In the latest aftershock from the housing crash, lenders are scaling back home-equity credit lines. It's a move that affects all homeowners — those with good and bad credit alike. Paul Owers, a real estate reporter at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, explains.

With demand growing for tougher immigration enforcement and a flurry of new state laws addressing the issue, local police are stepping up and arresting illegal immigrants. Damien Cave, the Miami Bureau Chief for the New York Times, has been tracking these local crackdowns.