Deric H. ''Bubba'' Askew, who produced Miami Heat radio broadcasts for WIOD-AM (610), died Sunday of an apparent heart attack. He was 43 and had collapsed at the radio station about 6 p.m., according to Ken Charles, director of AM programming.

Survivor wrote of time in gulag
John H. Noble, an American who never knew why the Soviets imprisoned him in their notorious gulag, but not only lived to write books on the grim, decadelong experience but also recovered his family's company and castle in the former East Germany, died Nov. 10 in Dresden, Germany. He was 84.

Author: How griping can make it right
Unscrewed: The Consumer's Guide to Getting What You Paid For. Ron Burley. Ten Speed Press. 240 pages. Like everyone else who ever had a problem with a product or service, Ron Burley is frustrated with the whole ''customer service'' process. Unlike most of the rest of us, he developed a strategy for dealing with the tactics most companies employ to address this issue.

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate FULL VERSION [DVD]
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate FULL VERSION [DVD] Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Windows Vista Home Basic is the operating system for homes with basic computing needs. It is easy to set up, it helps you use your PC more securely and reliably, and like all of the editions of Windows Vista, it is compatible with […]

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate FULL VERSION [DVD]
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate FULL VERSION [DVD] Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Windows Vista Home Basic is the operating system for homes with basic computing needs. It is easy to set up, it helps you use your PC more securely and reliably, and like all of the editions of Windows Vista, it is compatible with […]

Lauded AIDS activist
Barbara Powers, Broward's former HIV/AIDS services coordinator for the Archdiocese of Miami, died Friday afternoon at a Fort Lauderdale hospice. She was 69.

Veteran Dade police sergeant
Miami-Dade Sgt. George Reincke, who served for three decades as a police officer, died on Wednesday of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was 68.

Civic leader, developer of Pines neighborhoods
A respected South Broward developer, civic leader and philanthropist died last week after a battle with leukemia. Howard Jeffrey Zimmerman, 64, of Davie, died Thursday.

Reading about change easier than changing
I wonder if anyone really learns anything from ''how to'' books. The early Robert Kiyosaki Rich Dad volumes were breezy and somewhat inspirational, but I wasn't sufficiently motivated to actually begin investing in real estate — other than my own residence, of course.

Stylist stayed late for clients
Mazelle K. Florio kept odd hours for a beautician. Many of her clients did, too, so she was there to accommodate them — at 6 a.m. or 11 p.m.

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