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Danny de Zayas, 24, and his girlfriend, Nina Barry, 26, weren't sure where to move. So in the spirit of American Idol, they let the public choose. |
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Adolfo Franco, who oversees the U.S. government's ambitious project to promote democracy in Cuba, will be leaving his post to serve as a foreign policy advisor for Sen. John McCain, who is considering a presidential run. |
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Florida high schools now can select from among the 442 state-approved majors they'd like to offer incoming freshmen this fall. Part of high-school reform measures passed by the Legislature last year, the majors initiative is aimed at piquing students' interest and pumping up graduation rates, for which Florida ranks 43rd in the nation. |
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A Miami judge on Friday postponed the nation's most prominent terror trial from later this month to April because of numerous unresolved issues -- including the question of Jose Padilla's competence to assist in his defense. |
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A 16-year-old died after he was struck by two cars in Miami Gardens, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The accident, a hit-and-run, happened at 11:30 p.m. Thursday. |
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One of the most important surveys of the nation's health is expanding its focus to include a broad swath of Hispanics -- and researchers are rolling out the new strategy in Miami. |
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Teachers hate it. School boards are torn by it. Now Miami-Dade's teachers union is challenging a controversial measure that creates the nation's first statewide performance pay program for teachers. |
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Without a permit and against orders from Miami-Dade environmental regulators, a contractor has been dumping eight-foot mounds of muck on a barren tree farm near Florida City for weeks, halting only as the county prepared to go to court on Thursday. |
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Legendary Cuban exile militant Luis Posada Carriles was charged criminally for the first time in the United States on Thursday, when a federal grand jury in Texas accused him of lying about how he sneaked into the country in 2005. |
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Under an initiative that researchers hope will save lives, as many as 250 Overtown men who usually don't or won't seek medical care could get it for free for the next five years. |
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A leader in Florida's movement to ban gay marriage said Thursday that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez has ''reneged'' on a campaign pledge he made in 2004 not to support civil unions or domestic partnerships. |
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Don Ryce left court Thursday feeling victimized again by a court system he felt had been hijacked by bickering attorneys who had lost sight of his murdered son. |
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Miami leaders, for the moment, are calling a truce with organizers of the much-publicized shantytown village set up to protest the lack of affordable housing. |
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Responding to controversial last-minute bonuses awarded by city politicians during their final days in office, the Miami City Commission voted unanimously Thursday to begin the process of requiring such bonuses to come to a public commission vote for approval. |
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Downtown Miami's Paul Walker Park -- closed by city leaders more than 14 years ago, and now the site of a shuttered sub sandwich restaurant -- soon may become a park again. |
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In orange jumpsuits and black hoods, roughly 20 people staged a protest Thursday morning in Doral, calling for the closure of the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. |
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In orange jumpsuits and black hoods, roughly 20 people staged a protest this morning at the corner of Northwest 87th Avenue and 36th Street, calling for the closure of the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. |
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In orange jumpsuits and black hoods, roughly 20 people staged a protest this morning at the corner of Northwest 87th Avenue and 36th Street, calling for the closure of the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. |
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The National Football League is offering Super Bowl tickets to high-ranking public officials across South Florida at prices far below what the general public could hope to pay. |
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The joggers and picnickers at Arch Creek Park saw beehives -- one taller than a human -- growing in the trunks of oak trees. Thousands of buzzing, swarming bees hovered nearby inside the county-owned park in North Miami. |
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