Saturday, August 27, 2016

Miami judicial races include some intrigue and a lawsuit and other top stories.

  • Miami judicial races include some intrigue and a lawsuit

    Miami judicial races include some intrigue and a lawsuit
    One judicial candidate is suing his opponent over her ownership in Miami erotic motels. A prospective judge has a résumé that includes being suspended from practicing law for three years. One incumbent judge is fighting for his seat against a former Florida House representative.Though Florida judicial elections feature normally dry campaigns, next week’s races in Miami-Dade nevertheless offer some tantalizing story lines.In all, 10 seats — six in Miami-Dade circuit court, four in county court —..
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  • Power Restored After Reported Explosion, Fire at FPL Substation in ...

    Power Restored After Reported Explosion, Fire at FPL Substation in ...
    A reported explosion caused a large fire at a Florida Power and Light substation in Miami-Dade that left thousands without power for several hours Tuesday.Witnesses reported hearing two explosions coming from the substation at Northwest 64th Street and 72nd Avenue."I heard two, back-to-back, real loud explosions, booms, and then all of the sudden the power went out, the computer, everything went out," Justin Sabljak said.A large fire with thick black smoke was seen rising in the air from the sce..
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  • Son of a Miami legend vying to be backup to quarterback Brad Kaaya

    Son of a Miami legend vying to be backup to quarterback Brad Kaaya
    The Miami walk-on quarterback who wears No. 14 on his orange jersey is not some anonymous teenager taking reps every now and then.Neither is the young man competing with him to back up one of the nation’s top signal-callers.With the Hurricanes’ opener against FAMU a week from Saturday, Vincent Testaverde – the son of 1986 UM Heisman Trophy winner Vinny Testaverde – is vying to be the No. 2 man behind standout Brad Kaaya.And so is Malik Rosier – the scholarship quarterback who led UM to the mira..
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  • 4 charged after 7 children found living in filth in Miami Gardens

    4 charged after 7 children found living in filth in Miami Gardens
    MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) - Two couples living together in Miami Gardens are facing some serious charges after, authorities said, their seven children were found living in deplorable conditions at the Miami Gardens home the families share. Miami Gardens Police responded to the home on the 3000 block of Northwest 164th Street in reference to a sick child, Sunday, at around 11:30 p.m. Investigators said they found some of the children, ages 2 to 9, on mattresses covered in roaches. There were ro..
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  • Strong quake rocks central Italy, at least 37 reported dead

    Strong quake rocks central Italy, at least 37 reported dead
    A devastating earthquake rocked central Italy early Wednesday, collapsing homes on top of residents as they slept. At least 38 people were killed in hard-hit towns where rescue crews raced to dig survivors out of the rubble, but the toll was likely to rise as crews reached homes in more remote hamlets."The town isn't here anymore," said Sergio Pirozzi, the mayor of Amatrice.The magnitude 6 quake struck at 3:36 a.m. (0136 GMT) and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome, w..
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  • Landry has motivation to move up list, and better red-zone offense ...

    Landry has motivation to move up list, and better red-zone offense ...
    Here’s a scoop from the inside: players use Google.They read what’s written about them, both in print and (more and more) on social media. They care about their rating in the Madden NFL video-game series; left tackle Branden Albert griped Tuesday that he only earned an 87 out of 100 in the latest version.And they take their place on the NFL’s annual top 100 list seriously.At least Jarvis Landry does.The wide receiver keeps a game-day picture of himself hanging in his locker with a big “97?” wri..
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  • Waterfront Miami Beach mansion sells for $19 million

    Waterfront Miami Beach mansion sells for $19 million
    A waterfront mansion in Miami Beach sold for $19 million Monday, according to its listing agents.The nine-bedroom, Mediterranean-style home sits on 1.1 acres at 6385 Pine Tree Drive Circle in Miami Beach’s ritzy La Gorce neighborhood. It overlooks Indian Creek and offers a two-bedroom guest house, pool, koi pond, wine cellar and private dock.South Florida mega-brokers Jill Hertzberg and Jill Eber represented the seller, aerospace industry executive Robert Nichols, who paid $8.05 million in 2006..
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  • Players who left the Miami Hurricanes after 2015 (and where they ...

    Players who left the Miami Hurricanes after 2015 (and where they ...
    James King pulls on a Miami hat during a signing day ceremony at Miami-Booker T. Washington High in Feb. 2015. (Miami Herald) Two dismissed former Hurricanes, kicker Jon Semerene and safety James King, landed at Akron. Semerene, who kicked off the team in March, and King, removed in July, will be ineligible for 2016 because of NCAA transfer rules. The Zips’ roster, which lists 31 players from Florida, also are also where former Miami defensive lineman Jelani Hamilton and cornerback Larry Hope ..
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South Beach tourists mostly blasé about Zika in Miami Beach .Florida governor to feds: Help us fight Zika .
Zika testing limits of South Florida mosquito control and science .Accused FSU face-eater: 'I've got a psycho side and a normal side' .

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