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NEWS ABOUT: Miami-Dade County

Miami-Dade County stories: 5 news summaries

Miami Schools Plan 'Sexting' Curriculum

Effort to combat practice includes warnings on safety, law

Jul 10, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Miami-Dade school district is going all out in its attempt to stomp out “sexting,” the Miami Herald reports. The superintendent says he wants to work with law enforcement to develop the nation's top sexting program, including a special curriculum to educate students of all ages about the... More »

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technology • Miami • sex education • school districts • Miami-Dade County • sexting

 Early Voters Mob Fla. Polls 


Oct 20, 08 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The start of early voting in Florida today brought hordes to polling places, forcing voters to contend with long lines and voting machine failures, the Miami Herald reports. Miami-Dade and Broward counties added a million registered voters each to their rolls this year. The crowds signaled the usefulness of... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • John McCain • Election 2008 • Miami-Dade County • polls • early voting • Broward County • polling places

Power Back On in South Florida

Blackout hit 4 million people

Feb 27, 08 5:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Floridians saw the light again last evening when power was restored after equipment failure at a single Miami substation caused a blackout which dominoed across South Florida, leaving millions without power for several hours. Most homes were back on the grid before nightfall, but why a single substation's failure could... More »

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Miami • power outage • South Florida • blackout • substation • Florida Power & Light • FPL • Turkey Point • Public Service Commission • Miami-Dade County

Suspected
Cop Killer
Shot Dead

Miami-Dade police corner fugitive after daylong dragnet

Sep 14, 07 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miami-Dade police last night cornered and shot dead the man suspected of killing one cop and wounding three others with an assault rifle yesterday morning. Officers tracked Shawn Sherwin LaBeet to a suburban apartment complex and fired when they saw he was heavily armed. "He's dead and you can... More »

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police • murder • cop killer • Shawn Sherwin LaBeet • Miami-Dade County

Miami Police Hunt Cop Killer

Suspect killed one officer, wounded three others

Sep 13, 07 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Miami-Dade police are searching for a suspect who killed one officer and wounded three today, possibly with an AK-47, after his car was stopped while driving erratically. The pursuit was complicated when police misidentified a man whose wallet had been stolen as the gunman, before naming Shawn Sherwin Labeet as... More »

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Florida • police • cop killer • Shawn Sherwin LaBeet • shooting • Miami-Dade County

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