http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Today's Top Stories 60 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:10:11 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672968.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672968.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:29 EDT University of Miami defensive tackle Antonio Dixon said there is no reason to be afraid of big, bad Tim Tebow. Cornerback Bruce Johnson said there is no reason to worry about fifth-ranked Florida having too much speed for the Hurricanes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671209.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671209.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:24 EDT Five farm bosses have pleaded guilty to a scheme to enslave Mexican and Guatemalan nationals as agricultural workers in southwest Florida, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672089.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672089.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:05 EDT Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force strained by two wars. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671182.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671182.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:47 EDT McLEAN, Va. -- A former Florida professor once accused of being a leading Palestinian terrorist has been released from custody after more than five years. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672844.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672844.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:16 EDT Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti acknowledged to the parents of a murdered deputy Thursday that his agency's failure to follow its own policies set the stage for the ambush slaying of their son, Todd Fatta. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672836.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672836.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:16 EDT Florida tomato growers will take their show on the road this fall to Miami and other key markets along the East Coast, in an effort to restore public confidence eroded by this summer's salmonella outbreak. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672884.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672884.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:14 EDT A former aide to Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff stands accused of skirting ethics rules over a fence he built for a neighborhood park. Not for building the fence -- but for trying to bill the city for the work. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672983.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672983.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:14 EDT Jamel Lee Smith was arraigned Thursday on charges of aggravated manslaughter in connection with the July death of a 2-month-old boy he was baby-sitting. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672985.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/672985.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:14 EDT U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen will speak to a local Venezuelan-American activist group Friday as part of a congressional candidate speaker series. The organization, Independent Venezuelan American Citizens, works to encourage more Venezuelan expatriates to participate in local elections. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/670551.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/670551.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:27 EDT Republican presidential nominee John McCain begins his final drive for the White House with a jump-start from running mate Sarah Palin that cast the 72-year-old senator as the obvious choice for a nation hungry for change. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/669693.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/669693.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:55 EDT Walking up to Red Light, the funky diner attached to Motel Blu on Miami's Upper East Side, the hungry customer might be subjected to images of Biscayne Boulevard's sketchier past. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671272.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671272.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:52 EDT Frustrated at the stalemate in negotiations about their raises, Broward County teachers vowed Wednesday to paralyze the school system by working less. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671245.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671245.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:18 EDT Broward Sheriff's Office deputies were involved in two shootings Wednesday night in Tamarac and Oakland Park that left one person dead and two injured. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671210.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671210.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:59 EDT Jesus Perez looked like any crime-scene gawker. Detectives politely shooed him away from the rain-and-blood-soaked Little Havana sidewalk where a homeless man had been stabbed to death. A patrolman even helped Perez, 71, cross the street. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671334.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671334.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:04 EDT A Mexican man convicted of being a member of a smuggling and prostitution ring was sentenced Wednesday in Miami federal court to 15 years in prison. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671263.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671263.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:04 EDT They've seen Juno, the box office hit about a pregnant teen. They've heard Jamie Lynn Spears, sister of Britney, say she was carrying at age 16. They tune in for The Secret Life of the American Teenager, an ongoing ABC drama about a pregnant 15-year-old. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671205.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/671205.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:02 EDT FRED GRIMM fgrimm@MiamiHerald.com Everyone pretended Michael Hernandez was all grown up. Michael said no to the plea deal, and the judge and prosecutor pretended that a mentally disturbed teenager had just rendered the rational decision of a competent adult. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/670930.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/670930.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:02 EDT Flights at South Florida airports were on time more often in July compared to a year ago, and Spirit Airlines had among the biggest complaint files in the nation, according to Transportation Department data released Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/669509.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/669509.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:02 EDT Florida Power & Light customers are likely to see a 7 percent hike in their bills starting in January, if regulators approve the utility's request filed Tuesday for adjustments to fuel costs, conservation measures and preconstruction expenses for new nuclear and solar power plants. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/669520.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-stories/story/669520.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:57 EDT The slow draining down of Lake Okeechobee could begin as early as Wednesday. With three tropical systems looming in the Atlantic Ocean, the Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday it hopes to begin slowing the lake's record-setting rise -- and lowering the potential risk to its aging levee.