Exotic animals killed in SW Miami-Dade house fire
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Several exotic animals died in a fire at a southwest Miami-Dade home Wednesday morning, WPLG-Ch. 10 reports.
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Zagat: Hakkasan best new restaurant in Miami-Dade, Acquolina in Broward
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Zagat's just-released 2010 survey of South Florida restaurants finds Hakkasan rated the best newcomer; Joe's Stone Crab the most popular; Palme d'Or tops for food, decor and service, and the S&S Diner the best bang for the buck in Miami-Dade.
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Miami-Dade continues child care food program
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Miami-Dade Community Action Agency (CAA) said it is continuing as a participant in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Child Care Food Program.<p/> The program provides free nutritious meals and snacks to children newborn to 5 years old.
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Miami-Dade continues child care food program
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Miami-Dade Community Action Agency (CAA) said it is continuing as a participant in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Child Care Food Program.<p/> The program provides free nutritious meals and snacks to children newborn to 5 years old.
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Broward, Dade high school students try their hand at lawmaking
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
For almost two hours Wednesday, high school students turned into legislators and hotel conference rooms became the state Senate and House of Representatives.
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Christmas tree catches fire in Miami-Dade home
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just after a Miami-Dade family finished trimming their Christmas tree, it caught fire, igniting nearby furniture and causing significant smoke damage throughout the house.
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Miami-Dade mom robbed of life savings needs help
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Life had already hit rock bottom for Yesenia Negron six years ago when she got a phone call from police informing her that her husband was killed in a car accident on Krome Avenue in Homestead. She was 26 years old at the time, and was left with their 38-day-old daughter, Yadira, their 3-year-old son, Ricardo, and the $20 bill she had in her wallet.
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Dade's new flood-risk maps are a mixed blessing for homeowners
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mercy Torres has weathered massive rainstorms and more than one hurricane during the past 25 years in her Westchester home. Not once has her property flooded.
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Flood-map updates could cost some in Dade, Broward
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
After 15 years of booming development and tropical deluges, federal emergency managers have redrawn Miami-Dade County's badly outdated flood-risk maps. Broward is in the midst of a similar update, with preliminary maps due out for public review in June.
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Dade's new flood-risk maps a mixed blessing for homeowners
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mercy Torres has weathered massive rainstorms and more than one hurricane during the past 25 years in her Westchester home. Not once has her property flooded.
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Motorcyclist dies in Miami-Dade crash
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Miami-Dade police are investigating a fatal motorcycle accident in Brownsville, police said.
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SAVE Dade Women's Committee to host social art event during Art Basel / Art Miami Week 2009
Gay South Florida (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
The works of art by Nelson Viera, hosted by the SAVE Dade Women's Committee. Join us in our very first social art event during Art Basel/Art Miami Week 2009 (a portion of the art sales will be donated to SAVE...
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Dade City Man Steals Deodorant To Repay Drug Debt, Police Say
Doc Reno - Doc Reno - Get a life! (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
His nickname is Pirest and he had a $40 drug debt to pay off. So on Thursday afternoon, Robert McCray - a 37-year-old felon with "Thug Life" tattooed on his chest � headed into a CVS Pharmacy on U.S. 301, according to the Dade City Police Department.
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Miami-Dade officer injured in patrol car crash
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
A Miami-Dade police patrol car smashed through a wall in front of a home in southwest Miami-Dade, sending an officer to the hospital.
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Possible hot air balloon sighting launched search in Miami-Dade
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Miami-Dade police said emergency operators received a number of calls about 7 p.m. from people who reported seeing an object that resembled a hot air ballon on fire in the area of Southwest 84th Street and 52nd Avenue.