Little Girl Returns Two Sticks to Yosemite
California has many natural treasures, from our beaches to our redwoods to our supernaturally gorgeous national parks. But the general rule of thumb is to keep your thumbs, and your other fingers, out...
View ArticleSequester's Slow Fiscal Squeeze Starts Today
A wheelchair-bound woman in rural Illinois worries she'll no longer get a ride to the doctor. A young teacher at a Head Start center in Los Angeles wonders if she'll lose her job — and what will come...
View ArticleMiami Woman Wants to Clear Her Name After Photo Release
Tasha Malek was just going about her business, selling medical implements to hospitals, when her sister called. "You're on the news channels in Vegas saying you're wanted and that you have a long...
View ArticleSouth Floridians React to Rumors About Hugo Chavez
The rumor mill was fueled Thursday at El Arepazo Restaurant in Doral where a young man received a text from a journalist in Venezuela telling him President Hugo Chavez was dead. It's a rumor that has...
View ArticleMan Had Cocaine in Prosthetic Leg: Deputies
Four people were arrested Thursday after being accused of drug possession and among them was a man who had cocaine in his prosthetic leg and a woman who had a hypodermic needle hidden in her buttocks,...
View Article9-Foot Crocodile Common Sight at NOAA on Virginia Key
It may not be what most people see outside their office windows, but a jaw-dropping 9-foot American crocodile is a common sight for the folks at NOAA on Virginia Key. "Everybody who has a window on...
View ArticleWATCH: Miami Heat Harlem Shake Video
The Miami Heat found a very productive use for an off-day. The Heat posted a Harlem Shake video on its YouTube page Thursday evening that might just be the best version of the hugely popular internet...
View ArticleFirefighter Frees Raccoon's Head from Soup Can
Coral Springs firefighters freed a raccoon who had its head stuck inside a metail soup can. The raccoon was dropped off at the firestation with this note:
View ArticleHundreds of Acres Burn Near Calif. Cities
Light winds and cool temperatures allowed firefighters in southern California to make progress on a wildfire that caused power outages and prompted evacuations Thursday near Riverside. By 4 a.m., the...
View ArticleCop Fired for Shooting 41 Times at Suspect
A Garland, Texas, police officer who fired 41 shots at a chase suspect in August has been fired. The Garland Police Department confirmed that it fired Officer Patrick Tuter after an internal...
View ArticleGreat Whites Protected Off Calif. Coast
Great white sharks off the coast of California will be protected by the California Endangered Species Act beginning March 1. Three environmental groups asked the California Department of Fish and...
View ArticleDispute Over Company to Wrap Luggage at MIA Gets Heated
A dispute over which company will wrap the luggage at Miami International Airport is getting more heated. Safe Wrap, a local luggage wrapping company, lost its contract to True Star Group, an overseas...
View ArticleConn. Firefighters Arrested for Sex Slavery: Police
A current and former firefighter from the West Haven Fire Department were arrested, accused of forcing a 12 year-old boy into sex slavery in Vermont until he was 25, according to a spokesman for the...
View ArticleFamily Sees Up Close Henrietta Lacks' Contribution to Science
Henrietta Lacks has saved a countless numbers of lives, and that was after she died from cervical cancer in 1951. More than six decades ago, cells from Lacks’ body became the first human cells to ever...
View ArticleMan Shoots, Kills Wife With Gun He Thought Was Unloaded: Cops
A man who pulled the trigger and shot and killed his wife with a gun he thought was unloaded is facing a manslaughter charge, Miami-Dade Police said. Ernesto Radames Inesta, 36, was arrested following...
View ArticleCool and Mostly Cloudy Friday in South Florida
Cool temperatures are still in the cards for the first weekend of March in South Florida as mostly cloudy skies persist. Friday will be mostly cloudy and cool, with highs around 71 and north winds at...
View ArticleFamily Looking for Answers in Miami Man's Death
A Miami family wants answers and justice in the death of a 55-year-old man who was shot and killed in front of his home almost two years ago. Arnold Joyner Jr. was shot to death outside his home in the...
View ArticleCocaine, Marijuana Baggies Found in Woman's Privates: Police
A Port St. Lucie woman who was arrested after a traffic stop is facing drug possession charges after deputies found a bag of marijuana and a bag of cocaine in her vagina, authorities said. Jayme Nicole...
View ArticleReyes Disputes Loria's Claim About House
Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria says he never told Jose Reyes to buy a house in South Florida, but Reyes struck back on Thursday, doubling down on his claim that Loria gave that very advice two days...
View ArticleHorse Meat Scandal Ensnares U.K. Taco Bell, as U.S. Mulls Horse Slaughterhouses
Europe's horse meat food labeling scandal continues to hit major food companies, while regulators in the U.S. are weighing whether to allow horses to be slaughtered stateside for human consumption....
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