Bookmarks for October 6th through October 7th

rakontur links for October 6th through October 7th:

• Fisher Island is the Most Expensive Zip Code In The Country (Miami New Times) - The average price for a home on the private island is $3,850,000. The zip also came in fourth on a supplementary list of "America's Fastest-Selling ZIP Codes." Impressive, given that the rest of the Florida's real estate market is floundering.


• Christy's Steakhouse in Coral Gables celebrates 30 years with special menu (Miami Herald) - In the go-go days of the 1980s, when cash was king in South Florida, a steakhouse named Christy's thrived.


• A Tale of Two Thefts (Jim DeFede/CBS4) - But not every case is handled so passively. Less than 24 hours later, Noreen Timoney, wife of the Miami police chief, pulled into the Sunoco gas station just down the street from the one where Sheppard was robbed.


• Elite Unit Caught Timoney Purse Thief (Jim DeFede/CBS4) - "I don't know which detectives from SIS were used, but it certainly took away from whatever else they were supposed to be doing," said Armando Aguilar, president of the Fraternal Order of Police and a frequent critic of John Timoney. "These are detectives who are supposed to be handling major narcotics cases and terrorist cases. They don't handle stolen purses and car burglaries. Victims who actually get robbed don't get that type of treatment and attention with overtime being authorized. And yet with the police chief's wife you get carte blanche with the taxpayers' money."


• Is Coppertone billboard part of Miami history? (Miami Herald) - Miami's preservation board may designate the famous Coppertone ad sign and Marine Stadium as local historic landmarks


• Coral Gables lawyer, 2 others charged in mortgage fraud (Miami Herald) - A Coral Gables lawyer has been charged with helping to broker a crooked mortgage deal that used identity theft to buy a Coconut Grove house for more than three times what it was worth.


• Missed the 'Joe Cool' Trial? Don't Worry, There's More To Come (Miami New Times) -


• New e-mails allegedly clarify school chief's romance with reporter (Miami Herald) - New e-mails have surfaced that appear to further implicate new Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho in a romantic relationship with a former Miami Herald reporter -- only days before the School Board is expected to vote on Carvalho's $275,000 contract.


• Rampant Medicare fraud suspected in Miami (USA Today) - Home health care costs charged to Medicare in the Miami area have risen 20 times the national average in the past five years, prompting a federal investigation of suspected fraudulent billing.