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Another Air Controller Naps; FAA Revising Work Schedules

WASHINGTON -- Another case of an air traffic controller falling asleep on duty - this time in Miami - prompted the Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday to acknowledge it has a widespread problem with fatigue and to institute changes in controllers' work schedules. "We are taking important steps today that will make...

Home Price Declines Deepen in Major US Markets

NEW YORK -- Damage from the housing bust is spreading to areas once thought to be immune. In at least 14 major U.S. metro areas, prices have fallen to 2003 levels - when the housing bubble was just starting to inflate. Prices will likely drop further this year, making many people reluctant to buy or sell. That would push...

Mother of Twins Found in Toxic Fla. Truck Charged

MIAMI -- Police say the mother of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in a toxic truck in Florida three weeks ago has been charged with murder. The Miami-Dade Police Department said Saturday that Carmen Barahona has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Nubia Barahona. The girl was found in the back of...

Human Bones Found in Florida Yard Date Back 2,400 Years

When a woman digging in her yard on the Florida Keys last fall turned up a jawbone and part of a human skull, detectives immediately could tell the bones had been there a while -- "possibly as long as 75 years," the sheriff's office said at the time. Now the Monroe County Medical Examiner's office said the results of...

111 Charged in Medicare Scams Worth $225 Million

MIAMI -- Federal authorities charged more than 100 doctors, nurses and physical therapists in nine cities with Medicare fraud Thursday, part of a massive nationwide bust that snared more suspects than any other in history. More than 700 law enforcement agents fanned out to arrest dozens of people accused of illegally...

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THE HUFFINGTON POST

Naked Cannibal Shot Dead By Police In Miami

This is grisly so you may not want to read it.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - CULTURE

Satirist Writes 'Bonfire Of The Vanities' -Take On Miami

Oscar Corral thought someone was yanking his chain the day the phone rang at The Miami Herald newsroom and a soft-spoken voice with just a hint of southern drawl said: "Oscar Corral, this is Tom Wolfe."

THE HUFFINGTON POST - STYLE

Maria Tettamanti: Back off the Rest of the United States, Miami Girls Aren't Tacky. You're Just Jealous.

If I had a quarter for every time I heard, "Miami girls are so tacky," I would be rich.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Representan minorÃas mÃ¡s de la mitad de nacimientos en Estados Unidos

JANUARY 22: A group of women and children walk down a street in a predominantly Latin American immigrant section of the community of Westlake on January 22, 2003 in Los Angeles, California.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

PHOTOS: Miley Wears See-Through Skirt In Miami Beach

Miley Cyrus is much braver than the rest of us, but then, she's not one to shy away from showing off her legs -- even, it seems, in knitwear.

Miami News From the Web

05/30/12 Miami Street Renamed After Late Miami Police Sergeant Source: CBS - Miami A section of a Miami street was renamed Wednesday in honor of late Miami police Sgt. Angel Calzadilla.
05/30/12 Rudy Eugene: Rescue of homeless man whose face was... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK The homeless man whose face was eaten off by the Miami cannibal during a horrific 18-minute attack was still conscious and moving his arms when he was dramatically rescued by paramedics.
05/30/12 Victim of Miami face-chewing attack identified Source: USA Today It is being called one of this city's goriest crimes: A naked man was on top of another nude man along a busy highway, biting into the man's face, tearing it to pieces.
05/30/12 Even Mickey Can't Beat Miami in a Tight Race for the... Source: Broadcast Newsroom SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/30/12 -- Tagged, the social network for meeting new people, today announced the results of its friendship index for the state of Florida, with Miami residents coming in as the friendliest Floridians.
05/30/12 Coupled Up: Knicks Baller J.R. Smith And Piff-Puffin'... Source: Bossip Sources tell us that the "We Found Love" singer has found another tattooed bad boy to stoke her considerable passion: New York Knick J.R. Smith .

Background on Miami

Miami ( or ) is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625. The 42nd largest city proper in the United States, with a population of 408,568, it is the principal, central, and most populous city of the South Florida metropolitan area, and the most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States.

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