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Man with knife disrupts I-95 traffic...
Nov 30/07
Vehicles in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 were temporarily
halted about 10 a.m. Thursday after police received calls about a man
walking in traffic holding a pocket knife. When Broward Sheriff's
Office deputies arrived at the location just south of Griffin Road in
Dania Beach, they found a 48-year-old man bleeding from the hand. When
the man ignored deputies' verbal commands, a stun gun was used on him...
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Road Ranger is hero of the rush hour keeping traffic moving along i-95...
Nov 29/07
Leon is a Road Ranger in the employ of a towing company contracted to
the state Department of Transportation, but for the purposes of this
story he may as well be the Road Ranger, an unmasked man who drives a
white truck up and down I-95 from 135th Street to Hallandale Beach
Boulevard eight hours a day, five days a week, rescuing stranded
motorists and keeping the flow of traffic unimpeded. Trying, at least...
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Would a Port of Miami truckway deliver results?...
Nov 28/07
A long-planned-but-not-quite- funded $1 billion tunnel under
Government Cut would improve direct truck and tour bus access from the
Port of Miami to the expressways and interstates. But what will happen
to all of those trucks and buses once they hit an already
traffic-choked expressway system...
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Contentious Crosswinds Project Up For A Vote Again...
Nov 28/07
Residents of Overtown are expected to pack Wednesday's Miami City
Commission meeting to speak out against a proposed multi-million
dollar luxury condominium project to be built of 12 acres of public
land. The Power U Center for Social Change, Inc., an Overtown activist
group, says black residents of Overtown were forced out for the
construction of I-95, forced out of Overtown for Urban Renewal, and
are now being forced out so a developer can build luxury condo's that
Overtown residents won't be able to afford...
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Man suspected of shooting into car arrested...
Nov 26/07
Law officers Monday arrested a man they suspect of discharging a
firearm into a car occupied by a woman and a young boy. The arrest
followed a car chase that began at State Road 84 and Interstate 95 and
ended at the I-95 exit onto Oakland Park Boulevard...
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Bag in North Bound I-95 causes chain-reaction mess...
Nov 21/07
A garbage bag full of clothing dumped in the northbound lanes of
Interstate 95 caused a chain reaction crash involving eight cars.
Three out of five lanes were closed at 69th Street. Traffic was backed
up all the way to downtown Miami...
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Davie takes aim at Big Brother's prying cameras...
Nov 19/07
As the growing number of government-run surveillance systems makes it
harder to escape the camera's roving eye, Davie's mayor is trying to
limit ''Big Brother's'' view. The Davie Town Council is discussing a
town surveillance policy that would prohibit the use of most town-run
cameras...
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Contractors offered bonuses in drive to speed up I-95 projects...
Nov 18/07
Long after rush hour ends, the drive on Interstate 95 still can be a
fist-clenching, steering-wheel pounding experience. And that's when
all the lanes are open. So when the state begins narrowing existing
lanes to create two express lanes in each direction of I-95 between
Fort Lauderdale and Miami next year, officials say they'll keep the
pain to a minimum by paying contractors big money to finish the work
ahead of schedule...
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Marlins Accept Orange Bowl Site For Stadium...
Nov 7/07
The Florida Marlins have agreed to accept the Orange Bowl as a site
for a new ballpark if a financial deal can be worked out. The reason
the downtown site was chosen was because of its proximity to
Interstate 95, a public transportation stop nearby and a railroad
track that connects to Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and West Palm
Beach...
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Sheriff: Suspect confesses in cop shooting...
Nov 7/07
The career criminal captured after a frenzied four-hour manhunt along
the i-95 has confessed in the shooting death of a Broward County
deputy, Sheriff Al Lamberti said Wednesday night...
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Taking a quick trip to Daytona Beach...
Nov 4/07
The Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach is so cool you
practically have to salt the sidewalks and chip your way in with ice
picks. So what if it's a drive of four hours-plus from Miami. If you
drive, Daytona Beach is a straight shot up I-95, about 265 miles from
Miami...
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