Archive for April, 2010

Michael Brewer’s grandmother speaks at conference on teen violence

Michael Brewer’s grandmother speaks at conference on teen violence

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A 15-year-old brutally kicked in the head by another teen wearing steel-toed boots has damage to the left side of her brain, but doctors won't know the extent of that damage until after they bring her out of a medically induced coma, a family attorney said Wednesday.

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Miramar city manager: Fitzroy Salesman abused office while suspended

Miramar city manager: Fitzroy Salesman abused office while suspended

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Former Miramar Commissioner Fitzroy Salesman asserted the privileges of a sitting commissioner while suspended from office and knew he was barred from accepting payment from clients doing business with the city, Miramar City Manager Robert Payton testified Wednesday.

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Haiti receives $5 billion in aid pledges

Haiti receives $5 billion in aid pledges

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From pledges of $100,000 to amounts totaling $1.6 billion, Haiti walked away from a much-anticipated donors conference Wednesday with more than $5 billion in promised aid to help jump-start its post-earthquake rebuilding.

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Former Florida GOP leader Jim Greer under criminal probe

Former Florida GOP leader Jim Greer under criminal probe

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Gov. Charlie Crist's handpicked former GOP chairman is the subject of a criminal probe concerning a secret contract that funneled party money to a consulting company he owned, the party and the state's top law enforcement agency disclosed Wednesday.

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Ruling puts U.S. Sugar-Everglades land buy in peril

Ruling puts U.S. Sugar-Everglades land buy in peril

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The Miami federal judge overseeing Everglades cleanup issued a ruling Wednesday that could prove the final nail in the coffin of Gov. Charlie Crist's controversial Big Sugar land buy — or serve as a judicial kick in the butt to finally seal the much-delayed, twice-downsized deal.

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Miami killer accused of plot to assassinate prosecutors

Miami killer accused of plot to assassinate prosecutors

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Convicted Wednesday of the gruesome torture and murder of a fellow drug dealer, Travis Stubbs is now charged with allegedly plotting the assassinations of the two Miami-Dade prosecutors on his case.

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