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A tweeting twit could trash Miami trial

Billy Corben, the 33-year-old Miami filmmaker who tweeted mostly silly musings from his cell phone during his jury service, tells me right away what he thinks of my “what were you thinking?” phone call to him.“There’s nothing more important for you to ... »

Robert A. Connell, America’s Cup sailor, dies after heart attack

Robert A. “Bob’’ Connell, a sea-going adventurer who competed in five America’s Cups, fell in love with sailboat racing as a youngster on Long Island Sound.Still a teenager, he was “noticed by the right people’’ and tapped to crew on the Cup yacht Weat... »

Full Miami trolley service launches downtown

Ding, ding. Get on board. The long-awaited, long-debated trolley is here, and getting around downtown Miami and Brickell should now get a whole lot easier. Starting at 6:30 a.m. Friday, the city of Miami will launch its free downtown rubber-tire trolle... »

“Significant” UM medical school cutbacks coming in May

University of Miami President Donna Shalala announced Tuesday that the medical school will take “difficult and painful but necessary steps” next month to reduce costs, including staffing, primarily in “unfunded research and administrative areas.”In a l... »

Teen who lost sister in DUI crash uses social media to get community support at driver’s bond hearing

With the song Gravity playing in the background, Breeann Marie Camacho took a deep breath.The 16-year-old turned on her computer’s web cam, closed her tear-filled eyes and told herself she was ready to address the world about the April 13 crash that ki... »

Miami’s “Queen of United Way” earns national honor

Sue Miller was just honoring a dying friend’s request when she became a trustee of the United Way of Miami-Dade, filling her friend’s position, some 30 years ago.“I didn’t know the first thing about fundraising,” she said.Miller, whose late husband Leo... »

Good Samaritan haunted over crash that killed 13-year-old girl

School textbooks, colored markers and No. 2 pencils sat forlornly in the street. A few minutes before, the supplies belonged to sisters on their way to school. Now, all that remains is death, devastation — and the heartache of a stranger who held a 13-... »

Ex-Miami-Dade Judge Margarita Esquiroz, a 1962 Operation Pedro Pan arrival, dead at 67

Former Miami-Dade Judge Circuit Margarita Esquiroz, who served 28 years on the bench and was among the first Hispanic jurists elected in South Florida, died on Tuesday of complications from cancer. She was 67. Esquiroz, who retired in 2010, began her c... »

Jackson Health System chairman “extremely offended” by UM comments

In a sign of growing tensions between two of Miami-Dade’s biggest institutions, the chairman of Jackson Health System told county commissioners on Tuesday that he was “extremely offended” by the recent comments of a University of Miami executive who bl... »

Decades-old Society Cab taxi company fighting for survival

In the three decades Clyde Bain has spent driving a green-and-black Society Cab through some of Miami’s roughest neighborhoods, he has heard the mayday call — anytime a driver is in trouble — at least two dozen times. Now Society Cab may be facing its ... »

Jackson Health System shows a surplus, as UM “streamlines” operations

Jackson Health System showed a $6.2 million surplus in March and similarly positive results are likely to be “the rule rather than the exception” in coming months, Chief Executive Carlos Migoya said Monday.At the same time, the University of Miami medi... »

Dr. Alonso Portuondo, who helped treat and research rheumatic diseases in Miami and Cuba, dies at 94

Dr. Alonso Portuondo, who dedicated his professional career in Miami and Cuba to the study and treatment of arthritis and other rheumatic diseases, died Friday of a stroke. He was 94.Portuondo was born Jan. 27, 1918, in Havana, where he grew up. As a y... »

Bal Harbour philanthropist and master bridge player

Frances Gordon, a Bal Harbour master bridge player and philanthropist who gave extensively to Jackson Memorial Hospital, died April 2 of complications from a stroke. She was 86.A decade ago, Gordon established the Frances Fields/Gordon/Galley Foundatio... »

Thousands including parade grand marshal Chaz Bono celebrate Miami Beach Gay Pride

Even a seasoned activist like Chaz Bono was impressed by the tens of thousands of men, women and children who turned out Sunday for the fourth annual Miami Beach Gay Pride parade. “A really diverse group of people: people with kids; straight people; pe... »

Beach High and UM law grad defends Narcy Novack in murder case

Howard Tanner went from champion debater at Miami Beach High to handling some of the thorniest criminal cases in New York, involving killers, hardened criminals and cops accused of corruption.His most recent high-profile case involves defending a Brook... »

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