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• Longtime dance instructor talks salsa, both 'Cuban style' and 'Miami ...

  

  I was born in Miami in 1966 and raised in Hialeah. When I got older I moved down to Kendall, where I live now.My mother and my father came from Cuba when they were young, 8 and 12 years old. They were born in Cuba but their parents were from Puerto Rico, so I have both places in my heritage. Growing up, salsa was a huge part of my life. When my parents would have parties at home, they and my grandparents always played salsa music and it was something that was always heard and liked. I love disc..

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• The Uber driver needed to use the bathroom. He let her in. Trouble ...

  

  Why did the Uber customer from Plantation let the Uber driver into his house?According to a Channel 10 report, because she told him she needed to use the bathroom after their drive from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and, the robbery victim said, “I’m a nice guy and I didn’t think there was any harm.”Until he woke up hours later to find out he’d been ripped off, he told police. He figured he’d been drugged by the water his driver offered him. Police picked up Hialeah’s Bran..

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• Incendio destruye concesionario de autos en Hialeah

  

  Un incendio devastador ocurrió la noche de este miércoles en un concesionario de autos en Hialeah que quedó totalmente destruido.Los hechos ocurrieron en Palm Avenue a la altura de la 14 Calle del este de Hialeah.Varios vehículos en la propiedad se incendiaron y un par de residencias cercanas fueron evacuadas.Los autos afuera que estaban a la venta no fueron afectados, pero el dueño cree que ha perdido hasta un cuarto de millón de dólares por el siniestro. Dice que se salvó del tornado que pasó ..

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• Abuelos de Hialeah celebran día de San Valentín

  El paso de los años no fue un impedimento para que estos abuelos y abuelas demostraran en el dia de hoy que los buenos pasillos que aprendieron en su juventud no se olvidan y que la música y el amor todavía viven en sus corazones octogenarios.Cientos de personas de la tercera edad celebran el día de los enamorados en un lindo lugar en el centro Mirlander, para compartir el amor y cariño que les brinda la ciudad de Hialeah.Y es que la mayoría de estas personas han visto nacer y crecer la ciudad ..

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• Detenido cubano en Hialeah por robar un auto haciéndose pasar ...

  El cubano Julio César Márquez, de 30 años de edad, fue detenido en Hialeah acusado de haber robado un auto a mano armada.El individuo fue identificado por la víctima como la persona que se hizo pasar por un comprador (iba acompañado por un cómplice) y, luego de realizar una corta prueba de conducción, obligó al vendedor a bajarse del vehículo y huyó con el auto.Según destacan medios de prensa, el acusado declaró a la policía que él no había cometido ningún robo, precisó que sólo tomó el auto par..

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• Sears to may sell real estate, cut jobs to save $1 billion

  

  NEW YORK (AP) — Sears may sell more locations, cut more jobs and put more of its famous brands on the block in an attempt to revive the faltering retail chain. The company, which also owns Kmart, said Friday that it is cutting costs by at least $1 billion a year. The Kmart in Lafayette closed in December of last year. Shares of Sears Holding Corp., which are down 40 percent this year, soared 45 percent before the market opened Friday. Sears is already in the process of closing 150 stores, a mo..

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• Venezuelan family sues Miami investment firm over alleged Ponzi ...

  

  Venezuelan family sues Miami investment firm over alleged Ponzi scheme Investors hoped to reap fixed returns from bankrolling a construction company February 10, 2017 08:45AM By Sean Stewart-Muniz Construction cranes By all accounts, Miami’s various real estate markets are a hotspot for international investment — but not all deals go off without a hitch. A Venezuelan family, seeking to recoup its cash from a financing deal gone sour, has filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit..

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• All Lit up

  

  He told Hialeah schoolkids it is the best way to combat global warming, and he's working with an energy fund to get lower group rates for all Miami-Dade ...

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• Teen allegedly involved in armed robbery, chase pleads guilty

  

  Teen allegedly involved in armed robbery, chase pleads guilty MIAMI (WSVN) - A teen accused of leading police on a chase took a plea deal. Seventeen-year-old Amos Leclerc faced a judge in court Thursday and pleaded guilty on charges of armed robbery and fleeing police. According to prosecutors, Leclerc and three other teens led Hialeah Police on a chase on Jan. 10. Police shot and injured one of the teens after he ran from the vehicle. Officials said the suspects are connected to an armed ro..

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• Miami Central girls hoops win regional playoff game for first time in ...

  

  Tracy Reid once helped Central’s girls’ basketball team become one of the prominent teams in Miami-Dade County.Before her stellar playing career at the University of North Carolina and later in the WNBA, Reid was part of the last GMAC championship the Rockets won in 1994 as well as the last playoff win.From her seat on the bench on Thursday night as Central’s coach Reid watched a new group of Rockets end the school’s playoff drought.Led by Kayla Mosquera’s 15 points and six steals and Zahra Dan..

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SpaceX finds failure cause, announces January 8 as target for flight resumption .	American Dream Miami mega-mall wins preliminary vote before ... .
Hialeah purse snatcher caught on surveillance, arrested .	Car-motorcycle crash closes Hialeah road .