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We know what works -- now let's do it 03:01 AM EST

This will be the last What Works column. I reserve the right to occasionally report on any program I run across that shows results in saving the lives and futures of African-American kids. But this is the last in the series I started 19 months ago to spotlight such programs.

Drilling offshore won't help us much 03:01 AM EST

Raise your hand if you actually believe that offshore oil drilling will bring down gasoline prices at the pump. Raise your other hand if you believe in Peter Pan, unicorns and variable-rate mortgages.

Florida has serious problems, but it could be worse 03:01 AM EST

So here we go again. Time magazine, with breezy, near-sadistic delight, undertakes a lengthy survey of Florida's all-too-obvious troubles for the second time since 1981. And now some of us have got our sweaty Under Armours in a knot.

We reveal a dark element of mortgage crisis, welcome a new voice 03:01 AM EST

Two elements in today's paper deserve special attention. One is a startling report on the front page about the role that convicted criminals are playing in Florida's mortgage troubles. The other is the first column by our new Metro columnist, Myriam Marquez.

Readers sound off on what they want in the Herald 03:01 AM EST

Many of you clearly care about The Miami Herald. Nearly 175 of you responded thoughtfully to my request for ideas on what content the paper should emphasize in an era of staff cuts. I can't reprint all of your responses, but following are representative excerpts. I hope the writers will understand that I edited their excerpts for space. All letters are being shared in full internally. Let's keep talking.

Army trying to learn from its mistakes 03:01 AM EST

The U.S. Army has done something remarkable in its new history of the disastrous first 18 months of the American occupation of Iraq: It has conducted a rigorous self-critique of how bad decisions were made, so that the Army won't make them again.

Problem in Pakistan poses threat to all 03:01 AM EST

When a suicide car bomb killed scores of people at the gate of the Indian Embassy in Kabul a few days ago, the shock waves reached Washington. The attack was a grim reminder that Pakistan's army and military intelligence are still more worried about archenemy India than about curbing militants in their own country. This poses a huge problem for Afghanistan -- and for the United States.

Mom attends killed son's Northwestern High graduation 03:01 AM EST

Deirdre Anderson wasn't sure she wanted to go to Northwestern High's graduation. She wasn't sure she wanted to revisit her pain. At the last minute, however, she changed her mind. She walked into the Jackie Gleason Theater on June 11, smiling, with her daughters and grandchild at her side.

Overtown grandmother haunted by loved one's violent death 12:01 AM EST

When she hears gunshots, Eleanor Wilson gets on the phone. She calls each one of her family members. She doesn't stop until everyone responds.

Bound in grief as violence continues 03:01 AM EST

In a small Miami-Dade courtroom, Arleen White stared at the man who killed her 15-year-old son, Anthony, and spoke of her pain -- and her gratitude to God: