http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Broward_CountyFind stories, videos, and photos about Broward County from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:52:13 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Broward_County14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Broward County from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/25/florida.burned.boy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/25/florida.burned.boy/index.html#cnnSTCTextJust taking a sip of water or walking to the bathroom is excruciatingly painful for 15-year-old Michael Brewer, who was burned over 65 percent of his body after being set on fire, allegedly by a group of teenagers.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:56:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/24/florida.burned.boy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/24/florida.burned.boy/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 13-year-old who witnessed another teen being set on fire last month apologized Tuesday, saying he is praying for the boy's recovery and he is sorry for what happened.Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:08:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/16/florida.police.shootings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/16/florida.police.shootings/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn the grainy, silent black and white video, it's hard to tell exactly what happened the night of June 14 in Miami Beach. But one thing is certain: A tourist, Husien Shehada, can be seen falling to the ground, shot by a police officer. Shehada, 29, later died.Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/10/horses.slaughtered/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/10/horses.slaughtered/index.html#cnnSTCTextGeronimo was a beautiful painted quarter horse.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/13/smith.death.case/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/13/smith.death.case/index.html#cnnSTCTextHoward K. Stern and two doctors entered "not guilty" pleas to charges of conspiring to provide drugs to Anna Nicole Smith before her fatal overdose in 2007.Wed, 13 May 2009 20:13:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/05/technology/parloff_travelsites.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/05/technology/parloff_travelsites.fortune/index.htmClass-action lawyers are offering cash-strapped municipalities a new way to fill their dwindling coffers: sue online travel companies like Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz, Priceline and Travelocity.Wed, 06 May 2009 16:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/04/casey.anthony.venue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/04/casey.anthony.venue/index.html#cnnSTCTextAccusing local media in the Orlando, Florida, area of a "barrage" of coverage, Casey Anthony's lead defense attorney asked Monday to have her death-penalty case moved from Orlando to Miami, Florida.Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/20/texting.wrong.man.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/20/texting.wrong.man.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice think it started with a dispute over an ex-girlfriend. Threats were made on social networking sites and via text messages.Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/14/florida.fake.kidnapping/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/14/florida.fake.kidnapping/index.html#cnnSTCTextA mother and her teenage son are kidnapped. The kidnappers place a cell phone in the car of the boy's father so they can communicate their ransom demands. The son is burned with a blowtorch. The mother implores the father to pay the ransom.Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/15/money.missionary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/15/money.missionary/index.html#cnnSTCTextYou don't expect to hear an electric saw in church, but Kevin Cross uses the tool along with a frying pan, blender and toaster oven to help free people from debt.Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/04/08/blessing.of.sun/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/04/08/blessing.of.sun/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt dawn Wednesday, Jews around the world celebrated the Blessing of the Sun, an event that happens once every 28 years.Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/07/smith.death.case/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/07/smith.death.case/index.html#cnnSTCTextA defense attorney used the courthouse steps Tuesday for a blistering attack against the California attorney general for bringing conspiracy charges against his client, Howard K. Stern, in the Anna Nicole Smith case.Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:00:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20268121,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20268121,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnNew evidence about prescription-pill arrests may shed more light on her deathThu, 26 Mar 2009 16:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/25/smith.death.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/25/smith.death.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTextProsecutors in Florida are taking a new look at the 2007 death of Anna Nicole Smith to see if recent evidence that California investigators gathered might cause them to open an inquiry.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/02/28/recession.libraries/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/02/28/recession.libraries/index.html#cnnSTCTextRebecca Hodges, who's been unemployed for a year, sat down at a computer in a public library in New York.Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:16:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/12/18/magazines/fortune/whitford_realestate.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/12/18/magazines/fortune/whitford_realestate.fortune/index.htmIf you want to mark the moment when real estate morphed from every American's dream investment into every American's nightmare, try the third quarter of 2007. That's when the foreclosure rate, which had been slowly creeping upward for three decades and was flat all spring, suddenly leaped 32%, from .59% to .78% of all mortgages.Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:36:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/21/webcam.suicide/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/21/webcam.suicide/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith his webcam trained on him, a Florida teenager died in his bed of a drug overdose while others watched over the Internet, officials said Friday.Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/02/early.voting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/02/early.voting/index.html#cnnSTCTextDana Zoladz and four friends thought they would cast ballots Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. Then they learned how long they'd need to stand in line.Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/01/early.voting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/01/early.voting/index.html#cnnSTCTextNot even the early birds could avoid long lines at some voting centers Saturday as pre-Election Day ballot casting continued in parts of the United States.Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/voting.problems/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/voting.problems/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn many states across the country, voting has begun, and in some cases, so have the headaches.Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:28:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1851855,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1851855,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe world's favorite legal drug isn't just in your coffee anymore. And do you know how much of it your kids are taking?Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1850210,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1850210,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOne of the nation's poorest urban school districts won a coveted $1 million prize Tuesday for guiding its nearly 50,000 students toward academic achievementTue, 14 Oct 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1848705,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1848705,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSome states, like California, are having trouble paying their bills. Others are simply having to pay higher interest ratesThu, 09 Oct 2008 18:45:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1829631,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1829631,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA federal agent was fatally shot outside a busy south Florida post office after a fight Tuesday, and dozens of police officers searched the area for the gunmanTue, 05 Aug 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/01/sex.molester.bond/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/01/sex.molester.bond/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former Florida teacher, who for a year avoided serving a 43-year sentence for sexually molesting a 13-year-old boy, was handcuffed and ordered back into state custody Friday.Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/24/sex.molester.bond/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/24/sex.molester.bond/index.html#cnnSTCTextA convicted South Florida child molester who has avoided serving a 43-year prison sentence may soon be taken back into custody, according to a court document filed Thursday afternoon.Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/23/sex.offender.teacher/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/23/sex.offender.teacher/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor nearly two years, the South Florida middle school art teacher forced the boy to have sex in a classroom supply closet.Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/08/abuse.video/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/08/abuse.video/index.html#cnnSTCTextFlorida investigators have identified two victims of apparent underage sexual abuse seen on a video found in the former home of a man arrested last week, authorities said Tuesday.Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/07/abuse.videos/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/07/abuse.videos/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice in Hallandale Beach, Florida, are looking for at least two victims of underage sexual abuse seen in videotapes found in the apartment of a man arrested last week on child pornography charges.Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/07/officer.shot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/07/officer.shot/index.html#cnnSTCTextA man serving a life sentence for robbing a drugstore has confessed to overpowering and fatally shooting a deputy who was taking him to court Wednesday, authorities said.Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:59:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/26/fl.bank.robbery/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/26/fl.bank.robbery/index.html#cnnSTCTextHollywood, Florida, police on Wednesday were trying to sort out a bizarre bank robbery in which a bomblike device was strapped to a bank employee.Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/25/florida.robbery/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/25/florida.robbery/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities disabled and blew up a device used Tuesday in a bizarre bank robbery in Hollywood, Florida.Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:30:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/hockey/nhl/09/25/bc.hkn.blackhawks.panthers.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/hockey/nhl/09/25/bc.hkn.blackhawks.panthers.ap/index.htmlOlli Jokinen scored two third-period goals to lead the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 preseason victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:46:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1661642,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1661642,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA gunman killed a police officer and injured three others during a traffic stop Thursday, triggering a manhunt in a suburban Miami neighborhoodThu, 13 Sep 2007 19:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/05/14/wildfires/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/05/14/wildfires/index.htmlColumbia County ordered evacuations Monday about three miles east of U.S. Hwy. 441 after the 100,000-plus-acre Bugaboo fire in northern Florida jumped a fire line and spread west, according to county spokesman Harvey Campbell.Mon, 14 May 2007 10:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/05/13/wildfires.southeast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/05/13/wildfires.southeast/index.htmlThick smoke from area wildfires forced officials to reclose stretches of I-75 and I-10 in northern Florida on Sunday.Sun, 13 May 2007 19:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/03/26/smith.emails/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/03/26/smith.emails/index.htmlFormer reality TV star and Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, Seminole tribal police Chief Charlie Tiger said Monday. Several prescription and over-the-counter drugs were found in Smith's system, including three antidepressant or antianxiety drugs, according to Joshua Perper, Broward County medical examiner.Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/09/anna.nicolesmith/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/09/anna.nicolesmith/index.htmlPolice investigating the death of Anna Nicole Smith said Friday they are seeking additional information in the case and may need a court order to obtain it.Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:07:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/03/07/smith.autopsy/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/03/07/smith.autopsy/index.htmlThe cause of Anna Nicole Smith's death has been determined, but it will not be announced for one to two weeks to give police time to finish their investigation, the medical examiner's officer said Wednesday.Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:33:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/28/smith.case/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/28/smith.case/index.htmlA Florida appeals court cleared the way Wednesday for Anna Nicole Smith to be buried next to her son, Daniel, in the Bahamas.Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:43:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/23/smith.ruling/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/23/smith.ruling/index.htmlA Florida judge said Friday he is not sure courts in his state -- or in California -- have the authority to order Anna Nicole Smith's DNA samples turned over for testing in a paternity dispute.Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:39:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/02/22/smith.hearing.feedback/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/02/22/smith.hearing.feedback/index.htmlBroward County Circuit Court Judge Larry Seidlin, who is hearing arguments over the status of the remains of Anna Nicole Smith, has come under fire from some legal observers who say he has allowed the proceedings to become a circus.Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:33:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/17/smith.ruling/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/17/smith.ruling/index.htmlThe body of Anna Nicole Smith was embalmed Saturday at the Broward County Medical Examiner's office, officials said.Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/09/smith.dies/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/09/smith.dies/index.htmlAnna Nicole Smith does not appear to be a victim of foul play, according to preliminary results of an autopsy performed Friday.Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:52:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/05/13/gator.found/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/05/13/gator.found/index.htmlAuthorities believe they have found and killed the alligator responsible for the death of a 28-year-old aspiring model this week after hunters found two human arms in the animal's stomach.Sat, 13 May 2006 18:53:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/02/22/homeless.beating/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/02/22/homeless.beating/index.htmlThree Florida teenagers pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of first-degree murder in connection with the beating death of a homeless man in January.Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:09:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/02/10/skull.luggage/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/02/10/skull.luggage/index.html"The spirits gave it to me," a Haitian woman told a Homeland Security officer about what appeared to be a human skull in her suitcase.Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/10/13/florida.boat.rescue/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/10/13/florida.boat.rescue/index.htmlA ship worker was rescued Wednesday after he fell from a cargo freighter and spent more than 12 hours in the Atlantic Ocean, the Coast Guard said.Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/08/wrestling.death/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/08/wrestling.death/index.htmlConvicted child murderer Lionel Tate, 17, who got a second chance at life as a free man in January, has been arrested on a probation violation that could put him back in prison.Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/05/schuss.trial/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/05/schuss.trial/index.htmlRetiree Seymour Schuss accepted a plea agreement Tuesday that spared him a possible 15-year jail sentence and circumvented a retrial on manslaughter charges for a squabble at a Florida cinema that turned fatal.Wed, 05 May 2004 13:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/05/fl.minors.sexual.battery/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/05/fl.minors.sexual.battery/index.htmlTwo South Florida boys are charged with the sexual battery of a 10-year-old girl at an elementary school, local sheriff's officials said.Thu, 05 Feb 2004 22:55:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/08/mgrind.day.thu/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/08/mgrind.day.thu/index.htmlTerry McAuliffe couldn't have written today's lede better himself: President Bush visits Palm Beach for the first time since '00 today, while Katherine Harris ponders an '04 Senate bid and Broward County grapples with yet another election debacle featuring hanging chads.Thu, 08 Jan 2004 09:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/05/tate.plea/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/05/tate.plea/index.htmlAn attorney for the Florida teenager serving a life sentence for the 1999 death of a 6-year-old girl said his client will appear in a Fort Lauderdale court January 26 for a bond hearing after signing a plea deal Sunday.Mon, 05 Jan 2004 01:17:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/10/01/231788/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/10/01/231788/index.htmSo what makes today's South Florida--and the town of Hollywood, in particular--the image of what America at large will look like 25 years from now? Mostly, it's the diverse mix of people. "This pla...Wed, 01 Oct 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/05/15/88887/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/05/15/88887/index.htmMY FAVORITE MUFFIN IS A CUTE cafe in Princeton, N.J. where Jeff and Toby Litt used to take their three daughters for weekend treats. But as the couple grew restless in their careers -- she as a spe...Sun, 15 May 1994 04:01:00 EDT