Thursday, April 7, 2016

Miami drug money-laundering ring involving 'El Chapo' cartel snares ... and other top stories.

  • Miami drug money-laundering ring involving 'El Chapo' cartel snares ...

    A sophisticated ring of money launderers — with an array of pop cultural nicknames like “Tony Montana,” “Pitbull” and “Neymar” — has been busted on charges of sending untold millions in illegal cocaine profits to Colombia using nearly a dozen businesses in Miami-Dade. Miami-Dade announced arrest warrants for 22 people believed to have worked in a scheme that included the suspected chief money launderer for the Mexican drug cartel headed by notorious kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The wide-..
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  • Notre Dame says 'No' to Miami Hurricane offer to pay for baseball trip

    Notre Dame says 'No' to Miami Hurricane offer to pay for baseball trip
    It will be snowballs instead of sunscreen this weekend for the No. 2 Miami Hurricane baseball team -- though the University of Miami offered to pay for Notre Dame to travel to South Florida for the weekend series.The Hurricanes, who indeed will be traveling to South Bend, Indiana, for a weekend series at Notre Dame despite forecasted snow and temperatures dipping into the mid 20s at night, are trying to leave Thursday night from Miami, UM coach Jim Morris told the Miami Herald on Thursday after..
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  • Time To Turn Up The Heat On Miami To Draft Defense

    Time To Turn Up The Heat On Miami To Draft Defense
    As we go through the list of first round draft choices made by NFL teams over the years, an unmistakable pattern emerges: good teams, teams that contend for, and make, the playoffs, year in and year out,  tend to draft defense in the first round. Conversely, noncontending, 'wannabe' type teams, teams which are still trying to find their footing, and become contenders, have a tendency to draft offense with their first pick in the draft. It is as predictable as the changing of the seasons; in rec..
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  • Miami-Dade County Fair ride where worker...

    Miami-Dade County Fair ride where worker...
    MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - A Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition ride where a worker died in what police have described as a "mechanical error" will remain closed Thursday while the death investigation continues, although the fair is still open to the public.The 23-year-old worker was performing a routine inspection Wednesday on a new ride called The Hurricane when he was killed.Bob Hohenstein, the fair's chief executive officer, said Thursday that the Occupational Safety and Health Administrati..
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  • Nationally televised game vs. Falcons highlights Dolphins ...

    Nationally televised game vs. Falcons highlights Dolphins ...
    The Miami Dolphins have a deadline for their stadium roof: Aug. 25.That’s when the team will host its first 2016 preseason game, the NFL announced Thursday.So the franchise has a little under five months to complete all work on the stadium’s shade canopy. The Dolphins insisted recently it will be, saying that nearly half-billion dollar renovation project is on pace. Adding to the pressure: the game against the Falcons will air nationally on NBC.Here’s the full preseason schedule, which includes..
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  • Miami Heat don't seem to be counting on Chris Bosh return

    Miami Heat don't seem to be counting on Chris Bosh return
    Chris Bosh has been out since mid-February, and there has been little information on his recovery. (Getty Images) As the Heat approach the playoffs, it gets increasingly clear they do not plan on having Chris Bosh for them. While Bosh’s only public comments since going down with an apparent blood clot were that he was optimistic about returning this season, there has been nothing from any Miami player or coach along those lines. Players have talked hypothetically about the boost of getting Bo..
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  • Protesters Rally Against Cuban Consulate in Miami Beach

    Protesters flocked to City Hall Thursday afternoon to denounce the idea of a Cuban consulate finding a new home in Miami Beach. NBC 6's Steve Litz reports. (Published 2 hours ago)Protesters flocked to City Hall Thursday afternoon to denounce the idea of a Cuban consulate finding a new home in Miami Beach.Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine and Commissioner Ricky Arriola told the Cuban government in a private meeting last month that they'd welcome Cuban diplomats in their city."It would be pretty hor..
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  • Protesters, proponents of Cuban consulate in Miami Beach spar ...

    Protesters, proponents of Cuban consulate in Miami Beach spar ...
    Where the city of Miami refuses to host a Cuban consulate in the future as relations between the U.S. and the communist island nation continue to thaw, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine’s openness to the idea has stirred up debate.The notion that the Beach could welcome a consulate ignited controversy, sparking a shouting matching between a few dozen critics and supporters of rapprochement outside Miami Beach City Hall on Thursday. Although any consulate is a long ways away, with the U.S. and Cub..
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  • Source: Veteran Dorell Wright to meet with Heat, hopes to reach deal

    Source: Veteran Dorell Wright to meet with Heat, hopes to reach deal
    The Miami Heat could be closing in on a deal to bring back a familiar face that would provide some added depth for the playoffs.According to a league source, the Heat is expected to meet with former 2004 first-round pick and 6-9, 205-pound veteran swingman Dorell Wright sometime soon in Miami to discuss a deal to join the team for the remainder of the season. The Vertical reported Thursday that the agreement could formalized as early as Sunday.The Heat (45-32) has been waiting until the final w..
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  • Workers' paradise? Venezuela decrees four-day work week to save ...

    Workers' paradise? Venezuela decrees four-day work week to save ...
    Venezuela’s energy crisis may be good for the overworked but another blow to the struggling economy. Starting Friday, the government is shutting all public offices through May in hopes of avoiding blackouts. In a nationally televised address, President Nicolás Maduro said the measure was necessary to avoid rationing, as water levels at the nation’s largest hydroelectric dam have hit record low levels. “We’re going to have long weekends [so] we need public and state workers to increase their out..
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Miami Heat's Hassan Whiteside won't lobby for defensive honor .Panama Papers: Secret offshores trace back to Brickell condo ... .
How secret offshore money helps fuel Miami's luxury real-estate boom .Novak Djokovic to face Kei Nishikori in Miami Open men's final .

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