See it Like a Native

Sunny side up: Miami-Dade options for breakfast, brunch

Miami-Dade has plenty of options for a quick weekday breakfast or a liesurely Sunday brunch.

Hollywood

Hollywood police identify victims of deadly shooting in front of home

Hollywood police on Wednesday continued to search for the killer of two men found dead on the street.

wildlife

Brown pelicans found in Lower Keys with pouches slashed

Miami-Dade County

Miami-Dade commissioners could green-light soccer stadium talks

Florida mom accused of inhaling nitrous oxide from whipped cream can with 1-year-old son in car

Obamacare enrollment in Florida: 17,908 and counting

Miami’s Top Five: What you should know Wednesday

1. The lack of mortgages in South Florida — from cash real estate deals as well as foreclosures ...

HOMESTEAD

South Florida biologist recovering from rattlesnake bite

Joe Wasilewski spent 8 days in ICU after an Eastern diamondback rattler bit him while he was cleaning its c...

Crude oil, gasoline prices fall; Metals end mixed

Crude oil and wholesale gasoline prices fell Wednesday after the U.S. reported a big increase in supplies.

NY drug addict who ran cancer scam pleads guilty

A suburban New York woman who raised thousands of dollars falsely claiming she had cancer has pleaded guilt...

Judges hear former U.Va. lacrosse player's appeal

The Court of Appeals of Virginia is weighing a request for a new trial by a former University of Virginia l...

NYPD: Parents questioned in death of 4-month-old

Police are questioning the parents of a 4-month-old boy who died soon after being brought to a New York Cit...

Prosecutor: no domestic charges against Zimmerman

Prosecutors say they will not file domestic violence charges against George Zimmerman after his girlfriend ...

Stocks slump following disappointing earnings

Stocks are falling on Wall Street as traders react to disappointing earnings from U.S. companies.

Bio Channel to be rebranded as FYI next summer

A&E; Networks says its Bio Channel will be going through big changes next summer.

Gays seek inclusion at Vietnamese parade

A Southern California city is gearing up for a heated debate over a Vietnamese new year's parade that would...

For Mexican town, fears linger over theft of radioactive cobalt-60

On Dec. 2, gunmen at a gas station commandeered a private truck that was carrying a heavy piece of cancer-...

U.S. halts aid shipments to Syrian rebels after Islamists seize warehouses

The United States suspended shipments of non-lethal military aid to the Syrian rebels Wednesday after Isla...

Ukraine's president is a political survivor

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has a history of being humiliated, most memorably in the 2004 Orange ...

Argentine looting toll: 10 dead, $90 million lost

Argentina's Cabinet chief is declaring an end to police strikes and scattered looting, but some violence co...

UN: Major offensive begins vs. other Congo rebels

United Nations officials say a major offensive has begun against a Rwanda-linked rebel group in eastern Con...

UN commander in Congo warns rebels: Disarm or else

The commander of the U.N. peacekeepers in Congo called a news conference to warn the FDLR rebels still ensc...

Witness at UK hacking trial: Brooks, Morgan joked

A witness has told Britain's phone hacking trial that she overheard tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks and her r...

Ukrainian leader offers talks, protesters say no

Opposition leaders in Ukraine rejected President Viktor Yanukovych's offer of talks Wednesday, saying they ...

See it Like a Native

Sunny side up: Miami-Dade options for breakfast, brunch

Miami-Dade has plenty of options for a quick weekday breakfast or a liesurely Sunday brunch.

Seven-day menu planner

Plan your meals a week at a time or pick and choose your favorites. Each meal comes with a shopping list.

Carolyn Hax

Carolyn Hax: Family has endless obsessions about weight

Dear Carolyn: Each and every member of my immediate family views thinness as the absolute key measure of su...

Wine

As wine fakers get sharper, industry fights back

An FBI agent recently showed Arnaud de Laforcade a file with several labels supposedly from 1947 bottles of...

Dessert

Easy entertaining with a flourless chocolate cake

The problem with holiday potlucks is the travel factor.

WISH BOOK

Wish Book: After bout with cancer, 2-year-old in Little Havana would like to attend Doral preschool

A child diagnosed with synovial sarcoma adds to the burden of an already financially-strapped family.

Chew on this

At breakfast, think outside the (cereal) box

Diabetes

Early intervention is key for diabetic foot issues

In January, Jose Mella, 55, of Miami noticed a blister on the bottom of his right foot.

Miami-Dade High School roundup

Rivals Ransom Everglades, Gulliver Prep prove equals in boys’ soccer

Rivals Ransom Everglades and Gulliver Prep proved to be evenly matched in a 0-0 tie Tuesday night at Robert...

Football | American Heritage vs. Green Cove Springs Clay

American Heritage coach Mike Rumph wants to build consistent success

First-year coach Mike Rumph wants to build the American Heritage Patriots into a perennial football power, ...

Panthers 3, Red Wings 2 (SO, 2-1)

Florida Panthers again shoot down Detroit Red Wings

Brad Boyes’ goal in the shootout gave the Panthers their second victory against the Red Wings in fou...

In My Opinion

Armando Salguero: Miami Dolphins not dwelling on the past with New England Patriots

The New England Patriots have beaten the Dolphins seven consecutive times. In the past decade, they have do...

Pacers 90, Heat 84

Miami Heat fades in second half, falls to Indiana Pacers

After a big first quarter, the Heat fell flat against a charged-up Pacers team in a fired-up arena, as Indi...

MIAMI MARLINS

Miami Marlins trade Logan Morrison to Mariners in exchange for reliever

The Marlins have reached a deal to trade injury-plagued first baseman Logan Morrison to Seattle in exchange...

Local roundup

Henrik Wiersholm, Stefan Kozlov move on at Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships

Henrik Wiersholm and Stefan Kozlov could probably be tearing their way through the 16-and-under division of...

UM women’s basketball | Caprice Dennis

Caprice Dennis’ family continues to expand with UM women’s basketball team

UM Caprice Dennis initially committed to Kansas, but visited UM and fell in love. She especially enjoyed th...

La vida local

Bobby Flay won’t make SoBe Wine and Food Fest, opens Bobby’s Burger Palace at Dadeland Mall

La vida local

Baseling with ‘Titanic’ actor Billy Zane

Radar

Hot stuff celebrities love

Christopher Radko knows Christmas. Known for its attention to detail and handcrafted workmanship, the North...

The calendar

Calling all Miami HEAT fans! Head to Tarpon Bend Food & Tackle for the official 2013 Miami Heat Road Rally ...

Scene in the Tropics

Hilton sisters, Adrian Grenier round out star-studded Basel weekend

As seen on TV

‘Sing off’ host Nick Lachey in perfect harmony

La vida local

Demi Lovato a headliner at Y100 Jingle Ball

Celebrity birthdays on Dec 9

International Trade

Trade through the Miami Customs District expected to fall in 2013 for the first time since 2009

South Florida trade is down more than 2 percent through the first nine months of the year in the customs di...

GUANTANAMO

‘Forever’ prisoner’s plea for release from Guantánamo stuck in inter-agency process

Three weeks after the first Obama era parole-board hearing at Guantánamo, a step toward realizing the ...

GUANTANAMO PRISON CAMP

U.S. move to repatriate Guantánamo detainees to Algeria draws U.N. criticism

United Nations experts on torture and human rights express concern over the fate of a Guantánamo detai...

CUBA

Cuban police detain dozens of dissidents on human rights anniversary

The detentions appear to have increased because of the growing number of opposition activities planned to m...

Venezuela

Venezulea municipal race stymies opposition hopes

Venezuela’s opposition was hoping to make gains in Sunday’s municipal race. Instead, the gove...

CUBA

Cuban dissidents call for protests and gatherings to mark International Human Rights Day on Tuesday

Despite several warnings by the Cuban government that it will not allow any disruptions, the Ladies in Whit...

Oppenheimer

Secretary of State Kerry reaches out to Venezuela after elections

Secretary of State John Kerry tackles Venezuelan elections, NSA spying allegations, Cuba’s detention...

Colombia

Thousands gather in Bogota to defend deposed mayor

The mayor of Colombia’s capital was ordered to step down due to last year’s garbage crisis. G...

POLITICS

New documents show another degree controversy dogs Scott's chief of staff

Gov. Rick Scott’s chief of staff, Adam Hollingsworth, received his communications degree in 2009 &#x...

When state dollars don’t pay dividends

After receiving more than $700,000 in economic incentives from the state, a Bradenton ambulance production ...

Gov. Rick Scott’s ‘lost’ jobs

The untold chapter in Gov. Rick Scott’s jobs story: the thousands of lost jobs in every sector and reg...

Marc Caputo: Hollingsworth’s lie about PR degree bad spin for Gov. Rick Scott

JOBS IN FLORIDA: THE RICK SCOTT RECORD

Gov. Rick Scott boasts about creating new jobs, but the numbers tell a far different story

Gov. Rick Scott campaigned in 2010 on a promise to create 700,000 jobs, but the jobs he can most directly d...

HEALTHCARE

Nurse education expansion creates failing programs

Florida lawmakers hoping to stave off a nurse shortfall has opened the door for second-rate schools.

HOMESTEAD

Homestead may pull plug on land deal with tarnished Dade Medical College boss

Homestead chose Dade Medical College as the new centerpiece of its downtown — but now the city has h...

JOBS IN FLORIDA: THE RICK SCOTT RECORD

Case study: A jobs promise that faded

Two years after the Colt Manufacturing Company promised to bring 63 jobs to the state, the jobs are still n...

Actor Christopher Evan Welch dies at 48

Christopher Evan Welch, the actor whose roles on New York stages led to a series of film and television rol...

Tuskegee airman William Booker dead at 90

One of the first black military aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen, William L. Booker, has died at the a...

Jazz guitar master Jim Hall dies at 83

Jim Hall, one of the leading jazz guitarists of the modern era, whose subtle technique, lyrical sound and i...

Rabin, popular Wis. music conductor, dies at 97

Marvin Rabin, a music conductor who founded youth orchestras in Wisconsin and Massachusetts and whose stude...

Decatur musician who inspired others dead at 68

Ella Wyker Martin said she will never forget the late-August day in 1972 when her brother, John D. Wyker II...

Betty Quadracci, co-founder of Quad/Graphics, dies

Quad/Graphics Inc. co-founder Betty Quadracci, who also was president of Milwaukee Magazine and a champion ...

'Sound of Music' actress Eleanor Parker dies at 91

Longtime high school teacher Evelyn Counts dies in Coconut Grove

International Trade

Trade through the Miami Customs District expected to fall in 2013 for the first time since 2009

South Florida trade is down more than 2 percent through the first nine months of the year in the customs di...

BauerFinancial gives 18 Miami-Dade and Broward banks its top rating; five banks earns lowest rating

In still another sign of a strengthening economy, 18 Miami-Dade and Broward banks received five stars - the...

DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT

Related Group paid $104 million for 444 Brickell Ave. site

Related Group in a joint venture with GTIS Partners paid $104 million for the 444 Brickell site where it pl...

Polaroid Fotobar to open at the Falls on Sunday

Polaroid Fotobar said that it is opening its first Miami-Dade store at the Falls on Sunday, which will be i...

Obamacare enrollment in Florida: 17,908 and counting

TOURISM

Fort Lauderdale tops list of lowest travel taxes

Once again, Fort Lauderdale can claim bragging rights as a top hotel market with the lowest travel taxes.

REAL ESTATE

South Florida trailing in consumer debt

A lack of mortgages has South Florida trailing the pack when it comes to consumer debt.

WORK/LIFE BALANCING ACT

Gift-giving in the workplace: Proceed with caution

One day in the company lunchroom, Jason Ibarra and his co-workers had a conversation about what they were g...