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• Mark Richt, Butch Davis among potential Miami coaching candidates | www

  

  Mark Richt said he’s not done coaching.Butch Davis said next to nothing.Brett DavisGeorgia head coach Mark Richt talks to his team before a game against Georgia Tech of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brett Davis)Two names of interest in the Hurricanes’ coaching search commented about their futures Monday, as Miami continued to look for the permanent replacement for Al Golden.Richt, whom Georgia fired Sunday after 15 seasons, said in a congenial press..

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• Miami Dolphins fire offensive coordinator Bill Lazor - Sun Sentinel

  Zac Taylor, who has served as the Dolphins’ quarterbacks coach since 2013, will take over play-calling duties for Miami after the team fired Bill Lazor on Monday, less than two years after Lazor took the job.Taylor, the 32-year-old son-in-law of former Dolphins offensive coordinator Mike Sherman, has a vision for this disappointing offense.“I don’t have numbers in mind,” said Taylor after he was reminded that the Dolphins were 11th in scoring last season at 24.3 points per game, but are 27th thi..

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• Faena Hotel evokes glory days of Miami Beach | Miami Herald

  A 30-foot-long red carpet leads into the “Cathedral,” a sweeping lobby lined with massive gold-leafed columns and edged with elaborate floor-to-ceiling murals depicting lush tropical scenes. The Living Room is a movie set of red leather armchairs, zebra-print couches and lacquered burled wood tables, complete with grand piano. Columns edging the outdoor terrace are crusted with ceramic seashells — just one of many intricate details guests will find at the Faena Hotel on Miami Beach when it opens..

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• Still closed: Venetian Causeway construction continues

  As the masses are about to move back and forth between Art Basel Miami Beach and Miami Art Week, a picturesque route connecting the mainland to the Beach is still sealed off due to construction.The westernmost stretch of the Venetian Causeway is completely closed to all traffic, in the midst of a total rebuild of 730 feet of weakened bridge.Once a dilapidated span of concrete patched by metal plates in its weakest spots, the Miami bridge leading to Miami Beach was dismantled during the summer wh..

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• Cyber Monday on pace for record sales

  In some ways, it seems like Cyber Monday should have been no big deal for e-commerce this year.Smartphones have put the Internet in our pockets, meaning there’s less need to wait until Monday morning when people return to their office computers to scope out the digital deals. Plus, holiday shoppers have already been on a digital spending tear for several days: 103 million people shopped online between Thanksgiving and Sunday, and consumers spent a record $8.03 billion online during that time per..

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• Deng again out for Heat; Bosh plays through illness

  WithKevin DurantandLeBron Jamesto follow,Miami HeatforwardLuol Dengwill first seek to get back on solid footing, sitting out his third consecutive game Monday night against theBoston Celticsat AmericanAirlines Arena.Deng, who suffered what the team initially reported as a slight left-hamstring strain in the Nov. 21 victory over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers and then played the following game against theNew York Knicks, has been idle since Nov. 24, missing last Wednesday's loss to theDetroit Pi..

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• Florida lawmakers consider bills to protect for-profit college students

  After a year of repeated for-profit college scandals — including the recent closure of Dade Medical College — Florida lawmakers are poised to consider new, tougher rules governing the schools.The change follows several years in which lawmakers loosened standards and opened up more public money to for-profits. For the moment, the buzz is about greater consumer protections at the schools, which rely heavily on taxpayer money but receive little government oversight.For-profit colleges enroll nearly..

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• Possible boot camp for Canadian teen charged in fatal Miami shootings | Miami Herald

  The Canadian teen charged in connection with a fatal Miami shooting is eligible for a county boot-camp program that would spare him significant time in jail, a court heard on Monday.Now, Miami-Dade prosecutors must decide if they will allow 15-year-old Marc Wabafiyebazu to enter the program as punishment for his role in a botched drug rip-off that left his older brother and another teen shot to death in March.“Boot camp is just another option available to the adult criminal system once one has b..

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• Concerns widen over Haiti presidential elections impasse

  Concerns over Haiti’s disputed presidential elections widened Monday when Catholic bishops and a group of pastors joined an alliance of opposition presidential candidates in demanding an inquiry into the vote.The alliance of eight candidates, led by second-place finisher Jude Célestin and dubbed the G8, reiterated its demand for an independent commission to verify the Oct. 25 presidential vote amid allegations the balloting was tainted by “massive” fraud and irregularities on behalf of frontrunn..

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• David Beckham Looking at New Options for Miami MLS Stadium | NBC 6 South Florida

  

  International soccer star David Beckham has given up on the approval process to build a Major League Soccer stadium near Marlins Park, but he's possibly looking elsewhere in Miami. (Published 2 hours ago) International soccer star David Beckham has given up on the approval process to build a Major League Soccer stadium near Marlins Park, but he's possibly looking elsewhere in Miami. The Beckham stadium deal was taken off the city commission agenda for Tuesday. The proposed plan need..

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