Grant supports FMU steel band program
MIAMI GARDENS — Steel pan music, renown for taking center stage during carnivals and other Caribbean music festivities, will get an extra boost of attention …
Couple explores the great outdoors
FORT LAUDERDALE — Frank and Audrey Peterman decided years ago that they would relocate from South Florida to Belize and purchase a bed and breakfast. …
Dolphins season ends after third consecutive loss
MIAMI (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers barely hung onto a fourth-quarter lead – and clung to their slim playoff hopes. A swarming Steelers defense sent …
Marlins GM swings for playoff berth
MIAMI — The Marlins go-to man is a Harvard grad, a former professional baseball player, a husband and a doting father who lives in South …
The Commodores: Still “Easy’’ without Richie
The group that birthed instant classics like “Brick House,” “Three Times a Lady” and “Night Shift,” may be relegated in 2010 to afternoon gigs at …
MOVIE REVIEW: Sherlock Holmes
A guy friend of mine once told me that the difference between a chick flick and a guy’s film is whether or not someone dies. …
Community Calendar January 8 – 18, 2010
Friday, January 8 PALO!: The DWNTWN Miami Concert Series is kicking off its second season with performances by PALO! – the Miami based Afro-Cuban funk …
State probing woman’s hospital death
LAUDERDALE LAKES — The state Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which regulates hospitals and medical facilities, is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of …
“Precious” leads nominees for NAACP Image Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The heart-wrenching story of an illiterate and abused teen in New York's Harlem who finds hope in a classroom of misfits …
Eunice Johnson, who ran Ebony Fashion Fair, dies
CHICAGO (AP) _ Eunice Johnson, the widow of Ebony magazine founder John Johnson and a fashion maven who ran thousands of traveling runway shows aimed …