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The transplant unit at UM/Jackson is marking its 40th anniversary this year and making it a point to let the community know about the miracles they perform on a regular basis.
Many children are banding together to see and be seen with the latest shape wrapped around their wrist. However if they're worn too tight or for too long they can interfere with blood flow.
The four victims killed after the twin-engine plane they were riding in crashed while taking off from Palm Beach International Airport Thursday night have been identified.
The Broward Sheriff's Office is warning residents of Pompano Beach to be on the look out for a gang of pick-pocketers, particularly targeting elderly women.
A Coral Gables police officer has found himself on the wrong side of the law after he reportedly got violent with a hotel employee in Marathon. According to an arrest warrant, police lieutenant Edward Claughton was staying at the Tranquility Bay Hotel last month when he got into a dispute with the employee on October 10th.
A health problem on Miami Beach seems to be spreading. Officials say more stray cats are using the sand as a litter box leading to an increased number of hookworms. Six people have now been treated for hookworms believed to have come from a stretch of Miami Beach where there are a large number of feral cats.
Florida's new program to inspect pain-management clinics has hung a help-wanted sign: It will pay doctors $100 an hour to go into clinics and help review patient records.
The lockdown for all Broward County public and charter schools has been lifted as of 1:45 p.m. Students will be dismissed at their normal times Wednesday afternoon and parents can pick the students up at that time. However, after school activities for the day are canceled, but after school care will run normally
Move over hippies and bohemian artists, Coconut Grove has something new to be noted for: A low crime rate. In fact, the Grove has been named one of the safest neighborhoods in the nation.
The Publix supermaket chain is asking suppliers to find ways to make reusable grocery bags with less lead after a newspaper investigation found elevated levels in some Florida bags. The Tampa Tribune tested more than a dozen bags from major grocers and found certain bags sold in Winn-Dixie and Publix stores had lead levels that concerned health officials.
Athletes like Shaquille O'Neal rave about the Power Balance wristband, which the company says will improve your balance, flexibility and strength. But two University of Wisconsin-La Crosse professors led an independent study to find out if the wristbands work.
South Floridians came together at a Chevy's Restaurant at 8191 NW 12th Street in Doral to help needy families celebrate the holidays. Neighbors 4 Neighbors held their annual "Heineken with a Heart" event to raise money for its Adopt-a-Family program.
Karen Blocker's dream cruise began disintegrating at dawn when her cabin started rattling "like an earthquake." "I told my daughter: 'This boat is not moving anymore. We've got to get out,'" Blocker said. She opened the door to find a hallway filled with smoke and crew members telling passengers to head for the lifeboats.
In the shadow of the devastation, homelessness and disease that remain in Haiti after January's devastating earthquake, there is beauty and art. Haitian writers offer stories of their country, some of which will highlight the Miami Book Fair International from Nov. 14 to 21.
Changes are coming to the way the streets of Lauderdale Lakes are patrolled. The Broward Sheriff's Office is scaling back services to the city because it is four months behind on paying the agency for police and fire protection, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
