At TNT Fireworks in Dania Beach, customers were streaming in and out Friday, uniformed attendants were directing traffic in the busy parking lot, and buyers crowded the aisles inside snapping up sparklers, bottle rockets, roman candles and other light and

Who knew that it takes practice to win a hot dog eating contest? CBS4's Gio Benitez learned that lesson at Friday's contest hosted by the All American Hot Dog Carts in Little Haiti.

Just days after a summer school program run by Miami-Dade Schools, and funded by the federal government, was shut down, parents of children in the program are meeting with Miami-Dade superintendent Alberto Carvalho. The program was closed and forced off

What goes up, must come down. That was the message Friday in North Miami. Officials gathered there to call for safety on the 4th. They demanded that gunshots not be fired into the sky tomorrow night.

South Beach is a world destination, but at places like the Sagamore Hotel they are promoting hometown flavor this summer with staycation packages. Sandi Plotnick and Josh Rose drove down from Weston to grab one of the deals. Plotnick told

Police and Florida Highway Patrol deputies will be out in full-force during the 4th of July holiday weekend targeting drunk drivers. Most of the action by authorities will be in conjunction with the "Fourth of July Impaired Driving Wave" issued

If your holiday plans include any outdoor activities, you may want to make sure the activities are in the morning because the same weather pattern of evening showers and thunderstorms is likely to stay in place throughout the weekend, according

The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department is conducting a fireworks inspection sweep across Miami-Dade County to try and protect the public from fireworks related accidents. Inspections will be performed anywhere fireworks in order to make sure vendors are properly certified by

The Miami Rescue and Broward Outreach Centers in North and South Broward are celebrating "Christmas in July" for the homeless and hungry. The Miami Rescue mission expects to feed over 1200 homeless and hungry families during a barbecue lunch; while

Two 17-year-old Kendall boys are now charged by Miami-Dade Police with vandalism at the Islamic School of Miami, breaking two hurricane-proof windows and slashing two tires on a van. Police say the teens gave a written confession and said they

The Yankees and David Wells. Always destined to be together, it seems. John Harper of the Daily News says that the Yankees were eying the then 32 year old Tigers right hander and when Detroit sent back the players that

It wasn't CC Sabathia's night. The big guy lasted 5 and 2/3 innings, throwing 107 pitches and allowing 6 runs on 10 hits and 3 walks. Nonetheless, the Yankees were still in this one, tagging Mariners' starter Jason Vargas for

Today marked open season on 16 year old international free agents and the Yankees came to terms with catcher Gary Sanchez, as expected. Kiley McDaniel at Baseball Prospectus reports that the team also brought in RHP Chris Cabrera and SS

Don't look now, but A.J. Burnett is a man about his business. After holding his old battery mates to 2 runs on 6 hits over 7 innings on Friday, the righty is 3-1 in his last 4 starts, with an

Chad Jennings reports that George Kontos, a 23 year old RHP with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, is expecting to have Tommy John surgery, requiring 10 months of rehab. After going 1-1 with a 2.66 ERA on Double-A Trenton, Kontos had been

A 21-year-old woman is facing felony charges after allegedlyprank-calling her 69-year-old grandmother 45 times in one day,threatening to kill her.

Ten years after millions of trees blew down in Minnesota's pristineBoundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the forest is in the midst of acomeback.

A woman accused of exposing her barefoot daughters to subzerotemperatures in Grand Forks has pleaded guilty to two counts of abuseor neglect of a child.

The wife of a sheriff's deputy, who was shot in the line of duty, isn't too happy about a plea bargain for one of the suspects.

An environmental group is suing Xcel Energy, saying the utility isn'tdoing all it can to cut mercury emissions from a new coal-fired unit ata Pueblo power plant.