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Incumbents swept Miami-Dade government elections Tuesday, with Mayor Carlos Alvarez and six commissioners rebuffing challengers to win four-year terms.

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Breaking its contract to deliver new carts, a South Florida company has created another delay in Miami-Dade County’s plan to upgrade its recycling program.

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Strong winds and downpours will continue to pound South Florida over the next day as Tropical Storm Fay picks up strength on its journey north.

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As one of CSI: Miami’s newest cast members, Evan Ellingson admits that he wasn’t really a big CSI: Miami fan.

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In a surprise move, Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Rudy Crew on Tuesday night scrapped a proposal to cut 11 schools police officers and restructure the department.

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Miami-Dade teachers and school district officials inched toward ending a deadlock over salary raises that the cash-strapped district promised but has postponed.

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AS PART OF THE CORAL GABLES MUSEUM’S ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, LONGTIME RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SHARING THEIR STORIES ON TAPE. THESE INTERVIEWS WILL BE A PART OF THE MUSEUM’S HISTORY EXHIBIT AND SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY

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If Vincent Hodgkiss was running a drug enterprise out of his Pembroke Pines house — as it appears cops suspected — he sure wasn’t keeping a very low profile.

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The bamboo putter in William Kerdyk Jr.’s Coral Gables office serves as a testament to Japanese tenacity.

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A hole 10 feet deep and 15 feet wide swallowed a woman’s car as she drove on the Rickenbacker Causeway just before rush hour Tuesday.

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