CRIME

Family of slain ex-Miami police captain pleads for help

The family of a retired Miami police officer shot and killed at a marina pleaded for help in solving his sl...

MIAMI BEACH

Dutch firm could replace Frank Gehry on Miami Beach park project

A Dutch design firm known for hewing to a budget could replace Frank Gehry on a Miami Beach park project th...

City of Miami faces worst financial crunch in over a decade

espite an unprecedented high-rise building boom that broadened the tax base for most of the decade, Miami i...

CAT KILLINGS

Surgical tools among items seized in cat killings case

Scalpels, knives, nylon rope with duct tape attached, computers, cameras and clothing were among items seiz...

GOVERNOR'S RACE

State CFO Alex Sink reimburses state for use of plane

Alex Sink is leading Bill McCollum in fundraising for governor, but she also has used her campaign cash to ...

BASEBALL

Doctor: Didn't prescribe banned drug to Ramirez

Following an ESPN story that said a Coral Gables doctor was being investigated by the DEA, the doctor issue...

LITTLE HAITI

Artwork to honor Teele

SENATE CAMPAIGN

Charlie Crist fundraising for Senate race leaves Marco Rubio behind

Gov. Charlie Crist's fundraising for his U.S. Senate campaign is leaving his Republican rival far behind.

MIAMI

Sex offenders sue over Julia Tuttle bridge colony

A lawsuit claims that Miami-Dade's sex-offender ordinance is creating a public safety crisis.

BROWARD COUNTY

Death Row inmate convicted in 1994 Broward murder will be set free

A man sentenced to die for a 1994 Broward murder was ordered freed by the Florida Supreme Court, which rule...

DRIVING

Florida's worst drivers will have to retake driving test

Rack up three crash-related tickets in three years and you'll be back behind the wheel -- for a driving tes...

THE ENVIRONMENT

Third day of lawn watering might be added, but not in Miami-Dade

Water managers decided to pursue three-day watering limits instead of the current twice-weekly restrictions...

STATE UNIVERSITIES

Florida Atlantic University chief seeks top college post

FAU President Frank Brogan, a former Florida lieutenant governor, has applied to be the next state universi...

MIAMI

VA offers free care to vets who might have been infected in Miami hospital

The VA has promised free treatment to veterans infected by improperly cleaned equipment used in colonoscopies.

FLORIDA PRISONS

Florida Legislature gives OK to ship inmates out of state

Sending criminals to out-of-state prisons is a 'safety valve' for Florida's overpopulated prisons.

Crist's high court pick puts him in political center

Charlie Crist seated his fourth Supreme Court nominee, burnishing his reputation as a center-leaning governor

GOVERNMENT SPENDING

Senator criticizes Florida's privatization initiatives

A state senator is renewing his criticism of privatization over a no-bid contract.

OTHER LEGISLATION

Boost in tuition set for 11 Florida colleges

Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday signed into law one of his top priorities of 2009: a bill that allows all 11 s...

LAND DEVELOPMENT

Crist signs controversial growth-management bill

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed a controversial growth management bill that some say will stimulate the s...

TALLAHASSEE

Florida officials' salaries to be cut 2 percent

Though Gov. Charlie Crist bragged state worker pay wouldn't be cut, his salary and that of a thousand other...

Another indictment for former House Speaker Ray Sansom

A grand jury investigating Ray Sansom's ties to a Panhandle college issued a second round of indictments We...

Underwater Music Festival celebrates The Beatles

About 400 divers and snorkelers had to get wet to listen to a radio station's broadcast in the Florida Keys...

NASA delays space shuttle Endeavour launch 1 day

NASA has scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's scheduled launch after nine lightning strikes were reported nea...

Monorail operator expresses condolences over crash

The operator of one of the trains involved in a fatal monorail collision at Walt Disney World has issued a ...

FL sheriff fires officer who shot unarmed suspect

Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford is firing a police officer who shot an unarmed burglary suspect from b...

Fla. woman charged in deaths of teens after party

A Florida woman faces manslaughter charges after two teens left a party at her house and died in a car crash.

Feds may open forest, swamp around Alligator Alley

A federal proposal would open a vast sweep of forest and swamp on both sides of Alligator Alley to hunting ...

No one picks correct Fantasy 5

No tickets matched all five "Fantasy 5" numbers, meaning the 275 tickets with four numbers correct are wort...