• Two dead after parking garage collapses at Miami college's campus

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    A dog walks through the rubble, lower left, with rescue workers at a five-story parking garage after it collapsed at Miami-Dade College, on Oct. 10, in Miami, killing one worker and trapping two others in the rubble, officials said. Several other workers were hurt, including one rescued from the debris.

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    A Miami-Dade search and rescue dog looks for possible survivors in the rubble of a four-story parking garage that was under construction and collapsed at the Miami Dade College's West Campus on Oct. 10, in Doral, Florida.

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    Rescue workers attend to a victim after a section of a parking garage under construction at a Miami-Dade College campus collapsed, on Oct. 10, in Doral, Fla., killing one worker and trapping at least two others in the rubble, officials said.

    NBCMiami.com and NBC News staff --Police say a second body has been found in the rubble of a collapsed parking garage at Miami-Dade Community College's west campus in Doral, Fla.

    Hours after the collapse at 11:40 a.m. on Wednesday, one person remained trapped in the rubble. Six crew members were with the person giving him oxygen and attending to his needs as others removed the heavy debris, said Capt. Louie Fernandez of Fire Rescue. Another person who had been trapped was rescued.

    "The person cannot be moved. We literally have to lift and remove tons of debris around him," he said.

    Some 300 rescuers rushed to the scene when a portion of the five-story parking garage at 3800 N.W. 115th Ave. collapsed in what authorities call a "pancake-style collapse." Police said it appeared that only construction workers were at the site.

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    Family members hug a construction worker who was working on a four-story parking garage that was under construction and collapsed at the Miami Dade College's West Campus on Oct. 10, in Doral, Florida.

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  • Nick Dana / Volvo Ocean Race viaGetty Images

    Storm clouds form behind the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team during leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Miami to Lisbon, Portugal on May 20.

    Calm seas belie storm ahead as sailors start leg 7 of Volvo Ocean race

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    This photo makes the race look like a vacation. The weather was undeniably calm for the start of the Atlantic Ocean crossing, leg 7, of the 39,270-mile around-the-world race -- flat seas and southeast winds of 8 knots. Race officials are predicting it will take 11 days to complete this leg of the race. Tropical Storm Alberto, might give the crews a little more challenge in the days ahead.

    More news about the race on the Volvo Ocean Race website.

  • Missing link? Orangutans at Miami zoo use iPad to communicate

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    A trainer uses an iPad as she works with an orangutan at Jungle Island in Miami. The devices are too fragile to actually hand over to the apes - the trainers must hold them.

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    Linda Jacobs says orangutans are extremely intelligent but limited by their physical inability to talk.

    The Associated Press reports — The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no interest.

    The orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island apparently are just like people when it comes to technology. The park is one of several zoos experimenting with computers and apes, letting its six orangutans use an iPad to communicate and as part of a mental stimulus program. Linda Jacobs, who oversees the program, hopes the devices will eventually help bridge the gap between humans and the endangered apes.

    "Our young ones pick up on it. They understand it. It's like, 'Oh, I get this,'" Jacobs said. "Our two older ones, they just are not interested. I think they just figure, 'I've gotten along just fine in this world without this communication-skill here and the iPad, and I don't need a computer.'"

    Video: Baby orangutan steps out in Madrid

    It's important to note that training the orangutans isn't done to entertain Jungle Island workers or guests. Because the animals are so intelligent, Jacobs said their minds must be kept active to prevent them from getting bored or depressed. The challenge is making the enrichment activities enjoyable.

    "They need a lot of stimulation," Jacobs said. "Training isn't mandatory, but they love it." Read the full story.

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    The software was originally designed for humans with autism and the screen displays pictures of various objects. A trainer then names one of the objects, and the ape presses the corresponding button.

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    While Jenna Hogg, pictured, and other trainers have developed strong relationships with the orangutans, the iPad and other touchscreen computers offer an opportunity for them to communicate with people not trained in their sign language. Pictures taken in February and April 2012 but made available today.

    Slideshow: Animal Tracks: April 25 - May 2

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    From a dog in a dress to a momma gorilla holding her baby, get your cuteness fix with irresistible photos of creatures great and small.

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  • A "very embarrassed" Ozzie Guillen apologizes for "betraying the Latin community"

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    People demonstrate outside Marlins Park in Miami, Fla. on April 10. The Miami Marlins baseball manager, Ozzie Guillen, was suspended for five games after he made favorable comments about Fidel Castro in a magazine interview.

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    Miami Marlins manager Ozzie at a news conference at Marlins Park in Miami, Fla. on April 10.

     

    NBC Sports reported in the HardballTalk blog:

    Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen, minutes after he was suspended for five games, faced the media during a press conference April 10 to apologize for his recent comments about Fidel Castro in a magazine article. Guillen told Time magazine he loves Castro and respects the retired Cuban leader for staying in power so long. Protesters, including many Cuban-Americans, gathered outside Marlins Park during the press conference to demonstrate against Guillen, threatening to boycott the Marlins baseball team.

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    Protestors rip a Miami Marlins logo outside Marlins Park on April 10 in Miami, Fla.

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    People demonstrate outside Marlins Park in Miami, Fla. on April 10. Manager Ozzie Guillen has apologized for his pro-Castro comments.

     

     

     

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  • Hundreds march in support of Trayvon Martin family in Miami, New York

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    Demonstrators chant in support of slain teenager Trayvon Martin at the Million Hoodies March on March 21, 2012 in New York City.

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    Tracy Martin (left in orange shirt), and Sybrina Fulton,(R), parents of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, pray at a Million Hoodies March on March 21, 2012 in New York City.

    Hundreds of protesters marched from Manhattan's Union Square, calling for justice in the killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, who was pursued and shot on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Florida by "neighborhood watch" member George Zimmerman, reportedly because the teenager's hoodie made him look suspicious.

    Under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, Zimmerman has not been charged with a crime in the shooting.

    A rally in Miami, closer to where the Sanford, Fla. shooting took place, was also held to show unity with Martin's family.

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    Protesters hold cans of ice tea and Skittles which is what the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is reported to have been carrying when he was killed by neighborhood watch person, George Zimmerman on February 26 in Sanford, Florida, on March 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida.

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    People march together on March 21 as they show their unity with the family of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was killed on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla.

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  • Propelled through the air on a stream of water

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    Sean Phillips flies through the air as he demonstrates the JetLev water propelled jet pack that is strapped to his back at the Yacht & Brokerage Show on Feb. 17 in Miami Beach.

    By Jon Sweeney, NBC News

    The JetLev jetpack shoots water supplied by a tethered hose attached to a boat unit through nozzles located on either side of the pack which acts as a jet propulsion system launching a rider 30 feet high.

    According to the JetLev website, the system has a top speed of 25 mph and a range of 80 miles and costs $99,500, but that comes with a pilot certification course. 

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    People watch as Sean Phillips flies through the air as he demonstrates the JetLev water propelled jet pack that is strapped to his back at the Yacht & Brokerage Show on Feb. 17 in Miami Beach.

  • Jeffrey Boan / AP

    Hurricane storm surge team leader Jamie Rhome center, speaks on a conference call with east coast National Weather Service forecast offices from the National Hurricane Center in Miami as they review the track and intensity of Hurricane Irene on Friday, Aug. 26. The hurricane warning was extended into the Chesapeake Bay as far as Drum Point, and existing warnings remained in effect from North Carolina to New Jersey. A hurricane watch was in effect even farther north and included Long Island, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, Mass.

    Eye of the storm: hurricane trackers confer as Irene marches north

    By Rich Shulman

    You can tell by the expressions and body language that is isn't going to be an ordinary day at the office at the National Hurricane Center.

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  • U.S. recovers $180 million in cocaine from sunken submarine

    By Rich Shulman

     An underwater drug bust. What's next?

    "This is a once-in-a-career thing that happens," said Lieutenant Commander Peter Niles, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Oak, whose crew located the sunken vessel.

      Full story.

    See Mark Potter's Nightly News report about secret subs at the bottom of this post.

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    A crew member from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak counts packaged bales of 15,000 pounds of cocaine worth more than $180 million unloaded at Base Support Unit Miami August 2. The haul was recovered from a self-propelled submersible vessel in the western Caribbean Sea July 13, 2010 after being spotted by U.S. Coast Guard patrol.

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    In this handout provided by U.S. Coast Guard, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca interdicts a drug smuggling, self-propelled semi-submersible (SPSS) vessel carrying cocaine on an unspecified date in the western Caribbean Sea. It was the first interdiction of an SPSS in the Caribbean.

    Dec. 28: Learn more about the secret subs examined by Mark Potter.

  • Photo Op: A grand piano, a yacht, a dolphin and a duck hang out at a sandbar in Miami bay

    By Carissa Ray

    We caught wind of this story yesterday, but these images that AP photographer Alan Diaz and Getty Images photographer Joe Raedle captured today makes this story even a little more magical. Watch the video and check out the full story below.

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    Freelance photographer Karla Murray of New York photographs a grand piano that recently appeared on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Miami, on Jan. 26. Whoever put the piano there placed it at the highest point of the sandbar so that it?s not underwater during high tide.

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    A grand piano is seen on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay on Jan. 26 in Miami, Florida. It is unknown how or why the heavy musical instrument was on the sandbar but some were speculating it was part of a music video production. The piano was charred from being burned.

    A grand piano mysteriously shows up on a sandbar in Miami's Biscayne Bay and no one seems to know how it got there. TODAYshow.com's Dara Brown reports.

    How do you think the piano came to rest on this sandbar? Read the full story here and share your theories in the comments below.

  • Florida Department of State Archives / AP

    This Sept. 28, 1963 photo released by the Florida Dept of State archives, shows the arrest mug and record of singer Jim Morrison. Morrison was arrested following a football game at Florida State University. Next Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 Gov. Charlie Crist, will argue before the state's clemency board to pardon Jim Morrison, who was convicted in 1968 of indecent exposure.

    Jim Morrison of The Doors pardoned for indecent exposure

    By Jim Seida

    According to this article, people still don't agree upon whether Morrison actually exposed himself to the crowd or not. I say, "Who cares?"

  • Joe Raedle / Getty Images

    Agostino Pezzatini and Luiz Menezes, at right, help push one of the pink snails in an art installation into place Thursday in Miami Beach, Florida. Some of the 45 snails have been beaten, battered, sprayed with graffiti, and thrown into Biscayne Bay since they were installed in mid-November by an international artistic collective Cracking Art Group and Italy's Galleria Ca d'Oro. Gloria Porcella, who owns Galleria Ca' d'Oro, which is sponsoring the snails, says that are periodically moved from one location to another, and that the snails have been on display in Rome and Paris without the levels of vandalism she's seen in Miami Beach. She hopes there'll be no more incidents before the public show ends on January 3.

    Pink snails disrespected, attacked in Miami

    By Stokes Young, nbcnews.com

    More from the Miami Herald:

    The 45 giant pink snails visiting Miami Beach for Art Basel season were supposed to inspire reflection on the environment and the fast pace of South Florida life.

    Instead, the recycled plastic gastropods have been treated like unwanted tourists -- punched, tagged with graffiti, relocated by county order and, in one case, tossed into Biscayne Bay.

    "Every morning I wake up with a disaster," said Gloria Porcella, co-owner of Galleria Ca' d'Oro, which has backed the Italian art collective behind the 45 snails' appearance. (full story)

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