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March 5, 2015

• Americans spent $58 billion on pets last year
• Mortgages growing easier to obtain
• Florida House Republicans eager to rebuke Obama on new Cuba policy
• Man killed in Dania Beach hit-and-run crash
• BSO questioning ‘person of interest’ in fatal Dania Beach hit and run
• To nobody’s surprise, Supreme Court seems split on health care law
• Honduran making false bomb threat at MIA to appear in federal court
• Mother seeks answers 3 weeks after son’s alleged beating at Florida prison
• Man charged with killing prospective home-buyer near Fort Lauderdale
• Lawmakers tackle speed traps, speeding tickets
• Serial Cooper City butt-grabber arrested, charged with battery
• Aides to governor and Cabinet spar over making agency changes
• Florida Senate panel votes to scale back testing
• New York Fashion Week’s Beauty Trends Fit Miami’s Lifestyle
• 'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' (PG)
• 'What We Do in the Shadows' (unrated)
• 'Chappie' (R)
• Meet RHONY Heather Thomson
• Foreign nationals returning to U.S. illegally up
• Blankets of orchids take over Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
• Dan Haren, defense falter in Miami Marlins’ Grapefruit League opener
• J.B. Holmes takes lead, record on opening day at Doral
• Cubans request direct and secret vote in ‘Juventud Rebelde’ forum
• Miami Marlins’ revamped infield gets to work on meshing
• Paving the pinelands
• Adventurers prepare for grueling Everglades Challenge with warm-up cruise
• Top 3 teams remain atop standings at Bacardi Cup sailing
• Central’s Phillip Saunders will aim for college after playing in Dade-Broward all-star game
• Whiteside, Wade spark Miami Heat victory over Los Angeles Lakers
• Sports on TV: Thursday, March 5, 2015
• Miami Beach unveils centennial photo exhibit
• UM basketball team makes case for NCAA bid with victory at Pitt
• Discriminating against LGBT citizens
• Zack Collins powers UM baseball to 7-3 win vs. Florida Gulf Coast
• Jeb Bush and fracking
• Miami Beach residents first
• Florida Panthers call up two goalies to replace ailing Luongo, Montoya
• Driver in fatal Dania Beach hit-and-run arrested
• Judge dismisses whistle-blower suit filed by Florida prison inspectors
• Tee times for Rounds 1 and 2 at WGC-Cadillac Championship
• Ammunition ban
• High-stakes testing
• ‘Skum Rocks!’ a movie about an ’80s Miami band with little talent, has its premiere
• Man charged with child neglect
• For South Florida firms, finding top tech talent still a challenge
• Aventura commissioners take first vote to redistribute leftover capital projects funds
• Friends and Neighbors: A final goodbye to a good friend, the old Miami Herald building
• Keys-Cuba flights to resume mid-March
• Rhythm Foundation to manage North Beach Bandshell
• 200 firefighters called to toxic warehouse blaze in Opa-locka
• Former Police Chief Vincent Landis brings jobs, pizza to South Miami
• Miami-Vienna flights kick off in October
• Crime Watch: When clocks move forward, it’s time to check our smoke alarms
• Solange at Paris Fashion Week: Better late than never?
• High-stakes testing continues despite persistent technical problems
• Doral Police fight crime by using social media
• Sweetwater commissioners approve settlement on K-9 overtime pay lawsuit
• Man found shot to death in car near Sun Life Stadium
• ‘Biggest Loser’ winner shares how he is keeping the weight off
• Largest mall in the nation proposed for Miami-Dade
• Short film by two Hialeah natives to be featured in Miami International Film Festival
• Miami Marlins’ spending spree extends to all facets of the team
• South Florida art groups set classes, moving sale, lecture
• Flamenco diva Sara Baras pays homage to the past
• Kabaccha of Miami kicks up a crowd-funding success with colorful men’s shoes
• Miami Symphony, Symphonic Band set concerts
• No swimming: 5 million-gallon sewage spill affecting Oleta River area
• Miami City Ballet School Ensemble to dance at Open Barre
• PRO WRESTLING: Wreaking Havok, TNA Impact Wrestling at Universal Studios Orlando in March
• Miami Stories: This Cuban found a much better life in exile
• ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’ (unrated)
• Women can be the game-changers in Latin America
• Netanyahu’s speech an exercise in futility
• Building was Miami News’ history, too
• Netanyahu’s stance
• Saving the pinelands?
• New ‘largest ship afloat’ will sail from Port Everglades
• ‘Wild Tales’ (’Relatos Salvajes’) (R)
• Haitian women strengthen families
• Doral girls rock math
• Miami trafficking charge for pot “dessert treats” goes up in smoke, dude
• Miami Hurricanes football scrimmage features big plays, long field goal
• Coral Gables engineering executive Lawrence Brill dies at 78
• Report: Violence persists in Colombian port city
• ‘White God’ (R)
• ‘A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence’ (unrated)
• Traffic lights out of sync
• Traffic rules for all