Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Last Top Stories: Variety of Programs at Hialeah High School Prepares Students for College, Careers | NBC 6 South Florida

  • Variety of Programs at Hialeah High School Prepares Students for College, Careers | NBC 6 South Florida

    Variety of Programs at Hialeah High School Prepares Students for College, Careers | NBC 6 South Florida
    Hialeah High School was built in the 1950's and it's come a long way since the Eisenhower and Truman administrations. (Published Monday, Nov. 16, 2015) Hialeah High School was built in the 1950's and it's come a long way since the Eisenhower and Truman administrations. "We're preparing our kids with the 21st century skills they need to be college-ready or career-ready because we offer so many different programs, no matter what avenue our kids want to take when they graduate," said P..
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  • BattleFrog races gain in popularity; next event Saturday at Amelia...

    Corinna Coffin, an elite athlete, gripped onto a 50-pound wreck-bag weight while trudging across a 16-kilometer Navy SEALs-inspired obstacle course race series called BattleFrog.It was obvious the race wasn’t her first as she triumphed through climbing 12-foot ladders and crawling through mud, made warm from the sun.“It’s really fun for me to try to prepare for these races because you really can’t lack strength in any area, whether it’s mental, physical or all the different muscle groups,” Coffi..
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  • Race Matters: Public Defender Now Staffing Branch Courts

    Race Matters: Public Defender Now Staffing Branch Courts
    Follow CBSMIAMI.COM:Facebook|TwitterMIAMI (CBSMiami) — For the first time in at least 30 years, assistant public defenders are working in the branch courthouses across Miami-Dade County. They are assisting people charged with misdemeanors.And even though, under Florida law, individuals who face no jail time are not entitled to a court-appointed attorney, Miami-Dade Public Defender Carlos Martinez decided to make his attorneys available to anyone who might have questions or concerns about their c..
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  • Hey, New Teacher, Don't Quit. It Will Get Better

    Hey, New Teacher, Don't Quit. It Will Get Better
    Like many first-year teachers, Luisana Regidor has a lot on her mind. There are lesson plans to write and papers to grade as well as a dozen other things: evaluations, observations, fundraisers, class trips. It's overwhelming."Last Wednesday, I left here and I got in my car and I just cried," says Regidor, who teaches U.S. history at Schurz High School in Chicago. "Everything was hitting me at once."Regidor, 31, says other teachers warned her that the first year could be rough, but in September ..
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  • Civil Liberties Groups Critical Of Gov's Stance On Syrian Refugees

    Civil Liberties Groups Critical Of Gov's Stance On Syrian Refugees
    Follow CBSMIAMI.COM:Facebook|TwitterTALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – A pair of civil liberties groups have denounced Gov. Rick Scott’s desire to close Florida’s borders to additional refugees from Syria in the wake of the terrorist assault on Paris.The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Florida, the state’s largest Muslim civil-liberties and advocacy organization, issued a release condemning “Scott’s divisive statement” to not support the resettlement of Syrian refugees in Florida.“In thes..
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  • Donations requested for 'La Griteria' celebration in Sweetwater

    In the past couple of years, during the first week of December on Southwest 107th Street in Sweetwater, has been the site of a traditional celebration established by the South Florida Nicaraguan community: La Griteria or La Purisima.Sidewalks are lined with altars and dozens of people come from different areas of Miami to celebrate the Immaculate Conception of Maria, Nicaragua’s patron saint. Miami was the city that sheltered hundreds of Nicaraguans who took refuge in the United States in the 19..
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  • The New Republican War On Religious Freedom

    The New Republican War On Religious Freedom
    JusticeThe New Republican War On Religious FreedombyIan MillhiserNov 17, 2015 11:34amCREDIT: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta“Never have the threats been greater to religious liberty than they are right here and now today,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told a campaign rally in Iowa last August, less than three months before he called for members of one of the world’s great faiths to be segregated away from Americans who share his religious beliefs.Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) compared federal rules requ..
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  • Miami toilet and tissue paper manufacturer sold for $156M

    Pardon Our Interruption... As you were browsinghttp://www.bizjournals.comsomething about your browser made us think you were a bot. There are a few reasons this might happen: You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed. You've disabled JavaScript in your web browser. A third-party browser plugin, such as Ghostery or NoScript, is preventing JavaScript from running. Additional information is available in thissupport article..
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  • Top teams get tourney invite

    The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the schedule for the upcoming ARS/Rescue Rooter Hoophall Miami Invitational to be held Nov.24 at AmericanAirlines Arena.The five-game event will feature 10 of the teams in the state and serve as a prelude to the college basketball event to be held at AmericanAirlines Arena on Nov.27 with Kentucky playing South Florida at 5 p.m. and Ohio State playing Memphis at 7:30 p.m.“We are very excited to grant high school basketball players the opport..
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  • Norland's Dewan Huell a special player

    Lawton Williams III has never been surrounded by elite prospects during his years coaching boys’ basketball teams at Miami Norland.It’s pretty rare when players such as 6-10 senior forward Dewan Huell don the Vikings’ jersey.Not since eventual Georgia Tech signee Zachary Peacock led Norland to its first state championship have the Vikings had a potential superstar nor such a talented team as it heading into this season.“[Peacock] was a very mature player, as well as talented,” Williams said. “Bu..
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