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As reported by the Sun Sentinel, a record number of South Floridians continue to receive food stamps even though the economy shows signs of recovery in the unemployment rate.

Two seats on the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors are up this year, and candidates have until next Friday to qualify for the ballot.

A stray dog, now known as Lucky Doggy at Miami-Dade Animal Services, was rescued by Georgina Milhet after she heard the dog yelping from beneath the soil at a South Miami-Dade farm near Krome Avenue.

With Americans packing up for travel over the Memorial Day weekend, one coastal hot spot in Southern California is winning praise as the best U.S. beach in an annual ranking from a Florida professor.

American Profile used the opinions of Stephen Leatherman, also known as "Dr. Beach", the director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at Florida International University and Holly Hughes, a travel writer based out of New York City.

Just in time for summer, we present the list of top 10 beaches across the USA. Dr. Beach, aka.

Students in Quebec are rising up and fighting back against tuition increases. For over three months there has been a strike comprising of as many as nine percent of the province's students, with marches and rallies night and day against the March 2011 decision to raise tuition by $325 a year for five years.

Don't let a little tropical storm stop you on the first summertime holiday weekend.

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This Feb. 5, 2007 file photo courtesy of William Kronholm shows the beach at St.

Getting there is half the fun, so the saying goes. Msnbc.com's travel team examines the issues of the day and, of course, the joy and hassle of traveling.

If you believe the hotly anticipated annual rankings compiled by Florida International University professor and coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman - a.k.a. "Dr. Beach" - it's San Diego's Coronado Beach .

As an American Muslim from Miami-Dade County Commissioner Javier Souto's district, I'm disappointed by his skepticism and fear of Islam.

Florida International University Law School students are having the first in a series of annual luncheons from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at Novecento Restaurant, 1414 Brickell Ave.

As early as July, the city parking authority will make 250 Smart Fortwo mini-cars available for rent by the minute, making Miami the latest major U.S. burg to jump on the fast-growing car-share bandwagon.

A Blue Ribbon Task force appointed by Governor Rick Scott will study ways Florida universities can provide and pay for high quality education.

Florida's universities trail the nation when it comes to state funding and academic rankings, but they do score high in one area: pay for their top leaders.

The national program trains principals, teachers and students to boost college enrollment and create a college-going culture in their schools.

Seagrasses are a vital part of the solution to climate change and can store up to twice as much carbon as the world's temperate and tropical forests, new research indicates.

When it comes to the number of undergraduate degrees awarded to Hispanic students, the University of Texas at San Antonio is fifth in the nation, according to rankings released this month by the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine.