News Roundup: The Heat Finally Snaps Its Losing Streak

FIU professor Phillip Stoddard is the new mayor of South Miami; with 58 percent of the vote, he beat the incumbent. [CBS4]State welfare officials have decided to offer health insurance and other subsidies to the adopted teenage son of a gay man in Key West, despite Florida's gay adoption ban...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

February 10, 2010

[
        {
          "name": "Air - MediumRectangle - Inline Content - Mobile Display Size",
          "component": "19274298",
          "insertPoint": "2",
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "2"
        },{
          "name": "Editor Picks",
          "component": "17482312",
          "insertPoint": "4",
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "1"
        },{
          "name": "Inline Links",
          "component": "18711090",
          "insertPoint": "8th",
          "startingPoint": 8,
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "7",
          "maxInsertions": 25
        },{
          "name": "Air - MediumRectangle - Combo - Inline Content",
          "component": "17482310",
          "insertPoint": "8th",
          "startingPoint": 8,
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "7",
          "maxInsertions": 25
        },{
          "name": "Inline Links",
          "component": "18711090",
          "insertPoint": "8th",
          "startingPoint": 12,
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "11",
          "maxInsertions": 25
        },{
          "name": "Air - Leaderboard Tower - Combo - Inline Content",
          "component": "17482313",
          "insertPoint": "8th",
          "startingPoint": 12,
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "11",
          "maxInsertions": 25
        }
      ]

FIU professor Phillip Stoddard is the new mayor of South Miami; with 58 percent of the vote, he beat the incumbent. [CBS4]
State welfare officials have decided to offer health insurance and other subsidies to the adopted teenage son of a gay man in Key West, despite Florida's gay adoption ban. [Herald]
Surveillance video of the Super Bowl-night South Beach shootout between an armed man and a cop has been released. [WSVN]
MTV reps won't confirm they're shooting Jersey Shore in South Beach, but they're not denying it either. So, you know what that means. [LATimes]
Feds arrested a Hawaiian man in South Beach on charges that he brought an underage girl to work as a prostitute during Super Bowl weekend. [Herald]
The CEO of Jackson Health, Frank Barrett, has stepped down amid the hospital's worsening financial situation. [CBS4]

Sports

The Miami Heat finally wins another game, beating the Houston Rockets 99-66. [UPI]
Greg Cote wonders if the Dolphins should sign Donté Stallworth -- who you might remember killed a man in Miami last year -- because he would be cheap. Greg Cote is also the man who was pissed the Dolphins didn't sign Michael Vick. Greg Cote does not care about your silly human "morals." [Herald]

KEEP NEW TIMES FREE... Since we started New Times, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Miami, and we'd like to keep it that way. Your membership allows us to continue offering readers access to our incisive coverage of local news, food, and culture with no paywalls. You can support us by joining as a member for as little as $1.