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  • Florida Using Federal Money To Settle Suit Over Website

    TALLAHASSEE | Florida is dipping into federal grant money that was supposed to help improve the state's schools in order to settle a bitter contract ...

  • Fishing Around Tampa Bay

    1. At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, the first nice snook of the season was released Saturday, a 37-incher that weighed about 20 pounds, reports Larry Holder. Spanish mackerel 15-20 inches the primary catch, and excellent numbers of them. Occasional flounder and pompano. Manatees were spotted around the pier on ...

  • Florida Tides

    Saturday: Highs at 1:17 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Lows at 6:55 a.m. and 7:49 p.m.Sunday: Highs at 2:06 a.m. and 1 p.m. Lows at 7:40 a.m. and 8:36 p.m.Monday: Highs at 2:54 a.m. and 1:47 p.m. Lows at 8:26 a.m. and 9:23 p.m.Tuesday: Highs at 3:41 a.m. and 2:37 p.m. Lows at 9:15 a.m. and 10:11 p.m.Wednesday: Highs at 4:29 a.m. and 3:33 p.m. Lows at 10:10 a.m. and 11 p.m.Thursday: Highs at 5:18 a.m. and ...

  • Canine training area at MIA to be dedicated to fallen Miami Marine

    Miami International Airport on Friday will unveil a new canine training area for the Miami-Dade Police’s Airport District canine unit. The training area is dedicated in honor of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Colton W. Rusk, of Miami, killed by an enemy sniper in Afghanistan on Dec. 6, 2010 while he and his canine partner, Eli, were in the process of clearing an IED or improvised explosive ...

  • A dozen members of Miami-Dade pot ring sentenced to long prison terms

    A dozen members of the Santiesteban pot-peddling ring were sentenced in Miami federal court Thursday to prison for terms ranging from three years to life.The Santiestebans — a family headed by patriarch and Mariel boatlift refugee Gilberto Sr., and joined by sons Derrick, Gilberto Jr., Alexander and Darvis — were charged along with 13 others last June with operating 20 hydroponic ...

Movie Review

Collateral Damage

Originally pulled from the fall 2001 release schedule in the wake of the events of September 11, when Hollywood had an unsurprisingly temporary and fleeting crisis of conscience regarding the depiction of violence in the movies, particularly terrorist-related violence, Andrew Davis' Collateral Damage has now been released, probably with the hopes that it will serve some form of mass cathar ... ...

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  • Probe into Kendall boy’s death uncovers lie by DCF investigator

    Child welfare administrators and prosecutors are looking into allegations that Shani Smith, a child abuse investigator, fudged the substance abuse screening of a Kendall mother who later left her baby to die in a sweltering car.As a result of her fictitious report, child welfare administrators concluded it was not necessary to take any actions to protect 11-month-old Bryan Osceola or his older ...

  • FDOT Fix for design goof at new Miami airport central train station to cost millions delay opening

    State transportation officials trying to fix a critical engineering snag at the new train station under construction at Miami International Airport’s $2 billion transportation hub have backed off the cheapest fix: closing off Northwest 25th Street. But they must now choose from a menu of alternatives that are all substantially more complex, costly and time-consuming.The bottom line, engineers ...

  • FLL expects 400K passengers this Memorial weekend

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- More than 400,000 travelers are expected to fly in and out of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport this Memorial Day weekend.The statement from the Broward County Aviation Department says the airport is ready to accommodate the high volume of passengers during the holiday period that runs Thursday through May 30.The department said it anticipates an ...

  • South Florida mayors to fight for charity

    MIAMI -- The mayors of two South Florida cities are planning a charity fight to determine who is tougher.Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez and Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi are set to duke it out Aug. 16 at Milander Auditorium in Hialeah. The pre-fight weigh-in will be two weeks earlier at the Miami Lakes Automall.The Miami Herald (http://goo.gl/5M1ii) reports that tickets are expected to go on ...

  • Summer travel forecast Better but no blowout

    NEW YORK -- The forecast for summer travel, 2013: Partly sunny.Airlines, hotels and campgrounds are commanding higher rates and seeing more customers than a few summers ago, and luxury hotels are selling out. Local businessmen and state officials are optimistic.But for a travel industry still stinging from the Great Recession, the best it can likely hope for is another summer of steady, but ...

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