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• Obama supporters are cruising to the inauguration
  Unable to find affordable transportation to and lodging in the nation's capital for President-elect Barack Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration, one group of Obama supporters came up with a unique way to travel and stay in style: a ship.
• Mexico honors soldiers beheaded by drug cartel
  The decapitated bodies of the soldiers lined a major boulevard, accompanied by a sign: ''For every one of mine that you kill, I will kill 10.'' A bag of their heads, some still gagged with tape, was found nearby.
• Wintry weather takes toll on travel
  South Florida was feeling the effects Monday of blizzard-like conditions in other parts of the country that stranded travelers and left some roadways near impassable.
• Fugitive fortune teller accused of bilking clients of $65,000
  The next time Gina Marie Marks gazes into her crystal ball, she might see herself behind bars. Marks, a 35-year-old fortune teller, is accused of ripping off nearly $65,000 from five customers, whom she promised to cleanse of ``curses and evil spirits.''
• Lawyers: Politics swayed Frank Jimenez's nomination to court
  The Judicial Nominating Commission ''ran afoul of Florida law'' and appeared to bow to political pressure when it nominated Miami lawyer Frank Jimenez for the Florida Supreme Court, a group of high-powered lawyers complained in a strongly worded letter Monday.
• Weston lawmaker Franklin Sands among Madoff's victims
  Weston legislator Franklin Sands -- Democratic leader of the Florida House -- said Monday he and his wife Leslie Sands are among investment advisor Bernard Madoff's victims. He didn't specify their loss but said it's ''significant'' and that he is assessing his options for recovery.
• Much worth saving that UAW built
  In 1949, a pamphlet was published that argued that the American auto industry should pursue a different direction. Titled ''A Small Car Named Desire,'' the pamphlet suggested that Detroit not put all its bets on bigness, that a substantial share of American consumers would welcome smaller cars that cost less and burned fuel more efficiently.
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• Charter boats abandoning Keys' iconic Holiday Isle
  The iconic marina at Holiday Isle -- next to the ''World Famous Tiki Bar'' -- once was home to the largest charter boat fishing fleet in Islamorada, self-proclaimed sport fishing capital of the world.
• Miami Heat's Daequan Cook widens his role
  Dwyane Wade jokingly asked guard Daequan Cook recently what the heck he was thinking when he decided to enter the NBA Draft after his freshman season at Ohio State.
• Bal Harbour Club oceanfront site up for sale
  The Bal Harbour Club's owner has put the oceanfront site up for sale for $225 million, with an adjoining marina offered at $60 million.
• Miami Beach man, Swiss firm fined in trading scheme
  A federal court in Miami has slapped a Miami Beach man and a Swiss commodity trading firm with $9 million in fines for purportedly defrauding investors of $4.4 million in a commodity futures and options trading scheme.
• Miami Dolphins deserve to be taken seriously
  Otis Redding sang about it, Aretha Franklin stole Redding's words and sang even more magnificently about it, and Dolphins cornerback Andre' Goodman claims the Dolphins still aren't getting any of it.
• Police seek witnesses to fatal Little Havana stabbing
  Miami police on Monday released the name of a 62-year-old man who was stabbed to death in Little Havana over the weekend. Alejandro Penate was crossing Southwest 17th Avenue at Third Street at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday when at least two men attacked him, police said.
• No one blamed in crash of two planes over Everglades
  A preliminary report on the midair collision of two small airplanes over the Everglades Dec. 6 in West Broward sheds new light on the crash, but stops short of faulting any of the four pilots who died in the crash.
• Hialeah Park to get lift from City Council
  Hialeah officials hope their support of low-stakes horse racing will put the historic Hialeah Park on the fast track for reopening.
• Lawyers: Politics swayed Frank Jimenez's nomination to court
  The Judicial Nominating Commission ''ran afoul of Florida law'' and appeared to bow to political pressure when it nominated Miami lawyer Frank Jimenez for the Florida Supreme Court, a group of high-powered lawyers complained in a strongly worded letter Monday.
• Armed teen fatally shot by Fort Lauderdale police
  A teenager with a history of violent encounters with law enforcement died early Monday after being fatally shot in his home by a Fort Lauderdale police officer.
• Deerfield Beach arrests fuel political debate
  What's the matter with Deerfield Beach? Two members of the City Commission -- Al Capellini and Steve Gonot -- were arrested in separate corruption probes this month. Capellini was suspended and Gonot resigned. But that hasn't stopped the archrivals from considering running for mayor against each other in the March election.
• Jury selection on Jan. 13 in 3rd Liberty City 6 trial
  The third federal trial of the accused Miami terrorists dubbed the Liberty City Six will begin with jury selection Jan. 13. U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard on Monday set the new trial date for the six inner-city defendants charged with conspiring with al-Qaeda to blow up federal buildings in Miami and other major cities.
• Pentagon sets court date in Cole death penalty case
  The Pentagon on Monday set a Jan. 14 arraignment for a Saudi man accused of engineering the 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole, meaning the military will bring Guantánamo captive before the war court before President Bush leaves office.
• Cheney defends Bush, needles Biden
  Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday vigorously defended the White House's use of broad executive powers during the last eight years, saying he believed that historians would ultimately look favorably on the Bush administration's efforts to keep the nation safe.
• Wintry weather takes toll on travel
  South Florida was feeling the effects Monday of blizzard-like conditions in other parts of the country that stranded travelers and left some roadways near impassable.
• Bush throws $17.4B lifeline to Detroit; Ford passes for now
  President George W. Bush's decision to provide up to $17.4 billion in loans should help General Motors and Chrysler avoid a short-term cash crisis, but it will force them to dramatically change how they operate -- or face bankruptcy.
• Pentagon seeking death penalty in trial of Cole-bomb suspect
  The Pentagon disclosed late Friday that it is still pursuing the death penalty prosecution at Guantánamo of an alleged architect of the 2000 USS Cole bombing off the coast of Yemen,