Following in the footsteps of Miami-Dade County, Broward County is set to launch an online foreclosure auction system Monday, with the hope of quickly moving thousands of distressed properties. more …

Four minority-owned public relations firms filed a lawsuit against the state on Friday, arguing that a recent contract awarded to publicize the Census was discriminatory. more …

Swine flu came in like a lion but seems to be going out like a lamb. And the regular flu season never even got started. After scaring the bejeebers out of us last spring and fall, the H1N1 virus seems to have collapsed by the end of the year. This year, there haven't been any H1N1 deaths in Miami-Dade and Broward, and just six in all of Florida. more …

Natalia Tuma, a 2-year-old who died in a drowning accident last August, ended up saving multiple lives with her organ donations.<p/> In her honor, The Natalia Save a Life Foundation is inviting people to register to become organ donors at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Miami Science Museum. more …

A Nike swoosh or the Golden Arches might one day call to consumers from the back of your car. <p/> The legislation that could allow some companies to stamp their corporate logo on Florida license plates as a way to bring in some cash for the state — and save drivers some money — is likely to get a vote in a Senate committee next week. more …

The Archdiocese of Miami says it will spend $1.57 million for ongoing relief in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, including medical support, church rebuilding and assistance to new Haitian immigrants in South Florida. more …

Romel Joseph did not expect to survive the earthquake that ripped through his Port-au-Prince music school, killing his pregnant wife and trapping him under the rubble two months ago. more …

Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti's devastating earthquake – and with torrential rains expected any day, authorities are not even close to providing the shelters they promised. more …

The last of 10 American missionaries detained in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping is facing a new charge. more …

An audit finds that USAspending.gov doesn’t disclose all it’s supposed to about federal contracts.

When he was a senator, Barack Obama pushed through a law setting up a kind of “Google-for-government” website — a one-stop-shop for tracking the $1 trillion handed out in federal contracts.

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