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Miami Beach’s Sea Turtles Threatened by Its People

MIAMI BEACH Under the cloak of nightfall, dozens of freshly hatched sea turtles beat tiny flippers against the wet sands of Miami Beach, inching their way toward the ocean and a life aquatic. Bill Ahern, a conservationist, prepared to release a ...

From CARMEN GENTILE, The New York Times,  9 Sep 2009

Benefits Collected for a Long-Dead Mother

SEBASTIAN, Fla. A South Florida woman pleaded guilty to collecting her dead mother’s federal benefits for six years after her death, all the while the mother’s decomposing body remained in the house the two women shared. As part of a plea agreement, ...

From CARMEN GENTILE, The New York Times,  23 Jun 2009

Priest Opts to Be an Episcopalian, and a Fiancé

MIAMI A Roman Catholic priest who admitted this month that he was torn between two loves his church and his girlfriend announced his choice on Thursday. The priest, the Rev. Alberto Cutié, said he was joining the Episcopal Church and planning to marry ...

From CARMEN GENTILE, The New York Times,  28 May 2009

Five Convicted in Plot to Blow Up Sears Tower

MIAMI After two mistrials, the case of six Miami men charged with plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago as part of an Islamic jihad ended Tuesday with a mixed verdict. Jurors convicted five defendants including the group’s ringleader, Narseal ...

From DAMIEN CAVE AND CARMEN GENTILE, The New York Times,  12 May 2009
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Al-Qaeda,  Alberto R. Gonzales

National Briefing | South: Florida: Pilot Dies as Plane Hits House

A small plane crashed into a South Florida home shortly after takeoff, killing the pilot, the authorities said. The twin-engine Cessna took off from the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport bound for Jacksonville. The pilot immediately reported engine ...

From CARMEN GENTILE, The New York Times,  17 Apr 2009

Travel Agents Booking Trips to Cuba Win Suit

MIAMI Florida travel agencies that book trips to Cuba gained a victory Tuesday when a federal district judge here overturned a state law that required them to post a bond of $250,000 each. The judge, Alan S. Gold, said the law was in direct conflict ...

From CARMEN GENTILE, The New York Times,  14 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party

World Briefing | The Americas: Venezuelan Imprisoned Over Suitcase

A Venezuelan businessman was sentenced in Miami on Monday to four years in prison for acting as an unregistered agent of Venezuela in the United States. The businessman, Franklin Durán, had been convicted of conspiring to cover up the origin and ...

From CARMEN GENTILE, The New York Times,  16 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Cristina (musician)

U.S. Begins Third Effort to Convict 6 in Terror Case

MIAMI In the government’s third effort to convict six Miami men of planning to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago as part of an Islamic jihad, federal prosecutors Wednesday portrayed the group’s ringleader as a man obsessed with overthrowing the United ...

From CARMEN GENTILE, The New York Times,  18 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

Free speech or cyberbullying?

MIAMI: Katherine Evans said she was frustrated with her English teacher for ignoring her pleas for help with assignments and a brusque reproach when she missed class to attend a school blood drive. So Evans, who was then a high school senior and honor ...

From CARMEN GENTILE, International Herald Tribune,  8 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Pamela Brown

Student Fights Record of ‘Cyberbullying’

MIAMI Katherine Evans said she was frustrated with her English teacher for ignoring her pleas for help with assignments and a brusque reproach when she missed class to attend a school blood drive. So Ms. Evans, who was then a high school senior and ...

From CARMEN GENTILE, The New York Times,  7 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Pamela Brown

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