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'Death-defying' motorcyclists open Broward County Fair
This family is a wild ride. For 10 generations, members of the Flores family have performed daredevil motorcycle stunts at circuses and fairs across the country.

Pembroke Pines teen broadcasts suicide on webcam
A Pembroke Pines teenager told an Internet audience he wanted to kill himself by drug overdose early Wednesday -- and then he followed through on his macabre threat while a live webcam captured it, according to the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office.

Florida jobless rate hits 7 percent, a 15-year high
Florida's unemployment rate hit 7 percent in October, the highest rate in 15 years, the state labor department announced Friday. That's an increase of half a percentage point from the previous month.

Woman killed, baby hurt in Miramar crash
A woman was killed and her baby passenger injured after two vehicles rolled over near Pembroke Road and University Drive just before 6 a.m. Friday morning, officials said.

Motorcycle crash on I-595 kills Sunrise man
A 21-year-old Sunrise man was killed when he was thrown from his motorcycle early Friday morning during a violent collision with a dump truck on Interstate 595, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Minority lawyers in Broward County seek judicial spots
For decades, the face of Broward County's judiciary has mostly been white and male. But a new emphasis on bringing diversity to the judge ranks may soon be realized.

More budget cuts could reverse Dade and Broward graduation gains
High schools throughout the state and in South Florida saw a higher percentage of the senior class graduate and fewer students drop out last year, according to information released Wednesday by the Florida Department of Education.

Hollywood commissioners give red-light cameras a first OK
Hollywood commissioners signaled their initial support Wednesday for a network of red-light cameras aimed toward traffic scofflaws at busy city intersections.

Deported illegal immigrants who return to U.S. face prison time
Illegal immigrants now face a maximum of five years in prison if they return to the United States after having been deported by immigration authorities.

Missing Hallandale man found dead in lake behind his home
Hallandale Beach police identified the man whose body was pulled from the water Wednesday morning. Jonathan Mitchell, 26, was reported missing about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, police spokesman Andrew Casper said.

Probe renewed in 1987 killing of 3-year-old Broward girl
On June 10, 1987, hundreds of volunteers combed the streets of Broward County, desperately searching for 3-year-old Julie Magliulo.

No charges planned in suspicious 1977 Broward canal death
The mysterious 1977 death of a Coral Springs teenager, whose body was found this spring at the bottom of a Broward canal, will go unprosecuted, police announced Wednesday.

Fire destroys building near propane tanks at Port Everglades
Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue extinguished a fire Wednesday night at Port Everglades that burned down a single-story office building but could have been much worse.

State wildlife pilot
Donning night vision goggles and soaring over Collier County in a Bell 206L4 LongRanger helicopter, Lt. Joseph Andrew Martyna spent the late evening of Saturday searching for a hunter lost in the Everglades.

BSO detention lieutenant
Detention Lt. Ryan Allen, right-hand-man to the leader of Broward County's jails, has died. Allen was 40. He died Nov. 4 from complications following a kidney transplant.

Broward juvenile judge had 'a big personality'
Broward Judge Charles Kaplan was found dead at his home in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea on Wednesday morning, becoming the second juvenile judge to die this month and shocking colleagues at the courthouse.

31-year-old cold case solved, but family laments lack of justice
A teenage girl came between best friends, prompting one of the young men to commit an unspeakable act. An affair with another woman years later finally brought his secret to light.

3 women sentenced to prison in $1.7M Broward welfare theft
For more than 22 years, Violet Jones was a widely respected employee with the Florida Department of Children & Families. Thursday, her former employers watched in a Fort Lauderdale courtroom as she was sentenced to 17 years in prison for stealing more than $1.5 million intended for needy families.

Broward swim coach fired after child-porn arrest
Administrators at Fort Lauderdale's Pine Crest School fired an assistant swim coach Thursday, two days after federal agents arrested him on child-pornography charges.

U.S. urged to give work status to Haitians
Citing several back-to-back tragedies in Haiti and a new U.S. president soon to move into the White House, Miami-Dade County officials and their allies pressed the Bush administration Thursday to grant temporary protected status to undocumented Haitians in the United States.

'Death-defying' motorcyclists open Broward County Fair
This family is a wild ride. For 10 generations, members of the Flores family have performed daredevil motorcycle stunts at circuses and fairs across the country.

31-year-old cold case solved, but family laments lack of justice
A teenage girl came between best friends, prompting one of the young men to commit an unspeakable act. An affair with another woman years later finally brought his secret to light.

3 women sentenced to prison in $1.7M Broward welfare theft
For more than 22 years, Violet Jones was a widely respected employee with the Florida Department of Children & Families. Thursday, her former employers watched in a Fort Lauderdale courtroom as she was sentenced to 17 years in prison for stealing more than $1.5 million intended for needy families.

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