The Miami Herald chooses first woman and Hispanic as editorial page editor

October 7th, 2009 Miami's Bacardi buildings win historic protectionMIAMI — Two iconic Miami office buildings erected in the 1960s and 1970s as the headquarters of Bacardi USA are now historic sites. City officials voted unanimously Tuesday to protect the examples of modernist and abstract architecture and a plaza that links them.

October 5th, 2009 Baltimore Sun business editor killed in crashHEREFORD, Md. — Tim Wheatley, the business editor of The Baltimore Sun, was killed Monday morning in a car accident in which his 9-year-old daughter was seriously injured, police said.

September 24th, 2009 LA Times taps Goldberg as editorial page editorLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Times has picked Nicholas Goldberg, the newspaper's deputy editorial page editor, to take charge of the opinion section. The job gives Goldberg, a former Newsday reporter who joined the Times in 2003, oversight of the newspaper's editorial board as well as Op-Ed pieces and letters to the editor.

August 19th, 2009 Dallas woman, 77, reunited with dog found in Fla.MIAMI — A 77-year-old Dallas woman has been reunited with her dog after it mysteriously turned up in Florida. A Miami Beach club promoter found Sunshine, a Yorkie mix, on a street corner and took her to the vet.

August 19th, 2009 Woman who set self afire in busy Miami mall diesMIAMI — A 42-year-old woman who set herself on fire at a Miami shopping mall died less than a week after the shocking scene, police said. Cecilia E. Casals died Tuesday.

August 13th, 2009 MIAMI — A woman set herself on fire at a Miami mall Thursday, then walked around engulfed in flames as shocked shoppers watched, authorities said. Two men and a woman who tried to help her were hurt, but not badly.

July 16th, 2009 Va. paper expresses regret for backing segregationRICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia newspaper expressed regret Thursday for supporting a systematic campaign by the state's white political leaders to maintain separate public schools for blacks and whites in the 1950s.

June 27th, 2009 Miami priest weds girlfriend in church ceremonyMIAMI — A Miami priest who left the Catholic Church after photos surfaced of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach has married her at an Episcopal church. The ceremony for 40-year-old Alberto Cutie (KOO'-tee-ay) and 35-year-old Ruhama Canellis was held Friday evening at St.

June 16th, 2009 Dow Jones names Wall Street Journal Europe editorNEW YORK — Patience Wheatcroft, a former editor for The Times of London and The Sunday Telegraph, was named Tuesday as The Wall Street Journal's editor-in-chief for Europe. The appointment comes amid a broad reorganization that began with its takeover more than a year ago by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

June 7th, 2009 Anything goes in Miami Beach, except Mr. CluckyMIAMI BEACH, Fla.

May 8th, 2009 Miami Herald editor to head board of PulitzersNEW YORK — Miami Herald Executive Editor Anders Gyllenhaal (JILL'-in-hahl) has been named the new chairman of the Pulitzer Prize Board. Herald staff members have won several awards during his tenure, including two Pulitzers.

March 19th, 2009 SINGAPORE - A Singapore justice Thursday fined an editor of The Wall Street Journal 10,000 Singapore dollars ($6,600) for three articles that the city-state's government said showed contempt of its judiciary, a news report said. Melanie Kirkpatrick, a deputy editor of the New York-based business newspaper's editorial page, had acknowledged responsibility for the publication of the articles in The Wall Street Journal Asia that the justice found to be in contempt of court.

February 27th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Catholic Herald magazine of Malaysia has got permission to use the word 'Allah' on its masthead, provided it clearly states that the magazine is 'For Christians only'. Herald editor Father Lawrence Andrew said this was stated in the recently gazetted Internal Security Act signed by the Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar Feb 16.

December 27th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Delhi-based business paper from HT Media, Mint, has reshuffled its top editorial management that has seen Raju Narisetti stepping down as editor. HT Media said Narisetti, who had launched the paper in February 2007 after quitting as editor of the Wall Street Journal's European edition, will continue his association with the company as its advisory editorial director.

December 27th, 2008 NEW DELHI - Managing editor R. Sukumar is to be the new editor of The Mint, the business newspaper of the Hindustan Times group.