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MiamiHerald.com: Broward   MiamiHerald.com: Broward Police hunt two suspects who scammed elderly woman
Police Tuesday were looking for two women who they say cheated an elderly victim out of $5,000 in what authorities called a ``pigeon drop'' scheme.

Florida lags in U.S. aid based on Census
A study released on the eve of the 2010 Census has some eye-opening news about the count's importance for Floridians: In a national ranking, the amount of Census-based aid flowing to the state and the three-county South Florida region puts both in the bottom five.

Art, music, PE classes on Broward schools hit list
The dire message was largely intended to jolt parents into paying attention: Art, music and physical education at Broward elementary schools are next on the budget-cut hit list.

Untamed ambition: Alligator wrestlers set to compete
Until now, alligator wrestling might have been considered a poor career choice. The pay is not steady, the travel is exhausting, and the occupational hazards are apparent.

Norovirus outbreaks reported in South Florida
Scattered outbreaks of norovirus are taking place in South Florida and around the state, health officials say.

Norovirus, also called ``stomach flu,'' causes nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and stomach cramping. Symptoms may also include a low-grade fever, chills, headache, muscle aches and a general sense of tiredness, according to the U.S. Centers For Disease Control. The illness often begins suddenly.

Lauderdale-by-the-Sea trio wins handily
A team of three candidates who ran together trounced their opposition in the Lauderdale-by-the-Sea's election Tuesday in a race that centered on both development and decorum.

Pompano vice mayor easily wins fifth term
Pompano Beach Vice Mayor George Brummer sailed to an easy victory Tuesday over challenger Johnny Jones Sr., winning the District 5 seat for the fifth time in a row.

Hillsboro Beach: One incumbent wins, another loses
A newcomer and an incumbent edged out two other candidates to win two Hillsboro Beach Commission seats.

Newcomer Rhea Weiss unseated incumbent Tom Puleri, while incumbent Celinda Sawtelle won another term.

Davie reelects 2 to council, and adds a teacher
Davie voters returned incumbents Marlon Luis and Susan Starkey to office Tuesday and chose teacher Caryl Casey Hattan to fill a third open council seat.

Two Pembroke Pines incumbents romp to victory
Pembroke Pines voters returned incumbents Angelo Castillo and Carl Shechter to the City Commission in Tuesday's general election, choosing to keep the status quo as the city faces budget deficits from dropping property values and rising employee pension obligations.

Hunting for a job? There's always alligator wrestling
Until now, alligator wrestling might have been considered a poor career choice. The pay is not steady, the travel is exhausting, and the occupational hazards are apparent.

Victim of Thanksgiving Day shooting out of coma, family says
A Miami attorney almost killed in the Thanksgiving night massacre in Jupiter that left four dead has emerged from a months-long coma to learn that his wife and unborn child died in the attack.

Review | Come home to Greek classics at classy Trata
The new Trata Greek Taverna on Las Olas Boulevard isn't the typical belly-dancing, confetti-tossing, plate-breaking Mediterranean restaurant. Its spell is more subtle, cast by a charming staff led by co-owner Dimitrios ``Jimmy the Greek'' Tsiakanikas, who warmly greets patrons with a ``Welcome home.''

Review | Big quantities, high quality at Shinju Buffet
Those four little words -- All You Can Eat -- are as irresistible as the latest fad diet, and often as disappointing. We're easily wooed by the concept of getting more bang for our buck, and in this economy, who can blame us?

Review | Vast menu, moderate prices at lively Cancun Grill
Dining at the Cancun Grill, we had to wonder: Is everyone in Miramar here celebrating a birthday? Big, happy groups are in abundance at the city's new Mexican restaurant, feasting on sizzling fajitas and oversize margaritas served by young, accommodating staffers who can belt out a bilingual birthday tune.

Review | Saxsay Café satisfies with vibrant Peruvian fare
Peru has one of the world's great cuisines, but in South Florida it's often lost among so many other Latin destinations. Some of the best dishes from the land of the Incas are still found in neighborhood nooks like homey Saxsay Café, hidden in a Sunrise strip shopping center.

Review | Las Olas Le Café de Paris lovely as ever
When Le Café de Paris opened on Las Olas Boulevard in the 1960s, it quickly became the place for fashionable ladies and Fort Lauderdale power brokers to meet over classics like escargot bourguignon, beef Wellington and duck l'orange.

Untamed ambition: Alligator wrestlers set to compete
Until now, alligator wrestling might have been considered a poor career choice. The pay is not steady, the travel is exhausting, and the occupational hazards are apparent.

Police hunt two suspects who scammed elderly woman
Police Tuesday were looking for two women who they say cheated an elderly victim out of $5,000 in what authorities called a ``pigeon drop'' scheme.

Florida lags in U.S. aid based on Census
A study released on the eve of the 2010 Census has some eye-opening news about the count's importance for Floridians: In a national ranking, the amount of Census-based aid flowing to the state and the three-county South Florida region puts both in the bottom five.

Art, music, PE classes on Broward schools hit list
The dire message was largely intended to jolt parents into paying attention: Art, music and physical education at Broward elementary schools are next on the budget-cut hit list.

Davie Town Council: Two incumbents returned; teacher elected to 3rd seat
Davie voters returned incumbents Marlon Luis and Susan Starkey to office Tuesday and chose teacher Caryl Casey Hattan to fill a third open council seat.

Rubio's money requests for Miami-Dade could be an issue
Republican U.S Senate front-runner Marco Rubio brags on his website that he didn't officially request budget pork in his last four years as a leader in the Florida House.

Bank of America blocked from Broward courthouse project
Broward County government is taking on Big Banking.

Bank of America lost out on a role in financing a new courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale after county commissioners complained Tuesday that the megabank had failed to help people with troubled mortgages and had unfairly jacked up credit-card fees.

Norovirus outbreaks reported in South Florida
Scattered outbreaks of norovirus are taking place in South Florida and around the state, health officials say.

Norovirus, also called ``stomach flu,'' causes nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and stomach cramping. Symptoms may also include a low-grade fever, chills, headache, muscle aches and a general sense of tiredness, according to the U.S. Centers For Disease Control. The illness often begins suddenly.

With waxing remark, Crist jabs Rubio in the back
Florida has a long history of dirty politics.

Take the legend of Sen. George Smathers supposedly declaring in North Florida that Claude Pepper was a ``shameless extrovert'' with a ``thespian'' sister. Or the Florida GOP sending mailers calling a legislator ``Dr. Date Rape.'' Or even Mel Martinez's campaign calling Bill McCollum ``the new darling of the homosexual extremists.''

Legislature, again, consider closing controversial boys' school
Florida's oldest reform school has survived a century of failure and scandal. Now lawmakers once again are confronted with an uncomfortable question: Is it time to shut the place down?

Revenue outlook no better
Cash-strapped Florida lawmakers aren't getting any help from a new general revenue estimate issued Tuesday, but the figures aren't causing them any grief, either.

PSC official may face new probe
After an internal review requested by the Public Service Commission's chairwoman, the agency's inspector general has asked state law enforcement officials to consider investigating allegations that a commissioner and her aide lied about a conversation with a utility executive during a pending case.

Florida tries to fend off wily coyotes
The brownish-gray coyote bared its teeth and snarled as Ralph Pfister arrived to open the steel trap that held it by the leg. A young male, it had succumbed to the irresistible bait combination of dead skunk and rival canine poop placed on the side of a dirt road running through the expansive Adams Ranch.

Lawsuits pull the plug on voting-machine monopoly
The nation's largest voting-machine company probably won't be called a monopoly for much longer in Florida and other states.

Under a proposed settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and nine states that include Florida, Election Systems & Software will divest itself of its hardware, software and other assets it acquired after the $5 million purchase of Premier Election Solutions, a division of Diebold Inc.

Cold weather kills large swaths of Florida Keys coral
January's big chill led to widespread death of corals in many near shore and mid-channel reefs from Biscayne Bay to Summerland Key, but most of the popular offshore diving and fishing reefs in the Florida Keys were spared.

U.S. Sugar deal sparks call for oversight
With lawmakers already frustrated over a lack of oversight, recent reports on the state's landmark $536 million Everglades agreement with U.S. Sugar Corp. may add momentum for a legislative response in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the controversial deal, a key House lawmaker said Monday.

Company names may go on tags
With the economy in the tank, a Florida lawmaker is considering an unusual idea to raise money: Let corporations pay to put logos on license plates.

Politics may derail inspector general proposal
The bill seemed like a no-brainer: asking Broward voters if they would like an anti-corruption unit to investigate public officials behaving badly.

Dangerous dog ban draws owners' ire
Forget about budget cuts, tax breaks and overhauling Medicaid.

The legislation drawing perhaps the most lobbying attention so far this session debuted Thursday when Sen. Tony Hill's proposal to give cities and counties more authority to ban dangerous dogs came up in a committee this week.

More money for Florida universities called unlikely
University students descended on the Florida capital Thursday to lobby the governor and lawmakers for millions more in state funding, but their pitch came just hours after House Speaker Larry Cretul released lean budget numbers and a warning that education programs will face ``significant reductions.''

Vaccine consent measure revives autism debate
Earlier this month, the British medical journal The Lancet retracted a famous study that linked vaccines with autism.

Public health experts, worried over an uptick in diseases like mumps and measles in children who weren't vaccinated, breathed a sigh of relief. Numerous studies over several years have found no link between vaccines and autism.

Alex Sink offers program to help veterans
Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink unveiled an initiative Wednesday aimed at ensuring that the state's 1.7 million veterans tap into all the benefits available to them.

Charlie Crist jumps on Marco Rubio, Ray Sansom similarities
Ray Sansom may have quit the Florida House last week to avoid an ethics trial, but the scandal has legs in the Republican U.S. Senate primary between Gov. Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio.

Florida House committee reviews ethics bill quickly passed by Senate
A bill aimed at tightening the ethics rules at the Public Service Commission flew through the Florida Senate Wednesday and then became snagged by a House committee, which raised red flags about some parts of the measure.

LA cops seek man who robbed Florida sugar baron
A well-dressed man who talked his way into a Florida sugar baron's hotel room and stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry may be the same person who pulled similar scams on a Mexican soccer team, a salsa band and an Israeli basketball team when they visited Los Angeles, police said Tuesday.

LA cops seek man who robbed Florida sugar baron
Police are looking for a man they say posed as a hotel worker and made off with thousands of dollars in jewelry belonging to a wealthy Florida businessman and his wife who were in town to see the Academy Awards.

Prosecutors: No death penalty in murder case
Prosecutors have waived seeking the death penalty against a murder suspect accused of fatally beating his 4-year-old stepson in 2002.

Correction: Lawsuits-Jaw Damage story
In a story March 8 about lawsuits against a pharmaceutical company claiming two drugs caused severe jaw deterioration, The Associated Press erroneously reported the location of the company's headquarters. Novartis Corp. is based in Switzerland, not Sweden.

Amherst, Mass. superintendent out after 8 months
The superintendent of the Amherst Regional School district is leaving after just eight months on the job.

Florida editorial roundup
Some recent editorials from Florida newspapers:

Man charged in overdose death found dead
A central Florida man who was charged with manslaughter in the 2007 drug overdose death of a friend has been found dead.

LA cops seek man who robbed Florida sugar baron
Police are looking for a man they say posed as a hotel worker and made off with thousands of dollars in jewelry belonging to a wealthy Florida businessman and his wife who were in town to see the Academy Awards.

Davie Town Council: Two incumbents returned; teacher elected to 3rd seat
Davie voters returned incumbents Marlon Luis and Susan Starkey to office Tuesday and chose teacher Caryl Casey Hattan to fill a third open council seat.

Untamed ambition: Alligator wrestlers set to compete
Until now, alligator wrestling might have been considered a poor career choice. The pay is not steady, the travel is exhausting, and the occupational hazards are apparent.

Police hunt two suspects who scammed elderly woman
Police Tuesday were looking for two women who they say cheated an elderly victim out of $5,000 in what authorities called a ``pigeon drop'' scheme.

Florida lags in U.S. aid based on Census
A study released on the eve of the 2010 Census has some eye-opening news about the count's importance for Floridians: In a national ranking, the amount of Census-based aid flowing to the state and the three-county South Florida region puts both in the bottom five.