Michael Dell, Tech Billionaire, Pledges $36 Million in Harvey Relief
Verizon has pledged $10 million and Toyota $3 million. But Mr. Dell hopes to eventually raise $100 million.His foundation’s pledge will seed the Rebuild Texas Fund, an initiative that will be run with the OneStar Foundation, which coordinates charitable work in Texas.The goal is to raise $100 million for the fund by the end of the Labor Day weekend. The Dell Foundation will contribute $18 million initially and match another $18 million as donations come in.Janet Mountain, executive director of ..>> view originalUnderstanding Roku's IPO and its growing platform revenues
Alex Wilhelm is the editor-in-chief of Crunchbase News and co-host of Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast. More posts by this contributor: In a pleasant Friday surprise, Roku dropped its S-1 document today, detailing its financial performance and corporate strategy. The filing indicates that the company intends to raise $100 million in its debut. The figure is a widely-recognized placeholder number. The company could raise more or less in its IPO. Follow Crunchbase ..>> view originalAlphabet Finishes Reorganization With New XXVI Company
Alphabet Finishes Reorganization With New XXVI Company By September 1, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT September 1, 2017, 5:23 PM EDT Alphabet Inc. is forming a new holding company designed to finalize its evolution from Google, the web search giant, into a corporate parent with distinct arms that protects individual businesses in far-flung fields like health care and self-driving cars.The new entity, called XXVI Holdings Inc., will own the equity of each Alphabet company, including Google. The ne..>> view originalGoogle funded think-tank removes research scholar for criticising Google's growing monopoly
Google funded think-tank, The New America Foundation, has parted with one of its scholars Barry Lynn for his criticism of Google’s increasing monopoly over the internet economy. Google. Reuters. Barry Lynn, founder of the Open Market program in the New America Foundation, has been an active supporter of strict anti-trust regulations. In fact, in June, Open Markets Program had posted an article appreciating the steps taken by the European Commission against Google for abusing its dominance over ..>> view originalL'Oréal Fires Its First Trans Model After She Called Out White America's Racism
DJ and trans activist Munroe Bergdorf has since called for a boycott of the company. By Lilly Workneh. Santiago Felipe via Getty Images. DJ and trans activist Munroe Bergdorf has responded to L'Oréal decision.>> view originalHonda Reaches $605 Million Settlement in Takata Airbag Case
Honda Motor Co. (HMC) plans to announce a $605 million economic loss settlement Friday, Sept. 1, in its ongoing reparations for selling cars with potentially faulty Takata airbags, sources told Reuters. The settlement will cover the 11.4 million U.S ...>> view originalMnuchin's Trip to Kentucky Is Being Reviewed by Treasury's Watchdog
The U.S. Treasury Department’s watchdog has begun reviewing the circumstances of Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s trip to Kentucky with his wife last month, where he discussed tax plans at a public event and toured Fort Knox.The review “to determine whether all applicable travel, ethics and appropriate laws and policies were observed” during the Aug. 21 trip is in response to public inquiries, Rich Delmar, the Treasury’s counsel to the Inspector General, said in an emailed statement Friday. The Washi..>> view originalNot-So-August Report Fails to Shake Faith in US Labor Market
The August employment report may have been almost predictably disappointing, though it wasn’t weak enough to call into question the underlying strength of the U.S. labor market.The data marked the seventh straight August that the government’s initial take on payrolls fell short of the median estimate of economists, with 156,000 jobs added compared to a projection of 180,000 in a Bloomberg survey. Yet the bigger picture shows a still-healthy labor market in a mature expansion. One bright spot in..>> view originalGas prices still rising, many stations empty as holiday weekend begins
Gas prices continued to rise in North Texas and many stations remained dormant Friday as a local fuel shortage caused by Hurricane Harvey dragged into the Labor Day weekend.But gasoline retailers and others who follow the petroleum industry said there were some signs that the situation would improve by early next week.About 75 percent of stations appeared to still be out of fuel on Friday night, according to reports provided by motorists to the online tool GasBuddy.QuikTrip, for example, had on..>> view originalFlood insurance is a mess, and Harvey won't make Congress any more likely to fix it
Hurricane Harvey is sure to add more crushing debt to the National Flood Insurance Program, which is already $25 billion in the red. So when Congress resumes on Tuesday, will it immediately act to fix this troubled program?Don’t count on it. Entrenched regional and partisan divisions have sidelined flood insurance reform for years. Those divides could intensify this month as lawmakers confront three tasks: Formulating an aid package for hurricane victims, raising the debt ceiling and reauthori..>> view original
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Michael Dell, Tech Billionaire, Pledges $36 Million in Harvey Relief and other top stories.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Miami boy, 10, may be latest — and among youngest — victim of ... and other top stories.
Miami boy, 10, may be latest — and among youngest — victim of ...
A 10-year-old Miami boy may be among the youngest victims of Florida’s opioid crisis. Preliminary toxicology tests show that Alton Banks had the potent painkiller fentanyl in his system when he collapsed at his Overtown home in June, authorities said on Monday. The death comes against the backdrop of a staggering opioid crisis that has wreaked havoc across the country, with hundreds of South Florida drug users fatally overdosing in recent years. But illegal fentanyl and some of its synthetic c..>> view originalMiami Hurricanes picked to win Coastal, play in ACC title game
Most of the media members at last week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Kickoff media days in Charlotte, N.C., thought it would happen. The Hurricanes believed it would happen. Now they have to make it happen. The ACC announced Monday that the Miami Hurricanes have been picked by the media to win their Coastal Division and face Florida State for the league title in the Dec. 2 ACC Championship Game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. The Hurricanes, who finished 9-4 and ranked 20th by the Associ..>> view originalThe Dolphins Will Make Miami a Football Town Again This Year
Monday, July 17, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. With Miami Dolphins training camp just a few days away, it's time for South Florida to pay attention to a new-and-improved team doing big things in Davie. On July 27, the Dolphins officially start a season with more promise than any in recent memory. The Fins are ripe to legitimately contend not only in the AFC East but for a Super Bowl. Scoff all you want — it's true. In the NFL, every year a team makes the jump from mediocrity to Super Bowl contention. T..>> view originalAustralians see woman's shooting by police as US nightmare
Half a world from where an Australian woman was shot dead by a Minneapolis police officer, Tuesday's front-page headline in her hometown Sydney newspaper summarized Australia's reaction in blunt terms: "AMERICAN NIGHTMARE." In Justine Damond's native country, news of the meditation teacher's baffling death has dominated the airwaves, newspapers and websites for days, feeding into Australians' long-held fears about America's notorious culture of gun violence. "The country is infested with possib..>> view originalExpect nasty weather and flooding in Miami-Dade County tonight
Watch out for flooding in Northeast Miami-Dade County Monday evening, the National Weather Service warned. Low lying and poorly drained areas could be hit hard by this evening’s heavy rains, and a thunderstorm could bring gusty winds and frequent lightning to the north central area of the county. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen, and experts said they expect one to two more. Some areas that will experience flooding are: Hialeah, Doral, Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens and Medley. The..>> view originalTropical Storm Don forms in Caribbean but not likely to threaten ...
Tropical Storm Don formed east of the Windward Islands late Monday, but is expected to weaken again as it continues churning westward, National Hurricane Center forecasters said. The compact storm, located about 485 miles southeast of Barbados and moving west at 17 mph, mustered a center Monday afternoon. Sustained winds reached 40 mph. The storm may pick up speed as the eye passes over the Windward Islands Tuesday, forecasters said. However, Don is expected to fizzle in about three days when i..>> view originalMiami-Dade mayor: We can't afford to build new rail lines
Miami-Dade can’t afford to build more rail lines and should invest millions in transit dollars creating modernized express bus systems running north and south, Mayor Carlos Gimenez said Monday. “I look at this as part of my job: Be realistic, bring us down to earth,” Gimenez told members of a county transportation board. “I know there’s going to be push back. I know there’s going to be a lot of people who have different ideas about what we should do. But we’ve been looking at this for some tim..>> view originalMiami-Dade is an Airbnb battleground. So why are home-sharing ...
The ongoing battle with Airbnb in Miami-Dade hasn’t deterred the maturing short-term rental industry from putting down roots in South Florida. In fact, a number of home-sharing companies have picked Miami-Dade as their headquarters or have a strong presence locally, each carving out its own niche as controversy swirls around the industry. Some cater to local renters, others offer an experience similar to hotels, and still others work only in the shrinking space of legal short-term renting. Dive..>> view originalOpioid-pushing Miami doctor pleads guilty to $4.8 million Medicare ...
With federal agents leading Medicare fraud busts nationwide and in the nation’s Medicare fraud capital of Miami last week, a drug-dealing Miami doctor pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. The case of Miami’s Roberto Fernandez, similar to Miramar doctor Joaquin Mendez’s Friday guilty plea to the same charges in a different case, demonstrates if greed fuels these schemes, doctors can be the engine. Fernandez admitted in court documents that just his role in the schemes cost Me..>> view originalLife lessons an Indy rapper learned from his students
It was April 2008 and a 22-year-old Marc Williams had just been fired from his job. He was driving home to his Downtown Indianapolis apartment, listening to "Next Day" by Little Brother, a song about quitting your job and becoming a full-time musician. He had no savings account, no job lined up and no plan for the future. Fast forward to May 2017: Williams sits at a lunch table at Fishers High School surrounded by 16-year-olds. Tattooed, 31 years old and about to release his tenth hip-hop solo ..>> view original
Miami-Florida State 2017 odds: Hurricanes favored in Tallahassee and other top stories.
Miami-Florida State 2017 odds: Hurricanes favored in Tallahassee
(Getty Images, Post illustration) [Miami fast forgetting Rosier is a first-year starting QB] [Miami-Florida State week is here: ‘It’s overdue’] [Five things we learned, postgame video] [UM believes Walton is OK after injury] [Corn Elder returns to Duke to see the Canes] [WR Harris suspended three games] [Live blog: all the action as it happened] Update: Less than an hour after this post, VegasInsider’s “consensus” odds, ostensibly a mix of popular industry sources, listed the Hurricanes as a 3-..>> view originalWhat $20 million in alleged food stamp fraud bought these 12 ...
South Florida reached another fraud milestone for what the Justice Department called “the largest combined financial fraud loss for a food stamp trafficking takedown in history.”That dubious new record, federal prosecutors claim, is $20 million and resulted in a dozen charged with doing the government dirty via food stamp fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.The 12 charged over four cases are Hasan Saleh, 59, Mohammed Alobaisi, 37, Reynold Francois, 38, Ihab Hassouna, 44, Moham..>> view originalLondon bawling! Dolphins smoked by Saints as offense is beyond ...
Inside yet another somber — and angry — Dolphins locker room here in their home away from home, Miami players said the right things. The Dolphins had just been shut out for the first time since 2013 — and the first time in the Adam Gase era — and the swagger of 2016 was a distant memory. The scoreboard outside read Saints 20, Dolphin 0. The gulf between the Dolphins and dominance was wider than the Atlantic. Offense, rightly, took the blame. The defense, rightly, didn’t pile on. And players m..>> view originalWoman who earned praise from Obama after waiting in line for ...
After standing in line for several hours to vote in the 2012 presidential election, Desiline Victor got the surprise of a lifetime. The then-102-year-old from North Miami was invited to sit in the first lady’s box as former President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address. “We should follow the example of a North Miami woman named Desiline Victor,” Obama said during his Feb. 12, 2013, speech. “When Desiline arrived at her polling place, she was told to wait to vote, might be six ..>> view originalWas Giancarlo Stanton's curtain call Sunday his final goodbye to ...
It didn’t have the storybook ending he or Marlins fans wanted. Giancarlo Stanton walked off the field after taking one last rip at an 86-mile per hour slider from Arodys Vizcaino and coming up short of home run No. 60. As loud chants of ‘M-V-P’ echoed around Marlins Park, Stanton emerged from the dugout, raised his bat and pounded his chest. Was it the last time Stanton would play in a Marlins uniform? Was it the last time he’d make up one-third of arguably baseball’s best outfield along with ..>> view originalVanuatu island exodus continues even as volcano stabilizes
The evacuation of a Vanuatu island was continuing on Monday even after scientists said an erupting volcano had stabilized.A makeshift fleet of vessels ranging from tiny water taxis to large landing craft was moving thousands of people from Ambae island to nearby islands in the Pacific archipelago.Vanuatu officials last week ordered the complete evacuation of the island's 11,000 residents, fearing the Manaro volcano might blow in a major eruption.But Brad Scott, a New Zealand volcanologist who i..>> view originalMiami Heat continue to lock arms during national anthem
They began with the approach at the start of last season and will continue for another season, the Miami Heat again standing with arms locked during the national anthem before Sunday's exhibition game against the Atlanta Hawks at AmericanAirlines Arena.Unlike most other NBA teams, the Heat stayed with the approach throughout last season, at the time when racial inequality was a theme addressed by many pro sports teams, well in advance of Donald Trump being elected and then taking over as presid..>> view originalShootout involving Hialeah police leaves one dead in car
A shootout involving Hialeah police and someone in another car left one person dead early Sunday in Northwest Miami-Dade. A crashed white car had more than two dozen bullet holes on the driver’s side. The Hialeah police car also was shot up. Shell casings and police markers litter the road. One person died in the white car, according to those at the scene, said Hialeah police spokesman Lt. Carl Zogby. A body was slumped inside across the passenger seat of the white car. A shootou..>> view originalWhat Lawrence Timmons said after Miami Dolphins debut
New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram stiff-arms linebacker Lawrence Timmons during the second half of an NFL football game at Wembley Stadium in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) LONDON — Linebacker Lawrence Timmons made his Miami Dolphins debut on Sunday, and it’s a debut that would not have happened if the club hadn’t give him another chance. After the game, in a quiet moment by his locker at Wembley Stadium, Timmons explained what it means to him that the team allowed him to come back af..>> view originalHow satisfied are you with the Dolphins? (Sorry, we had to ask ...
And you thought the performance at the Jets last week was bad? Bad got worse. Rock bottom got lower. The Miami Dolphins were awful offensively in Sunday's 20-0 loss to New Orleans in London -- pitifully so after an opening 81-yard drive that ended with a Jay Cutler end-zone interception that seemed to thoroughly deflate the team. The Fins' defense was OK, closer to pretty good than bad considering Drew Brees slices through everybody. But the offense? A punt-fest after that opening drive. Nothin..>> view original
Friday, September 29, 2017
Miami willing to steal neighbors' contractors to clear Hurricane Irma ... and other top stories.
Miami willing to steal neighbors' contractors to clear Hurricane Irma ...
After Hurricane Irma blew through Miami, knocking down trees across the city and leaving small mountains of branches and dead leaves in its wake, Miami had to scramble to clean up all the waste. Within days of the storm’s passing, city officials more than doubled the rate they paid contractors to pick up storm debris. Now they’re talking about paying more still in order to quicken the pace of the work — even if it means stealing their neighbors’ crews and eating more of the costs. Miami commiss..>> view originalMiami Realtor is suspected of funneling foreign money to Grieco ...
Tony Rodriguez-Tellaheche doesn’t fit the profile of the big-money donors who raised $200,000 for People for Better Leaders, a political action committee under state investigation for its secret ties to Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Grieco. Rodriguez-Tellaheche isn’t a Beach developer, lobbyist or city vendor like most of the contributors. He runs a luxury real estate brokerage, Prestige Realty Group, in Coconut Grove. So why he did cut a check for $25,000 — the single largest donation the ..>> view originalFlorida schools growing more segregated — and the problem is ...
While Florida has become more diverse over the past two decades, its schools have grown increasingly segregated. And nowhere is the problem more acute than in Miami. That’s according to a new study from Florida State University’s LeRoy Collins Institute, which found that one-fifth of the state’s schools are intensely segregated, with African-American and Hispanic students making up 90 percent or more of the student body, compared to just over a tenth of Florida schools in the mid-1990s. The pe..>> view originalMiami Dolphins coach wonders why team had little “energy” and ...
Dolphins offensive coordinator Clyde Christensen. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Miami Dolphins offensive coordinator Clyde Christensen saw all of the things you saw last Sunday against the Jets. Christensen cited alignment issues and assignment issues, mental errors and physical errors. It was error after error after error in a humiliating loss to the Jets. But one alarming thing to take note of as the Dolphins prepare to board an approximate eight-hour flight to London in advance of a game at Wemble..>> view originalFor the next hurricane, Miami-Dade promises better shelters, more ...
Two weeks after Hurricane Irma plunged the county into darkness and disarray, Miami-Dade’s mayor promised more ice, more staff to open shelters, more refuges for pets and more focus on public housing preparations for the next major storm. “All of these plans get rewritten after every event, because we learn new lessons,” Mayor Carlos Gimenez said during a special County Commission meeting on Irma, before introducing a campaign-style video that his communications staff prepared touting the admin..>> view originalMiami Beach to lose billions from alcohol ban; no reduction in crime ...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Go ahead, picture Ocean Drive at 2 a.m. Think of the loud music, the traffic and the familiar sight of tourists and locals knocking back drinks. People travel around the world to be a part of that scene. On Nov. 7, Miami Beach residents will be able to vote on a referendum that would terminate the sale of alcoholic beverages from Fifth to 15th streets on Ocean Drive at 2 a.m., instead of 5 a.m. Miami Beach Mayor P..>> view originalMiami Hurricanes' defense aims to reach high standard at Duke
Miami Hurricanes defensive lineman RJ McIntosh (80), defensive lineman Joe Jackson (99) and linebacker Zach McCloud (53) celebrate a sack of Toledo Rockets quarterback Logan Woodside (11) at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on September 23, 2017. (Allen Eyestone / The Palm Beach Post)[Miami offense meets stiff test in Duke D] [Miami recalls The Return, two years later] [UM confirms FBI looking at basketball program] CORAL GABLES — Manny Diaz was enjoying a bye week on the night of Oc..>> view originalIrma battered South Florida. Now at least one part of the state might ...
Sixteen days after Hurricane Irma bulldozed a path across the Florida Keys, leaving a trail of steamy misery, roadside trash piles growing by the day, and a foot of water on his first floor, Capt. Steven Friedman stood on the bow of his boat in Florida Bay marveling at what he saw before him. Happy, oblivious, rolling tarpon gorging on a shrimp hatch in a browning mat of dead seagrass. Friedman grabbed a rod, made a few casts and hooked a tarpon. Then, after a few jumps and a valiant struggle,..>> view originalRemembering Miami's Playboy Club in the Wake of Hugh Hefner's ...
Most people won't remember him for running a club in Miami. But the Magic City was home to the first satellite location of the original Playboy Club, opening in 1961, just a year after the Chicago establishment debuted.The venue, located at NW 79th Street and Biscayne Boulevard, sat right on the Intracoastal and promised South Florida men all the benefits of its northern counterpart: drinks, dining, live entertainment, and, most important, loads of women parading around in bunny ears and tails.T..>> view originalLawsuit: Poor defendants left to represent themselves after judge ...
It all started with a speeding ticket. It was the day before Lazaro Rodriguez’s 55th birthday, and what began with an ordinary citation escalated into an arrest after Rodriguez, bickered with Miami police and was charged with threatening and resisting an officer. Though Rodriguez, a non-English speaker, was appointed legal representation, Miami-Dade Criminal Court Judge Andrew Hague removed his public defender after the prosecution dropped the felony charge, dropped one of two misdemeanor cha..>> view original
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Nude swimmer survives a rare shark attack on Miami-Dade beach and other top stories.
Nude swimmer survives a rare shark attack on Miami-Dade beach
Something rare happened this weekend at Haulover Beach — so rare that it has only occurred 15 times in recorded history in Miami-Dade coastal waters. A shark bit a swimmer. And, though nobody seems to be counting, it also appears to be the first recorded shark attack on a nude beach in South Florida. Elvin Lanza, 44, was taken to Aventura Hospital for surgery Sunday after nasty bites to both legs but is expected to recover. The attack by the shark — identified as a bull by some observers but i..>> view originalPlenty of All-Star tickets still available in Miami
Baseball’s All-Star party coming to Miami for the first time was supposed to be a ticket scalper’s dream. So far, not so much. With just a few hours before the Home Run Derby — featuring feared sluggers Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge — there appear to be plenty of tickets available for purchase both officially and on the secondary market. At 3:30 p.m. (coverage of the Derby is at 8 on ESPN) there were big enough patches of tickets where one could get nine seats together (the maximum search a..>> view originalChris Sale gets a Miami All-Star homecoming of his own, starts for AL
Chris Sale may have attended high school in the middle of the state, but the Boston Red Sox ace pitcher played his college ball at Florida Gulf Coast and now has a home a few hours drive across the Tamiami Trail from Marlins Park. As much as Tuesday’s All-Star Game is a homecoming of sorts for the likes of Yasmandi Grandal, Marcell Ozuna and Giancarlo Stanton, Miami is close enough to Naples to count Sale in as well. And, since he will be the starting pitcher for the American League team, it’s ..>> view originalArts camp lets children create their own worlds
Orlee Spier has created "a little world inside a box." At the Ivy Arts for Kids camp on Thursday, Orlee's little world looks a lot like her bedroom. It has a tiny bed made of felt, sitting in one corner of a cardboard box. Along one wall are buttons, which stand in for the lights. A miniature mobile hangs in one corner. The theme for the camp — the third session of Ivy Tech's summer art program for children — is "Home Sweet Home," so Orlee's bedroom fits the mold fairly well. Lina Mei Johanson,..>> view originalTeenage boy on friend's porch killed in Miami Gardens drive by ...
A teenage boy sitting on his friend’s porch was killed in a drive by shooting Monday afternoon in Miami Gardens. Miami Gardens city spokeswoman Petula Burks said police are investigating the scene, near Northwest 207th Street and 29th Avenue. Miami Gardens police sources said the teenager was taken to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, where Burks said he later died from his wounds. Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho tweeted that the victim, 17, was “gunned down in broad daylig..>> view originalNeed some canine affection? New law lets therapy dogs into courts ...
Even with her best friend at her side, Jenette Alen could not shake the nervousness she felt as she walked into the Miami-Dade Children’s Courthouse the morning of June 30th. The judge was going to determine if Alen, 19, was going to graduate from drug court the following week or not, based on her progress. Uneasy about the judge’s decision, Alen and her friend took the stairs up to the waiting area outside of her courtroom, only to find a thigh-high ginger-colored dog wagging her tail and wea..>> view originalMarlins deny report they have deal with Mas; Manfred addresses ...
The Marlins on Monday night denied a Forbes report that they’ve reached an agreement to sell the team to Miami businessman Jorge Mas. “There’s no agreement reached with anyone,” Marlins president David Samson said. The Mas group indicated they have no agreement to buy the team. Mas remains very interested and has spoken to owner Jeffrey Loria but is still doing due diligence. “We are continuing to do our work and Jorge remains excited about the prospect of owning the team,” an official involve..>> view originalHe was a World Series hero for the Marlins, and now he's bankrupt
Livan Hernandez, one of the most popular pitchers in Miami Marlins history, has just filed for bankruptcy, according to court papers. The two-time MLB All Star, 42, filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in federal court in Fort Lauderdale. While the case is in its infancy and shows no precise numbers, Hernandez declared owing up to $1 million to as many as 50 creditors. Hernandez’s paperwork shows that his debts are mainly consumer-style IOUs to businesses like credit card companies Capital One, Chas..>> view originalRiley happy team mostly back, addresses multiple issues
Heat president Pat Riley addressed a bunch of issues Monday: • “I’m excited about it. I’m glad we could bring [most of the team back].... I think the team deserves a chance to grow organically. We’ll see if the 30-11 is smoke and mirrors or if that’s the reality.... Not having Dion really hurt us even though we won four of our last five games.” • He said this team should be eyeing homecourt in the first round: “They should be competing for that, thinking in those terms. I look at Cleveland as t..>> view originalPadres lefty Brad Hand is back in Miami as an All-Star and a trade ...
MIAMI -- Over the last 16 months the San Diego Padres have turned a waiver claim into one of baseball's most valuable trade chips at the 2017 deadline.Left-hander Brad Hand, who was poached from the Marlins at the end of spring training last year, is back in Miami this week for the 2017 All-Star Game. He's become a dominant reliever in San Diego and owns a 2.71 ERA with 171 strikeouts in 136 1/3 innings with the Padres since coming over in that waiver claim."I feel like I've found something ..>> view original
Friday, September 22, 2017
Dolphins don't just think they're going to win close games — they ... and other top stories.
Dolphins don't just think they're going to win close games — they ...
The Dolphins set a franchise record Sunday by winning a game decided by seven points or fewer for the ninth consecutive time, providing more evidence that last year’s run of close victories was no fluke. Number crunchers say that over a long enough time line, those results even out, that teams lose as many one-score games as they win. But the Dolphins don’t believe that. Clyde Christensen said in the spring that the Dolphins’ formula for success is sustainable, and until they lose a few of tho..>> view originalShooting kills another member of King Carter's family. At 24, another ...
Tawana Akins has to bury another nephew. Her fourth. After losing 6-year-old King Carter last year when a stray bullet struck him in the chest as he went to buy candy, her family is mourning 24-year-old Ralph Carr, who was shot dead outside his Liberty City apartment as he walked to his car to pick up his girlfriend from work the morning of Sept. 15. “It’s a vicious cycle,” Akins, a Miami-Dade schoolteacher, said Thursday evening. “I’m tired of my family members not being able to grow up and ha..>> view originalMiami Music Trends That Need to Die Now
We don't have falling leaves or cooler temperatures to announce the arrival of fall, but the days do get shorter, and with that come longer nights and the chance to head out on the town and enjoy the Magic City's world-famous nightlife. Miami is well known as a club kid's mecca, but over the past few years, the tent has widened to include music of all genres. The opening of venues such as the Ground and events like the Listening Den signal Miami's increasing commitment to becoming a metropolitan..>> view originalNewsy Miami Dolphins notes leading up to Friday's practice
Clearing out the notebook (actually I dispensed with notebooks long ago and now use my phone instead) before the last significant Miami Dolphins practice of the week begins Friday afternoon: The Dolphins linebacker room is an interesting place these days. Yes, obviously, Lawrence Timmons caused a lot of commotion around the team last week when he went AWOL. That was ... interesting. So the Dolphins are getting nothing out of Timmons and they’re getting nothing out of Rey Maualuga, either. Maual..>> view originalJohn Denney helped shape the future of the NFL Tuesday night ...
More than a dozen current and former NFL players unamimously decided late Tuesday to keep DeMaurice Smith as the executive director of the NFL Players Association. Dolphins long snapper John Denney was one of the select few — and he explained to the Miami Herald Thursday why he ultimately decided Smith deserves another term. “‘De’ did a self review of his past, mixed with his experience,” Denney said. “He was here with us through the last lockout, so I think that experience is also key going fo..>> view originalJoe Biden endorses Annette Taddeo with robocall to Miami-Dade ...
Just how important is a win next week for Florida Democrats in the competitive special election for a state Senate seat in Miami-Dade County? Important enough that former Vice President Joe Biden recorded a campaign call for Annette Taddeo in an effort to give a late boost to the Democrat’s candidacy against Republican state Rep. Jose Felix Diaz. Taddeo’s campaign announced Biden’s endorsement — and the phone call he recorded for her — on Thursday afternoon, five days before the District 40 ele..>> view originalWill Hurricane Irma's near miss sink Miami real estate prices?
After a nerve-racking week of waiting and watching, South Florida was spared the worst of Hurricane Irma’s 185 mph winds. It’s too soon to tell if Irma will have any substantial impact on South Florida real estate. Empirical evidence will take a few months to show whether the storm scared away potential buyers in significant numbers But the images of the storm’s destruction beamed around the world could have a chilling effect on the local real estate market, which relies heavily on foreign and ..>> view originalMiami Dolphins: How Ja'Wuan James overpowered, dominated ...
This is the Ja’Wuan James the Miami Dolphins want to see. (Photo by Cliff McBride/Getty Images) DAVIE — The tape is beautiful to watch, if you are an offensive line coach. There is Ja’Wuan James, the Miami Dolphins right tackle, doing everything right against Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram, two of the premier pass rushers in the NFL. “Probably the best game that he’s played since we’ve been here,” Dolphins coach Adam Gase gushed Thursday. This was James at his best. This was James living up to his..>> view originalMedical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Downtown Dadeland
When Florida's anti-pot lobby, the Drug Free Florida Committee, tried to scare Floridians away from legalizing medical marijuana for cancer and AIDS patients, the group warned that pot patients would be forced to buy their weed from unshowered "budtenders" with Bob Marley tattoos.In reality, Miamians are now getting their medicinal pot at sleek dispensaries run by former CEOs and wealthy farm owners who have made large campaign contributions to political candidates. Today, one South Florida firm..>> view originalNo. 14 Miami returns to field, taking on Toledo
Toledo (3-0) at No. 14 Miami (1-0), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (Raycom) Line: Miami by 13. Series record: Miami leads, 1-0 WHAT'S AT STAKE Miami returns to the field after one game was cancelled and another was postponed because of the impact of Hurricane Irma. Awaiting the Hurricanes is a high-octane Toledo offense, one that rallied from a 28-7 deficit to beat Tulsa 54-51 last week. KEY MATCHUP Toledo WRs Cody Thompson and Diontae Johnson vs. Miami's secondary. Thompson has 391 receiving yards..>> view original
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