

  Carroll's Jewelers -- the oldest store on Coral Gables' ever-evolving Miracle Mile -- is closing.

• IMMIGRATION

  After accidental deportation, critics say immigration officials making mistakes

  After a Salvadoran man was mistakenly deported, immigration rights activists have complained about toughened enforcement by authorities.
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  SCOTT ROTHSTEIN SCANDAL

  Scott Rothstein Ponzi case turns to raids on banks

  Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme went through a `supersonic' boom in October as he moved more than $100 million out of investor accounts, lawyers say.

• Miami transit summit seeks public comments

  The Second Annual Transit Summit will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Miami-Dade County Commission chambers at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center, 111 NW First St.

• HIGH-SPEED RAIL

  Bullet train might get special legislative session

  Gov. Charlie Crist hopes lawmakers are close to agreeing on a special session for rail projects, but concerns over new taxes could scuttle the deal.

• HEALTHCARE

  Jackson Health System adds to `new team' as 3 leave

  Jackson Health System named a new vice president as three executives planned to leave.

• Diario publisher to head press group

  Alejandro J. Aguirre, deputy editor and publisher of the Spanish-language Diario Las Américas newspaper, was elected president of the hemisphere's free-press organization, the Inter American Press Association announced Tuesday.

• MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL BOARD

  Ethics training will be mandatory for Dade school employees

  In the wake of recent scandals in other governing bodies, the Miami-Dade school district will soon require ethics training for all district employees.

• MIAMI BEACH

  Michael Góngora, Jorge Exposito win Miami Beach seats

  Miami Beach voters on Tuesday elected former Commissioner Michael Góngora to the Group 3 seat by a wide margin. Jorge Exposito won the Group 2 seat by a narrower margin.

• MIAMI

  Francis Suarez beats Manolo Reyes in Miami runoff

  Miami voters elected attorney Francis Suarez -- the son of former mayor Xavier Suarez -- to the city commission.

• MARLINS STADIUM

  Hundreds protest hiring policy at new Florida Marlins stadium

  Honking horns, stopping traffic and shouting ``Liars, Liars, Liars!,'' hundreds of laborers and construction workers picketed the new Florida Marlins stadium under construction in Little Havana Tuesday morning, claiming that they have been denied promised jobs.

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