Girls arts camp registering
MIAMI — The Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department is inviting girls ages 11 to 16 to register for its GEM (Girls Empowerment and …
A Mother’s Day of Habitat service, women’s bonding
Florida International University MIAMI — Three mother-daughter pairs spent part of their Mother’s Day weekend building, bonding and volunteering at a Habitat for Humanity construction …
Legendary bass man ‘Duck’ Dunn
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald “Duck” Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part …
Event Calendar May 17 – 30, 2012
Thursday May 17 DMV to Go The Miami-Dade County Office of Community Advocacy will hold its monthly FedAssist program and Voter Education session in the …
Around South Florida with Elgin Jones 05-17-12
Palm Beach County RIGHT THIS WRONG Elroy Phillips, who is serving a 30-year sentence in a federal prison on drug and other charges, has spent …
SoFlo Live Listing 5-17-12
THURSDAY, MAY 17 INTERNATIONAL THURSDAYS At Kitchen 305 16701 Collins Ave. Sunny Isles Beach 786-413-4272
board lowers FCAT writing test passing score
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ An emergency rule lowering the passing grade for Florida's standardized writing test will keep the failure rate essentially unchanged from last …
Government among top employers in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ A new study shows government entities are among the top employers in nearly every Florida county.
Mother of slain Florida teen gets eight months paid leave
MIAMI (AP) _ The mother of a Florida teenager slain by a neighborhood watch volunteer will be able to take about eight months of paid …
Florida board voting on FCAT scoring revision
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The State Board of Education is voting on revising the passing grade for Florida's standardized writing test to reduce the number …