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January 2, 2019

• Senate should give Inspector General the power to investigate Alex Acosta and others
• Thirty-five years after little boy sees Miami win its first title, he becomes its coach
• This estate sale offers a close-up of the personal life of “Mr. Key West”
• How to eat like a local in Coconut Grove
• UM men, women face tough ACC opening basketball games Thursday
• How scammers are getting some senior citizens to hand over their debit cards
• Coach Manny Diaz hires Miami Hurricanes’ new defensive coordinator, report says
• Manny Diaz was Blake James’ ‘first and only choice’ to be next Miami Hurricanes coach
• New Miami coach Manny Diaz: ‘We have to get the quarterback position fixed’
• Nonprofit staff and tour guides are keeping South Florida national parks clean
• Podcast: The Heat finished 2018 strong. Can Miami carry its success over into 2019?
• New restaurant at former Versace mansion is the most intimate sushi bar ever
• Scathing Parkland shooting report, citing widespread failures, goes to governor
• ‘I wish it was better Miami’: Tiffany Haddish apologizes for disastrous New Year’s show
• Cleveland Clinic employee dies after being hit by a car by emergency room
• Remembering ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund
• Richardson fuels Heat past Cavaliers
• Heat’s Waiters opens with a bang in first back and said he knew this would happen
• People answered call to help 2-year-old with rare blood type. But more blood is needed.
• Now the Miami Dolphins, UM Hurricanes have a fighting chance
• Forget about a Trump peace plan. Israelis must vote with their country’s Jewish character, democracy in mind.
• Pro wrestling in South Florida in January with BluePrint, NXT, Platinum, CCW, Gangrel
• Video of hotel clerk’s struggle during robbery released as cops search for thug
• Florida panther trapped in Parkland? Not so fast, wildlife officials say
• One more company recalls blood pressure and heart meds for possibly cancerous ingredient
• Ex-Colombian official gets four years in U.S. prison for taking bribe in mall bathroom
• With Florida’s high HIV infection rate, the state should become a leader in prevention
• Suspected shooter in Christmas Day murder arrested on New Year’s Day
• Man fired gun for New Year’s — then shot the neighbor who complained, Ohio cops say
• DeSantis names former judge to head Department of Juvenile Justice
• Waiters to debut. And not playing Ellington makes Spoelstra ‘sick to my stomach.’
• ‘I’m sitting out this year’s Women’s March. Here’s why you should, too.’
• He got probation for extorting SoBe real estate duo ‘The Jills.’ He may wind up in prison
• Man gives BSO the slip. SWAT members thought he was hiding in the attic.
• Diaz has several QB transfer options. And familiar coaches would welcome a Diaz call
• They wanted ‘Tutu Tuesday’ in Key West. The city said no to the ballet skirt on streets.
• Shenandoah couple honored for restoring their 1923 home
• Top student athletes honored by Junior Orange Bowl Committee
• A new year: Time for forgiveness and righting wrongs
• The driver who caused a seven-car crash in Key West was on drugs, police said
• They’ve been divorced for 20 years. But she still donated a kidney to her ex-husband
• Sarasota resident and WWE legend ‘Mean Gene’ Okerlund passes away
• Two Florida Gators juniors and former South Florida stars declare for 2019 NFL Draft
• LSU players said this about UCF’s physicality compared to the SEC
• It seems like the flu, but it’s more dangerous. The CDC has issued a warning to parents
• As a man was drowning in pool’s deep end, 11-year-old was only one who could save him
• Miami Dolphins coach candidates share trait that’s been a total failure for team previously
• LSU’s win didn’t just end UCF’s winning streak. It also caused a Twitter storm.
• Traffic tickets — not criminal charges — for deputy after crash put UCF student in coma
• Jim Harbaugh, Stephen Ross and the rumors that simply won’t go away
• After the New Year’s party was canceled, a man stabbed a woman to death, Miami cops say
• How LSU trolled UCF’s national champion claims following the Fiesta Bowl
• A Keys tourist fired a gun in the air to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Then he was arrested.
• Miami couple and vegan chef at odds over wedding catering job
• He wanted a straw. Video captured him taking his anger out on a McDonald’s employee.
• Florida’s largest cannabis company makes a deal to carry edible marijuana products
• Half a million dollars worth of tequila disappeared during dinner, the truck driver said