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Meet 2 doctors who broke barriers in Miami
Dr. Dazelle Simpson became Miami's first black female pediatrician in 1953 after graduating from the top of her class from Meharry Medical College. The Miami Herald captured the event, its headline reading, "First Negro Woman ...
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Rauch designated for assignment Below recalled
Email MIAMI -- The Marlins, looking to shake things up during a rough stretch, made a couple of roster moves following Friday's 9-2 loss to the D-backs at Marlins Park. Reliever Jon Rauch, 34, was designated for assignment, and lefty reliever Duane Below was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans. Miami has dropped six straight, and Rauch allowed two runs on four hits in one inning in ...
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Koehler eyes first Major League victory
The Marlins will send right-hander Tom Koehler to the mound for his second start of the season and the third start of his career when they play the second game of a three-game set against the D-backs at Marlins Park on Saturday. The 26-year-old Koehler was pitching out of the bullpen before manager Mike Redmond decided a change needed to be made to his rotation and slated the rookie for a start ...
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Wade Shows Up At Girls Prom
Nicole Muxo said she asked out Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade to her senior prom because he s her favorite basketball player and she thinks he's a positive role model for a lot of people. She said she first asked Wade to come to ...
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Heat Star Dwyane Wade Surprises Coral Gables Teen At Prom
CORAL GABLES (CBS4) -A high school senior got the surprise of a lifetime when Dwyane Wade arrived at her prom. Nicole Muxo, a senior at Archbishop Coleman Carroll, posted a video she on YouTube asking Wade to be her date, but she says she never expected him to actually show up. Just before 9:30 p.m., the Heat star arrived. He said it wasn’t the first time she’d asked him to a ...
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Conn. commuter trains collide 60 go to hospitals
FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five critically injured and one very critically injured, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. There were no reports of ...
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Goldschmidts 2 HRs lead Marlins over D-backs 9-2
Arizona Diamondbacks' Paul Goldschmidt, left, watches after hitting a two-run home run as Miami Marlins catcher Rob Brantly, right, looks on in the first inning during a baseball game in Miami, Friday, May 17, 2013. At right is home plate umpire Adrian Johnson. (AP Photo/Lynne ...
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Last 2 Fla. Democrats to run for governor urge Nelson to run
Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson has said repeatedly that he has no plans to run for governor in 2014.But that hasn't silenced speculation about the possibility of Nelson taking on Republican Gov. Rick Scott next ...
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Former Hialeah Mayor Robaina and wife released on bond in tax-evasion case
Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife, Raiza, wore shackles on their ankles and wrists as a federal magistrate judge granted them bail Friday, after the couple surrendered on charges of evading taxes on potentially millions of dollars in unreported income.Robaina was granted a $250,000 personal surety bond co-signed by his wife, and she was given a $100,000 bond co-signed by him. The ...
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Police seek thieves who stole purebred dog from Miami-Dade shelter
Miami-Dade Animal Services is seeking the public’s help in identifying two people who stole a purebred Belgian Malinois shepherd dog from a county animal shelter on Tuesday.The dog, named Django, is an intact 1-year-old male, according to a news release from Animal Services.Belgian Malinois dogs look much like German Shepherds, but are smaller and more agile. They’re often used as ...
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Man injured in hit-and-run crash
In the upper-right corner of the video, based on BSO's report, it appears the hit-and-run car heads north then quickly turns right into a neighborhood, presumably as the victim laid on the ground out of the camera's ...
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Slowey tagged for three homers in short outing
ARI@MIA: Brantly drives in Marlins' first run of game MIAMI -- Kevin Slowey could not keep the ball in the yard on Friday night. After giving up only four home runs in his first eight starts this season, he surrendered three in three innings during the Marlins' 9-2 series-opening loss to the D-backs at Marlins Park. Slowey took his second consecutive loss, allowing six runs on ...
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Verdict Reached in Trial of Miramar Police Captain
A now 16-year-girl said that a Miramar Police captain made her strip naked and expose her genitalia to prove she was not having sexual intercourse in a parked car as testimony began in his trial Tuesday. The teen, defense attorney Alberto Milian and witness Steven Gaynor Jr. spoke in ...
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Couple Steals Dog From Shelter
The couple stole 1-year-old Django, an intact Belgian Malinois male, from the Miami-Dade Animal Services Shelter on May 14. On Friday, authorities released images of the coupld stealing the ...
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Police search for West Park hit-and-run driver
Broward Sheriff’s deputies were searching for a driver who sped off after striking a pedestrian on State Road 7 in West Park early Friday, leaving the man lying injured in the street. BSO Fire Rescue personnel airlifted 52-year-old Walter James to Memorial Regional Hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition.His condition later stabilized. He had been walking west to east ...
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Father son rescued from swamped airboat in the Everglades
Lt. Fred North, Capt. Tammy Henghold, William and Will Cazanas and Driver/Engineer Richie Krill in the Everglades after William and Will Cazanas were ...
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Injuries forcing constant lineup shuffling
Email MIAMI -- Marlins manager Mike Redmond would rather keep things simple when it comes to his batting order. Ideally, he'd like to run out the same lineup on a daily basis. But injuries and inconsistency have prevented him from doing so. Because of all the adversity the team has faced, Redmond on Friday posted his 41st different lineup in 42 games. "The injuries have really set ...
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Stanton progressing in running program
Email MIAMI -- Pinpointing a target date for Giancarlo Stanton's return remains up in the air. The Marlins' slugger is hopeful to return before the All-Star break, but right now, everything is a guess. Stanton went on the disabled list on April 30 with a strained right hamstring. He has done some hitting in the cages and is playing catch. "I'm hitting and throwing," ...
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Redmond likes Hechavarria in two-hole
Email MIAMI -- In time, the Marlins envision Adeiny Hechavarria as a top-of-the-order-caliber hitter. That time is apparently now. With manager Mike Redmond experimenting with lineups in hopes of finding a combination that clicks, he is batting Hechavarria second. "I like him hitting second," Redmond said. Redmond talked about the 24-year-old shortstop hitting in the two-hole ...
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Ex-Miramar cop convicted for ordering teen to expose herself
A deputy handcuffs retired Miramar police Captain Juan De Los Rios Friday after a jury convicted him of lewd and lascivious conduct for ordering a girl, 15, to expose her ...
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The true story of Pain and Gain victims villains | Video
BOCA RATON— — Nearly two decades ago, rogue bodybuilders abducted Marc Schiller, tortured him for a month, drugged him and loaded him into an SUV. They put the vehicle in gear, slammed it into a concrete post, lit it on fire and then ran over Schiller twice with a Toyota Camry.He ...
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Death penalty system comes under fire as attorneys for condemned killer Van Poyck miss deadline to file appeal
A court-imposed deadline to launch the final round of appeals for condemned prison guard killer William Van Poyck came and went Friday without any papers being filed.Instead, attorneys who were appointed under protest Monday to represent the 58-year-old who is to be executed June 12 for the 1987 shooting death of Glades Correctional Institution guard Fred Griffis, sent an unusual -- if not ...
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Family of man shot by Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy calls for independent investigation
The family of a 36-year-old Royal Palm Beach man shot and wounded by an off-duty deputy last week is calling for an independent investigation of the shooting.Aldo Alvarez, who his family says is mentally handicapped, continues to recover at St. Mary's Medical Center after being shot May 8 outside the Nautica Lakes home of Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy Joshua McGehee. ...
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Gov. Rick Scott asks university presidents to lobby for caps on tuition increases
Florida Governor Rick Scott greets people during a visit to PortMiami as part of the Building Up Manufacturing Victory Tour on May 14, 2013 in Miami, Florida. Gov. Scott is reaching out to an unlikely group — university presidents — to build a campaign against a 3-percent increase in ...
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The prom invite you won’t say ‘no’ to
Imagine you are sitting in a high school classroom and a poker-faced police officer pulls you into the hall. He’s got bad news: Someone has just smacked into your car in the parking lot.And then, when you go outside to the survey the damage, a guy pops out of a car trunk like bread out of a toaster and asks you to the prom.That’s what happened to Natalie Hoberman at Michael Krop ...
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Florida's Exploration Park keeps state ahead
NASA’s new Space Life Sciences Lab and the adjacent Exploration Park, which is still under development, are testaments to Florida’s ongoing leadership in the exploration and understanding of space travel and the world beyond Earth’s stratosphere.
Florida has long been at the forefront of space travel internationally, it is here, at Cape Canaveral, that NASA’s shuttles take to the skies headed for the moon, or, more commonly, the International Space Station. Read more
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