Give up?

ALL of the listed stories were covered in the Miami-Dade print media.  All but #8 occurred in Miami-Dade (the teen who skipped town for a vacation in Iraq hails slightly north up in Fort Lauderdale). All but #1 appeared in the Miami Herald, with the tale of the father-daughter marriage covered in the local alt weekly Miami New Times. 

Stories that made it to Drudge: #s 6,7,8, and 9.