Miami Dade County News

By Ashley Hopkins On the heels of Mayor Carlos Gimenez's 2012 State of the County address, commission chair Joe Martinez is promising to bring to the board a discussion of how to best restore services, reduce the tax rate and offer tax relief to property owners over the next year.

Miami-Dade County is fighting $1.7 million in spending on items such as pillowcases, brochures and ad banners that the Marlins have claimed as construction costs for their new ballpark, The Miami Herald reported.

First came the art galleries. Then the boutiques. Then the food and drink . Then the - record store and trendy barbershop? An intense storm dropped almost 10 inches of rains in spots, flooding roads, parking lots and yards but West Miami-Dade cities dodge the disastrous flooding of years past Richard Pitino was named men's basketball coach Monday, ... (more)

Westbound traffic on the MacArthur Causeway, approaching the Northeast 13th Street ramp, is backed up Saturday May 26, 2012, due to a man being shot to death and another wounded, in Miami.

Rudy Eugene, 31, left, was shot and killed by police as he ate the face of Ronald Poppo, 65, right, during a horrific attack in the shadow of the Miami Herald's headquarters on Saturday, May 26, 2012.

Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County want to offer a plea deal to the daycare van driver charged with manslaughter in the death of a child at a the Jomiba Learning Center in Homestead last July.

Baking a cake for Gloria Estefan on Monday and Dennis Rodman on Wednesday? Hundreds of other orders? Just another week in the life of Sarah Paz-Claro, owner and cake-maker at The Office Cake in Doral .

In HAUPPAUGE long-term road construction on RT-347/NESCONSET HWY EB between RT-454/VETERANS MEMORIAL HWY and RT-111/HAUPPAUGE RD in SMITHTOWN In HAUPPAUGE long-term road construction on RT-347/NESCONSET HWY EB between RT-454/VETERANS MEMORIAL HWY and RT-111/HAUPPAUGE RD in SMITHTOWN In SMITHTOWN long-term road construction on RT-347/NESCONSET HWY ... (more)

More than likely, Rudy Eugene was on a bad acid trip, according to Miami police union chief Armando Aguilar.

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Yesterday's cannibalistic attack on a homeless man is the fourth recent, vicious attack in that area blamed on drugs, according to Miami-Dade County police.

In this image taken from video, Miami police officers stand watch near a naked man, second from right, who was shot dead by a police officer when he refused to stop chewing on the face of the naked man next to him, partially obscured by a railing, on the MacArthur Causeway ramp onto Northeast 13th Street in Miami on Saturday.

In NASSAU CNTY accident cleared on THE SOUTHERN ST PKWY EB between GRAND AVE/BALDWIN RD/X20 and BROOKSIDE AVE/X21. Slow traffic from PENINSULA BLVD/X19 In NASSAU CNTY accident cleared on THE SOUTHERN ST PKWY EB between GRAND AVE/BALDWIN RD/X20 and BROOKSIDE AVE/X21. Slow traffic from PENINSULA BLVD/X19 A City of Miami police officer stands watch ... (more)

In Ohio, students who register to vote as Democrats are seeing their voter registrations routinely challenged by right wing groups for bogus reasons .

The lexicon of "bullying" has become part of the social fabric in today's society.

In the 2012 presidential election, Florida is one of a handful of "battleground states" that will more than likely determine the outcome.

Miami men don't seem to have enough wardrobe choices to be able to develop their own individual comfort and thereby individual style.

Judge Edward Newman of Miami-Dade county granted a continuance of up to July 25 for actor Matthew Newton to prepare for his trial.

Attorneys for the imprisoned Simpson appeared before Miami-Dade County Circuit Court Judge Gisela Cardonne ElyA last week on a contested motion to dismiss.A In denying relief, the court ruled that JP Morgan Chase may proceed with plans to retake the home.

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