Shooting suspect had violent past
Miami Beach man did time in Nevada A convicted felon accused of killing three people at a neighbor's party because the music was loud has a history of violent behavior and had been thrown out of a Broward mall 10 days earlier for harassing an employee. (
BY ASHLEY FANTZ LARRY LEBOWITZ AND ELAINE DE VALLE,
edevalle@herald.com,
06/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
Beach party slayings front-page news in Argentina
The murders in Miami Beach of two Argentine men attending a party early Sunday received wide press coverage here Monday, appearing on the front pages of both major daily newspapers and getting prominent play in radio and television newscasts. (
BY DANIEL A. GRECH,
dgrech@herald.com,
06/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
County officials urge residents to prepare early for hurricanes
Miami-Dade County officials urged residents on Monday to prepare now for the hurricane season and said that a $1 billion, multi-year project to improve drainage and diminish flooding is nearing completion. (
BY MARTIN MERZER,
mmerzer@herald.com,
06/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
Summer school fund drive mostly futile
Under pressure to expand his proposal for Miami-Dade County's summer school program, Superintendent Merrett Stierheim reached out to more than 1,500 businesses, chambers of commerce and government agencies. (
BY MATTHEW I. PINZUR,
mpinzur@herald.com,
06/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
Property values leap in Dade Estimate reaches $129 billion
Fueled by a robust housing market, Miami-Dade County's property tax rolls registered double-digit growth this past year, according to a preliminary estimate released Monday by the county appraiser's office. (
BY KARL ROSS,
kross@herald.com,
06/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
Teacher vindicated in claim of assault
The Miami-Dade state attorney's office has dropped all charges against Van Waiters, the substitute teacher and former NFL player who was accused of punching a seventh-grader during a classroom alteration. (
BY JENNIFER MALONEY,
jmaloney@herald.com,
06/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
Cops trying to corral Cowboy Bandit
North Miami police are trying to lasso the Cowboy Bandit, who has pulled at least four stick-ups recently at businesses along a mile-long stretch of Biscayne Boulevard. (
BY DAVID OVALLE,
dovalle@herald.com,
06/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
Reporter's ex-fiancé sentenced to 4 years
Miami investigative TV reporter Jilda Unruh has won Emmy awards for her hard-hitting exposés, some of which brought scrutiny and shame upon local politicians. (
BY MICHAEL VASQUEZ,
mrvasquez@herald.com,
06/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
Man charged in rock throwing
The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested a homeless man for allegedly hurling rocks at two passing cars on Interstate 95 over the weekend, seriously injuring one woman and inflicting minor injuries on another. (
By JENNIFER MALONEY,
jmaloney@herald.com,
06/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
Public housing vacancies still high
A yearlong effort to fill more than 1,300 vacancies in county-owned public housing has had scant impact on reducing either the number of empty units or people on the waiting list, Miami-Dade Housing Agency officials say in a report to county commissioners to be released today. (
BY ANDREA ROBINSON,
arobinson@herald.com,
06/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
Pickin' fruit and pickup games
A small jocote tree grows not far from Sweetwater Elementary School, and Monday night before the boys played basketball some of them stopped to pick its fruit. (
BY NICHOLAS SPANGLER,
nspangler@herald.com,
06/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
In South Florida
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY Storm warning: Prepare for hurricanes County officials urged residents on Monday to prepare now for the hurricane season and said that a $1 billion, multiyear project to improve drainage and diminish flooding is nearing completion. (
06/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
'Loud music' provokes 3 killings Shooting suspect lived upstairs
A man apparently outraged by his neighbors' loud music and late-night partying opened fire on a Miami Beach birthday bash early Sunday, killing three revelers and wounding two others, police said. (
BY KARL ROSS AND ELAINE DE VALLE,
kross@herald.com,
06/02/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
Can the county handle port fires? City officials say Dade is struggling to meet standards for emergencies
Following the deadly engine-room explosion aboard the SS Norway eight days ago, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officers told reporters they were on the scene within a minute of the blast. (
BY KARL ROSS,
kross@herald.com,
06/02/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
Dade delegation's harmony brings dividends for county
Miami-Dade's lawmakers in the state capital, sometimes a fractious lot, forged a camaraderie this year that enabled them, in the midst of the toughest budget year in a decade, to bring home money for several key projects and stave off cuts in critical areas. (
BY NICOLE WHITE AND LESLEY CLARK,
nwhite@herald.com,
06/02/2003 09:03 AM EDT)
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A story published Tuesday in the Miami Metro section did not make clear...
A story published Tuesday in the Miami Metro section did not make clear that the city of Miami purchased land for the Model City Community Revitalization District Trust last year with $1.8 million in federal money earmarked for the trust. The land was bought on the recommendation of Gwendolyn Warren, who oversaw the trust projects first as director of the city's Department of Community Development, and later as executive director of the Trust. (
05/29/2003 11:01 PM EDT)
An article on the front page of Wednesday's Herald failed to specify...
An article on the front page of Wednesday's Herald failed to specify the time frame in a medical study involving women over 65 taking hormone therapy. The study tracked 4,532 women over four years. During that period, there were 40 cases of dementia among the women who had taken the hormones, and 21 cases in the placebo group. On an annual rate, that would mean that for every 10,000 women, 45 new cases of dementia would develop, of which 23 of those cases involved those taking hormones. (
05/29/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
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