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Feds rise to salvage foreclosed homes
Sentinel Staff WriterOrange County government will buy and fix up as many as 200 foreclosed homes in the next year, and sell them to moderate- and low-income buyers to help clean up neighborhoods worst hit by the mortgage meltdown. A $28 million federal housing grant will...Tags: Mortgages, Waterford, College Park, Florida, Pine Hills
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Hallandale Beach: Man arrested in 3 shootings
A Pembroke Pines man has been arrested in the shootings of two women and a man at a party over the weekend, authorities said. Joel A. McPherson, 28, is accused of shooting the three early Sunday at a banquet hall in the 100 block of Northeast Third...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Hallandale Beach, Crimes, Broward County, Assault
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Buzz Bake Sale tickets on sale Friday
South Florida Sun-SentinelTickets to this year's Buzz Bake Sale go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. The three-stage concert is Dec. 6 at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. The featured bands this year are Red, Saving Abel, Flobots, Hawthorne Heights, Saliva, Atreyu, Shinedown...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Broward County, Tickets
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New e-mails surface in Miami-Dade superintendent scandal
The Associated PressThe new superintendent of Miami-Dade County's public schools who has repeatedly denied having a romantic relationship with a former reporter who covered the district responded with ``love'' to e-mails from the woman, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday....Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Schools
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Man arrested in Hallandale Beach shootings
SunSentinel.comPolice said today a Pembroke Pines man has been arrested in the shootings of two women and a man at a party over the weekend. Joel Anthony McPherson, 28, is accused of shooting the three early Sunday at a banquet hall in the 100 block of Northeast 3rd...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Hallandale Beach, Crimes, Broward County, Assault
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Trooper of the Year named
South Florida Sun-SentinelTrooper Tom Winders was upset when one of two people he pulled from a submerged car didn't survive. "I felt like I had failed, that I wasn't able to help her," Winders said. But his heroic actions last year west of Lake Worth earned him the Florida...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Lake Worth, Florida's Turnpike, Florida, Vehicles
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We think: Orlando's decision on gay-partner benefits is a step forward
The Orlando City Council's decision Monday to give gay domestic-partner benefits to city employees may not be universally popular. But it's the right thing to do. Without the option of marriage in Florida, same-sex couples can become stuck in a quagmire...Tags: Government Health Care, Broward County, Florida, Referenda, Orlando
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South Florida high tides are swamping seawalls, eroding beaches
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe causes are as cosmic as the tilt of the earth and as common as an onshore breeze. The effect is the exceptionally high tides now stacking up water along South Florida's coastline, swamping low sea walls, eroding beaches and forcing boaters to adjust...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Broward County, University of Miami, Hurricane Kyle, Pembroke Pines
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Florida government offers $571 million in loans to build, buy housing
Tallahassee BureauTrying to take the offensive in an economic crisis, Gov. Charlie Crist signed an executive order Thursday freeing $571 million in state-backed financing that real estate developers and reluctant buyers can tap to build and buy new homes. The state will...Tags: Government, Broward County, Executive Branch, Economy, Real Estate Buyers
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Ignore I-95 toll signs next week in Miami-Dade County
Attention Interstate 95 drivers in Miami-Dade County: This is a test. Testing of toll equipment will begin next week on northbound I-95's express lanes. That means drivers could see tolls displayed on overhead signs. But tolls won't be collected....Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Economics may decide matchup in heavily Hispanic District 21
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe contest between incumbent U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez has drawn national attention because it is expected to be close, and because it is colorful. The District 21 candidates and their campaigns have held...Tags: Movies, Broward County, Hialeah, University of Miami, Republican Party
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South Florida's Jewish voters, traditionally Democrats, mixed over Obama's qualifications
South Florida Sun-SentinelNancy Factor listened intently as Halie Soifer, Jewish vote director for the Barack Obama campaign in Florida, laid out the senator's steadfast commitment to Israel. A Republican among Democrats at this gathering in Montoya Estates, she raised her hand....Tags: Government, Florida, National Government, Ohio, Pennsylvania
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