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 2008 MiamiHerald.com Miami-Dade 60 Tue, 13 May 2008 11:40:03 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530777.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530777.html Tue, 13 May 2008 08:36 EDT After sweating it out through Monday, the National Weather Service promises South Florida a cool reward for Tuesday: ''A beautiful spring day is expected,'' the forecast notes, ``with clear skies and temperatures roughly 10 degrees cooler than what has recently been experienced.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/neighbors/story/528101.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/neighbors/story/528101.html Tue, 13 May 2008 10:20 EDT For more than five years, David Shorter and a few others tasked with resurrecting Virginia Key Beach Park searched for a 1950s-era Allan Herschell carousel, the same kind that for so long rested beneath the park's octagonal Carousel Building. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/neighbors/story/528103.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/neighbors/story/528103.html Mon, 12 May 2008 10:17 EDT It's a Monday afternoon on the waters of the Marine Stadium Basin, and about 20 high school freshmen and eighth graders of the Miami Rowing Club are practicing for a regional competition. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/531376.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/531376.html Tue, 13 May 2008 11:17 EDT The Miami Immigration Court was evacuated and the MetroMover halted after someone called in a bomb threat to the federal court building Tuesday morning, police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/531223.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/531223.html Tue, 13 May 2008 11:09 EDT A bandit robbed a storage business Tuesday morning, carjacked a getaway vehicle, then led police on a chase through West Miami-Dade, exchanging gunfire with his pursuers before being shot in the chest, Miami-Dade police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/531206.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/531206.html Tue, 13 May 2008 09:25 EDT In a surprise move, the Colombian government early Tuesday morning extradited 14 notorious paramilitary warlords to the United States, where they are wanted on cocaine-trafficking charges. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/531133.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/531133.html Tue, 13 May 2008 09:22 EDT Fire weary residents in this Atlantic Coast town woke up to cooler temperatures and calmer winds Tuesday after a horrific day and night of blazes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/531167.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/531167.html Tue, 13 May 2008 08:54 EDT A young man was found shot to death early Tuesday at 1775 NW 47th Ter. in Miami. Neighbors told Miami police they they heard one or more shots. They called police, who went to investigate shortly after midnight. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/531169.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/531169.html Tue, 13 May 2008 08:27 EDT Two people were killed in unrelated shootings in South Miami-Dade County, police said Tuesday. A woman was fatally shot about 11 p.m. Monday in what police described as a home invasion robbery at 27260 SW 167th Ct. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/530665.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/530665.html Mon, 12 May 2008 22:42 EDT A proposed three-tower Coconut Grove condo project -- decried by some neighbors as an imposing behemoth and tainted by allegations of political payouts -- may never get built. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/530600.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/530600.html Mon, 12 May 2008 21:37 EDT Miami-Dade public schools officials' first attempt at closing underenrolled schools earlier this year angered hundreds of parents, leading Superintendent Rudy Crew to shelve the proposal. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/530601.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/530601.html Mon, 12 May 2008 21:37 EDT Haiti's efforts to install a new leader, following last month's firing of the Caribbean nation's prime minister, suffered a serious setback Monday after lawmakers rejected President René Préval's choice for the job. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/530001.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/530001.html Mon, 12 May 2008 20:37 EDT The four suspects accused of murdering Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor in his Palmetto Bay home will not face the death penalty. http://www.miamiherald.com/511/story/530675.html http://www.miamiherald.com/511/story/530675.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT Irena Sendler -- a Polish social worker who helped save some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto and giving them false identities -- has died. http://www.miamiherald.com/511/story/530673.html http://www.miamiherald.com/511/story/530673.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT (AP) -- Joyce ''Dottie'' Rambo, an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early Sunday when her tour bus ran off the highway and struck an embankment. http://www.miamiherald.com/461/story/530743.html http://www.miamiherald.com/461/story/530743.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT A photo caption with a story on Born Free on Page 1E on Sunday was incorrect. The company is having trouble keeping up with demand for its BPA-free baby bottles and other products. http://www.miamiherald.com/461/story/528818.html http://www.miamiherald.com/461/story/528818.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT A report on Florida Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez, which appeared Saturday on MiamiHerald.com, contained several incorrect statements about the team. Ramirez was acquired in a trade with the Boston Red Sox in 2005, not 2004. The story incorrectly stated the teams to which outfielder Juan Pierre and catcher Paul LoDuca were traded. Pierre went to the Chicago Cubs and Lo Duca went to the New York Mets. The story also misstated the year in which a Marlins-Expos series was moved to Montreal because... http://www.miamiherald.com/461/story/526770.html http://www.miamiherald.com/461/story/526770.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT A May 4 story on historian Seth Bramson misspelled the name of June Levy-Newbauer, whose father built Normandy Isle and one-third of Surfside. http://www.miamiherald.com/461/story/526595.html http://www.miamiherald.com/461/story/526595.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT A Los Angeles Times report on the death of Beverlee McKinsey on Page 5B in Thursday's Metro & State section incorrectly identified where she died. It was Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles. http://www.miamiherald.com/461/story/525300.html http://www.miamiherald.com/461/story/525300.html Thu, 08 May 2008 03:01 EDT Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Miami is a licensee of the French school Le Cordon Bleu. Its 30-week course leads to a diploma. The information was incorrect on Page 10E of the May 1 Tropical Life/Food & Dining section. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530667.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530667.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:01 EDT The Cuban contingent that competed in last week's Pan American Judo Championships left Miami for Havana by way of Panama City on Monday afternoon without gold-medal-winning judoka Yurisel Laborde, who left the group Sunday afternoon. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530670.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530670.html Tue, 13 May 2008 01:01 EDT The four suspects accused of murdering Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor in his Palmetto Bay home will not face the death penalty. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530664.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530664.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT Miami-Dade public schools officials' first attempt at closing underenrolled schools earlier this year angered hundreds of parents, leading Superintendent Rudy Crew to shelve the proposal. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530776.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530776.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT A proposed three-tower Coconut Grove condo project -- decried by some neighbors as an imposing behemoth and tainted by allegations of political payouts -- may never get built. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530671.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530671.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT It's been more than 20 years since Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to make an official visit to a synagogue, but Jewish and Catholic leaders are still working today to mend the lingering rift between the two communities. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530759.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530759.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT As the death toll in earthquake-ravaged areas of China soared to nearly 10,000 Monday, members of South Florida's Chinese community reached out to relatives abroad and began talk of preparing aid for the victims. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530839.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530839.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT A woman's body was found floating in the water east of Old Cutler Road at Southwest 173rd Street on Monday morning. Officers responding to a call of a body in the water found the woman around 8:20 a.m. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530492.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/530492.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. To submit items online, go to MiamiHerald.com, click on Calendar of Events and click Add Events, then follow the prompts or e-mail your items to newscalendar@MiamiHerald.com. No faxes, please. To search for events throughout South Florida, click on Calendar on the left side of the screen at www.MiamiHerald.com. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/529571.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/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/news/miami_dade/story/529532.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/529532.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT For Bob Mandell, the bad news came on a Wednesday evening. Dial-A-Teacher, the homework-help hot line to which he had devoted nearly two decades of service, would be closing for good the following day. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/529533.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/529533.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT The nation's chief nuclear watchdog will tour Turkey Point on Tuesday, a visit that follows recent six-figure fines imposed on Florida Power & Light for its hired guards sleeping and carrying disabled weapons while on duty. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/529530.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/529530.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT Air conditioners provided the only cool breezes of the weekend for much of South Florida, with record-setting heat in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/529609.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/529609.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT One person was killed and three others injured in a five-vehicle accident in Miami Sunday afternoon, officials said. The driver of a stolen commercial truck was speeding north at about 2 p.m. on Northwest 12th Avenue when he sideswiped a car and then collided head-on with a red Dodge Neon traveling south on 12th Avenue at the intersection of 52nd Street, officials said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/529602.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/529602.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT Roman Gastesi, a former director of lobbying for Miami-Dade County who then became a lobbyist himself, is heading back to government work. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/529600.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/529600.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT With more than 2,700 views of his environmental rap on YouTube, Miami-Dade Clerk of Courts Harvey Ruvin is sticking with the green theme as he seeks reelection. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/528868.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/528868.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT A Miami-Dade judge has awarded $94.6 million in damages to the family of Aldo Vera Sr., a former senior Havana police official murdered in Puerto Rico in 1976, allegedly by Cuban government agents. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/528806.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/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/news/miami_dade/story/528799.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/528799.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT Beverly Watts, mother, created a family over the Internet. Unable to have children of her own, Beverly, 50, of Sunrise, was determined to adopt a child. She took classes at Calvary Chapel church in Fort Lauderdale. She got a physical exam. She filled out reams of paperwork and got fingerprinted. And then she scanned a website hosted by Broward County's privately run foster care agency with hopes of finding a son.