MiamiHerald.com: Florida http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Florida http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2012 MiamiHerald.com Florida 60 Mon, 28 May 2012 05:59:29 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[Tropical Storm Beryl makes landfall on Fla. coast]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819538/beryl-to-bring-rain-winds-to-southeast.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819538/beryl-to-bring-rain-winds-to-southeast.html Sun, 27 May 2012 17:44 EDT

Tropical Storm Beryl has made landfall in northeastern Florida, bringing drenching rains and driving winds to the southeastern U.S. coast, forecasters said.

]]> <![CDATA[Obama forgot to read the Castro memo]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819980/obama-forgot-to-read-the-castro.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819980/obama-forgot-to-read-the-castro.html Sun, 27 May 2012 16:00 EDT Of the simple rules in Florida elections, few stand out like this one: Don’t look wobbly over Castro — especially in an election year.

]]> <![CDATA[Barry University basketball player bit by shark in Jacksonville while surfing]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2819250/barry-university-basketball-player.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2819250/barry-university-basketball-player.html Sat, 26 May 2012 21:19 EDT

Barry University basketball player Chad Renfro was bit by a shark after he

]]> <![CDATA[Tropical Storm Beryl threatens North Florida, South Georgia]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2818939/tropical-storm-beryl-threatens.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2818939/tropical-storm-beryl-threatens.html Sat, 26 May 2012 17:35 EDT Tropical Storm Beryl may put a serious damper on Memorial Day celebrations for North Florida and South Georgia.

]]> <![CDATA[Child-neglect deaths fall — as Florida redefines child neglect]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2818805/child-neglect-deaths-fall-as-florida.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2818805/child-neglect-deaths-fall-as-florida.html Sat, 26 May 2012 16:07 EDT When the number of child deaths by abuse and neglect fell dramatically, it looked like Floridians were improving their parenting skills and DCF was doing a better job. But there is another explanation.

]]> <![CDATA[Hunting for elephants, unleashing political tsunamis]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2818587/hunting-for-elephants-unleashing.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2818587/hunting-for-elephants-unleashing.html Sat, 26 May 2012 10:56 EDT The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain. That is, unless the governor of Florida, the Honorable Blinkless and Clueless One, brings up shooting elephants to the king.

]]> <![CDATA[College loans are next debt crisis]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2818547/college-loans-are-next-debt-crisis.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2818547/college-loans-are-next-debt-crisis.html Sat, 26 May 2012 18:18 EDT Marlins Park, financed by bonds that will take four decades and $2.4 billion to pay off, makes a perfect setting for commencement exercises. Vice President Joe Biden, when he addresses a happy throng of graduates from Cypress Bay High School in that fancy new baseball stadium on June 4, will be looking out at the unwitting perpetrators of the next great debt crisis.

]]> <![CDATA[Witnesses in Trayvon Martin case contradict, change their stories]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2817692/witnesses-in-trayvon-martin-case.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2817692/witnesses-in-trayvon-martin-case.html Sat, 26 May 2012 11:58 EDT Several witnesses in the Trayvon Martin case changed their accounts after weeks of intense media coverage, according to recordings released by the prosecution.

]]> <![CDATA[Mariela Castro’s real agenda: Keep family in power]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2817693/mariela-castros-real-agenda-keep.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2817693/mariela-castros-real-agenda-keep.html Fri, 25 May 2012 18:50 EDT Mariela Castro wasn’t able to leave the safe cocoon of the USA this week without revealing her true agenda.

]]> <![CDATA[Getting married: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2817637/getting-married-florida-attorney.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2817637/getting-married-florida-attorney.html Fri, 25 May 2012 18:06 EDT Pam Bondi, Florida’s attorney general, is scheduled to get married to a Tampa doctor Saturday afternoon in the Cayman Islands.

]]> <![CDATA[Ex-Miami Dolphin a witness at Novack murder trial]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2817496/ex-miami-dolphin-a-witness-at.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2817496/ex-miami-dolphin-a-witness-at.html Fri, 25 May 2012 17:16 EDT

Just when it seemed there were no more surprises in store at the Narcy Novack murder trial, a former Miami Dolphin makes a cameo on the witness stand.

]]> <![CDATA[Interstate 4 near Orlando, Disney shut down as wildfires rage]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2817379/interstate-4-near-orlando-disney.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2817379/interstate-4-near-orlando-disney.html Fri, 25 May 2012 16:18 EDT Smoke from a five-acre wildfire has closed a section of Orlando's main highway in the city's tourist district.

]]> <![CDATA[Surfer dude plumbers bring running water to Haiti school]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2817101/surfer-dude-plumbers-bring-running.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2817101/surfer-dude-plumbers-bring-running.html Fri, 25 May 2012 13:05 EDT

After running a long-time plumbing company in Nashville, Tab Hunter was tired of the corporate white glove atmosphere.

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald’s customer accused of pulling gun to cut ahead in drive-through line]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2816837/mcdonalds-customer-accused-of.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2816837/mcdonalds-customer-accused-of.html Fri, 25 May 2012 08:41 EDT James Lee Cruz, 58, is being held at the Palm Beach County Jail in lieu of $7,500 bond. He is facing three counts of aggravated assault.

]]> <![CDATA[What’s open and closed on Memorial Day]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/24/2816734/whats-open-and-closed-on-memorial.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/24/2816734/whats-open-and-closed-on-memorial.html Fri, 25 May 2012 06:32 EDT Monday is Memorial Day. Here’s what’s open and closed in South Florida.

]]> <![CDATA[Man accused of robberies with needle-tipped syringe]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2816727/man-accused-of-robberies-with.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/25/2816727/man-accused-of-robberies-with.html Fri, 25 May 2012 06:18 EDT A 26-year-old man known as "Boston Rob" has been arrested after confessing to robberies in suburban West Palm Beach while armed with a needle-tipped syringe.

]]> <![CDATA[AP News Alert]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820576/ap-news-alert.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820576/ap-news-alert.html Mon, 28 May 2012 00:16 EDT Tropical Storm Beryl making landfall in northeastern Fla.; rain, winds lash coast.

]]> <![CDATA[Boy with Asperger's syndrome displays creativity]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820574/boy-with-aspergers-syndrome-displays.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820574/boy-with-aspergers-syndrome-displays.html Mon, 28 May 2012 00:11 EDT Kaleb Brown draws every day, creating a world of lemonade seas, evil broccoli, jet-packs, water balloon fights, giant zombie alien slugs, peanut-butter fried ice cream and skies that rain bacon.

]]> <![CDATA[Descendant: Capones paved way for Nevada gambling]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819993/descendant-capones-paved-way-for.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819993/descendant-capones-paved-way-for.html Sun, 27 May 2012 15:51 EDT Move over Bugsy Siegel. A descendant of Al and Ralph Capone says in a new book that the two gangsters played a much bigger role in creating Nevada's gambling empire.

]]> <![CDATA[Trayvon Martin's parents speak against violence]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819763/trayvon-martins-parents-speak.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819763/trayvon-martins-parents-speak.html Sun, 27 May 2012 11:41 EDT The parents of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin say there must be an end to "senseless gun violence."

]]> <![CDATA[4 Fantasy 5 players share $69,414 top prize]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819760/4-fantasy-5-players-share-69414.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819760/4-fantasy-5-players-share-69414.html Sun, 27 May 2012 11:36 EDT Four winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $69,414.19 each, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.

]]> <![CDATA[Fla. AG Pam Bondi marries in Cayman Islands]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819755/fla-ag-pam-bondi-marries-in-cayman.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819755/fla-ag-pam-bondi-marries-in-cayman.html Sun, 27 May 2012 11:16 EDT Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is celebrating her wedding in the Cayman Island this weekend.

]]> <![CDATA[3 taken to hospital after Fla. boat crash]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819740/3-taken-to-hospital-after-fla.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819740/3-taken-to-hospital-after-fla.html Sun, 27 May 2012 10:41 EDT Three boaters have been taken to the hospital after their 21-foot boat crashed into a jetty in southwest Florida.

]]> <![CDATA[Tulane gets $18.7M for environmental health]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819726/tulane-gets-187m-for-environmental.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819726/tulane-gets-187m-for-environmental.html Sun, 27 May 2012 10:11 EDT Tulane University is getting $18.7 million for two multiyear environmental health projects designed to help Gulf Coast residents affected by the 2010 BP oil spill.

]]> <![CDATA[Beryl threatens rain, winds on southeast US coast]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819570/beryl-threatens-rain-winds-on.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819570/beryl-threatens-rain-winds-on.html Sun, 27 May 2012 04:16 EDT Subtropical storm Beryl crept Sunday toward the Southeast U.S. coastline, threatening to churn up dangerous surf and drenching rains for a soggy close to the long Memorial Day weekend along beaches from northeast Florida to South Carolina.

]]> <![CDATA[Fla. man charged with attempted murder]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819566/fla-man-charged-with-attempted.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819566/fla-man-charged-with-attempted.html Sun, 27 May 2012 03:56 EDT A central Florida man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman says he drove up next to her while she was walking and tried to shoot her.

]]> <![CDATA[Minn. Woman gets 5 years in fatal hit and run]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819563/minn-woman-gets-5-years-in-fatal.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819563/minn-woman-gets-5-years-in-fatal.html Sun, 27 May 2012 03:36 EDT A Minnesota woman has pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a crash that killed a 19-year-old.

]]> <![CDATA[Charter schools get a second helping of free money]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/28/2771746/charter-schools-get-extra-grant.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/28/2771746/charter-schools-get-extra-grant.html Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:18 EDT Established charter schools are able to tap into grants meant to help start-ups by nesting schools within schools. Sometimes the two schools share everything, from staffers to teachers to buildings.

]]> <![CDATA[Bill to increase tuition at UF, FSU vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/26/2772102/bill-to-increase-tuition-at-uf.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/26/2772102/bill-to-increase-tuition-at-uf.html Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:36 EDT

Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a bill that would have allowed the University of Florida and Florida State University to increase tuition by virtually unlimited amounts.

]]> <![CDATA[Florida Supreme Court validates redrawn state Senate map]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/27/2771218/florida-supreme-court-validates.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/27/2771218/florida-supreme-court-validates.html Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:05 EDT The state Supreme Court validated a redrawn 40-member Senate map and rejected opponents’ claims that it violates the new constitutional ban on political gerrymandering.

]]> <![CDATA[Homeowners want Scott to veto bill that forces them — not developer — to pay neighborhood repairs]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/20/2766083/homeowners-want-scott-to-veto.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/20/2766083/homeowners-want-scott-to-veto.html Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:58 EDT Frustrated homeowners urge Gov. Rick Scott to veto a bill that could leave them on the hook for costly neighborhood repairs.

]]> <![CDATA[Former Fort Lauderdale legislator Mandy Dawson pleads guilty to tax evasion]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/23/2763478/former-fort-lauderdale-legislator.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/23/2763478/former-fort-lauderdale-legislator.html Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:20 EDT One-time Fort Lauderdale Democrat Mandy Dawson, who served in the state Legislature for 16 years, pleaded guilty to tax evasion.

]]> <![CDATA[Gov. Rick Scott approves bill creating new state university]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2760476/gov-rick-scott-approves-bill-creating.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2760476/gov-rick-scott-approves-bill-creating.html Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:00 EDT As other state universities are about to see their coffers drained by hundreds of millions of dollars, Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill creating Florida Polytechnic University.

]]> <![CDATA[Fla.’s trading partners warn of backlash if Gov. Scott signs new anti-Cuba legislation]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2762957/flas-trading-partners-warn-of.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2762957/flas-trading-partners-warn-of.html Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:12 EDT Legislation restricting governments from hiring companies that do business with Cuba has landed on Gov. Rick Scott’s desk.

]]> <![CDATA[Scott vetoes four budget-related bills, including hurricane catastrophe fund proposal]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2760503/scott-vetoes-four-budget-related.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2760503/scott-vetoes-four-budget-related.html Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:00 EDT Four budget-related measures were vetoed by Gov.Rick Scott.

]]> <![CDATA[A ‘committed conservative’ back in spotlight over Stand Your Ground]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2761338/a-committed-conservative-back.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2761338/a-committed-conservative-back.html Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:59 EDT

Dennis Baxley, the state representative who championed the self-defense law at the heart of the Trayvon Martin case, is back in the national spotlight.

]]> <![CDATA[Gov. Rick Scott’s task force to explore Stand Your Ground laws dominated by lawmakers who support gun rights]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/19/2757282/gov-rick-scott-announces-members.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/19/2757282/gov-rick-scott-announces-members.html Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:42 EDT Lawmakers who support gun rights dominate Gov. Rick Scott’s newly formed task force to review the state’s controversial Stand Your Ground law and other public safety issues in the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death.

]]> <![CDATA[Drug testing welfare applicants doesn’t save state money, data shows]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/19/2757792/drug-testing-welfare-applicants.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/19/2757792/drug-testing-welfare-applicants.html Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:59 EDT Florida spent more than it saved when it required welfare applicants to take a drug test.

]]> <![CDATA[Gov. Rick Scott veto hurts legal assistance program for poor]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/18/2756244/gov-rick-scott-veto-hurts-legal.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/18/2756244/gov-rick-scott-veto-hurts-legal.html Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:12 EDT A day after the governor vetoed $142 million from the state budget, officials at an organization that provides legal help for low income Floridians said the decision will mean fewer attorneys.

]]> <![CDATA[Arguments begin over redistricting Florida’s congressional districts]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/16/2756158/arguments-begin-over-redistricting.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/16/2756158/arguments-begin-over-redistricting.html Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:03 EDT A state judge must navigate Florida’s complex and conflicting arguments over racial politics in deciding fair boundaries.

]]> <![CDATA[More than 200 arrested during Miami hip hop fest]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820629/more-than-200-arrested-during.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820629/more-than-200-arrested-during.html Mon, 28 May 2012 03:56 EDT About 250,000 people are in South Beach for Memorial Day weekend and the hip hop festival known as Urban Beach Week.

]]> <![CDATA[Candle sparks fire at Fla. home, killing cat]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820616/candle-sparks-fire-at-fla-home.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820616/candle-sparks-fire-at-fla-home.html Mon, 28 May 2012 03:21 EDT A southwest Florida man is recovering form second degree burns after a fire broke out at his home.

]]> <![CDATA[Fla. man killed after wife backs over him with car]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820612/fla-man-killed-after-wife-backs.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820612/fla-man-killed-after-wife-backs.html Mon, 28 May 2012 03:16 EDT An 87-year-old South Florida man has died after his wife accidentally backed over him with the car.

]]> <![CDATA[Fla. man fatally shoots intruder]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820609/fla-man-fatally-shoots-intruder.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820609/fla-man-fatally-shoots-intruder.html Mon, 28 May 2012 03:11 EDT Polk County deputies say a man shot an intruder who broke into his home and tried to start a fight.

]]> <![CDATA[Tropical Storm Beryl could snarl holiday traffic]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820596/tropical-storm-beryl-brings-wind.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/28/2820596/tropical-storm-beryl-brings-wind.html Mon, 28 May 2012 01:56 EDT Tropical Storm Beryl threatened to snarl traffic on Memorial Day as it brought drenching rain, winds and the possibility of flooding to the southeastern U.S. coast.

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