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Miami museum opens exhibit on South Florida crime

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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 3:03 a.m.

Even before Miami became a city, the area attracted renegades and tourists, dreamers and millionaires - as well as mobsters, would-be presidential assassins, kidnappers, serial killers and cocaine cowboys ...

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Miami's rich history of crime to be on display

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Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.

Even before Miami became a city, the area attracted renegades and tourists, dreamers and millionaires -- as well as mobsters, would-be presidential assassins, kidnappers, serial killers and cocaine cowboys ...

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Shooter of Miami police officer remains at large

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Published Oct. 4, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Miami police said Saturday they were a step closer to catching the man who fired an assault rifle at a patrol car earlier in the weekend ... Just hours after a Miami police officer was attacked during a traffic stop in Liberty City, police arrested the owner of the car involved in the crime. But the shooter himself was still at large Saturday afternoon, and detectives say they need anyone with information to come forward ...

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Miami Beach crime rates down from 2008

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Published Sept. 27, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Violent crime and property crimes have dipped during the last six months, but crimes of opportunity continue to be a thorn in the side of the city, according to statistics released Wednesday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement ...

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SoBe writer gets scoop on Jackson doc

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Published Aug. 22, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Gerald Posner -- South Beach resident, chief investigative reporter for TheDailyBeast.com and author of Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power -- A Dispatch From the Beach, a juicy new book out Oct. 13 -- managed to nab the first sit-down interview with Michael Jackson's maligned doctor Conrad Murray. The publicity storm around the interview started before the article was even written ...

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Hit-and-Run Driver Plows into Five People in Allapattah

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Published Aug. 16, 2009 at 2:41 p.m.

The Herald reports that five people standing outside of an Allapattah bar were injured last night when an enraged driver stole a car and plowed into them. The suspect in the hit-and-run has been identified, but not apprehended. If you have any information, please contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 ...

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The Cooler [UPDATED]

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Published Aug. 12, 2009 at 5:47 a.m.

If you're a fan of Paul & Young Ron, you might notice someone missing this morning. That and more in this morning's Cooler ... A- Herald: Stop the presses. The owners of the Coral Gables Gazette, often at odds with officials of the city they covered, have stopped printing the 13-year-old weekly after 715 issues and have moved online. The last print edition was published July 30 ... An editorial on the Gazette's website says the ``transformation is part of the next generation'' of local news

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Coconut Grove Ain't No Stars Hollow

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Published Aug. 5, 2009 at 8:15 a.m.

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Yesterday, Coconut Grove Grapevine brought out the boogeyman in a very transparent attempt to make Coconut Grove appear more attractive than the Brickell area ... Why was Mary Brickell Village packed last Thursday and the Grove was only so-so? Were you at Mary Brickell Village last week? If so, why did you choose that over the Grove? ... I am told by some that it is an insulated group, that all of the condo dwellers on Brickell are just staying in their own neighborhood. I am also told that

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Police buses fight crime in Northeast Miami-Dade

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Published July 31, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

The Miami-Dade Police Department has begun using seven new buses -- or mobile operation centers -- to help police deter crime and reach out to residents ...

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Miami Chief John Timoney, police union continue crime-report feud

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Published July 22, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Miami police union President Armando Aguilar cried foul on Tuesday, calling Police Chief John Timoney's response to a new state report that cleared officials of fudging crime statistics ``unconscionable.'' ...

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