HOLLYWOOD HILLS HIGH SCHOOL

Broward football players, coach save 3 in canal crash

Members of the Hollywood Hills football team helped rescue a Flagler Beach family from a potentially fatal car crash outside Clewiston.

COUP IN HONDURAS

Honduras' Manuel Zelaya gives rival week to quit

Accusing the man serving as interim president of trying to sabotage mediation talks, ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya said he'll give him a week to step down.

Spike in suicides at Broward jails raises alarm

As Broward County faces potential staffing cutbacks at its jails, an increase in inmate suicides has some worried that the problem will only get worse.

SOUTH FLORIDA

Ben Novack Jr., son of Fontainebleau founder, slain in NY

The son of the Fontainebleau resort's founder, event planner Ben Novack Jr., was killed in a targeted hit in suburban New York, police said.

Bridget Carey reviews the Verizon LG Versa

ORLANDO

South Florida 'American Idol' hopefuls take show on the road

Seeking a spot on the next season of American Idol, several South Florida singing hopefuls traveled to Orlando last week for tryouts and a chance at stardom.

LAUDERHILL

Minister stabbed wife to death, Lauderhill police say

A minister who once ran an organization called 'Boxing for Jesus' is suspected of stabbing his wife and leaving her to die.

Miami faces worst financial crunch in more than a decade

Despite an unprecedented high-rise building boom that broadened the tax base for most of the decade, Miami is sliding toward the brink of its worst financial crunch since 1996, when the city flirted with bankruptcy and ceded daily control to the state.

CENTRAL AMERICA | DIPLOMACY

Honduras crisis mediator is at home as peacemaker

Costa Rica's president is bringing persistence, a Nobel Peace Prize and a passion for demilitarization to the task of resolving the Honduran crisis.

CENTRAL FLORIDA

After brief fame, Bubbles the chimp finds refuge

Bubbles -- Michael Jackson's beloved chimp -- grew up, left Neverland, and is now living out his retirement in a sanctuary for great apes in Florida.

SEMINOLE AND MICCOSUKEE TRIBES

Florida Indian tribes levying cigarette tax

Smokers who relied on Indian reservations as a cheaper source of cigarettes saw their discount go up in smoke July 1, when the tribes started levying the state's $1.34-a-pack tax.

MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS

Sexting 101: Miami-Dade schools may be first to teach danger

The Miami-Dade school district wants to lead the nation on educating teens and parents about the consequences of sending nude photos over phones.

SWINE FLU

Florida, U.S. brace for marathon fight against swine flu

Swine flu isn't going away anytime soon. So states must prepare to vaccinate against it and cope with its consequences. State and local officials say they are getting prepared.

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 test -- under a new Florida law that becomes effective Jan. 1.

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.

HONDURAS

Honduras' Micheletti is both admired and reviled

A kingpin of Honduran politics for 30 years, Roberto Micheletti is a 'stubborn mule' who has become an international political figure overnight.

MIAMI HEAT

Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade tries to clear the air

Dwyane Wade, who has been critical of the Heat's lack of offseason moves, said team president Pat Riley 'opened up the wound' by saying Wade needed to first commit to a contract extension.

FLORIDA ENVIRONMENT

South Florida's killer pythons capture U.S. attention

Sen. Bill Nelson told a congressional panel that the Burmese python, a killer pet thriving in the Everglades, tops a long list of invasive species spreading across the country.

LAW ENFORCEMENT

Felon in fatal silicone 'pumping party' arrested again

Six years after her conviction in the death of a woman at an illegal Miramar silicone 'pumping party,' Donnie Hendrix is accused of setting up shop again.