MiamiHerald.com: Today's Top Stories
Obama, McCain intensify competition for Florida
As the presidential campaign in Florida enters the homestretch, Democrat Barack Obama is cranking up a sophisticated and far-reaching voter turnout operation, while Republican John McCain scrambles to regain his footing in a state long considered a safe bet.
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High water in the Everglades threatens wildlife
The Everglades are drowning. Canals along Alligator Alley have spilled over banks into roadside swales. Deer have been driven from flooded-out tree islands to strips of dry ground -- mostly canal levees, but a few have even been spotted on the porches of empty hunting cabins.
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Joe Cool killer gets five life terms
Kirby Archer, the Arkansas man who admitted killing four people aboard the Joe Cool charter boat on the high seas last year, on Tuesday was sentenced to life in prison -- five times.
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Ravaged environment keeps Haiti at risk
Plush mansions and concrete shacks perch precariously on the hillside of this steep green mountaintop retreat, miles from the storm-ravaged cities of Cabaret and Gonaives.
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Mario Diaz-Balart unfazed by challenge to seat
Three years ago, U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart tooled around town in a comfortable Chrysler 300 with leather interior. But after Hurricanes Wilma and Katrina tore through South Florida, he found he couldn't use his sedan to get to residents of the 8 ½-Square-Mile area in the Everglades or other far-flung parts of his district, which stretches south to Monroe County and west into Collier County.
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Cuban soccer defector: Freedom worth the risk
Reinier Alcantara knew, even before he boarded the flight from Cuba to Washington, D.C., last week, that he wouldn't be using his return ticket. He hatched the plan to defect months ago and worked extra hard to make the roster for last Saturday's World Cup qualifier against the United States because he figured that would be his chance to escape a life that was getting increasingly more frustrating and depressing.
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Ex-Sheriff Ken Jenne starts job at law firm
Florida's unemployment rate is going through the roof, but former Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne has managed to land a job just two weeks after being released from federal prison.
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Europe takes steps to aid ailing banks
European leaders took unprecedented steps late Sunday to try to halt a galloping financial crisis in its tracks, announcing aggressive action to take big stakes in banks and guarantee lending between banks.
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Bottled water firm steamed about Miami-Dade water ads
In the radio ad, a talking faucet extols Miami-Dade's tap water as cheaper, purer and safer than bottled water. It may have sounded innocuous to most listeners, but the 30-second spot left the nation's largest purveyor of bottled water boiling mad.
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University of Miami stroke research center saves lives
As Miguel Caraballo was exiting I-95 in downtown Miami earlier this year, he felt a strange tingle run down his spine. A few minutes later, he lost control and smashed his pickup into a wall near AmericanAirlines Arena.
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World stocks slump on Dow open
Europe's stock markets plunged Friday after Wall Street opened a breathtaking 7 percent lower - below the 8,000 level - but they soon recouped some of those losses when the Dow Jones index made a partial comeback.
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Police report puts Coral Gables manager's job on the line
Coral Gables City Manager David Brown is expected to retire by Tuesday, forced out by a police report released this week that accuses him of committing two crimes related to a cover-up of charges on his city-issued credit card.
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