FORT LAUDERDALE — Broward Sheriff Scott Israel has referred the investigation into the 2001 death of businessman Oral Brown to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The move makes good on a campaign promise Israel made while running against then-Sheriff Al Lamberti last year.

MIAMI – Speakers at a forum on the possible legalization of marijuana voiced sharply differing views on whether the drug has any beneficial value. “Just because something grows in the ground doesn’t mean it isn’t harmful,” said Calvina Fay, executive director of the Drug Free America Foundation and Save Our Society from Drugs.

ATLANTA – When President Barack Obama addressed graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, his visit put the spotlight on the broader community of historically black colleges and universities – a proud corner of higher education that has struggled more than most during the last few years of economic distress.