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August 16, 2018

• Cuban American in House race blasts candidates for playing dominoes, altering name
• School security guard arrested on the first day of school. It began with anonymous tip.
• Miami-Dade Schools scramble to place a cop on every campus by the first day of class
• Decades ago, he was gunned down at his Miami restaurant. DNA caught the killer, cops say.
• He tried to make a big gulp of a cash grab at 7-Eleven. The cashier resisted.
• UM-LSU football opener gets its own Marvel comic book cover to juice up fans
• Renters fell for scam, tried moving in. But realtor caught scammers red-handed, Mass. cops say
• Opposing major-league scout sizes up the Miami Marlins’ young pitchers
• This banned pesticide may double the chance women have a baby with autism, study says
• Have you been shouting for more Albert Wilson and Jakeem Grant? Find a TV Friday
• Miami Dolphins MLB Raekwon McMillan didn’t play well in first game. Why not and what now?
• Several long shots and bubble players are giving the Dolphins something to think about
• Space Force, done right, will move U.S. ahead
• Suicidal man stood on ledge of Minnesota bridge. Then the beer delivery men showed up
• Black lawmaker says Miami Democrats have ‘lynched’ him in primary
• ‘Mr. Key West’ is on his way to having the island he owns named after him
• A tale of two primaries: The race to replace Ros-Lehtinen enters the final stretch
• Mom hadn’t left son’s home in a year. Vigilant pizza man discovered why, NH cops say
• Keys teen cyclist airlifted to Miami after bike hit by truck
• Mom noticed a ‘hot electrical smell’ from a toy car. Then it burst into flames.
• XXXTentacion murder suspect wants bond. He says there’s no proof he committed a crime.
• They froze computers, then demanded ransom. A former FIU student is going to prison.
• President Trump, we’re not ‘enemies of the people.’ End your war on our free press
• Rotary Club of Coconut Grove installs new president
• Palmer Trinity School opens new south campus classroom building
• Man dies snorkeling off Fort Jefferson near Key West
• ‘Dr Bumbum,’ celebrity plastic surgeon, charged with murder for fatal implant, police say
• Wanted for grisly murder, Miami supermarket mogul finally captured in Spain
• The biggest palm collection in the nation is in Miami. Can it be saved from sea rise?
• My father, President Ronald Reagan, respected the press and its rights
• Sports on TV: Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018
• Man ‘in crisis’ nearly jumped. Virginia deputy offered compassion — then action, video shows
• Woman gets scary surprise in her bedroom. Now police are involved.
• Miami-Dade’s next development boondoggles - a mega mall, a soccer stadium, Amazon HQ2?
• Putnam understands Florida — and its future
• U.S. shouldn’t ignore China’s influence in the Caribbean
• A child in central Florida just contracted the measles virus. Here’s what you need to know.
• Neighbors thought bombs went off. Then someone saw gas can near the cars
• Want to go to a Florida Panthers game this year? Here’s how to get tickets
• What you should know about the 5 people who want to be elected in Islamorada
• ‘I was so angry’: Teen sees burglar take her mom’s jewelry – and chases him from home
• For Jean Monestime, commission race means a rematch of a rematch with Dorrin Rolle
• Dad threw 2-year-old in creek to escape police, Virginia cops say. It nearly worked.
• No-swim advisory lifted for this South Florida beach after high bacteria levels
• President Trump should keep Georgia on his mind
• Third try not lucky for Al Pacino fans. The actor cancels his date with Miami Beach.
• The Queen is dead, but that voice, ‘that sound of righteousness,’ will live forever
• They’re fleeing Nicaragua with almost nothing. Miami is stepping up to help.
• UM gets another candidate for prestigious award. It’s his first nomination for 2018
• He once knocked out Roy Jones Jr. Did he punch his live-in girlfriend’s son?
• For best-selling author Randy Wayne White, Florida’s red tide is personal
• MLB suspends Marlins’ Jose Urena six games for hitting Braves’ Ronald Acuna with pitch
• Benches clear after Marlins’ Jose Urena nails Ronald Acuna, Jr. with his first pitch
• Where’s the Hurricanes’ front-line beef? UM hopes these two additions are Grade A
• This couple took their engagement photos at a romantic Miami restaurant — Flanigan’s
• The legacy of Cuban cuisine guru Nitza Villapol arrives in Miami, along with some secrets
• Rick Scott killed a high-speed rail plan. Then All Aboard rolled up and he bought it.
• This Miami Heat star is opening a new restaurant at the downtown Miami train station
• Everything at this Coral Gables coffee shop costs $2 (yes, even the food)
• Don’t be a landscape snob. Invite a gnome into your garden.
• Minute by minute, how cops tracked the four suspects in rapper XXXTentacion’s murder
• Everything at this Coral Gables coffee shop costs $2 (yes, even the food)
• This Miami Heat star is opening a new restaurant at the downtown Miami train station
• ‘You’ve got to start somewhere.’ Nonprofit unveils a new home in the wake of Irma
• Miami Book Fair, poetry festivals star on 2018-19 literary agenda
• Florida man takes something out while eating at Panera. It wasn’t a sandwich, cops say.
• She got pulled over for expired tags. Then a cop checked her passenger’s underwear.