Tropicalia wild file: American crocodile

News Press - Sun Nov 08

Yes, America has crocodiles. Alligators, of course, are crocodilians, but the American alligator is only a cousin to our true crocodile.

Two tickets share Fantasy 5 jackpot

News Press - Sun Nov 08

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announced today that two players matched all five winning numbers in the Saturday, November 7, FANTASY 5 drawing and will share a $261,403.78 top prize.

Wi-Fi Service Coming To Miami-Dade Transit Lines

CBS 4 - Sat Nov 07

Share + Nov 7, 2009 9:15 pm US/Eastern Metrorail cars and Metrobus routes are going wireless next week, and it won't cost riders an extra penny.

Scene in the Tropics

MiamiHerald.com - Sat Nov 07

Miami resident Andrea Ivory was honored by CNN Heroes on Wednesday at Jackson Memorial Hospital with a celebratory rally with more than 100 attendees, including Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Barbara Jordan.

Special session could help Tri-Rail get federal money

WBZL-TV Hollywood - Sat Nov 07

Orlando's $1.2 billion SunRail commuter train is grabbing headlines, but there might be another big winner as a special session on transportation issues becomes more likely: Tri-Rail, South Florida's 20-year-old train system.

A rising concern: Students who don't know English

The Orlando Sentinel - Sat Nov 07

About one-fifth of all students in Orange and Osceola counties can't read or write English, a greater percentage than even Miami-Dade County, where Spanish is the main language in many areas.

Less poetry, music but big Miami book fair goes on

WSVN-TV Miami Beach - Fri Nov 06

Poetry and music have been cut and there will be no parade to kick off the Miami Book Fair International as in years past.

Sailing With Sarnoff

Biscayne Boulevard Times - Fri Nov 06

A couple of weeks ago a fight broke out at county hall. No, it wasna t one of those grand fisticuff events involving a commissioner and a lobbyist.

Put Urban Sprawl to a Vote

Biscayne Boulevard Times - Fri Nov 06

As residents in the City of Miami, as well as throughout Miami-Dade County, have been struggling to control unbridled growth and development on the local level, an opportunity to control it from the state level is coming our way in November of 2010 -- just 12 short months away.

Are benevolence and compassion grounds for legal rulings?

Naplesnews.com Stories - Wed Nov 04

A mortgagee filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade County to foreclose on a residence. The mortgagee obtained a judgment of foreclosure, and the sale date was set for Aug.