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U.S. airlines reap $841 million in bag fees in 4Q 2012
Airlines continue to reap handsome payoffs from the extra fees they charge for checked bags and other travel-related services. Sixteen U.S. passenger airlines collected $841 million in baggage fees and $610 million for reservation cancellation and change...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Expedia Incorporated, Travel, Southwest Airlines Co., Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
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Teen says Miramar police captain ordered her to expose herself
A Miramar police captain who caught two teenagers making out in the back seat of a car went way too far to prove no crime was being committed, prosecutors told a Broward jury Tuesday. Juan De Los Rios, 47, is on trial for lewd and lascivious conduct...
Tags: Lawyers, Witnesses, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Prosecution
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Tom Rick, investment officer for Milwaukee pension, dies at 51
Milwaukee Journal SentinelTom Rick, who guided Milwaukee's multibillion-dollar pension fund to become the best-funded public fund in the country, died Monday morning. He was 51. Rick was taken to the hospital Sunday after collapsing at his daughter Alexandra's dance recital at...Tags: Marquette University, Economy, Business and Finance, Colleges and Universities, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy
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Lawmakers seek money for local projects via 'dark marks'
WASHINGTON — When Congress banned "earmarks" in 2011, House Speaker John Boehner hailed the move as proof that lawmakers were "dead serious" about outlawing pet projects and "ending business as usual in Washington." But new documents show that the...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Jack Abramoff, Port Canaveral, U.S. Congress, John Boehner
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Mexicana de Coral Springs gana concurso de Smithsonian
El rostro infantil representa "la inocencia y la alegría de un niño latino inmerso en una nueva cultura ...y el llanto muestra los abrumadores sentimientos de un inmigrante". Con esas palabras la pintora mexicana Ana María Villegas, residente de Coral...
Tags: Pompano Beach, Washington, DC, Coral Springs
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Miramar chooses local search firm to hire new city manager
Commissioners unanimously chose Wellington search firm Colin Baenziger & Associates to find a new city manager. The city agreed to hire a search firm to vet candidates to replace former city manager Robert Payton, who retired in March and received $2.4...Tags: Hallandale Beach
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Survivor inspires students
Sixty-eight years ago, the Russian Third Army liberated the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp near the town of Fürstenberg, Germany. One of the survivors in the camp was a 6-year-old boy from Poland named Nathan Montrose. Nearly seven decades later, on...Tags: Teaching and Learning, High Schools, Berlin (Germany), Human Interest, Schools
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Some lenders venturing out to give mortgages with 3 or 5% down
Six years after the housing market collapsed and credit tightened, some South Florida-based lenders are easing up on the 15 to 20 percent down traditionally required for a conventional mortgage. Tropical Financial Credit Union and The Mortgage Firm...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Real Estate Buyers, Deerfield Beach, Lake Worth, Finance
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How safe are you outside your door? Attackers hit close to home
An armed, would-be robber is shot dead in a driveway in Pompano Beach. A kidnapper intent on raping a stranger abducts a woman outside her apartment in Pembroke Pines. An off-duty deputy, moving garbage cans in his driveway, shoots a man who...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, The Home Depot, Kidnapping, Theft, Pompano Beach
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Miami tennis wins eighth straight NCAA regional
CORAL GABLES — Twice delayed by lightning, the Miami women's tennis team had to do a little waiting before some more winning. But, for the eighth straight season, the No. 6 Hurricanes (22-5) won an NCAA regional to advance to the Round of 16. UM...Tags: Miami Hurricanes, Purdue Boilermakers, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Northwestern Wildcats, College Sports
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Pines behind in delayed 6A final
Miami HeraldThe Pembroke Pines Charter softball team didn't get off to a good start Saturday afternoon in its bid to win its second consecutive state championship. And inclement weather conditions forced the Jaguars to wait until Sunday for a chance to make up...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), High School Sports, Winter Garden, Orlando, Weather Warnings
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Miramar man kidnaps, bites and stabs girlfriend, she tells cops
A married man terrorized his girlfriend for a week, biting her genitalia, taking her captive then stabbing, kicking, burning and punching her before she was able to get away, according to the account she gave to Miramar police. Nelson Humberto...
Tags: Assault, Firearms, Broward County, Pompano Beach, Pembroke Pines
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