Posts Tagged Florida

Ex-NFL star Chad Johnson being released from jail

In this Aug. 12, 2012 file photo, Chad Johnson, center, leaves Broward County Jail in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A contrite Johnson apologized Monday, June 17, 2013, for disrespecting a judge when the former NFL star slapped his attorney on the backside in court a week earlier, and his immediate release from jail was ordered. (Photo by Jeff Daly/Invision/AP, File)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A contrite Chad Johnson apologized Monday for disrespecting a judge when the former NFL star slapped his attorney on the backside in court last week and was released from jail after only a week instead of 30 days.

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Ticket prices heating up for final games in Miami

MIAMI (AP) — With the final week of the NBA season now here, ticket prices are going into overdrive.

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Heat back on familiar, and shaky, ground in Finals

Miami Heat forward LeBron James watches the fourth quarter of Game 5 in the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio on Sunday, June 16, 2013. The Spurs won 114-104. James scored 25 points. The Heat host Game 6 on Tuesday. (AP Photo/El Nuevo Herald, David Santiago) MAGS OUT

MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James has been wearing a good amount of camouflage attire at times during the NBA playoffs, with some of his vests, pants and even ties done in the design.

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For young immigrants, a delayed coming of age

In this Wednesday, June 12, 2013 photo, brothers Jorge Tume, left, and Francis Tume are shown in Miami. Tume’s parents brought them to the U.S. from Peru on tourist visas when they were young and decided to stay, becoming unauthorized immigrants with no legal status. Now, one year after President Barack Obama announced an executive order allowing young people living in the U.S. illegally to stay and work, nearly 300,000 young adults previously living illegally in the United States have been granted permission to stay and work through the program, the most significant shift in immigration policy in recent decades. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

MIAMI (AP) — As a child, Jorge Tume used to sit and do homework as his parents cleaned the desks and floors of a concrete company in Miami. When he was done, he’d take out the trash and help finish cleaning.

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Back home, Heat try to stop a 5th Spurs NBA title

San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan shoots against Miami Heat during the second half at Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in San Antonio. The Spurs won 114-104. (AP Photo/John G. Mabanglo, Pool)

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Heat weren’t supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway.

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