Miami Herald

A 20-year-old man died early Tuesday when he fell out of a moving pickup truck along U.S. 27, authorities said.

Two people were taken to the hospital Sunday morning after the driver of a car westbound on Pines Boulevard lost control and the vehicle flipped over on its roof near the intersection of Southwest 136thStreet, according to Pembroke Pines police.

Two seats on the Pembroke Pines City Commission are being contested in Tuesday’s race. Mayor Frank Ortis is also up for re-election, but faces no challenger.

A 23-year-old Port St. Lucie woman was arrested Monday after allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in the bedroom of his Pembroke Pines apartment.

Seventeen sites will open Saturday for early voting in the 2012 Presidential Primary election. Early voting will continue daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Jan. 28.

The casualties among passengers on the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster had risen to at least six, as of Monday evening, with some 29, including a Minnesota couple, still missing.

Unable to come to terms with the leaders of neighboring Southwest Ranches, Pembroke Pines commissioners on Tuesday night elected not to place a gate at Southwest 199th Avenue and Stirling Road despite complaints from residents about overwhelming traffic on the residential street in the city’s west end.

Robert Salcedo, who had cerebral palsy, was struck and killed by a car in Pembroke Pines as he and his wife returned home from a Christmas Eve church service.

Town officials Thursday voted to close some roads bordering Pembroke Pines as their dispute over a proposed immigration detention facility escalated.