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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement last week arrested 10 members of a criminal mortgage fraud and identity theft ring charged with swindling banks out of more than $8 million. The department had been investigating the operation for the past four years. The scheme involved recruiting "straw...

You'd have to be out of your mind to open a new hotel in this economic environment, right? Apparently not if the location happens to be South Beach, the trend-setting (ie., expensive) southern tip of Miami Beach, Fla. In fact, the hotel market is actually expanding not only in South Beach, but...

How are teens getting ready for, like, the biggest night ever? Prom? During this, y'know, recession or whatever? The Miami Herald reports that South Florida high schoolers are trimming their budgets without sacrificing the importance of being trendy. Education reporter Hannah Sampson spoke to one...