Miami Today News Serving Florida's Most Important Audience http://www.miamitodaynews.com Horse/slots parlay plan 'a long shot;' at Miami International Airport Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT A gambit to install slots at Miami International Airport is a long shot, an assistant county attorney says. http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story1.shtml http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story1.shtml South Florida pari-mutuels fear slots competition from Miami International Airport Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT In an attempt to allay local pari-mutuels' worry that slots at Miami International Airport would compete with their business, Miami-Dade commissioners voted Tuesday to make more secure a promise to keep airport slots behind security check points. http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story2.shtml http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story2.shtml City of Miami ejects University of Miami from 26-year downtown hub Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT After 26 years of the University of Miami leasing and running conference facilities downtown, the university is exiting the city-owned space at the city's behest. http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story3.shtml http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story3.shtml Miami-Dade Mayor Alvarez says no to drilling at Everglades airport despite earnings potential Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT Despite its revenue potential, drilling for oil at a Miami-Dade County-owned training airport in the Everglades is off the table, Mayor Carlos Alvarez says. http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story4.shtml http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story4.shtml Brickell condo developers face facts, slash prices to unload inventory Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT On Brickell's condo rollercoaster ride, some developers are slashing original prices by more than half to sell units in the uncertain housing market. http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story5.shtml http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story5.shtml New Securities and Exchange Commission's Miami office head may boost efforts to stifle white collar crime Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT Whoever US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro names to head the commission's Miami office may bolster the staff to follow up on the high number of complex leads the office receives. http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story6.shtml http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story6.shtml Miami-Dade chairman: Water park project near Miami MetroZoo must be viable or it won't go forward Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT The process to name a developer for a planned water park on land adjacent to Miami Metrozoo remains in the selection stage cone of silence, though the county commissioner who has championed the project says there is no rush. http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story7.shtml http://miamitodaynews.com/news/091105/story7.shtml