The Cooler

Here's what attracted my attention in this morning's mainstream media.

A- Herald: Morin.

B- Herald: Video, Coconut Grove peacocks.

C- Sun-Sentinel: Life in South Florida.

When Nelson Grizales arrived home Monday and asked for his Viagra medication, his wife replied that she had crushed the pills and tossed them into the front yard, a Davie police complaint states.

Through a Spanish translator, Amparo Grizales told Broward Judge John "Jay" Hurley in court Tuesday, "I fed them to the plants."

Nelson Grizales, 68, got angry, slapped his wife's face with an open hand and pushed her to the floor, police said. Amparo Grizales told police she had never seen her husband of 31 years that angry.

D- Sun-Sentinel: So long At&T.

Verizon Wireless could start selling Apple iPhones by January, breaking AT&T’s exclusive grip in place since the iPhone debuted three years ago.

Recent news reports say Verizon Wireless may be adding the iPhone 4 to its smart phone lineup as soon as January.

E- South Florida Business Journal: Rice and beans.

Florida is the 36th most obese state in the country, while Latinos living in the Sunshine State ranked 30th in a new report titled "F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future."

Produced by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the report found Florida’s adult obesity rate is 25.1 percent. The men here are more obese than women at 27.6 percent.

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In Florida, the adult obesity rate was 36.3 percent among blacks, 27.8 percent among Latinos and 23.1 percent among whites.

F- CBS4: Is the Gusman history?

Facing a projected $100 million deficit, the City of Miami may bring the curtain down on its financial backing of the historic Gusman Theater.

The movement to put the city owned theater's expense on the chopping block is supported by Mayor Tomás Regalado who says they can longer afford to support it.

One-third of the Gusman's $1.4 million operating budget comes from the city while the remaining funds come from the non-profit support group called Friends of Gusman, Miami-Dade County and the state, according to CBS4 news partners The Miami Herald. Regalado says the theater should find someone else to fill the $478,000 gap.

Located at 174 East Flagler Street the historic theater, built in 1926, recently underwent years of restoration work that cost taxpayers $8 million and has hosted a wide array of entertainment from concerts to the Miami International Film Festival.

Regalado said he plans to instruct City Manager Carlos Migoya to "zero out" the theater from the annual budget. Migoya says at this point no budget decisions have been made and he had not yet analyzed Gusman's figures.

G- WPTV: Answering the question, "What's more badass: alligators or pit bulls?

BELLE GLADE, Fla. - An alligator trapper will try and snare two alligators after at least one attacked a pit bull.

The dog's owner was walking his 65 pound pet near a canal when the alligator attacked. It dragged the dog into a drain.

A state biologist removed the dog's carcass Tuesday from the canal behind the Lake Breeze Trailer Park.

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