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Stretch Marks: Fashion Accesory or Faux Pax?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.23.2008 | Life

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Here's something you don't see very often in our Photoshopped, airburshed and Dermablended world: stretch marks. And not just a couple discreetly tuc...

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No Bail-Out, No Bail! The Mortgage Melt-Down as seen from MIAMI

Laura Flanders | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Mortgage, Housing, Countrywide, Flanders, Grittv, Foreclosure, Miami, Housing Crisis, Workers, Subprime Mortgages, Media Consolidation, Gentrification, Media News

As the Bush administration unveiled a publicly-financed plan to "save" mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, local residents at a town hall fo...

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Barack Obama, Comunista y Terrorista? / Communist and Terrorist?

David Paul Appell | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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The U.S. doesn't have to embrace Cuba at this time, but we do need to engage, because if we don't evolve too, history won't absolve us. Obama understands this.

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My Mother: A Nana for Obama

Sherman Yellen | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Class Warfare, Boca Raton, Obama Jewish Vote, Fdr, Obama Florida, John McCain Florida, Franklin Roosevelt, Miami, Elderly Americans, Barack Obama, Elderly Vote Florida GOP, Politics News

Simply said, my mother would have voted for Obama to keep her promise to the future, "for the sake of the kids. I hope that many of those in Florida, and elsewhere, planning to vote for McCain think again.

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Miami's Spanish-Speaking Population Outnumber English Speakers

AP | GISELA SALOMON | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home

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MIAMI — Melissa Green's mother spoke Spanish, but she never learned _ her father forbid it. Today, that's a frequent problem in this city where ...

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Crane Accident in Miami Kills 2, Hurts 5

AP | MATT SEDENSKY | Posted 03.25.2008 | Home

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MIAMI — A 20-foot-long chunk of construction crane plummeted 30 floors at the site of a high-rise condominium Tuesday, killing two workers and s...

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Dump the Cuban Embargo

Matt Cooper | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Miami, Julia Sweig, Raul Castro, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Cuban Embargo, Castro Resigns, Castro Steps Down, Fidel Castro Resigns, Politics News

The American embargo of Cuba is one of those things that most of the political elite in Washington privately acknowledge as a failure.

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Miami's Hispanic Community Divided Over Coming Election

Claudia Cruz | Posted 01.28.2008 | Home

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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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Can a Journalist Have a Different Opinion than Her Publisher?

Gerald Posner | Posted 09.05.2007 | Media

Read More: Trisha Posner, Ocean Drive, Miami, Journalism, Media News

Evidently not in Miami. There, my wife, was dismissed from her regular freelance position following her 45 second appearance in an 8 minute video.

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