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NASCAR fans boo Michelle Obama? Officials say reports 'overblown'

2011-11-21 13:00:00

NASCAR officials downplayed reports that Michelle Obama faced a hostile reception at the Sprint Cup finale in Florida on Sunday, despite the sounds of booing heard during the live television broadcast Sunday (see video below). The first lady and Jill...

IndyCar's Andretti Autosport releases Tony Kanaan, re-signs Ryan Hunter-Reay

2010-10-29 16:33:09

Showman-Shiver

2013-06-15 15:19:00

Abigail Elizabeth Showman and Jonathan Roy Shiver, both of Tallahassee, Fla., are announcing their engagement. � Miss Showman is the daughter of Capt. (Ret) Gregory and Beatrice Showman, Melbourne, Fla. Her grandparents are Mrs. Lewis Weaver and the...

Okey-Dokey Grocery Markets may be closing

2013-06-15 00:00:00

After opening a dozen stores across South Florida within a few months and hosting several hiring events, Okey-Dokey Grocery Markets is now planning to close down its stores, according to a local commercial real estate broker and a trade publication....

Golden Glades plaza puts squeeze on drivers with fewer toll lanes

2013-06-10 16:25:49

If you drive Florida's Turnpike to and from downtown Miami, listen up: the Golden Glades toll plaza is going to make your commute longer through an already congested area. Starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday, the number of toll lanes at the busy plaza will be...

Perceptions of Pocono have changed since last year's repave

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Tony Stewart said he can't wait for a race at Pocono Raceway. "It'll be kind of cool to see it … it's going to be spectacular," Stewart said last week. OK, so he wasn't talking about the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series "Party in the Poconos 400,"...

Man seeks to return pendant found in Everglades to rightful place

2013-06-03 18:50:03

MIAMI When Mark Rubinstein went hunting for pythons in the Everglades, he didn't find any. Instead, he struck gold. Glinting up at him in the dirt along a levee, Rubinstein stumbled across a gold pendant encrusted with a sapphire cross surrounded by a...

It's here. It's beer. Get used to it

2013-06-01 00:00:00

When the Funky Buddha Brewery opens Saturday in Oakland Park, it will become the first industrial microbrewery in Broward County, and the largest operation of its kind in South Florida. For fans of craft beer, so called because of the beverages' artisanal...

David J. Neal: IndyCar needs new shot in South Florida area

2013-05-31 05:20:03

MIAMI Sunday's Indianapolis 500 fell only two final green flag laps from being the best of the 97 Indy 500s. Three South Florida residents, led by winner Tony Kanaan, occupied the podium positions. And IndyCar and Homestead-Miami Speedway can't iron...

Cause sought in race camera accident at Charlotte Motor Speedway

2013-05-27 17:05:04

CONCORD, N.C. An overhead camera cable that snapped during the Coca-Cola 600 had been in use less than a year and had been inspected by the contractor operating the TV rig when it was delivered in June 2012, Fox Sports said Monday as an investigation...

FAU Football Roster

2013-05-25 18:36:00

++++++++++++++++++++ || Number || Name || Class || Ht. || Wt. || Position || Hometown (Last School) || || 1 || Adrian Burton || RS FR || 5-10 || 175 || DB || Pompano Beach, FL (Blanche Ely) || || 2 || DeAndre Richardson || RS SR || 6-2 || 180 || WR ||...

Crash victim saves driver, unable to rescue passenger in fiery fatal crash

2013-05-20 03:24:00

With its 50 varieties of locally and nationally brewed suds, Saturday's Old School Beerfest in Delray Beach arrives at the tail-end of a glut of American Craft Beer Week festivities descending on South Florida's bar scene.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

South Florida Express Elite QB Sean White of Davie University and WR Ermon Lane of Homestead

2013-04-21 00:00:00

Danica Patrick stands in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 16, 2012 in Homestead, Florida.

2013-01-06 13:25:00