Sunday, January 29, 2017

Miami finally arrives with legitimate win after stuffing North Carolina and other top stories.

  • Miami finally arrives with legitimate win after stuffing North Carolina

    Until Saturday afternoon the Miami Hurricanes existed as a theoretical concept. They were a team that, ideally, was good but lacked the resume to prove it. The Canes managed to mount a solid 10-2 record but achieved that against a poor nonconference schedule. The skeptics had reason for some cynicism. To paint a clearer picture, heading into Saturday's immense home showdown against ninth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels , here's what you saw on Miami's dossier in the six m..
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  • 23000 runners on the street for Miami Marathon as winners cross ...

    23000 runners on the street for Miami Marathon as winners cross ...
    The 15th running of the Miami Marathon and Half Marathon took off at about 6 a.m. Sunday, with about 23,000 runners lining the streets of downtown Miami outside AmericanAirlines Arena.Marta Ayala, 33, of Ethiopia, is the women’s winner with a winning time of 2:40.Christopher Zablocki, 28, of Connecticut, is the men’s winner, who came in at 2:18.Winning the 13.1-mile half marathon was Panuel Mkungo, 23, of Kenya, in 1 hour 4 minutes 11 seconds — the second fastest time in the event’s history.The..
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  • Hot-shooting Heat extends winning streak to seven games with win ...

    Hot-shooting Heat extends winning streak to seven games with win ...
    The hottest team in the NBA is still the Miami Heat.Behind one of its best shooting nights of the season and a dominant fourth quarter performance, the Heat won its seventh game in a row Saturday night, rolling past the Detroit Pistons 116-103 at AmericanAirlines Arena.Miami outscored Detroit 26-12 in the final period.Goran Dragic led five Heat scorers in double figures with 23 points and four assists, and Dion Waiters scored 17 points and dished out seven assists as the Heat backcourt once ag..
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  • Protests planned in airports nationwide — including Miami — after ...

    Protests planned in airports nationwide — including Miami — after ...
    The day after President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order barring refugees from entering the U.S. and temporarily suspending immigration from countries with a majority of Muslims, activists began planning protests nationwide — including at Miami International Airport.“I’m establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America,” Trump said Friday upon signing the order. “We don’t want them here.”As the world continues to unpack the f..
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  • 1 killed, 3 hospitalized in fiery West Miami-Dade crash

    1 killed, 3 hospitalized in fiery West Miami-Dade crash
    WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A man driving a stolen Miami-Dade Police cruiser died after, authorities said, he crashed into two vehicles heading in the opposite direction, in West Miami-Dade, sending two children and their mother to the hospital, Saturday afternoon. Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue responded to the scene of the fiery three-vehicle crash near Coral Way and Southwest 99th Street. Officials said the cruiser burst into flames upon impact. “There was a report of a vehicle that wa..
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  • Miami mayors past and present chide Gimenez over county ...

    Miami mayors past and present chide Gimenez over county ...
    The current and former mayors of the city of Miami — a Republican and a Democrat, respectively — publicly chided Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez for directing county jails to comply with federal immigration detention requests following President Donald Trump’s crackdown on “sanctuary” jurisdictions for immigrants in the country illegally.Mayor Tomás Regalado tweeted Friday night that he’s “disappointed” by Gimenez’s Thursday decision. Regalado also seemed to indicate city cops have no interest ..
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  • Two U.S. teams excel at Sailing World Cup Miami despite short ...

    Two U.S. teams excel at Sailing World Cup Miami despite short ...
    Two hurriedly-formed U.S. partnerships proved their compatibility Saturday with promising finishes in the medal races at Sailing World Cup Miami as Biscayne Bay tested sailors’ skills with another afternoon of light, shifty breezes.Ian MacDiarmid of Delray Beach and David Liebenburg of San Francisco have been together only three weeks on their 49er, a speedy boat which requires agile athletic harmony out on the wings. They were pleased to finish 10th.“We had to make a lot of instantaneous decis..
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  • Miami teams beat Broward 4-2 in Dolphins youth all-star football ...

    Miami teams beat Broward 4-2 in Dolphins youth all-star football ...
    Miami Dolphins Youth Programs -- in partnership with the Greater Miami Athletic Conference (GMAC) and the Broward County Athletic Association (BCAA) -- hosted Dade vs. Broward Youth All-Star Football Games presented by Broward College at Nathaniel Traz-Powell Stadium in Miami. The top youth football players from Miami-Dade and Broward County that play in the AYFL, FYFL, Great Miami Pop Warner, Gold Coast Pop Warner, Miami Xtreme as well as NYFL and YASL in age groups 7U-14U participated in game..
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  • New Key West-Miami bus service gets into gear

    New Key West-Miami bus service gets into gear
    A New Jersey company has added bus service between Key West and Miami, adding to other bus services in Monroe County.Thursday, Hoboken, N.J., company Go Buses began a route from 908 Caroline St. between Grinnell and Market streets to Bayfront Park, near Bayside Marketplace at 401 Biscayne Blvd. in downtown Miami. The Key West northbound bus leaves at 6:30 p.m. and the Miami bus southbound leaves at 7:30 a.m. Fares start at $9 each way. The buses have free Wi-Fi and outlets for electronics.Greyh..
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  • The trains are too long. The platform is too short. Bad news for the ...

    The trains are too long. The platform is too short. Bad news for the ...
    The train is late out of the station. That’s because the station and the train have a size problem.Plans to open the new Amtrak station near Miami International Airport are behind schedule, Florida transportation officials say. Source of the problem: an engineering error in the construction of the train platform , according to the state Department of Transportation.The station won’t be ready to open until the end of the year at the transit complex called the Miami Intermodal Center, said Ivette..
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CNN uses screenshot from 'Fallout 4' to show how Russians hack things .A Planet Skywatching Guide for 2017: When, Where & How to See the Planets .
Ethics official warns against confirmations before reviews are complete .Virginia's unemployment rate jumped in October for the third consecutive month .

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