Friday, April 29, 2016

South Dade High principal hit by SUV has legs amputated and other top stories.

  • South Dade High principal hit by SUV has legs amputated

    South Dade High Principal Javier Perez’s legs had to be amputated, according to a report by Herald news partner CBS4, after he was crushed by a runaway SUV Tuesday night.The husband and father of two was coaching his 5-year-old son’s baseball team at Tamiami Park when the SUV veered off the 117th Avenue, crashing through a fence and hitting Perez.The gofundme.com page set up for Perez had raised $54,641 as of 7:25 a.m. The school’s website, which carried an update on Perez Wednesday morning in ..
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  • Miami Dolphins pick plummeting Ole Miss LT Laremy Tunsil with ...

    Miami Dolphins pick plummeting Ole Miss LT Laremy Tunsil with ...
    The Miami Dolphins either seized a great opportunity by ending Laremy Tunsil’s free fall in the 2016 NFL draft, or selected another talented player with character problems in the first round.Tunsil, the Ole Miss left tackle who was rated the No. 1 player on many draft analysts’ boards, watched his draft stock tank on Thursday night because minutes before the start of the draft a video was posted on his Twitter account that allegedly featured Tunsil smoking marijuana from a bong. “It was a mista..
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  • The current Miami Heat blueprint is on the line this weekend

    The current Miami Heat blueprint is on the line this weekend
    Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports With Game 6 looming and the Heat facing elimination following three straight playoff losses, what happens this weekend will affect Miami's approach heading into the offseason. The last time we used the word "blueprint" to describe a Miami Heat team that was under duress happened to be four years ago in Boston when the Miami Heat, down 3-2 to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals in year two of the "Big Three" era. We know how that story tur..
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  • Miami Beach wants developers to go green or pay fee

    Miami Beach wants developers to go green or pay fee
    Miami Beach wants builders to help pay the costs of dealing with climate change and reducing the city’s carbon footprint.A new law requires builders of structures bigger than 7,000 square feet either to meet certain green building standards or pay a fee equal to 5 percent of construction costs. That’s a big chunk of money. If the city had been collecting that fee for the last six years, it would have about $60 million to spend on green projects like water quality monitoring, cleanup of contamin..
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  • MLB suspends Dee Gordon for 80 games after testing positive for ...

    MLB suspends Dee Gordon for 80 games after testing positive for ...
    Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon, the National League’s reigning batting champion, has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.The suspension is effective immediately.An email with the news was sent out at 1:17 a.m. by the commissioner’s office — not long after the Marlins completed a four-game sweep of the Dodgers in Los Angeles with a 5-3 win Thursday.Gordon apologized to teammates and fans in a written statement released Friday morning, but said he di..
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  • Holocaust survivors share stories on app at Miami Beach's memorial

    Holocaust survivors share stories on app at Miami Beach's memorial
    Hundreds will gather Sunday for Holocaust Remembrance Day at Miami Beach’s Holocaust Memorial to remember the more than six million Jews who perished under the Nazi regime.This year, however, those attending are being encouraged to come early or stay late to experience the long-standing memorial in a new way — through an app.“It adds so much to the experience,” Sharon Horowitz, executive director of the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, said of the app, which features Holocaust survivors telling ..
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  • In Miami, National Bike Month means Ciclovía, Cycle de Mayo ...

    In Miami, National Bike Month means Ciclovía, Cycle de Mayo ...
    Hop on the Miami Beach Ciclovía. Party and get dosed with culture at Cycle de Mayo. Go for a musical boogie ride with the Underline Cycling Club.National Bike Month kicks off Sunday — who knew? — and it’s safe to say it’s never seemed a big thing in Miami. Until maybe now.Because bikes are cool again, and sustainability and alternative transportation are hot topics, Miami has belatedly embraced the long-running, coast-to-coast celebration of cycling with the fervor of the newly converted.So are..
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  • Haiti had Zika months before Brazil's 2015 outbreak

    Haiti had Zika months before Brazil's 2015 outbreak
    Two months after Haiti confirmed the painful mosquito-borne virus chikungunya fever in 2014, Haitians began complaining about a new fever epidemic and wondering if it was Zik or Zika, the other virus carried by the same mosquito.Haiti health officials and experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quickly dismissed the Zika rumors, and regarded the fever symptoms as another bout of fast-spreading chikungunya. Now, infectious-disease specialists at the University of Florida..
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  • Is Denzel Curry Still Miami's Next Big Thing?

    Is Denzel Curry Still Miami's Next Big Thing?
    Curry was once the future of Miami hip-hop. Is that still true? Photo by Stian Roenning Miami traffic is a bitch. It has provided South Floridians a never-ending excuse to be late because construction on the 826 will likely come to an end the day Donald Trump reveals his true skin tone. But we’re on our way. And like most Miami drivers with five minutes left to get to work, Denzel Curry hasn’t arrived yet. He’s on the exit ramp, still on his way.It’s been nearly three years since his brea..
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  • 'Down the Darkest Street': seeking redemption and a killer in Miami

    'Down the Darkest Street': seeking redemption and a killer in Miami
    A character’s redemption — and how he pulls himself out of the lowest depths of his life — infuses Miami native and former journalist Alex Segura’s second novel.And Pete Fernandez — introduced in Segura’s first novel, Silent City — has failed at just about everything. He has been fired from his job as a copy editor for the Miami Times, has no friends, little income and even floundered at being a private detective. About the only thing he seems to be good at is drinking, and angering people, whi..
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