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July 1, 2011

FLORIDA DEATH PENALTY

UNCONSTITUTIONAL A South Florida federal judge has ruled that based on the current sentencing statute, Florida’s death penalty is unconstitutional.

The decision came in ruling in a 20-yearold murder case from Indian River County on Florida’s Treasure Coast.

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Federal Judge Rules Florida Death Penalty Law Unconstitutional that under the sixth amendment, a jury has to determine if aggravating factors exist for the death penalty.

“Today’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez will, if upheld on appeal, have a dramatic, life and death impact on hundreds of defendants convicted or charged with murder,” said Kendall Coffey, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, who reviewed the ruling at the request of CBS4.

MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – A South Florida federal judge has ruled that based on the current sentencing statute, Florida’s death penalty is unconstitutional. The decision came in ruling in a 20-year-old murder case from Indian River County on Florida’s Treasure Coast.

“As the Florida sentencing statue currently operates in practice, the Court finds that the process completed before the imposition of the death penalty is in violation of Ring (v.

Arizona) in that the jury’s recommendation is not a factual finding sufficient to satisfy the Constitution,” wrote U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez.

The case revolved around whether or not a jury could recommend the death penalty without giving specific aggravating circumstances for imposing a sentence beyond the maximum penalty for a given crime, in this case, first degree murder.

The judge also found that current Florida law allows a judge to hear evidence after the jury makes its recommendation but before he imposes sentence. The judge found that violated provisions of the US Constitution that require a jury to make the actual decision as to the death sentence, not just a recommendation.

Judge Martinez said in his ruling, “without a separate hearing and a finding that aggravating factors exist and outweigh any mitigating factors, the defendant cannot be sentenced to death. It is that critical findingthe finding of an aggravating factor-which increases the maximum authorized punishment. This requires a jury determination.”

Judge Martinez based his ruling on the Supreme Court case, Ring v. Arizona. In that case, the U.S. Supreme Court found

The ruling could impact cases currently in the system, including the controversial Casey Anthony murder case where the death penalty is being sought by the state.

“Not all death row inmates would benefit from such a holding due to technical issues about when prior Supreme Court decisions became effective,” Coffey said. “Many case, though, and certainly pending cases such as Casey Anthony’s, would be impacted if this ruling is followed.”

The case involved a murder-for-hire conspiracy in Indian River County involving Paul Evans, who made the request for a writ of habeas corpus that sparked the ruling, and three other people.

Evans was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for his part in the killing of Alan Pfeiffer in 1991.

Evans was convicted after three trials. The first trial ended in a hung jury; the second trial ended in a mistrial, before a third trial finally convicted him. Evans appealed his case through the Florida court system all the way to the state Supreme Court, which declined to overturn the case in 2002.

Still, Judge Martinez found that part of the problem in the appellate process came from the lack of information from the jury.

“There are no specific findings of fact made by the jury. Indeed, the reviewing courts never know what aggravating circumstance which then outweighs any mitigating circumstances,” Judge Martinez wrote. “It is conceivable that some of the jurors did not find the existence of an aggravating circumstance, or that each juror found a different aggravating circumstance, or perhaps all jurors found the existence of an aggravating circumstance but some thought the mitigating circumstances outweighed them.”

“More troubling is that there is nothing in the record to show that Mr. Evans’s jury found the existence of a single aggravating factor,” Judge Martinez wrote. “It cannot be that Mr. Evans’s death sentence is constitutional when there is no evidence to suggest that even a simple majority found the existence of any one aggravating circumstance.”

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office was caught off-guard when CBSMiami.com requested a comment; but eventually did send the following statement: “The Attorney General’s Office will be filing for rehearing in the Evans v. Florida Department of Corrections case,” wrote Bondi deputy communications director Jennifer Davis. “The Attorney General’s Office believes that the ruling is contrary to relevant decisions by the Florida Supreme Court, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court as it applies to the imposition of the death penalty in this particular case.”

But other state agencies have weighed in on the decision.

“While the full impact of this decision make (sic) take time tom come into effect, it is clear that Florida’s death penalty statute is being called into question and all capital litigants should be taking that into consideration,” said Suzanne Keffer, chief assistant of the Florida Capital Collateral Regional Counsel.

The American Civil Liberties Union applauded the decision from Judge Martinez.

“This is yet another sign of the systematic injustices that make up Florida’s death penalty system – which is already plagued by wrongful convictions, racial inequities, the highest rate of exonerations and inadequate legal representation,” said Florida ACLU executive director Howard Simon. “As the foundation of Florida’s death penalty system continues to crumble, it becomes harder to justify.”

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I-Team: Danger in the Classroom “This was bullying at another level. She said she was very, very scared.”

Across county lines in Broward, another young girl we’ll call “Kay,” shared with Gillen the horror she lived through as an 8th grader while riding her school bus. She described a group of bullying boys exposing themselves, forcing her to touch them, thrusting their hands down her pants.

MIAMI (CBS4) — “He went into the bathroom. I was told my daughter pleaded and asked him not to hurt her. But he did not listen.

He threw her to her knees. He zipped his pants down and made her perform oral sex.”

Sitting in a darkened room with Chief I-Team Investigator Michele Gillen, this Miami mother shared her story of outrage and hurt, as she explained what police say happened to her 11-year old, special needs daughter.

If the location of the alleged assault, the bathroom of her elementary school is shocking, the age of the alleged perpetrator is even more chilling.

“Eleven years old,” this mom told Gillen, as she shook her head in disbelief and disgust.

“Eleven years old.”

The mother said that two other male classmates allegedly served as lookouts and prevented her little girl from escaping the bathroom.

“As she ran out, the other two boys were trying to push her back in,” the mom recalled her daughter telling her.

“Do you remember feeling invaded? Having a stranger’s hand on you?” Gillen asked.

“Yes, I will never forget it. It will always be there. It changed me,” responded the petite girl who is willing to speak out to encourage other victims to do the same.

After months of reviewing school and police records and academic investigations from across Florida and the nation, the I-Team has discovered the victims of a largely secreted and hidden crisis: children committing sex crimes against other children.

“Statistically, in Florida, we now have about 1,400 children who are charged with sex offenses a year. And those children are minors.

The vast majority of them are in our schools,” says Maria Schneider an Assistant in the Broward County State Attorney’s office, and one of the nation’s leading experts on Kid on Kid crime. She offered a rare window into the problem she has tracked statewide and across the country.

“Unfortunately, we’ve seen everything from simply rubbing other children’s genitals over the clothing, all the way to acts of sodomy and actual sexual intercourse.”

Gillen discovered that a third of all sex offenses against children are committed by other minors.

“Unfortunately, a significant portion of the sex offenses are committed by kids 12 or even younger.”

“It’s happening at staggering rates.

Unfortunately child on child sex abuse is the most under reported and unpunished sexual abuse in our society,” said Adam Horowitz, family attorney for the young girl who described the nightmare on her school bus.

Horowitz represents a half-dozen students molested by children at both public and private schools.

“Rarely are the teachers even informed that they have a sex offender in their classroom,” Horowitz said.

According to Florida law, school superintendents are supposed to be alerted when a student has been arrested for a sex offense.

“They are to alert the school which is supposed to alert the teachers,” Horowitz told Gillen.

But an I-Team review of Broward school incident reports, relating to alleged sex crimes, show that in the overwhelming majority of cases the offending students are not arrested.

For this school year, at one high school, there were 21 incidents reported as sexual battery/ rape/or attempted rape. No arrests.

At one middle school, there were 51 incidents

reported as sexual exposure. No arrests.

misconduct/indecent

In one elementary school, 44 such incidents of sexual misconduct/indecent exposure, and no arrests.

“And because they are not being arrested, then the schools are not always finding out who they are,” says Schneider.

In the case of the woman’s special needs daughter, the alleged student attackers were ultimately arrested and expelled, but only after the mother first removed her terrified daughter from the school.

And because the alleged offenders are juveniles, the location of their current school is a secret. The mother fears they could end up in her daughter’s new school.

Ariel Saban is the family’s new attorney. ”We need faculty, administration, we need certain policies and procedures to be intact to make sure those kids are protected from other students.”

One of the students who assaulted “Kay” was sentenced to probation. She has no idea what school he is in now. But she knows what price she paid.

“I didn’t feel the same anymore. I hated myself. I didn’t want to look into the mirror. I thought everything was wrong with me,” said the girl.

“We can’t afford young casualties,” Schneider insisted. “What do you say? I’m so sorry. You can’t erase being the victim of a sex crime.”

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Florida Panel Rejects Federal Funds For Elderly The money was offered this year to Florida and 12 other states as part of the federal health care overhaul law that Florida is challenging in court. They were invited to join 29 states and the District of Columbia, which already participate in the Money Follows the Person demonstration program.

TALLAHASSEE (CBS4)-A Florida legislative panel Friday rejected millions in federal money designed to help remove patients from nursing homes and provide them with similar care in their own homes.

The Legislative Budget Commission also approved incentives of $4.5 million and $3 million for two undisclosed businesses considering moving to or expanding in Florida and agreed to consolidate and outsource state e-mail service as a costcutting measure.

The panel turned down a $2.1 million federal grant that would have fully paid for administrative costs to pave the way for Florida to receive an additional $35.7 million in federal Medicaid funding.

Those dollars would pay for nursing home diversions of disabled and elderly patients over the next five years.

Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, had recommended accepting the grant although he’s been a leading opponent of the federal law, but the GOP-majority commission rejected it on a split vote.

Members from the Senate voted 4-3 to accept it, with two Republicans and two Democrats in favor and three Republicans against. The proposal died, though, because House members opposed it on a straight party-line 5-2 vote. Such budget amendments must get approval from both chambers’ commission delegations.

Rep. Robert Schenck, a Spring Hill Republican who chairs the House Health and Human Services Committee, said the federal program, which tracks individual patients, is unnecessary and duplicates Florida’s existing nursing home diversion efforts.

Commission chairwoman Denise Grimsley, a Sebring Republican who also heads the House Appropriations Committee, agreed.

“I realize that they are federal dollars, but

they are also taxpayer dollars,” Grimsley said.

Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich of Weston had urged the panel to accept the grant, which was expected to result in about 1,700 nursing home transfers.

“Anyone that is pulled out would save us Medicaid money in the long run,” Rich said. “It also would put people in a better place.”

present an economic development business plan to legislative committees this fall so lawmakers will have a better idea of how the “quick action closing funds” will be used.

Some lawmakers also had issues with the e-mail consolidation plan although it, too, passed unanimously.

The commission’s approval is needed for spending authority not included in the annual state budget.

David Taylor, executive director of the Agency for Enterprise Information Technology, estimated the state will save $9.4 million to $15.3 million over seven years, but Grimsley said she wasn’t convinced.

The economic incentives, code-named “Project Equis” and “Project Christmas,” won unanimous approval although some members were uneasy about the secretiveness.

Grimsley said the agency was late in presenting some information and kept changing its numbers. The commission’s staff also was unable to replicate the estimated savings.

“This whole process gives me heartburn,” Rich said. “There’s no transparency here.”

“The difficulty that we had with the numbers and the performance of your agency, quite frankly, create uncertainty and discomfort,” Grimsley told Taylor.

It’s going to get even more secretive after July 1, when a new law gives the governor authority to offer incentives up to $5 million without the commission’s approval.

Sen. Don Gaetz, a Niceville Republican who chairs a budget subcommittee that oversees economic development spending, said Rich had a point. Gaetz said the governor’s office will be asked to

She voted for the proposal, however, after noting Scott and Senate Budget Chairman JD Alexander, R-Lake Wales, supported it. Grimlsey also said most states are going in the same direction. (© 2011 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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Hairline Cracks Will Delay Completion Of Garages At New Marlins Stadium The city is paying about $75 million to build the garages.

Fixing the cracks will require boring into the concrete, inserting new steel rebar rods, and pouring more concrete into the holes for added support. The fix also requires a square block of concrete that will extend a few inches from where the cracks are on the exterior walls.

LITTLE HAVANA (CBS4) – Repairs of hundreds of hairline cracks found on support beams of what will be the four parking garages at the new Florida Marlin stadium in Little Havana will delay their completion.

According to CBS4 news partner the Miami Herald, the cracks were discovered in March by a building inspector. Miami city officials and the firm which designed the structures, Omaha based Leo A Daly Co., have spent the past three months evaluating the problem.

The city’s project manager Robert Fenton estimated the repairs will take a team of 8 to 10 workers from four to six weeks for each building, which will delay completion of the garages until December.

Officials said the cracks will be repaired in time for the garages to be in use for the team’s season opener in April 2012.

The two-foot cracks have been found on the inside of the outer walls of the structures, and developed because the support beams there are tied into the exterior walls on only one of their two sides.

“They miscalculated some of the load,” said Robert Fenton referring to Daly.

The firm has “accepted responsibility” for the error and has agreed to cover the repair cost, which could amount to $1 million.

Abdel Martel, Daly’s vice president and director of operations, said the design work at issue had been carried out by a subcontractor.

Bravo and Fenton say the cracks pose no danger, and the concern is that water may seep into them and, in time, soften the concrete, eventually shortening the lifespan of the garages from their expected 50 to 75 years.

John Pistorino, of Pistorino & Alem Consulting Engineers, said that without seeing the plans or the cracks, it was difficult for him to comment on the problem. But it appears, he said, the city is trying to protect the structure from a long-term problem known as ‘spalling’, which occurs when water creeps in and causes the rebar to rust and expand, further cracking the concrete and destabilizing it. Spalling usually doesn’t occur for many years.

“It’s a pretty common concern in the industry,” said Pistorino, whose firm is now building a Metrorail extension near Miami International Airport. “It takes some time for that to happen, though.

They’re trying to avoid it.”

Building $75 million worth of parking facilities is part of Miami’s contribution to the $615 million, 37,000-seat, retractable-roof complex. The city will put another $25 million into construction and utility repairs. The ballpark is being built with a combination of $359 million in tourist taxes and bond money from Miami-Dade County, and $155 million from Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, who will borrow $35 million of that from the county, the Herald reported.

The county will own the stadium. The Marlins’ roughly $2 million a year lease payments will be applied against its debt to the county.

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Florida College Tuition On The Rise, Again Legislature earlier.

The tuition hike comes at a time when financial aid programs, like the state’s Bright Futures scholarship, are being cut.

Board members are trying to determine how the tuition increases impact middle class students who do not qualify for financial aid, but may not be able to keep up with the price hikes.

TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) – Students, get ready to shell out more for a college education in the state of Florida.

For the third consecutive year, the price of undergraduate tuition will go up by 15 percent, according to The News Service of Florida.

All but one member of the State University System governing board approved a 7 percent increase. That’s increase is on top of the 8 percent approved by the state

“As tuition continues to increase, as Bright Futures continues to be cut…it is creating more and more of a challenge and we need to take a look at whether or not we broaden access to financial aid,” said Tico Perez, a Board of Governors member and the chair of the board’s Budget and Finance Committee.

Universities presidents argue that the increases aren’t unreasonable, being that students Florida pay far less than other states. The College Board ranks the Sunshine State 48th in the cost of tuition and fees.

Presidents say due to severe cuts in state

funding, the schools would have to fire faculty, increase class sizes, and end some programs and courses.

The increases may become a regular occurrence.

University presidents told the board that without a significant boost to the economy, tuition increases of at least 15 percent will continue every year. By law, 15 percent is the most highest increase schools can impose in a given year.

Even then, it would take 10 years to catch up to the national average.

“It creates a bit of a challenge to catch up to the national average,” Perez said. But he added that meeting the average is “not the goal” and is simply a “measuring device.” (©2011 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The News Service of Florida contributed to this report.)

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Walmart Sets Up Hiring Center For New Miami Store MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – The economic recovery may be happening in some areas, but with unemployment in Miami-Dade County soaring above 13 percent, jobs are a scarce commodity. But Walmart is trying to change that statistic.

Walmart has setup a temporary hiring center at the Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo Center to help handle the hiring of more than 350 workers for its new store being constructed near the intersection of 87th Avenue and Coral Way in Miami.

Construction on the store will employ 400 people, with 350 permanent positions being offered once the store opens up.

“I like to see the construction, the new stores opening up, I think things are starting to come back in a new way,” said shopper Darlene Sacks.

The hiring center will be open a total of 45 days and will take job applications from Monday through Friday, August 5. The center will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

It is welcome news for job seekers.

“I been looking for work and I really haven’t been getting call backs or anything,” said Victoria Obarrio, who has been out of work for three years. “I’ve placed a lot of applications everywhere, I just haven’t gotten nothing.”

The company asked for applicants to submit applications online before coming to the hiring center.

Walmart is hoping to get some new employees looking for job growth opportunities.

“I myself I’ve been working for Walmart fo 12 years,” said General Manager Kevin Perry. “I started as an hourly intern and I never thought that 12 years later I’d be running my own store.”

The hirings will cover positions including: supervisors, managers, cashiers, and others.

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Expert Suggestions On Prolonging Your Smartphone Battery

MIAMI (CBS4) — How many times have you picked up your smartphone only to find the battery on its last leg?

These days, we count on our phones for doing way more than just making calls. We use them to get directions, shop online and even play games. That’s just to name a few things, but a dead battery really stops us in our tracks.

So, what can you do to keep the battery from always dying?

“It could be one of two things,” said Brian McGough, of Verizon Wireless. “It could be an app that is causing an issue to your phone or it could be the touch screen itself could be acting up.”

out the network seeking information and exchange it back and forth, those are the apps that you are historically going to see an issue with battery drainage,” said McGough.

All day, every day, people come by the Verizon store with questions about their phones.

For instance, phones that continually look for incoming email are big culprits. While every phone is different, certain phone functions are battery killers.

There are dozens of accessories that can recharge your battery. However, many of them cost $30 to $60 apiece. There are ways though to stretch your battery without costing a fortune.

“We really need to get an understanding of the customer’s lifestyle and what they do at work and what they do at home and how they use their phone,” McGough said.

Some prefer the Blackberry, others like the iPhone, maybe you like the Droid.

Regardless of which phone you are using, if your battery dies, your smartphone isn’t so smart.

“Any application that is constantly reaching

“If your phone has Bluetooth and you don’t use Bluetooth, you should probably turn it off because if you are not connected to Bluetooth, the phone will continually look for a Bluetooth signal and then in return your battery will drain faster,” he said. “The same goes for Wi-Fi connection.”

In other words, if you don’t use it, turn it off. That will guarantee you have power when you need it most.

One other suggestion, before you download an app, check the comments from users.

Often they’ll tell you whether that application is a battery buster.

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Websites That’ll Save Money & Time For Summer Travel

You put in your destination, ask for specific suggestions and within minutes travelers from around the world are giving you tips.

Another site is www.hipmunk.com.

It’s less than a year old and is really simple to use. The site sorts through flights based in part on what is called the agony factor.

That’s how grueling the trip will be and how many layovers.

MIAMI (CBS4) — If your bags are packed but your wallet is empty, there are some new websites that may help you book your summer travel plans without breaking the bank.

Most of us know all the frequently used travel websites such as priceline.com, kayak.com, Travelocity and expedia.com but there are two relative newcomers that offer some good deals and some great information.

The first is www.gogobot.com, which is part Facebook, part travel agent.

“People love the agony factor almost as much as they love the chipmunk logo,” joked Adam Goldstein, CEO of Hipmunk.

Travelers who have endured agonizingly long trips from other sites welcome the idea.

“They laid me over in an airport for 4 hours just for a rental car,” explained one unhappy consumer.

Hipmunk and Gogobot may look odd in your web history but they’re both free and could save you money in the future.

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Free e-Books Are A Click Away But Dawson found one drawback to ereading.

“You know books can be expensive,” she said.

It’s also not as easy to pass around your old books. Although Amazon lets you borrow e-books from friends who use Kindle for two weeks.

“You just have to have their e-mail address and you can only lend the book once,” said Dawson.

MIAMI (CBS4) – Nooks, Kindles, iPads.

Book lovers everywhere have turned a page when it comes to the way they read.

Just last month Amazon.com sold more electronic books than hard covers and paperbacks combined.

In fact, some e-book lovers have created their own high-tech book club.

“We all loved reading, we’re all very into technology and it just seemed like a natural fit,” said Elizabeth Dawson.

Nook users have a similar system. So unless your friends have extensive elibraries, your choices are limited unless you use sites like Lendle.me which allows users to share e-books with strangers for free.

“I went and checked it out, I thought it was the greatest thing in the world,” says Lisa May. “You have a much bigger pool from which to choose material when it’s not just your small group of friends.”

There is a catch, however, in order to

borrow books, you have to have books available to lend. And just like sharing between friends, books can only be lent one at a time, so if you want to keep borrowing, you need to have a steady supply of books you’re able to lend out.

return your items on time,” said Miller.

“Right now I’ve borrowed two books and I’ve lent one book out,” says Dawson.

Currently you need a Nook, iPad or Sony e-reader to borrow from your local library using Overdrive. However, Amazon has announced that later this year, Kindle users will also be able to take advantage of the free service.

There’s another way to get your hands on free e-books, no strings attached, at your local library.

Miami-Dade and Broward’s public library systems are just two of 13,000 libraries nationwide which make their digital collections available to members through a free application called Overdrive.

Reference librarian Tierney Miller said checking out an e-book is just as easy as borrowing a traditional one, maybe even easier. You just need to visit your library’s website.

“You don’t have to physically go to the library and you don’t have to worry about paying fines if you don’t remember to

That’s because books are automatically removed from your device the minute the loan period is up, which can range from seven to 21 days.

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Broward’s Back To School Extravaganza Underway

FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) – School is out for summer but community groups are already looking forward to the new school year when thousands of children will head back to class without the necessary supplies, clothes and shoes which could help them achieve success.

To help ensure that their needs are met the Children’s Services Council of Broward County (CSC) has teamed up with the Broward School Board and a number of local organizations including CBS4 partner Neighbors 4 Neighbors,

BankAtlantic, Panera Bread, Gunther Kia and many more to collect needed school supplies, clothing, shoes and backpacks.

Family Central 840 S.W. 81st Avenue North Lauderdale

As part of Broward’s Back To School Community Extravaganza they’re also asking that the public get involved by buying and dropping off supplies, by donating money to the Broward Education Foundation, by volunteering to ensure that the 2000 backpacks are packed and by participating in one of the advertised events listed on the 211 Broward community calendar.

Children’s Services Council 6600 W Commercial Blvd Lauderhill

Needed supplies include notebook paper, pens, pencils, composition books, glue sticks, flash drives, coloring pencils, erasers, spiral notebooks, 5 pronged folders, rulers, crayons, school scissors, highlighters, colored markers, zippered pencil bags, calculators.

Anyone wishing to drop off supplies can do so at the following locations Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. .

Henderson Mental Health Headway Park 4740 N. State Road 7 Building B Lauderdale Lakes Community Enhancement Collaboration Inc. 901 South State Road 7 Suite 410 Bank of America Building Hollywood Another way to help is to make a cash or check donation which can be dropped off at any Bank Atlantic location where they will be deposited in the Neighbors 4 Neighbors “Back to School Fund”.

Checks made payable to the Broward Education Foundation can also be mailed to the Broward Back to School Community Extravaganza, care of the Children Services Council of Broward County, 6600 W Commercial Blvd, Lauderhill, FL 33319 Gunther Kia has pledged to donate 10 backpacks to the Extravaganza for every KIA sold between June 25 and July 31.

The campaign will culminate with a Drive Thru Rally on August 6th at 6600 W Commercial Boulevard in Lauderhill where donors will receive giveaways from Panera Bread, Gunther Kia and Frostie Flavors.

For more information on the Broward’s Back to School Community Extravaganza call (954) 377-1000.

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Fighting Skin Cancer With Food According to the Centers for Disease Control, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States.

There’s no substitute for sunscreen and protective clothing but there are ways to leverage your diet to help repair and rejuvenate your skin.

MIAMI BEACH (CBS4) – Preventing skin cancer is vitally important especially for those who live in sunny South Florida.

We already know skin cancer and premature skin aging from the sun are preventable with sunscreen but you can also prevent it by eating the right foods.

As the heat intensifies this summer, more than ever we need to be vigilant about taking care of our skin.

“One of the first things that I think about is to make sure we are well-hydrated,” said Larisa Alonso, a nutritionist with Canyon Ranch on Miami Beach. “Being wellhydrated means our circulation is enhanced, and by enhancing our circulation we can get essential nutrients to the cells so they can protect themselves.”

Alonso says you should consume half your body weight in water ounces a day.

“If you weigh 120 pounds, 60 ounces of water a day is kind of what you want to aim for,” according to Alonso.

She also suggests coconut water because of its high electrolyte content and antioxidants are very important as well.

“One of the most important ones is Vitamin C which we cannot manufacture.

We have to get from foods so the foods that are high in Vitamin C are things like strawberries, the citrus of course, citrus fruits, tomatoes, kiwi, and dark leafy greens.”

Minerals like copper and zinc are important for collagen formation which keeps skin plump and wrinkle free.

“So zinc we get from foods like poultry, oats we also get it from beans, nuts, and seeds and then copper we get from chocolate,” said Alonso.

One more key ingredient to healthy skin is healthy fats.

“Good healthy fats from avocados, from

healthy nuts like walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, olive oil, and then from good fatty fish like salmon, mackerel, trout, herrings, sardines, and anchovies.”

Studies show 90-percent of the visible changes in our skin as we age are due to sun exposure so optimizing the way our body functions can help protect it from damaging rays.

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Knee Potion: Like An Oil Change For Your Joints Golfer Mark Borden said he didn’t want to be one of those guys walking around with a new hip or knee in his 50s. But with his knee pain, walking the links was getting pretty tough.

“When I’m carrying my bag on my back, it causes a lot of pain in the left knee,” said Borden.

Instead of steroid injections or knee replacement surgery Mark chose Synvisc.

MIAMI (CBS4) – If you suffer from knee pain but you’re not wild about the idea of surgery, there is an alternative.

It’s Hyaluronic Acid, a natural fluid that’s found in rooster combs, and marketed under a number of names, including Synvisc and Supartz. It’s part of a procedure that’s called Viscosupplementation.

A viscous fluid is injected into an arthritic knee, adding extra lubricant to the joint fluid which reduces inflammation.

“Hyaluronic acid is a substance your knee naturally makes,” said orthopedist Sam Akhavan.

“What we try to do is pick patients that do not have too much arthritis, but yet, you know, have a little bit. Those are the people that probably have the most benefit from it.

With his activity level, and the mild degree of arthritis that he has, I think he would do very, very well from these injections,” Dr. Akhavan said. “This is another tool that we have in an effort to try to avoid more

If that’s the worst part of it, that’s not so bad,” Borden said after the first of three shots.

series and that’s all we do, and I have some patients where we do a series and it doesn’t really work. So, it’s variable who it’s going to work with, but you know, I think six months is a reasonable amount of time to get good pain relief.”

He wanted to play golf right away, but had to take it easy for at least 24 hours.

It’s important to mention that about two percent of people can be allergic to the fluid.

While the treatment is available with just one shot, the amount of fluid required can be uncomfortable.

Borden felt fine except for extreme dizziness for a few days after each injection, which is something essentially unheard of.

Since the idea is to kick-start the body’s own production of lubricant, three injections, a week apart, give more of a chance for this to happen.

“This is actually the first time I’ve heard of someone having vertigo after this,” Dr. Akhavan said. “We’ll keep an eye on it, and if it continues, I may have him evaluated to see if there’s anything else going on.”

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“Typically most of my patients, by the third shot are starting to see some difference, and typically when I see them back four weeks later, that’s when I see most of the difference,” Dr. Akhavan said.

“I have some patients where we do one

A week after his last dose, Borden was back to his old self.

“No crunching, no grinding,” he said. “It’s like, ‘Wow, I haven’t carried my bag in six months. I can carry my bag again.’”

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Miami Fireman’s Key Lime Pies Are “Hot” When he’s not busy cooking meals for his co-workers, he’s an award-winning baker who has started his own company called ‘Fireman Derek’s Famous Pies.’

At 6’2”, 275 pounds, Derek doesn’t look like your typical pie maker.

“It’s not every day you see a guy who is my size, a fireman, and bakes,” Kaplan said.

MIAMI (CBS4) — A City of Miami firefighter has a delicious hobby that may give Betty Crocker a run for her money.

“When I do get a chance to be off from this job I spend my time in the kitchen making key lime pies,” explained Derek Kaplan, a firefighter at Miami Fire Rescue Station 1.

But that’s what he does and he does it very well. He recently won the Miami New Times award for Miami’s Best Key Lime Pie. The recipe starts with one can of condensed milk, 4 egg yolks and key lime juice in a homemade graham cracker crust. There are a few other ingredients but Kaplan said he can’t give always all of his secrets.

Kaplan started his company in 2008 and once he mastered Key Lime Pies, he began selling an assortment of homemade pies including pecan pie, chocolate pecan pie, chocolate banana cream pie, coconut cream pie, apple pie and blueberry pie. They’re available as whole pies and single serving cups.

Nine-inch pies are $15 while single serving 3-inch pies are $3.

Although he packages and delivers his pies to individual and corporate clients, Kaplan sells pies from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Monday through Friday from the window at his Wynwood warehouse kitchen located at 2600 N. Miami Ave. For more information, go to his website, www.firemanderekspies.com.

Food Trucks Feeding The Hungry Masses For Less MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – There’s a tasty trend sweeping South Florida, dining by food truck. Owners of the trucks say it started in Miami in 2009 with just a few vehicles. Now, there are more than 60 food trucks selling meals on wheels.

“The food that I get here is so much better than most places I go to,” said John Berea, who follows his favorite trucks all over town.

That’s sentiment is shared by most of those who can’t wait for the food truck to arrive. The website Food Trucks Miami sent CBS4’s Kara Kostanich to the top trucks for local foodies: Latin Burger and Taco; The Fish Box; Dim Sam A Go-Go; and for the sweet tooth – Sugar Rush.

“It’s not your old style roach coach,” said Richard Hales, owner of a Korean BBQ called Dim Sam A Go-Go. “These are really restaurants on wheels.”

Many truck owners use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to tell people where and when to find the truck. In no time, people are lined up for a quick and tasty meal.

“We normally start posting about 5:30 in the morning then we start going all day long from there,” said Jim Heins, who owns Latin Burger and Taco.

Fans said many trucks offer gourmet meals for less you would pay dinning in a restaurant. Whether you like savory, spicy or sweet, one thing’s for sure; there’s divine delight in dining diversely.

“It’s a different thing to go with your family; it’s something new,” said food truck fan Bruna Moreno.

For more information on the food trucks, visit www.miami-foodtrucks.com.

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Horoscopes provided by www.starlightastrology.com

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)

Leo (July 23-Aug. 23)

Confusion at an emotional level will cause you to make wrong decisions concerning your personal life. Your ability to visualize will help you convince others of the possibilities. You may meet that special person if you attend fundraising functions. You will be able to talk about emotional problems with your partner. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday.

Try and avoid getting involved in idle chatter or gossip that might get you in trouble. Uncertainties are still prevailing. Do not over expand if you have your own business. Sit tight. Don’t let your personal partner hold you back. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday.

Opportunities to get involved in self improvement projects will be rewarding. Hard work will bring rewards. If you can put some work into home improvements, you should.

You have worked hard and the payback is now. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday.

You’ll communicate easily and develop new friendships. Acknowledge your lover’s needs.

Opportunities will develop through those you encounter while attending organizational events. Don’t let opposition from those envious of your talents daunt your progress. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)

Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)

Sagitarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Try to visit friends or relatives you don’t get to see often. You’re in the mood to spend money. Balance is required if you want stability. You can learn from those who have had similar experiences. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.

You will learn a great deal from the foreigners you meet. Don’t be afraid to push your beliefs and attitudes. You may want to make changes that will not be to their liking. Loss or theft may occur if you are careless with your belongings. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday.

You mustn’t make promises that you won’t be able to keep. Call siblings or old friends to catch up on recent news. Get out and have some fun. Concentrate on work. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday.

You will do well in social settings, and new and interesting individuals may spark a romantic curiosity.

Things will be emotional with your mate. Think of changes to your home that will please and add to everyone’s comfort. Comfort is a necessity. Check your motives. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.

Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 18)

Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20)

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)

Taurus (Apr. 21-May 21)

New methods and innovative technology will make your job far easier than you anticipated. Mingle with those who can further your goals. Your flair for dramatic appeal will unleash itself at social functions. You will be up and down emotionally. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday.

One of your female friends may try to disrupt your day. Stand up for your rights. Your diplomatic nature will help you in straightening out unsavory situations. Avoid arguments with relatives who might be conservative and outdated. Visit someone who hasn’t been feeling well lately. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday.

Get involved in sports events that will benefit your physical appearance. Don’t overlook that fact that someone you care about may be hiding something. Unpleasant situations concerning family members will be unnerving.

You could find yourself having problems with coworkers and employers. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.

You can accomplish a lot if you work out of your home this month. Get back into a routine that promises a better looking, more aware individual. Be sure to catch up on overdue correspondence and help those you love find solutions to their dilemmas. Don’t overload your plate. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.

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