Miami Herald

miamiherald.com — Transportation Within months, Florida drivers may be able to zip through toll plazas on the New Jersey Turnpike or the New York State Thruway using their SunPass devices to pay tolls electronically. In return, drivers from New York, New Jersey, and 12 other states will be able to pay tolls on Florida roads with their E-ZPass transponders.

miamiherald.com — Struggling but deserving designers will get a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa's most famous township in Soweto's first fashion week opening Thursday. The township on Johannesburg's southwestern edge was the natural place for a show for new designers, said 23-year-old entrepreneur and Soweto Fashion Week organizer Stephen Manzini.

miamiherald.com — Transportation Within months, Florida drivers may be able to zip through toll plazas on the New Jersey Turnpike or the New York State Thruway using their SunPass devices to pay tolls electronically. In return, drivers from New York, New Jersey, and 12 other states will be able to pay tolls on Florida roads with their E-ZPass transponders.

miamiherald.com — A one-block stretch of Biscayne Boulevard at Northeast 113th and 114th streets is closed in both directions as Miami-Dade fire and police work a building fire. Fire officials say the fire appears to be arson, and investigators are looking into the cause. The fire started before 4 a.m.

miamiherald.com — A year before George Zimmerman killed a Miami Gardens teenager, he stood before a City Hall community forum with a grievance: Sanford cops are lazy, he told the then-mayor elect. And he should know: Zimmerman, a community college criminal justice major, said he went on ride-alongs with the Sanford Police.

miamiherald.com — A year before George Zimmerman killed a Miami Gardens teenager, he stood before a City Hall community forum with a grievance: Sanford cops are lazy, he told the then-mayor elect. And he should know: Zimmerman, a community college criminal justice major, said he went on ride-alongs with the Sanford Police.

miamiherald.com — Robert Champion was known for his opposition to the hazing rampant in the Florida A&M University marching band, but he was vying to be lead drum major and wanted the respect he could earn by enduring a brutal ritual known as "crossing over."

miamiherald.com — Heat forward Udonis Haslem has been suspended by the NBA for Game 6 of the Miami-Indiana series. Haslem committed a flagrant foul against Indiana's Tyler Hansbrough during the second quarter of Game 5 on Tuesday night, shortly after Hansbrough struck Miami's Dwyane Wade and opened a cut over his right eye.

miamiherald.com — South Florida began to dry out after an overnight deluge that dumped nearly 10 inches of rain at Miami International Airport, swamping streets, parking lots and yards in parts of Doral, West Miami, Medley and Sweetwater. With rain lightning up a bit on Wednesday, water managers and public works directors said conditions were improving quickly.

miamiherald.com — Associated Press The mother of a teenage Dallas runaway who gave authorities a false name and wound up deported to South America has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against officials with the Justice Department and Homeland Security contending her daughter was illegally detained and deported.