News Roundup: Miami Flight's Rough Landing in Jamaica Injures 44

A flight from Miami to Jamaica overshot the runway. About a third of the passengers were taken to the hospital. Two had life-threatening injuries. [Herald]The real reason the Diaz-Balarts yanked their endorsement of Crist: He refused to appoint Lincoln's son's friend to a judicial opening. [NakedPolitics]StoryCorps is a program that collects...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

December 23, 2009

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A flight from Miami to Jamaica overshot the runway. About a third of the passengers were taken to the hospital. Two had life-threatening injuries. [Herald]
The real reason the Diaz-Balarts yanked their endorsement of Crist: He refused to appoint Lincoln's son's friend to a judicial opening. [NakedPolitics]
StoryCorps is a program that collects and records interviews from regular people, some of which are aired on the radio. They'll be in Miami for four weeks, but they do not want your story if you are not Hispanic. Sorry, chalkies. [Herald]
Another slaughtered horse. [NBCMiami]
Introducing the Chinese drywall-sniffing dog. [JustNews]

Sports

Brave Jacory Harris will play a the Champs Sports Bowl with sore thumbs. [ESPN]
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are so in love they want to be together, and they don't even care where. [NBCMiami]

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