Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Revamped Heat roster keeps Tyler Johnson and Haslem and ... and other top stories.

  • Revamped Heat roster keeps Tyler Johnson and Haslem and ...

    Revamped Heat roster keeps Tyler Johnson and Haslem and ...
    The Miami Heat’s post-Dwyane Wade era roster makeover went into overdrive Sunday with team reeling in four new players, re-signing veteran Udonis Haslem and matching a four-year, $50 million offer to restricted free agent Tyler Johnson.After 10 days of free agency, the Heat’s roster is back at 15 but will look vastly different from the one that lost in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals only two months ago.A quick summary:▪ Six veteran players are gone: Wade, a 12-time All-Star who ret..
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  • Protests of police killings: Dozens of arrests in Louisiana

    Protests of police killings: Dozens of arrests in Louisiana
    Officers stared down hundreds protesting against police killings near a ramp leading to an interstate in Louisiana's capital Sunday night before another squad in riot gear arrived and authorities took dozens into custody.Earlier Sunday, some 2,000 people rallied outside the Capitol building to protest police killings of black people, State Police Maj. Doug Cain said."They didn't have any problems out there. They seemed to be very organized and peaceful," Cain said.But by nightfall, a few hundre..
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  • Miami Man Uses Cellphone to Snap Stunning Pics of Gap Between ...

    Miami Man Uses Cellphone to Snap Stunning Pics of Gap Between ...
    Monday, July 11, 2016 at 8 a.m. A little over a year ago, as Peter Beach was riding his bike across the Venetian Causeway, something caught his eye. He turned around to get a closer look. There, lying in the grass in front of Biscayne Bay, was a person huddled under a blanket, the bridge and luxury skyscrapers of downtown Miami in the background.Struck by the sight, Beach pulled out his phone and snapped a photo. The resulting black-and-white image, he says now, could be the cover of the se..
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  • Car found in Northwest Miami-Dade lake

    Car found in Northwest Miami-Dade lake
    Car found in Northwest Miami-Dade lake NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Rescue crews are on the scene of a car in a lake in Northwest Miami-Dade. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to Northwest 191st Street and 57th Place, sometime before 7 a.m., Monday. 7Skyforce flew over the scene as Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s dive team was in the water searching for possible victims. Officials said the vehicle was not occupied. At this point it is unknown how the vehicle ended up in the water. An investig..
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  • Miami Police Accused of Beating Up a Partially Blind, 70-Year-Old ...

    Miami Police Accused of Beating Up a Partially Blind, 70-Year-Old ...
    Monday, July 11, 2016 at 9 a.m. Photo by Melkom via Wikimedia Commons A small but obvious tip for police: Don't accuse a man with a debilitating eye condition of "turning a blind eye" to drug dealers in his area. And then don't also hit him right in the eyes.Yet that's exactly what a 74-year-old landlord accuses a group of City of Miami Police officers of doing in a federal lawsuit. Fernando Coipel says the police beat him while he was wearing "two protective eyeglasses" and a white eyep..
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  • What Does IMG Leaving Swim Week (Again) Mean for Miami?

    What Does IMG Leaving Swim Week (Again) Mean for Miami?
    Monday, July 11, 2016 at 9:05 a.m. Mara Hoffman's Casa Casuarina show during last year's Miami Swim Week. The designer will not return this year. George Martinez After global events and talent management company IMG pulled out of Miami Swim Week last year, the shows were a mess. Though there were quite a few gems (Mara Hoffman’s fete at the Versace mansion was one of note), the overall event was inefficient and mired in problems. Participants comforted themselves with IMG’s announcemen..
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  • How millennial tastes shape a new generation of food startups

    How millennial tastes shape a new generation of food startups
    The craft movement has moved beyond beer. Today’s new food and beverage products are likely to be handmade, creative and adventuresome.The eats and drinks are local, fresh and healthy too — often organic. And it doesn’t hurt to be a friend of the planet.The front door is the new drive-through. Food arrives at the home or office with tech-enabled efficiency powering all aspects of the food supply chain.According to entrepreneurship nonprofit Endeavor, South Florida is ripe for food-and-beverage ..
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  • Miami Marlins prospect Josh Naylor gets two hits in Futures Game

    Miami Marlins prospect Josh Naylor gets two hits in Futures Game
    Josh Naylor said he couldn’t stop smiling.Naylor, the Marlins’ 19-year-old first baseman prospect, thoroughly enjoyed every minute of his experience participating in the annual All-Star Futures Game on Sunday night at Petco Park.Naylor, the No. 2 overall prospect in the Marlins’ farm system, according to MLBPipeline.com, recorded a pair of hits and an RBI that contributed to the World Team’s 11-3 victory over Team USA. It was the World Team’s first win in seven tries against the USA team in the..
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  • TGK locked down after apparent gunshot shatters lobby window

    TGK locked down after apparent gunshot shatters lobby window
    WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Officials have lifted a lockdown at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade, hours after, they said, what may have been a gunshot went off near the facility, Sunday morning. According to Miami-Dade Police, the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department reported what sounded like a gunshot near the prison, just before 10 a.m. They said an exterior window in the lobby was shattered. The facility was then placed under lockdown for ..
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  • How The Miami Herald is getting to know its audience again

    How The Miami Herald is getting to know its audience again
    MIAMI — On the outside, the headquarters of the Miami Herald looks like any building in any part of town filled with wide warehouses, beige office plazas and chain restaurants. Inside, though, the values of the Herald are written on the walls. Really. On one teal green wall in slim white letters: "Publish! Journalistic cowardliness is as evil as censorship." — Gene Miller On another (from the adjacent newsroom of the Spanish daily El Nuevo Herald): "El periódico es una espada y su empuñadura la..
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What to do with your first million - Las Vegas Review .Protests, violence after police shoot another black man dead .
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