http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Miami-Dade 60 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:15:12 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325356.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325356.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Students at a Jewish high school in Miami Beach were unnerved Monday night when an unidentified object flew through the building's entrance, shattering glass in the front door. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325355.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325355.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Cuba's historic son group Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro will play the Little Havana club Hoy Como Ayer on Nov. 21, quietly breaking a six-year blackout on officially sanctioned performances in Miami by Cuban musicians from the island. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325354.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325354.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A sex offender living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway has been cleared of accusations that he went to a park when children were present, violating state and Miami-Dade County restrictions. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325304.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325304.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Miami-Dade Transit gets no sympathy from me and the thousands of passengers who witness daily the disaster of our public transportation system. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325452.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325452.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In further moves to reduce ever-mounting losses, Jackson Health System announced Monday plans to close six units in January and lay off 93 employees. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1325051.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1325051.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Should Florida's electric companies be required to reward customers who install energy-efficient light bulbs, buy energy-saving appliances, replace inefficient windows or make other investments that save electricity? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1325294.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1325294.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:27 EST A bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Southwest Miami-Dade Monday night, police said.<p/> The man, whose name was not immediately released, died on the shoulder of the road in the 15300 block of Southwest 157th Avenue. He was riding home from work on a light-blue bicycle when he was struck by a car heading north, said Det. Roy Rutland, a Miami-Dade police spokesman. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1325216.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1325216.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:22 EST After picking up a key endorsement Monday that could pump big money into his campaign, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio set to work on another win that would deliver a big, symbolic blow to Charlie Crist in the governor's home county. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1325159.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1325159.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:22 EST Barbara Kingsolver would like to thank you, Miami.<p/> As part of what she calls ``evangelizing for literature,'' the author of the beloved novels The Bean Trees and The Poisonwood Bible told a full house Monday night at Miami Book Fair International that ``the real beating heart of democracy is the place people love books. I salute you for your love of reading.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1325120.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1325120.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:42 EST Haiti and Guyana are the two countries in the Caribbean that are expected to post positive growth this year, despite a global economic crisis that sent financial shock waves through the region. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1325000.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1325000.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:07 EST http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1323698.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1323698.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:22 EST Attorneys for two Florida teenagers serving life in prison without the possibility of parole told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that such sentences violate the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment and juveniles should get a chance at release. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1315261.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1315261.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Charlotte Bistro is a sassy little flirt. From the moment you catch a glimpse inside the tight-fitting dining room on Miracle Mile where swirly mirrors and framed prints compete for attention, you know this girl has got ambition. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1304207.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1304207.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The Dadeland Plaza Mall on South Dixie Highway in Pinecrest looks like the usual jumble of strip shops. But tucked between For Eyes and Muscle Max is a world of restaurants stretching from Asia (Japan and Vietnam) to Brooklyn (Roasters 'n Toasters). We opted for three European menus and found ourselves transported -- without the flight or exchange rate. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1292841.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1292841.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Lots of people assume Miami is a health-conscious town -- a Southeast version of L.A., perhaps. Maybe it's all the beautiful bodies and sunshine. The truth is, that when it comes to dining out, we've got more deep-fried, porky, processed and syrup-laden food than nearly any city I know. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1282127.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/miami-dade-dining/story/1282127.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Coconut Grove has long been a magnet for drifters. It's easy to stop by for a beer and fall in love with the colorful, quirky neighborhood. But for a Chicago-themed eatery that plopped down in the ungainly spot that once housed Don Quixote, it has been a tough transition. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325318.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325318.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Troubled Coral Gables High student Andy Rodriguez packed a knife to school not because a classmate had threatened him but because the other teen looked at him with a ``bad face.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325239.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325239.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Like repo men, the feds grabbed Scott Rothstein's fire-engine red Ferrari Spider convertible with tan interior -- right off a downtown Fort Lauderdale street. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325305.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325305.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Former New York Giants great Lawrence Taylor was arrested Sunday night for leaving the scene of a crash in Miami-Dade County, according to jail records. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325303.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325303.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST South Florida is one of the nation's most dangerous areas for pedestrians because the roads generally have been designed to speed up -- not slow down -- traffic, according to a report released Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325307.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1325307.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST There's a lot of attractive selling points about a future career in architecture -- the job can be creative, challenging, even city-changing.<p/> But Christ-like? At Florida International University -- for one day at least -- architecture students do in fact walk on water. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1323765.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1323765.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST When paramedics in Mexico arrive at the scene of a bad accident, the life-saving measures they'll perform will have a South Florida connection to Miami Dade College's Medical Center Campus. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1323768.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1323768.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST On a typical Saturday, Miami Beach residents Brad and Margaret Klimek would never imagine themselves spending a night on Ocean Drive, where tourists usually outnumber locals. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1323815.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1323815.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A head-on crash Sunday morning in Miami Gardens left one man dead and halted traffic on Northwest 199th Street near LandShark Stadium.<p/> Westbound 199th Street was closed from Northwest 27th Avenue to the ramps to Florida's Turnpike, Miami Gardens police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1323759.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1323759.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A Lotto ticket sold at a Pembroke Park gas station won Saturday night's $28 million jackpot, the Florida Lottery said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1323766.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1323766.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein, who returned from a trip to Morocco last week to face a federal fraud investigation, said he was in good spirits Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1322690.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1322690.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST His marriage long ago went sour, his home taken in foreclosure, his job lost to incompetence, his finances sunk in bankruptcy. Everything Jason Rodriguez sought ended in failure. Except his alleged plot to kill. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1322675.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1322675.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is emerging as the champion of activists fed up with Republicans who don't stay true to conservative principles. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1322574.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1322574.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST If there was one thing Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein craved, it was attention. And how better to get it than to whip out his checkbook?<p/> Like at Gov. Charlie Crist's 52nd birthday party/GOP fundraiser last year, when, instead of buying a $1,000 candle, Rothstein bought an entire chocolate cake covered with 52 candles. His donation: $52,000. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1321344.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1321344.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST For the first time in the company's history, Sedano's Supermarkets is expanding outside of South Florida.<p/> The Hispanic supermarket chain said Friday it has a deal to purchase three Albertson's stores in the Orlando area that will be converted into the Sedano's brand. Terms of the deal, which is scheduled to close in the first quarter of next year, were not disclosed. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1321339.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/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/florida/story/1321193.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/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/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/1314878.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314878.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Responding to criticism over inactivity on 4,400 state complaints against debt collectors, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum proposed separate measures Tuesday to reign in abusive tactics. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314879.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314879.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST TALLAHASSEE - Attorney General Bill McCollum filed suit Tuesday against two leading Internet travel firms, accusing Expedia and Orbitz of cheating the state and local governments out of millions of dollars in sales tax revenues from online hotel bookings. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314881.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314881.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Florida's restrictions on where sex offenders can live might be both ineffective and endangering the public, a legislative analyst said Tuesday.<p/> Marti Harkness, a criminal-justice analyst, told the House Public Safety & Domestic Security Committee that studies from Florida, Minnesota and Colorado showed almost no link between a sex offender's residency and the crime he committed. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314886.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314886.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Casting herself as a ``fresh face'' not connected to what she calls a troubled Republican establishment, state Sen. Paula Dockery of Lakeland jumped into the race for governor Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1313125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1313125.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Independent voters are more likely to side with Republicans than with Democrats on issues facing Floridians, according to a poll conducted for The Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1309207.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1309207.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Hoping to close a loophole that has helped make South Florida the hub of black-market prescription painkillers, two Democratic state lawmakers are proposing legislation to ban convicted felons from holding an ownership stake in pain clinics distributing narcotics. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1309088.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1309088.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Florida voters want offshore oil drilling, oppose a ``public option'' for health insurance and overwhelmingly support a gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe, according to a new Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324741.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324741.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:08 EST The U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty Monday against an Ohio man who killed and mutilated a man he met in a gay bar in 1985, rejecting a claim that his lawyers erred during the sentencing phase of his trial. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324561.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324561.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:12 EST A new national museum honoring excellence in scholastic sports is going up in eastern Pennsylvania, spotlighting the high school exploits of pro superstars like LeBron James but also cheering former top athletes who excelled away from the playing field. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324524.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324524.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:42 EST The Defense Department reports two Fort Lewis soldiers were killed Thursday when their Stryker vehicle went over a buried explosive in Afghanistan. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324460.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324460.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:02 EST The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324429.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324429.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:32 EST The state is suing two central Florida companies for allegedly scamming homeowners trying to rescue their properties from foreclosure. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324393.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324393.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:07 EST A central Florida man who gave his wife a gun and encouraged her to kill herself is facing criminal charges. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324386.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324386.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:02 EST A man who was in an Orlando office when a former employee came in and started shooting said Monday that the ordeal that left one dead and five injured lasted about a minute. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324327.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1324327.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12 EST Federal prosecutors accused a high-profile South Florida attorney of concocting a Ponzi scheme that lured millions of dollars from investors with promises of big payoffs from legal settlements that never existed, according to court documents filed Monday.