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October 11, 2018

• West Miami voters will have two charter amendments on their ballots
• For the Florida Legislature, familiar faces, and new ones, too
• A rapper turned South Beach club owner was arrested five times for playing loud music
• Matthew Shepard will be laid to rest 20 years after murder. His family explains why.
• Commission race sparks a new round of bad behavior in scandal-prone North Bay Village
• This coastal village was one of the hardest hit by Hurricane Michael
• Hurricane Michael inundated this tiny Gulf Coast town. Residents try to cope.
• New poll shows Democrat Shalala trailing GOP opponent in a district Trump lost badly
• He promised to protect their dogs during Hurricane Michael. Then the walls collapsed.
• One group that couldn’t flee hurricane: inmates. Florida is assessing the destruction
• Hurricanes coach Mark Richt says former five-star recruits might play against Virginia
• Florida woman said husband’s fatal stabbing was an accident as she cut pizza, cops say
• Hurricane Michael leaves Florida’s main psych hospital cut off. Helicopters drop aid.
• Here’s where you can get groceries in areas hit by Hurricane Michael
• Mark Richt and Miami celebrate $40 million indoor practice facility for ‘The U’
• Hurricane Michael’s damage makes travel extremely difficult west of Tallahassee
• Cuba’s Miguel Díaz-Canel is the latest world leader to open Twitter account
• Hurricane Michael’s awful toll: At least 3 dead, 360,000 in dark, coastal towns wiped out
• You can learn a lot from these terrifying old Miami Halloween photos
• Miami’s first craft beer brewery is sold. What this means for South Florida craft beer drinkers
• Wawa is coming to Miami. Here’s when and where the first stores will open.
• Key West was just named one of America’s best small cities. Here’s why.
• Rookie cop gets six years in prison for ripping off motorists during illegal stops
• After a year of no tolls, Card Sound Road bridge in Keys will get electronic payments
• Haley leaves the stage as America prepares to assert a harsher global vision
• Panthers’ slow start to the season continues with home opening loss to Columbus
• No more excuses, NHL Panthers. Time to win big, and to matter again in South Florida
• Prior to their home opener, the Florida Panthers paid homage to their past
• Sports on TV: Friday, Oct. 12, 2018
• Senior-level hires and promotions for the week of Oct. 15, 2018
• Kanye’s phone password — and other surprising moments during his meeting with Trump
• Bay Harbor Islands town manager resigns to take post with Aventura
• PETA responds to dog semen lawsuit: ‘Haslem should thank his vet, not sue him’
• Here’s the bold prediction Alonzo Mourning made about one of the Heat’s young players
• This Braves fan made a bold statement. Now she has a tattoo of an MLB player’s face
• This is why it’s the right time for a Dolphins home game — but the wrong opponent
• A carjacking, a two-county chase and a crash on Interstate 95
• The Canes’ DeeJay Dallas hit a blocking sled after practice Tuesday. Here’s why.
• We’ve stopped waiting for politicians to ban military-style assault weapons. We’ll do it ourselves.
• The best — and worst — SEC quarterbacks on third- and fourth-down passes
• Here’s exactly how much each member of Canes’ ballyhooed freshman class has played
• Gillum demands that TV stations stop airing Republican ad calling him ‘corrupt’
• Five Heat observations: Rodney McGruder’s offensive growth has been hard to miss
• This is why Memphis is the first legit risk to UCF’s unbeaten streak
• Woman arrested in hit and run that killed senior citizen. And there might be more charges
• Four candidates compete to be mayor in still-struggling city of Opa-locka
• Live rodents running, flies on cooked pork and restaurants that got shut down
• Death of inspiring civic leader leaves void in the Miami community
• Phony contractor swindled 2 women out of $17K post-Irma, prosecutors say
• UN refugee chief: Venezuelan exodus “not going to stop” soon
• Miami commission said no to Ultra in Bayfront Park. Now, it wants to go further.
• Watch this burglar go on a violent rampage at a Broward cellphone store
• Dogs suffer gender oppression? Some people will believe anything — and that’s the problem
• As the Jimmy Butler saga continues, the Miami Heat is prepared to move on if need be
• Getting to the bottom of what exactly the Dolphins’ Spaight said to incur Rizzi’s anger
• The Dolphins’ Parker is running out of chances. He needs big finish to frustrating year
• The Dolphins’ reasons for increasing Frank Gore’s carries while decreasing Kenyan Drake’s
• Two Dolphins starters return to practice. But one important one is remains out.
• Here’s the enormous problem the Dolphins will be facing on Sunday
• Hurricane Michael: Here’s how many Floridians are waiting for power to be restored
• What do you call it when a moon has its own moon? How about a moonmoon?
• Some of the prescriptions were fake. But the $8.4 million Medicare fraud was real.
• Ferguson girls win GMAC volleyball title
• It’s Atlanta’s turn now, but Miami’s already planning its turn to host Super Bowl 54
• Tired of corruption, Opa-locka commission candidates want to set the city on new path
• Podcast: What should the Miami Dolphins do with Ryan Tannehill?
• Could FSU land Clemson’s Kelly Bryant? If not, one of these other ACC schools might
• This FSU star and South Floridian is climbing draft boards after big game against Canes
• Cowboys cut this former IMG Academy and Alabama running back. He found a new job soon
• Nala ‘saved my life,’ but hospital threatened to send service dog to the pound, owner says
• Joe Carollo has crusaded against Ball & Chain. Now the club’s owner is suing him.
• Miami’s first craft beer brewery is sold. What this means for South Florida craft beer drinkers
• Wawa is coming to Miami. Here’s when and where the first stores will open.
• You can learn a lot from these terrifying old Miami Halloween photos
• Key West was just named one of America’s best small cities. Here’s why.
• These are the five county charter amendments you’ll see on the Miami-Dade ballot
• Here’s why these classic soccer rivals will not be treating Friday’s match so ‘friendly’
• Florida man molested 6-year-old girl at Hurricane Michael shelter, cops say
• Florida student asks Israeli judge to stay after being detained for pro-Palestinian views
• USDA says 35,000 pounds of these entrees might be “unwholesome and unfit for human food”
• The water was green and the pigs were skinny. Cops found a familiar man in charge