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Moss takes charge at Marlins meeting PDF Print E-mail
Written by RENEE MICHELLE HARRIS   
dennis-moss_web.jpgMIAMI – Viewers of Monday’s Miami-Dade County Commission meeting, in which a $644.5 million Marlins stadium was approved, had an opportunity to watch Chairman Dennis Moss in action.

Moss has led several commission meetings since taking over the role of chairman in January, but none has generated the same amount of public interest as this one.
 
Pioneering historian John Hope Franklin dies at 94 PDF Print E-mail
Written by MARTHA WAGGONER   
john-hope-franklin_web.jpgRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — John Hope Franklin, a towering scholar and pioneer of African-American studies who wrote the seminal text on the black experience in the U.S. and worked on the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed public school segregation, died Wednesday. He was 94.

David Jarmul, a spokesman at Duke University, where Franklin taught for a decade and was professor emeritus of history, said he died of congestive heart failure at the school's hospital in Durham.
 
Florida attorney general seeks to reduce gang activity PDF Print E-mail
Written by CYNTHIA ROBY   
bill-mccollum_web.jpgFORT LAUDERDALE — Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum this week met with community leaders to discuss ways of stemming the rise of gang activity in South Florida.

The issue came into focus after last fall’s “Dunkin Donuts” case in which two people were randomly shot to death during crime sprees in Lauderhill, Delray Beach and Tamarac. After the arrests of four men in connection with the crime sprees, the suspects’ affiliation with the Crips gang came to light.
 
Local company encourages trade with Rwanda PDF Print E-mail
Written by RENEE MICHELLE HARRIS   
priscilladamesweb.gifMIAMI LAKES — Priscilla Dames-Blake had her eyes set on South Africa.

The owner of Wingspan Seminars, a training and conflict resolution company, eagerly explored the African country, intent on finding a way to join the growing list of African Americans doing business there.
 
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