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Dethroned

The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade hangs his head in solitude as the team's season come to abrupt end. The Bulls won the series 4-0.

Photo by Hector Gabino / El Nuevo herald staff

Draft Happy

Standout University of Miami tight end Greg Olsen, center, celebrates with his youngest brother, Kevin Olsen, 12, third from right, his mother, Susan Olsen, second from right, his father, Chris Olsen, right, his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, front, Robert Bailey, fourth from left, family friend, and John Dooley, second from left, after hearing his name called on television during the first round of the National Football League Draft in Miami Beach, Florida, Saturday, April 28, 2007.  Olsen was selected in the first round by the Chicago Bears.

Photo by Jerome T. Nakagawa/Miami Herald Staff

Best Buddies

Louis Aguirre (right) rides an indoors bike for 3 hours  to help raise funds for Best Buddies Team Miami that provides support and services for people with intellectual disabilities on Saturday afternoon at Olympia Gym located on 20335 Biscayne Blvd.,  Aventura.
Best Buddies is a nonprofit  organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment.

Photo by Alexia Fodere / for The Miami Herald.

President Bush

Miami Dade College's Student Goverment Association's president Christopher M. Miles, points his family out to US President George W. Bush,  after introducing  Mr Bush,  who gave the commencement address, during the  Miami Dade College 2007 Commencement  ceremony celebrated at the Kendall Campus on Saturday, April 28, 2007.

Photo by Pedro Portal / El Nuevo Herald staff

Estefans are Fans

Basketball fan and singer Gloria Estefan and husband Emilio Estefan pose with their daughter Emily Marie before the start of game three in the Miami Heat vs. Chicago Bulls NBA playoffs Friday, April 27, 2007 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.

Photo by Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff

Video: Squatters Removed

The homeless squatters who built Umoja Village, a collection of wood and cardboard shacks on NW 62nd Street in Liberty City, are without shelter after the encampment burned to the ground when a candle set a hut on fire. City of Miami police arrested a dozen people who refused to leave the property Thursday.

Video by Chuck Fadely and Candace Barbot / Miami Herald Staff

High and Dry

Capt. Justin, an abandoned salvage boat, sits partially on the shore of Lake Okeechobee's Rim Canal in Clewiston due to low water level conditions on the lake. The boat was being towed two years ago, just before Hurricane Wilma when it was abandoned and ended up in the Rim Canal.

Photo by John Van Beekum / Miami Herald Staff

Dress Up

Small Town: Naranja. At Gloria Bridal shop, Gloria Philipson, right, fits Jvenica Gutierrez, 14, for her Quinceañera party with the help of her mother, Rosalinda Gutierrez, left.

Photo by John VanBeekum / Miami Herald Staff

A Hit

Pedro Cruz, 10, of Davie, plays softball for the very first time with help from his mother Anna Cruz at Miracle Field in Pembroke Pines, a new custom built facility for children with disabilities. Pedro is among the first members of the newly established Miracle League operated by the West Pines Optimist youth sports club with help from Pembroke Pines special population division.

Photo by Eileen Soler / for The Miami Herald

Video | Creciendo en Gracia

José Luis De Jesús Miranda -- who teaches that sin and the devil don't exist -- has emerged as an exalted yet divisive figure.

Produced by Battle Vaughan / The Miami Herald Staff