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Miami International Airport is among the busiest airports in the world, and a major economic engine for Miami-Dade County. Operated by the county's Aviation Department, MIA was the nation's third busiest airport in foreign arrivals and departures in 2006, handling 14.7 million passengers. Another 17.5 million domestic travelers passed through the facility in 2006. The county estimates the airport's annual economic impact at $19.1 billion, chiefly in tourism, international banking and trade, and has a direct or indirect role in creating more than 240,000 local jobs. The airport is served by more than 80 airlines flying to some 150 destinations. Jose Abreu, is the Director of the Miami-Dade Av...
Miami International Airport is among the busiest airports in the world, and a major economic engine for Miami-Dade County. Operated by the county's Aviation Department, MIA was the nation's third busiest airport in foreign arrivals and departures in 2006, handling 14.7 million passengers. Another 17.5 million domestic travelers passed through the facility in 2006. The county estimates the airport's annual economic impact at $19.1 billion, chiefly in tourism, international banking and trade, and has a direct or indirect role in creating more than 240,000 local jobs. The airport is served by more than 80 airlines flying to some 150 destinations. Jose Abreu, is the Director of the Miami-Dade Aviation Department.
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Five injured at Miami International Airport in tram collision
SunSentinel.comFive people were injured when a tram at Miami International Airport collided with a wall at the end of its track Friday evening. The tram, which carried five people, struck the wall shortly before 5 p.m., authorities said. One person was critically...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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SOUTH FLORIDA: Five on tram hurt at airport
Five people were injured when a tram at Miami International Airport collided with a wall at the end of its track Friday evening. The tram, which carried five people, struck the Concourse E wall shortly before 5 p.m., authorities said. One person was...Tags: Concourse
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Gathering species for aquarium companies can be grueling, grimy work
The orders for peppermint shrimp, octopus, emerald crabs and other sea creatures came from aquarium companies in Germany and Holland. Leah Gould and her husband, Phillip, owners of Florida Keys Marine Life, spent several days diving to gather the... -
Thanksgiving travel 2008 — there's stress, but less
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe busiest travel time of the year won't be so busy this Thanksgiving. Fewer people will be driving and flying to visit family and friends this year, according to industry officials. Blame an economy in crisis, layoffs and airlines raising fares and...Tags: Transportation, AAA, Commuting, Florida's Turnpike, Air Transportation Industry
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Miami International named Airport of the Year
Staff reportThe Transportation Security Administration today named Miami International Airport as its Airport of the Year, saying the airport continuously implements a high level of security while extending courtesy to passengers. "This award was earned by the... -
Starting over: Far from home, Iraqi families discuss change
South Florida Sun-Sentinel1980: Hussein invades Iran, starting an eight-year war that left hundreds of thousands dead on each side A quintessential American college town, Lawrence, Kan., - home of the Jayhawks - is far, far from Mansour. In 1981, Shatha's sister, Suad Atia,...Tags: Defense, Iraq War, Road Accidents, Fort Lauderdale, Armed Forces
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Fishing Trends
Fishing trends LAKE OKEECHOBEE Some bass should be bedding with the full moon. Look for them in holes deep inside the grass from Long Point to West Wall. Productive tactics include swimming plastic worms and jerkbaits on the surface and pitching soft-...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Islamorada, Lake Okeechobee, Dania Beach
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Mistrial denied in FBI murder trial in Miami
South Florida Sun-SentinelA judge denied a defense motion for a mistrial Thursday over jurors' discovery of a misplaced file in the case of a former Boston FBI agent accused of orchestrating a 1982 mob hit against a gambling executive. Attorneys for ex-agent John Connolly...Tags: Trials, Prisons, Organized Crime, Assault, Mafia
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Prosecutor: Ex-FBI agent set up 1982 Miami murder
The Associated PressFormer FBI agent John Connolly knew he was setting up a hit when he tipped Boston mobsters that a gambling executive with gangland ties was likely to implicate them in other killings, a prosecutor said Monday in closing arguments of Connolly's murder...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Prisons, Organized Crime, Assault
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Ex-FBI agent knew he was setting up hit, prosecutors argue as trial ends
The Associated PressFormer FBI agent John Connolly knew he was setting up a hit when he tipped Boston mobsters that a gambling executive with gangland ties was likely to implicate them in other killings, a prosecutor said Monday in closing arguments of Connolly's murder...Tags: Crimes, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gang Activity, John Callahan, Assault
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Nation briefs: Record for illegal immigrant deportees
The U.S. government arrested and deported record numbers of illegal immigrants, nearly 350,000, in the past year, authorities say. It also naturalized a record number of new Americans in the same time period, more than 1 million. Bush administration...Tags: National Government, Illegal Immigrants, Heads of State, Immigration, Justice System
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Miami Jury Convicts Ex-FBI Agent In 1982 Killing
AP Legal Affairs WriterWhen law enforcement heat got too close to Boston's notorious Winter Hill Gang, it was FBI agent John Connolly who tipped them off. After all, they were his prized underworld informants, the men who made him an FBI star by secretly supplying information...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Assault, Justice System, United States of America, Police Investigations
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