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Race, faith and honesty shape jury selection
The Miami HeraldSANFORD, Fla. One African American father bristled at media stories pushing "racial connotations" and civil rights leaders' "saber rattling" in the Trayvon Martin slaying. Another potential juror, a white, middle-aged, goateed musician, seemed impartial,...Tags: Minority Groups, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Criminal Laws, Seminole County, Al Sharpton
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Now, Miami plays the waiting game
The Miami HeraldINDIANAPOLIS What some originally thought might take three days to hash out didn't take that long after all. The University of Miami wrapped up its hearings with the NCAA Committee of Infractions on Friday afternoon after 16 1/2 hours of talks for two...Tags: Sports Illustrated, Shabazz Muhammad, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bankruptcy, Basketball
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Linda Robertson: Miami out to bury Shapiro's past poison
The Miami HeraldMIAMI University of Miami president Donna Shalala flashed the "U" sign with her hands as she left an Indianapolis hotel conference room Thursday during the NCAA hearing that is a precursor to a verdict on the school's football and basketball...Tags: Colleges and Universities, College Sports, Heisman Trophy, Punishment, Lawyers
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BRCA gene decision hailed
Jewish breast cancer survivors were among the people celebrating a recent United States Supreme Court decision. The high court ruled unanimously that patents cannot be held on naturally occurring human genes. The decision came in a case in which...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Ovarian Cancer, Religion and Belief, Medical Specialization, Mastectomy
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MLB drug scandal: Baseball still can't clean up its drug act
Bud Selig, baseball's commissioner, declared the game's steroid era "clearly a thing of the past" and the use of banned performance-enhancing substances "virtually nonexistent." It was January 2010, and former home run champion Mark McGwire had just...Tags: Ryan Braun, Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis of America, Major League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays
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Father's Day weekend: Cars, 3 concerts, Caribbean fun
Say goodbye to ties. Russ G is getting the cars together for the Downtown Drive classic, exotic and European car show in Mizner Park on Father's Day Sunday. And Maestro Kyle Prescott is warming up a 50-piece band for a free "FAU Old Time Concert in...Tags: Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, Colleges and Universities, Music, Henry Mancini, Pontiac
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Balancing Act: Graduates should combine networking with true passions
The Miami HeraldIn the boardroom of large public companies, where few women sit at the table, there's a dysfunctional dynamic going on. The female directors say they are left out of strategic decision-making because those conversations often happen on the golf course and...Tags: Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, LeBron James, Google Inc., H. Wayne Huizenga, Customs and Tradition
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Med-tech firm lands its first software deal
A company led by by two veteran Central Florida high-tech entrepreneurs recently secured its first contract for Internet-based medical software designed to streamline the complicated process of qualifying a patient's care for Medicare or Medicaid...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Apple iPhone, Medicare, Medical Research, Orthopedic Surgery
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Miami Hurricanes sports ace their academic reports
The Miami HeraldMIAMI The University of Miami athletic program, which features eight men's and 10 women's teams, will not face any penalties when it comes to Academic Progress Rate. Statistics released Tuesday by the NCAA showed two Miami teams women's golf and women'...Tags: Academic Progress, College Baseball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Miami Hurricanes, The Miami Herald
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Bennett named Coral Springs Christian football coach
Coral Springs Christian needed a football coach and they got a good one in Donnell Bennett.. Athletic Director Steve Fitzgerald confirmed that Bennett had been hired to take over the football program of Thursday "We need to create a football environment...Tags: Football, National Football League, Washington Redskins, Miami Hurricanes, Kansas City Chiefs
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'The Scottsboro Boys' to make its case at Ahmanson Theatre
Actor Joshua Henry admits he didn't know much about the Scottsboro defendants before auditioning to play one of them in the musical "The Scottsboro Boys." But the scenes he received to prepare for that audition were powerful. As for the "gorgeous"...
Tags: Spider (music group), Social Issues, Politics, U.S. Supreme Court, Music
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Public colleges are often no bargain for the poor
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Many public colleges and universities expect their poorest students to pay a third, half or even more of their families' annual incomes each year for college, a new study of college costs has found. With most American students enrolling in...Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, Colleges and Universities, South Carolina State University, University of Missouri , Education
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