Broward Votes Against a Consolidated 911 System
For the second time in three weeks, the Broward County Commission voted Tuesday against funding a consolidated 911 dispatch system with a slight raise in property taxes. The county's own board, which...
View Article1 in 3 Seniors Dies with Alzheimer's or Other Dementia
A new report from the Alzheimer's Association has some shocking and sobering statistics on the disease that has no cure. Right now, some 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's, and that number is...
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After 13 Years in Prison, Man Found Innocent of Crime
A Los Angeles man who served 13 years of a 27-years-to-life prison sentence for a crime a judge and the California Innocence Project said he didn’t commit was released from custody on Tuesday. Daniel...
View ArticleSeason-Ticket Holders Talk About Possible Marlins Lawsuit
While most baseball fans are looking forward to the upcoming season, Marlins fans Bill and Jan Leon have been worried. The husband-and-wife season-ticket holders have sat at the Marlins third-base line...
View ArticleToo-Sheer Lululemon Yoga Pants Pulled From Shelves
The popular, high-end yoga clothing company Lululemon took a sizeable hit in the stock market after it yanked yoga pants from shelves over the weekend, saying the pants were too see-through to meet...
View ArticleDense Fog Advisory Wednesday in South Florida
It was a foggy start to the day in inland locations of Miami-Dade and Broward Wednesday with a dense fog advisory in effect until 10 a.m. Otherwise, a partly cloudy start to the day, with lows in the...
View ArticleSheriff Seeks to Replace Jail Cells With Classrooms
The gutting of Men's Central Jail cells to be replaced with inmate classrooms is one element of a dramatic re-envisioning of the Los Angeles County jail system as proposed by Sheriff Lee Baca. During...
View ArticleSoFla Lawyer Leading Fight To Reform Marijuana Laws
The cylindrical tin is 6 inches across and 4 inches deep. He peels off the cover. Inside is what could be called a gold mine of marijuana – 300 marijuana cigarettes that stare back at 60-year-old Irvin...
View Article$3 Garage Sale Bowl Sells for $2.2M
A family from New York didn’t know it then, but they essentially hit a jackpot when they picked up a Chinese ceramic bowl at a garage sale for $3 back in 2007, The Associated Press reported. On...
View ArticleRegalado Gives State of City Address
City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado will deliver his Fourth State of the City Address Wednesday. Regalado will give accounts for the current status of the City of Miami, and will speak about his future...
View ArticleAre Politics Behind Obama's NCAA Bracket?
Now that he's safely into his second term, President Barack Obama ought to show some gratitude through his 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket. That's one theory, anyway. Whether Obama allows...
View ArticleOpa-locka Introduces New Police Chief
An officer who trained with Opa-locka Police more than two decades ago has been named the city's new police chief. Jeffrey Key was introduced as the new chief by Opa-locka Mayor Myra Taylor and other...
View ArticlePrivacy Advocates: Don't Give Your ZIP Code at Stores
Giving out your ZIP code at the cash register may seem like a harmless move to help retailers figure out where to open a new location. But experts say it could leave consumers hit with a barrage of...
View ArticleHigh School Bans AXE Body Spray
A Pennsylvania high school principal is asking students not to use a popular body spray after a teen was hospitalized over an “extreme allergy.” The Freedom High School freshman was taken from the...
View Article2 Injured in Wrong Way Crash on Turnpike Extension
Two people were injured in a wrong way crash on the Florida Turnpike extension near the Miami-Dade-Broward border Wednesday morning. The crash happened on the Turnpike extension between Northwest 27th...
View ArticleBicyclist Hit by a Car in Miami Beach: Police
A bicyclist was in critical but stable condition after they were hit by a car in Miami Beach Wednesday morning, police said. The cyclist, who hasn't been identified, was struck on Collins Avenue at...
View ArticleTeacher Arrested for Having a Sexual Relationship With Student: Cops
An Orlando high school teacher, voted "Teacher of the Year" last year, was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student, authorities said. Hugh Broomes, who teaches language arts and coaches...
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School Closings Weigh Heavily on Special Needs Families
Julia Novak, a sixth-grade special education student from Chicago, has been through three public schools in four years. The first school could not accommodate her physical disability. The second could...
View ArticleProbation Reduced for Teen in Michael Brewer Case
One of the teens accused of setting classmate Michael Brewer on fire in a horrific attack in 2009 had his probation reduced on Wednesday. Denver Jarvis had been sentenced to eight years in prison with...
View ArticleWoman Drives Into Crowd, Child, 2 Adults Hospitalized: BSO
Three pedestrians – including a young child – were hospitalized Wednesday after a woman drove into a crowd of about 20 people over an ongoing dispute, the Broward Sheriff's Office said. The woman drove...
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