Hurricane Ida weakens, but Gulf still on warning
NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Ida was weakening early Monday as it headed for the Gulf Coast but could still pack hurricane-strength winds and storm surges when it hits the shore overnight.
Nations:U.S. El Salvador Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2009-11-09
For Americans, deficit pain is felt close to home
MIAMI (Reuters) - Christopher O'Neill is worried about the deficit. The deficit, that is, in his personal income after the 26-year-old Miami finance analyst was forced to find a temporary job paying $20,000 a year less than he earned until January when he was laid off from his auditor's post in Miami.
Nations:U.S. India People:Barack Obama Activities:2008 U.S. Recession Source:(Reuters)
2009-11-04
Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla. girl
ORANGE PARK, Fla. - After 7-year-old Somer Thompson vanished on her way home from school, investigators tailed nine garbage trucks from her neighborhood to a Georgia landfill nearly 50 miles away, then methodically picked through the trash as each rig spilled its load.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-22
5 children, woman found dead in Fla. apartment
NAPLES, Fla. - The husband of a woman found dead in a Florida apartment along with her five young children boarded a flight for Haiti, and police said Sunday the couple had a history of domestic violence calls to their homes over the past decade.
Nations:Haiti U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-09-20
Hurricane Bill gathers strength out in Atlantic
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The first hurricane of this year's Atlantic season gathered force far out to sea Monday, while two weaker storm systems drenched the northeastern Caribbean and the Florida Panhandle with rain.
Nations:Haiti U.S. Dominican Republic Activities:2009 Hurricane Bill Source:(AP)
2009-08-17
Turbulence injures 26 on flight, diverted to Miami
MIAMI - More than two dozen people were hurt when a Continental Airlines jet hit turbulence on a flight from Brazil to Texas, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Miami early Monday, officials said.
Nations:U.S. Brazil Source:(AP)
2009-08-03
Obama remark on black scholar's arrest angers cops
BOSTON - Many police officers across the country have a message for President Barack Obama: Get all the facts before criticizing one of our own. Obama's public criticism that Cambridge officers "acted stupidly" when they arrested black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. could make it harder for police to work with people of color, some officers said Thursday.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Source:(AP)
2009-07-23
Man kills 4 at gathering in Miami, then kills self
MIAMI - A man barged into a birthday party early Sunday, shot his estranged wife and three other people to death, then went home, set his truck and house on fire and killed himself, police said.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-03-15
Search narrows off Fla. Gulf Coast; Man rescued
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Coast Guard on Monday narrowed the search area for two NFL players and a third man missing since a weekend fishing trip off the Florida Gulf Coast after crews rescued a fourth man clinging to their capsized boat.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-03-02
Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retention
MIAMI - Newly minted nurse Katie O'Bryan was determined to stay at her first job at least a year, even if she did leave the hospital every day wanting to quit.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-02-15
AP IMPACT: Lobbyists skirt Obama's earmark ban
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's ban on earmarks in the $825 billion economic stimulus bill doesn't mean interest groups, lobbyists and lawmakers won't be able to funnel money to pet projects.
Nations:U.S. People:Mitch McConnell Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2009-01-25
Scramble for solutions as foreclosures rise at record speed
New York - Foreclosures jumped a record 80 percent last year, according to a new report by consulting firm RealtyTrac. The rise comes despite state and federal programs designed to stem the tide of home losses.
Nations:U.S. People:Michael Bloomberg Activities:2008 U.S. Real Estate Crisis Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-01-18
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