Friday, January 8, 2016

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  • Mexican president: drug lord Chapo Guzman recaptured

    Mexican president: drug lord Chapo Guzman recaptured
    The world's most-wanted drug lord was captured for a third time Friday, as Mexican marines staged heavily-armed raids that caught drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison.Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced the capture Friday, writing in his Twitter account: "mission accomplished: we have him."Few had thought Guzman would be taken alive, and few now believe Mexico will want to try to hold him a third time in Mexican prisons, from w..
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  • MAKO co-founder to lead Israeli medical tech company

    Dr. Maurice R. Ferré, former chairman and CEO of MAKO Surgical, will lead the Israeli medical technology company INSIGHTEC.Ferré, who had been serving as INSIGHTEC's chairman, will become CEO. Dr. Kobi Vortman, INSIGHTEC's founder former CEO, will be taking a seat on the board and will continue to drive strategy. INSIGHTEC, based in Haifa, Israel, also announced that it secured a $22 million investment led by its current shareholders.INSIGHTEC, founded in 1999, has developed a non-invasive thera..
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  • University of Miami's Delta Gamma Sorority Recruitment Video Goes ...

    University of  Miami's  Delta Gamma Sorority Recruitment Video Goes  ...
    Million dollar yachts, bikinis, rooftop pool parties and what appear to be drone shots of speed boat acrobatics along nearly every waterway in Miami. No, this isn't the latest big-budget music video filmed in South Florida. It's a recruitment video for the University of Miami's Delta Gamma sorority. ..
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  • How fines to N.Y. banks will pay to test Miami's old rape kits

    How fines to N.Y. banks will pay to test  Miami's  old rape kits
    In evidence rooms from Miami Beach to Hialeah, old swabs of saliva and smudges of semen collected from thousands of rape victims are slowly being pulled off the shelf and sent to labs to be harvested for DNA that may hold the key to solving crimes around the country.Whether for lack of a victim willing to testify, or because police already made an arrest, unprocessed rape kits have accumulated in Miami-Dade to a number that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement says is unmatched by any other..
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  • South Miami Mayor Stoddard draws two challengers; two ...

    South  Miami  Mayor Stoddard draws two challengers; two  ...
    South Miami voters will have few, yet familiar choices when they head to the polls Feb. 9.Incumbent Philip Stoddard will face a familiar foe in former two-time Mayor Horace Feliu, along with first-time candidate Claudia Hauri as they all run for mayor.Commissioners Josh Liebman and Bob Welsh are running unopposed to represent groups two and three, respectively.The candidate-qualifying period ran from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4. Early voting is set for Feb. 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Hauri was born in Coral ..
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  • Walmart breaks ground in Midtown, appeals court dismisses challenge

    Walmart breaks ground in Midtown, appeals court dismisses challenge
    When Walmart first submitted plans to build a 200,000-square-foot superstore in Midtown Miami, representatives of the world’s largest retailer said they expected to break ground by late 2013.That was two years too optimistic.Lawsuits and city proceedings have long delayed work and progress on the planned three-story project immediately south of the Midtown Miami Shops. But construction crews finally arrived at 3055 N. Miami Ave. this week began digging trenches. Even more important for the retai..
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  • Fake Miami doc who sold steroids to A-Rod might get shorter sentence

    Fake  Miami  doc who sold steroids to A-Rod might get shorter sentence
    Anthony Bosch, the fake doctor who peddled illegal muscle-building steroids to Major League Baseball stars including Alex Rodriguez, might see his four-year prison sentence sliced by one-third after snitching on a half-dozen associates convicted of collaborating with him in his illegal drug-distribution racket.Federal prosecutors recommended that Bosch, 52, former owner of the anti-aging clinic Biogenesis of America in Coral Gables, be given a revised term of two years and eight months because o..
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  • 1 dog believed to be responsible for attacking Miami woman,...

    1 dog believed to be responsible for attacking  Miami  woman,...
    MIAMI- Two dogs were taken by Miami-Dade Animal Services Thursday after an attack against a woman walking a small Chihuahua in Miami, but animal officials said only one appears to have been the aggressor.Ada Rojas Jr. told Local 10 News that her 82-year-old mother, Ada Rojas, was walking her dog named Gucci near Tamiami Canal Road when what appeared to be two stray dogs attacked them.Several neighbors rushed over to help, and one used a belt to try to get the dogs off them.The Chihuahua was kill..
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  • Ethan J. Skolnick: After 82 games, Miami Heat still learning what ...

    Ethan J. Skolnick: After 82 games,  Miami  Heat still learning what  ...
    Nothing about Hassan Whiteside’s journey has been easy, so reaching this milestone wouldn’t be either.Sunday in Washington, Whiteside dominated on defense, adding six more blocks to his league-leading total. Then, on the brink of completing the equivalent of a full NBA season — 82 games — as a member of the Heat, the 26-year-old center banged his knee.He sat out Monday’s win against Indiana. But then he did get to 82 against the Knicks. And, for a player being measured inside the Heat organizati..
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  • Miami water main break caused by sinkhole to be…

    Miami  water main break caused by sinkhole to be…
    MIAMI- A water main break that was caused after an ice truck got stuck in a sinkhole in Miami on Thursday is expected to be repaired by Friday's afternoon rush hour, officials with Miami-Dade County Water & Sewer Department said.Authorities said workers discovered a faulty storm drain that needed to be repaired while they were trying to fix the water main.The initial incident was reported Thursday afternoon in the area of Northeast 72nd Street and Fourth Court.A tow truck removed the truck f..
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