Archive for March, 2009
Man killed his girlfriend in quarrel over beer
UPDATED: Information regarding Ruth Ann Trueblood Memorial Fund at Bank of America, please read Ann Riley comments below. BY DAVID SMILEY dsmiley@MiamiHerald.com A fight over beer led a man to beat his 46-year-old girlfriend to death in downtown Fort Lauderdale, according to an arrest report released Thursday. Robert Conde, 41, was arrested [...]
Speaking the language of Twitter
Twitter is quickly becoming the most common tool of the online world to share short messages and information, so why not use it better. It’s so popular that most news outlets, TV shows, personalities, and celebrities alike have vastly adopted it as the system of choice to stay on top of things. Friend and News Anchor Traci Cloyd uses [...]
Some South Florida discount stores still sell toys, other items with unsafe lead levels
Unsafe levels still found in some toys and other items in S. Florida By DIANE C. LADE | South Florida Sun Sentinel New product-safety laws targeting lead and other child hazards that took effect last month are designed to protect young consumers. Despite the tougher standards, children's products and playthings that contain illegal lead levels [...]
Blue Bell Ice Cream bringing jobs to South Florida
The Little Creamery in Brenham Texas is opening a distribution center in Miramar Florida. The 29,000 square-foot distribution center will provide its delicious ice cream, sherbet, frozen yogurt and other cool products to the tropical area. The center will provide over 250 products to local grocery stores in a 100-mile radius to a [...]
Google’s new behavioral ads already raising privacy worries
By Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica Behavioral advertising has arrived on the Google campus. Starting today, Google will track your Internet search and surfing habits in order to get a better idea of what kind of ads would suit you best, though it claims it won't attach any identifying information to the cookie. Needless to say, privacy advocates are [...]
Teen gunman dead after killing 16 in Germany
WINNENDEN, Germany — Police say a girl seriously injured in a school shooting near Stuttgart has died of her wounds in the hospital, bringing the death toll to 17, including the gunman. Police say 17-year-old Tim K., a former student who graduated from the Albertville high school last year, opened fire in two classrooms early Wednesday morning [...]
Fort Lauderdale police investigate homicide
BY DAVID SMILEY dsmiley@MiamiHerald.com Fort Lauderdale police are investigating a woman's death as a homicide Wednesday morning after a she was found dead in the 600 block of Southwest First Avenue. Few details were immediately available, but police spokesman Sgt. Frank Sousa said dispatch received calls about 8:30 a.m that the woman was [...]
Hitachi fined for LCD price fixing
By DEVLIN BARRETT WASHINGTON — Hitachi Displays Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices on the sale of LCD panels. The Japan-based electronics firm agreed to pay a $31 million fine as part of its deal with the U.S. Justice Department. Three other major producers of liquid crystal display panels have already admitted their [...]
Ala. gunman kills 9 then turns gun on himself
By JESSICA GRESKO and DESIREE HUNTER SAMSON, Ala. — A gunman killed at least nine people on a terrifying rampage across two Alabama counties Tuesday, burning down his mother's home, killing members of his own family on their porch and shooting apparent strangers as he drove by, authorities said. He then fatally shot himself. Police were [...]
Traci Cloyd Headlines for March 11
SW Miami Dade Brush Fires Firefighters are keeping a close watch for flare-ups after getting several brush fires under control in Southwest Miami Dade. Our dry weather is providing perfect conditions for brush fires and firefighters warn it will only get worse. Sunrise accident Still no word on the condition of a teen struck and [...]
