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Once facing deportation, grad off to college 11:58 AM EST

One year ago, Juan Gomez, the Killian High School grad who was saved from deportation, traveled to the nation's capital to advocate for undocumented students. Gomez headed for Washington again Thursday, but for a different reason: Next week he starts at Georgetown University.

FBI probes iPod 'scheme' run from University of Miami campus 07:43 AM EST

A University of Miami alum's sales pitch dazzled dozens of investors. His business venture: selling iPods in Latin America. Their investment: upward of $30 million.

All-boys academy opens in Miami 03:02 AM EST

The mission of the Young Men's Preparatory Academy is a lofty one: It will make men out of boys. That's the pledge Miami-Dade Superintendent Rudy Crew personally gave Wednesday to 84 wide-eyed high-school teens -- the inaugural class of the county's first all-boys public high school, one of only a handful in the state.

Miami-Dade fires recycling bins provider 03:02 AM EST

In another delay for Miami-Dade County's simpler, cheaper and long-postponed recycling program, the company hired to deliver new bins was fired this week for being unable to keep up with its contract.

Jamaica dances as Olympians run for gold 03:02 AM EST

Cars honked, crowds cheered and Jamaica stood still. Every time Usain Bolt's image flashed across the giant TV screen in Nelson Mandela Park at Kingston's Half Way Tree Square, the crowd standing at the four-way intersection roared.

Suspect in Obama threat: I'm not guilty 03:02 AM EST

A 22-year-old man accused of threatening to assassinate both President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pleaded not guilty Wednesday in federal court in Miami.

Mission: not so `Impossible' for Michael Symon 03:02 AM EST

Scandal rocked The Food Network in May -- and it had nothing to do with overcooked crème brlée. Robert Irvine was fired from his gig as host of Dinner: Impossible, in which he executed a large meal under tough time constraints. Apparently, the muscular Brit had cooked up some stuff on his overblown résumé. Oh, little ''embellishments and inaccuracies'' like he helped bake Di and Charles' wedding cake. The cookies really started crumbling for the vociferous...

'I'm so thankful': Mom, 2 kids escape house fire 03:02 AM EST

Two statues depicting angels flanked the bed where Mylissa Williams and her two young children slept early Tuesday while a fire was blazing in her daughter's room. To Williams, the angels helped keep them all from harm.

Fay's rains bring relief to Lake Okeechobee 03:02 AM EST

For Lake Okeechobee, low on water for nearly two years, Tropical Storm Fay was the gift that will keep on giving. Between the rain dumped directly on the lake and runoff that will flow down from the north in the coming weeks, Fay could end up raising the big lake by a foot or more.

Trail of spaghetti helps solve hit-and-run fatality 03:02 AM EST

After Ana Iris Perez-Hernandez was run over and killed in front of her young son, Miami police needed to find the driver. The victim's pasta pointed the way.