Tensions still simmer in Trayvon Martin shooting case
A tumultuous week ended with a bombshell that is sure to ratchet up the anger and tension surrounding the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin. A series of 911 calls...
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Plotters’ apartment to be razed
The whiff of evil still lingers in a nondescript apartment in this doomed and crumbling building. It's where terrorists Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi briefly shared lodgings before their Sept....
Man rescued after jumping from cruise ship, drifting 20 miles
His sister was preparing a funeral. The Coast Guard was embarking on a rescue. Michael Mankamyer was 30 miles off Ft. Lauderdale treading water in choppy seas. About eight hours...
Upbeat Bush tours Florida as fuel shortages spread
Offering words of encouragement and the promise of "ships coming in" with gas, President Bush toured fuel-thirsty South Florida on Thursday, meeting with local dignitaries and a storm-stunned public as...
Back in the ’30s and ’40s, slots and stickmen ruled Broward
There was the corrupt sheriff who encouraged gambling houses to flourish, and even held a share in one. Preening gangsters such as Julian "Potatoes" Kaufman, Jimmy "Blue Eyes" Alo and...
Hollywood loses gamble on getting cut of slot-machine profits
HOLLYWOOD * The pari-mutuel industry won't give this city a cut of the action if voters approve slot machines in South Florida's race tracks and jai-alai frontons. But officials opted...
IN MIAMI, SOME TEARS, A FEW JEERS, BUT ALSO JOY
For many in this city's Cuban community, it was like losing their own child: There were hot tears of frustration and even hotter words of anger. But on the other...
THIS TIME, LEADERS OF CUBA EXILES URGE CALM
They wept and wailed in Little Havana, but fearing further backlash, Cuban-Americans suppressed their bitter pain Thursday over the setback they felt in the Elian Gonzalez ruling. Apart from scores...
GEORGES GATHERS POWER
Hurricane Georges rumbled toward the Florida Keys late Thursday, pushing forward a dangerous storm surge and clawing at the necklace of islands. As the hurricane's broad northeast side began slashing...