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Hungry Baby

Breakfast time. This baby Starling was being fed by its parents this morning.

Photo by Suzy Mast / Miami Herald staff

Up, Up, and Away

Sam Nettles of Deerfield Beach, pilots "Drift 'n Dream" low over a field of ripe tomatoes being harvested near Krome Avenue and SW 104th street during the 24th Annual Sunrise Community Hot Air Balloon Race at Kendall Tamiami Executive Airport Saturday morning, April 14th. (Photo taken from Mark Fritze's "2nd Wind" balloon from Tallahassee.)

Photo by John Van Beekum, Miami Herald Staff

Pulled to safety

Miami Herald staff photographer Candace West shot this really nice news photo of Deputy Gina Bascone dragging a victim of a tractor trailor crash on I-95 Thursday, April 12, 2007.

Video: The Girl with The Apple

Herman Rosenblat survived the Holocaust thanks in part to a young girl who tossed him apples and bread from outside the concentration camp. Twelve years later, destiny would bring them together again.

Produced by Ricardo Lopez and C.W. Griffin

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Flor Blanca

My white Geiger finally flowered!. I never thought it would survive, let alone flower!

Photo by: Jose Iglesias, Miami Herald Staff

Another dog walk

Another day in paradise. I shot this Blue Land Crab hiding under a neighbor's bushes this morning on my daily dog walk, before the rain storms came.

Photo by Suzy Mast / Miami Herald photo editor

Today's Dog Walk

Springtime in Florida. Two Red-bellied Woodpeckers are working on a nest in a dead palm tree in Surfside.

Photo by Suzy Mast / Miami Herald photo editor.

Video: Bird's Eye View

James Good, a Miami engineer, photographs downtown Miami from his remote-controlled airplane.

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Produced by Ricardo Lopez / The Miami Herald Staff

Tears for Family

Tears roll down the cheeks of Marie Thelusma as she talks about her son and husband in Miami. Thelusma was deported from the United States and now lives in a friends home in La Plaine, Port au Prince, Haiti. She rarely leaves the house fearing the crime and kidnapping that has engulfed the city. With little resources to deal with her situation she feels hopeless without family.

Photo by Charles Trainor, Jr. / Miami Herald Staff