FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami/AP) – A bill that would limit what items could be purchased with state welfare funds is making headway in the Florida Senate. Currently, food stamps can be used to buy staples like milk, vegetables, fruits and meat. But they can also use them to buy sweets...
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Residents who live near Miami neighborhood of Little Haiti will now be able to get fresh fruits and vegetables grown on local farms. As part of the Miami Dade County Health Department’s ‘Make Healthy Happen Miami’ campaign the Little Haiti Farmers...
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – The second of two Princess Cruise Line ships which reported an outbreak of norovirus arrived at Port Everglades on Sunday morning. More than one hundred passengers onboard the Ruby Princess contracted the virus which is a highly contagious gastrointestinal...
Florida's poor can use food stamps to buy staples like milk, vegetables, fruits and meat. But they can also use them to buy sweets like cakes, cookies and Jell-O and snack foods like chips, something a state senator wants stopped.
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MIAMI (CBSLocal) – If reports that a banned fungicide had been found in orange juice sold in the US had you cutting back your consumption of OJ, the Feds say it’s OK to loose the juice. It confirmed the banned product is in the imported juice, but said the levels are so low...
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – The first of 2 Princess Cruise Line ships with a large group of passengers suffering from Norovirus arrived Saturday morning at Port Everglades following a week-long cruise to the Caribbean. A second infected ship is due Sunday. The common...
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Two cruise ships has been hit by the tenacious Norovirus, a gastro-intestinal bug that spreads fast and leaves misery behind. It has struck two Princess Cruise Lines ships: the Ruby Princess and the Crown Princess, both headed for Ft. Lauderdale, and the...
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Some of the best eats out there are far from fancy, and far from pricey, and those are the kind of dishes you find at a new restaurant in the MiMo district dubbed “Blue Collar”, after the self described “blue collar cook” who runs the...
The Latest January National Employment numbers are looking better than last year. And it’s boosting Wall Street to levels not seen for several years. But is there a real hiring boom nationwide, how long could it last, and what does it mean to us here in South Florida? If you add up...
By Elijah Bates Hello there, my friends, and welcome to The Bowlies! If you’re not familiar with the concept (which you couldn’t be, given that it only existed in my head until a couple of days ago), allow me to introduce you. You’ve heard of the Pro Football Hall of...
