Miami Dade

'Swamp Wars': Huge Burmese Python Found in Swimming Pool On Christmas Day

Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Swamp Wars, Burmese Python, Animal Planet, Tv Replay, Venom One, Miami-Dade, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, TV News

On "Swamp Wars" (Thu., 9 p.m. ET on Animal Planet) one family found a very nasty Christmas Day visitor lurking in their pool: a 13-feet-long Burmese p...

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Cut Cuba-Syria Ties to Receive Public Funds

Mauricio Claver-Carone | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: State Sponsors of Terrorism, Rick Scott, US-Court-of-Appeals, Miami-Dade, Hb 959, Syria, Cuba, Odebrecht, Politics News

HB 959 is not a "trade bill," it's a procurement bill, legislation that defines who we Floridians want to profit from building our highways, bridges, structures and public-service contracts.

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New Video Game-Themed High School Program May Be A Hard Sell

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Computer Programming, Stem, Florida Schools, Graphic Design, Video Game-Themed School, Miami Dade, Career and Technical Education, Video, Magnet Schools, Cte, Technology Education, Science Technology Engineering Math Education, STEM Education, Video Games in School, Video Games, Miami Dade County Schools, Education News

Never mind video games getting in the way of homework or learning time. At one Florida school, video games are homework. A new magnet program at M...

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Jackson Hospital Executives Should Start "Right-Sizing" Their Own Pay

Jose Suarez | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Carlos Gimenez, Jackson Hospital Layoffs, Jackson Hospital, Miami-Dade, Jackson Memorial Hospital Layoffs, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson Layoffs, Miami Politics, Miami News

Despite the fact that Jackson hospital includes some of the best ranked institutions in the country, over 1,100 hard working medical professionals are expected to be put out into the street mid April. Talk about no good deed going unpunished.

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Arrest Made In Emaciated Animals Case

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Owner of Horses Migdalia Arrested in Miami, South-Florida-Spca, Abandoned-Horses-Found-in-Miami-Dade, Animal Cruelty, Migdalia Ameller Miami, Florida Crime, Migdalia Ameller, Animals, Miami Crime, Miami-Dade Police, Florida Animal News, Emaciated-Animals-Rescued-in-Southwest-Miamidade-Pictures, Miami Dade, Animal Cruelty Miami Dade, Animal Cruelty Sitehuffingtonpostcom, Slidepollajax, Aida Fina-Milian, Jeanette Jordan, Miami News

An 65-year-old woman is facing charges in the case of eight emaciated animals found Sunday in Southwest Miami-Dade. Migdalia Ameller, 65, was arres...

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Florida GOP Tries To Kill Anti-Wage Theft Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Video, Labor, Workers, Wage Theft, Retail Sales, Gop, Retail, Florida, Miami-Dade, Miami, Republicans, Politics News

A bill moving through the Florida legislature would kill any local laws designed to help workers recover wages owed by their employers, prompting demo...

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The Sum of All Their Fears: Why District 7 Suffers While the Money Is in the Bank

Xavier L. Suarez | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Miami-Dade, Hometown Station, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Virginia Key Landfill, Affordable Housing, Miami News

For the better part of my nine months in office, I have been meeting, emailing, cajoling, convincing, explaining and seeking to settle disputes on three important projects.

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Starving Horses, Injured Dog Found Abandoned Among Carcasses

Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Richard-Couto, Video, Animal Abuse, Abandoned Horses Found in Miami-Dade, Horses, Dog Fighting, Miami-Dade, South Florida SPCA, Dogs, Animal Recovery Mission, Miami News

A horrific scene greeted investigators Sunday at a remote property in Southwest Miami-Dade: 11 starving horses and one injured dog abandoned to die, l...

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The Secret to Civic Longevity

Philip Picaza | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Rick Scott, Miami Casinos, Rick Scott Florida, Occupy Miami, Miami Civic Engagement, Genting's Proposed Miami Casino, Miami-Dade, Miami, Miami Brain Drain, Miami Politics, Miami News

Miami residents seem to be more interested in a one-night stand than an actual commitment, and who can blame them? For a city over a hundred years old, Miami is just starting to show its first signs of acne and a cracking voice.

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New Project Launched to Increase Student Voting

Robert M. Brandon | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Campus-Voting, Student Voting, Elections, Election Administration, Campus Vote Project, Fair Elections Legal Network, Miami-Dade, University of Virginia, Ohio, Politics News

David, a sophomore at Ohio Wesleyan College, registered to vote at a voter registration drive hosted on campus in 2010. As Election Day approached, he...

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Marco Rubio, Telegenic Tea Party Senator, Remains On Sideline Despite Talk Of VP Pick

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 02.02.2012

As the Republican frontrunners battled for the vote in Florida, the primary race seemed to be as much about the state's freshman senator, Marco Rubio,...

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The Florida Vote And The Campaign Of The Absurd

Gabriel Lerner | Posted 04.03.2012

To really lure Hispanics, Romney said he'll veto the DREAM Act, which would give some undocumented youth a path to legalization, and Gingrich said he'll veto only half of it. Both promised English only in government.

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After Florida, It's A New Game For Latinos

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 04.02.2012

Now the Republican candidates go through the "Latino Looking Glass." Mitt Romney's decisive win in Florida came with the resounding support of the st...

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Pit Bulls May Be Legal In Miami-Dade Once Again

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Breed-Specific-Legislation, Video, BSL Protest, Miami-Dade, Best Friends, Pit Bull, Miami News, Miami Politics, Miami News

In 1989, a pit bull ripped apart a young Miami girl's face and torso. In response, Miami-Dade made it illegal to own the short-snouted breed. Off...

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Biking With Alligators

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Florida, Miami-Dade, Biking, Exercise, Nature, Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, South Florida, Outdoors, National Parks, Alligators, Wildlife, Shark Valley, Birds, Nps, Protrailsmiami, Miami News

So the boyfriend and I are on our way to the Everglades to bike the Everglades' Shark Valley Loop Trail. I love the outdoors, I love exercising: this was perfect. And then I realized I was going to be biking 15.4 miles. With alligators.

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90-Year-Old Miami-Dade Woman Faces Foreclosure

Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Rosalee Green, Foreclosure Crisis, Perrine, Reverse Mortgages, 90-Year-Old Woman Faces Foreclosure, Miami-Dade, Rosalee Green Foreclosure, Miami News, Miami News

A 90-year-old woman in Southwest Miami-Dade is facing foreclosure on the modest home she's lived in for about 57 years, reports WSVN. "Where am I ...

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Pass Or Fail? Miami-Dade Gets Its Report Card

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Miami Education, Miami-Schools, Neap, National Assessment of Educational Progress, Miami-Dade, Alberto Carvalho, Miami News, Miami News

Miami-Dade received its report card today and according to the Miami Herald, the district's math and reading scores place it at the top of the ranking...

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Pythons, Kitties, and Snails, Oh My! : Invasive Species Taking Over the Everglades

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Miami, Pythons, Florida, Miami-Dade, Pets, Invasive, Burmese Pythons, Invasive Species, Birds, Conservation, South Florida, Everglades, Nonnative, Cats, Nonnative Species, Nature, Wildlife, Florida Everglades, Fwc, Sfwmd, Crocodiles, Miami News

Invasive species have increased in the Everglades at an alarming rate. Pythons tend to get more headlines, but little guys like the island apple snail and Asiatic clam can cause just as much damage to the ecosystem.

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Artist Defends Controversial Work At Marlins Ballpark

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Video, Marlins Ballpark, Art in Public Spaces, Red Grooms, Miami-Dade County, Miami Marlins, Red Grooms Miami, Miami-Dade, Marlins Stadium, Miami Marlins Stadium, Miami News

MIAMI -- Red Grooms isn't letting all the bad press about his kinetic sculpture for the new Marlins Ballpark get him down. In fact, the 74-year-old...

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Cops: Man Torched Neighbor's Apartment With Molotov Cocktail -- Over $5 Debt

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Debt, Video, Molotov Cocktail, Molotov, Dominique Hunt, Florida Crime, Firebombing, Florida, Arson, $5 Debt, Miami-Dade, Weird Florida, Miami, Oscar Cairo, Miami Crime, Weird News News

A Florida man torched his neighbor's apartment over a $5 debt, according to police. Oscar Cairo faces a possible life sentence for allegedly throwi...

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Classroom Heroes: Agriculture Teacher Adewale Alonge Cultivates Global Citizens

The Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miami-Dade, Agriculture School, Agriculture, Adewale Alonge, Classroom Heroes, u.s. Department of Education, Homestead Middle School, Africa Diaspora Partnership for Empowerment, Agriculture Class, Education News

Ed. note: An earlier version of this story, based on interviews with Alonge, indicated that he taught his Ajifolokun 20 years ago. Alonge later rememb...

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36 Arrested in $251 Million Medicare Scam

AP | KELLI KENNEDY and TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthcare System, Medicare-Fraud, Fraud-Buster, Eric Holder Attorney General, Scammers, Medicare Scam, Scam, Medicare, Miami-Dade, Medicare Fraud, Kathleen Sebelius Health Care, Healthcare, Business News

MIAMI — Elderly Russian immigrants lined up to take kickbacks from the backroom of a Brooklyn clinic. Claims flooded in from Miami for HIV treat...

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Miami Hospital System In 'Death Spiral'

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miami Hospitals, Miami Health Care, Jackson Health System Death Spiral, Miami-Dade Hospitals, Jackson Health System, Miami-Dade, Miami, Miami Hospital Death Spiral, Politics News

MIAMI — The city's major hospital network, which runs Miami's only round-the-clock trauma center and is a safety net for the poor and uninsured,...

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Michelle Obama: Public Service Is "A Little Cool"

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miami-Dade, United We Serve, Michelle Obama, Volunteerism, Public Service, One World Trade Center, Impact News

MIAMI — There's a growing sense among today's youth that public service "is a little cool," first lady Michelle Obama told Florida students and ...

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Miami's Hispanic Community Divided Over Coming Election

Claudia Cruz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miami, Latinos, Latino Vote, Nascar, Hispanic Voters, Hillary Clinton, Florida Primary, Republicans, Versailles Restaurant, Hispanic, Miami-Dade, Homestead, 2008 Florida Latino Vote, 2008 Florida Primary, Florida Primary Latino Voters, 2008 Florida Hispanic Vote, Home News

Vacations to Southern Florida usually involve visits to the beach, bike or boat rides through alligator territory, or day cruises to the Bahamas. Sel...

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