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• Man beaten on TV by police is busted again
  A man who led police on a wild police chase three weeks ago that culminated in a televised beating has been arrested again -- after leading police on another chase.
• Mom says Florida pastor sent lewd texts
  (AP) -- A church pastor has temporarily left the pulpit while detectives investigate whether he sent lewd text messages to an underage girl.
• Teen killed in NW Dade shooting
  A 14-year-old girl was killed in an early Monday morning shooting near the intersection of Northwest 101st Street and 13th Avenue, Miami-Dade police said.
• Black widow spider bites Florida baby
  Doctors at Miami Children's Hospital are treating a 3-month-old Lee County boy who was bitten by a black widow spider. He was bitten at his home in Lehigh Acres and flown to Miami, where Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's antivenin unit, a leader in its field, was waiting with antivenin for the potentially deadly bite.
• Arrests made in theft of 26 handguns
  Federal agents arrested two suspects Thursday in the June robbery of 26 handguns from a Westchester outdoors store. Only six of the 26 guns have been recovered so far, after a tip from CrimeStoppers led Miami-Dade police to Elvis Steven Padron, 20, and Daniel Esteban Rojas, 21.
• 5 Kendall hate crime suspects arrested
  Miami-Dade police have arrested five young men in connection with a hate crime reported about a week ago in which anti-Semitic slurs and symbols were scribbled on a Falls area home.
• Motorcyclist killed on I-95 identified
  A motorcyclist killed Sunday when he was ejected from his high-performance Suzuki on Interstate 95 has been identified. The victim is 22-year-old Danilo Alibal Recinos, said Lt. Pat Santangelo of the Florida Highway Patrol.
• DNA, video link 3 to drugstore robberies
  Authorities announced the arrests Monday of three men believed to be responsible for more than a dozen armed drugstore robberies in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
• BSO investigating possible stabbing
  The Broward Sheriff's Office is investigating a possible stabbing Monday morning after a man walked up to Port Everglades Checkpoint Two about 5:30 a.m. and said he had been stabbed, a BSO spokeswoman said.
• Deputy recognizes fugitive on TV
  A day after he was featured on America's Most Wanted, a fugitive was caught at a Hialeah home. He was located after a Lee County deputy watching the program recognized him as a fellow churchgoer, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
• Man shot to death in Miami parking lot
  A man was shot to death in a Miami parking lot.
• Woman dies in Lauderhill after kitchen fire
  Georgette Gough was ready for Christmas. She kept a white Christmas tree in her Lauderhill duplex with presents underneath. Reindeer and candy canes decorated her front yard at 1701 54th Ter.
• Birds flocking to N. Florida reservoir
  Rodman Reservoir in North Florida may be where the binoculars meet the beaks for the next few months. It's a place where during a recent foggy morning, the lakefront was alive with the sounds of thousands of feeding birds working the newly exposed lake bottom.
• Church adapts to events in the Keys
  Since holding its first Mass in 1846, the church of Saint Mary Star of the Sea has been helping people in the far outpost of the Lower Keys.
• Monroe leads FAU past Monmouth
  Carlos Monroe scored 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead Florida Atlantic to a 62-57 win over Monmouth on Sunday. Sean Alarcon and Derrick Simmons each had 10 points for the Owls (4-8), while Jeff Parmer had nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Jhamar Youngblood had 18 points and five assists for the Hawks (2-9), while Nick Deltufo added 14 points and Yaniv Simpson had 11.
• Ohio St. finally gets back at UF
  One game doesn't make up for 12 months of agony, three defeats and two lost championships. Still, Ohio State will take some comfort in Saturday's 62-49 victory over Florida, sort of a first installment payment on all the payback the Buckeyes figure they owe the Gators.
• UM still perfect with rout of N. Carolina A&T
  Jack McClinton forgot his game jersey. Luckily he remembered his shooting touch. Forced to miss the game's first 2:44 after leaving his jersey in the dressing room, McClinton scored 17 points and No. 22 Miami defeated North Carolina A&T 95-64 Sunday to stretch its season-opening winning streak to 12 games.
• Motorcyclist killed on Interstate 395
  An unidentified male motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon in downtown Miami after crashing into another vehicle while westbound on Interstate 395, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
• Radio personality's family hospitalized in crash
  The mother and wife of Paul Castronovo, host of the morning radio show the Paul and Young Ron Show on Big 105.9, are in the hospital in critical condition Sunday after being involved in a head-on collision in Deerfield Beach.
• Animals help kids acquire a taste for books
  First-grader Cristen Cabrera brought her copy of Little Black, A Pony to the cream-colored palomino standing in a Davie Elementary playground.
• Cops: Teacher offered girl 'A' if he got sex
  (AP) -- Police say a Bartow High School student hoping to improve her math grades through extra credit instead got a lewd request from her teacher.
• Carnival's 4Q earnings down 14 percent
  Cruise operator Carnival said fourth-quarter profit fell 14 percent on higher fuel costs. Net income declined to $358 million, or 44 cents a share, from $416 million, or 51 cents, a year earlier. Revenue for the three months ended Nov. 30 rose to $3.12 billion, exceeding the average analyst estimate of $3.08 billion, the Miami-based company said Thursday in a statement.
• Rourke wasn't impaired, but breathalyzer was
  Hollywood bad-boy Mickey Rourke didn't do it this time, his attorney said Monday. Rourke was arrested on drunken driving charges in November. Miami Beach police said he was spotted driving his Vespa motor scooter erratically -- weaving in and out of traffic -- and then making an illegal U-turn.
• Cop accused of battery reassigned for now
  Maj. Richard Pichardo, commander of the Cutler Bay police unit, has been temporarily reassigned to the Miami-Dade police communications department, a police spokesman said Monday.
• Dying AIDS worker honored for doing what she `really loved'
  Barbara Powers is one of South Florida's most passionate voices for people with AIDS. Her reward was to come Nov. 30: a Lifetime of Service award from Broward's World AIDS Day committee.
• UM alumni baseball game is Friday
  It's Homecoming weekend for the University of Miami, and Hurricanes fans can begin festivities at 5 p.m. Friday by attending UM's annual alumni baseball game at Mark Light Field.
• Bacardi names new CFO
  Bacardi has hired a new chief financial officer. Graham C. Hetherington, 48, succeeds Ralph Morera, 62, on May 1 and will be based at the spirits giant's global headquarters in Hamilton, Bermuda.
• Cuban writer Rivero wins Spanish prize
  MADRID -- (AP) -- Cuban dissident writer Raul Rivero has wo