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Within minutes of his conversation with former Miami Commissioner Arthur Teele Jr., Miami Herald columnist Jim DeFede realized his friend, who was deep in the middle of legal problems and a criminal probe, was in great distress. DeFede instinctively pressed the record button on the tape recorder by his home phone...
...When Art called me it wasn't unusual to hear him want to vent and talk about what was going on in his life and politics in general,? DeFede says as he describes in detail what transpired the night Teele fatally shot himself in the Herald lobby - and the events leading up to DeFede being fired hours later. ?As we started to talk I became alarmed because I was hearing something in Art's voice that I hadn't heard before - frustration, but more than frustration, almost defeatism...
...says he recorded the conversation much the way one would an emergency police call. That decision however would lead his employers at the Herald to fire him in the latest controversy to roil American journalism this year. In Florida, it is illegal to tape conversations unless both parties agree. But, says DeFede, ?My decision to tape him was instantaneous - to keep a record of a call almost like you do with 911. I didn't even think about telling him. It was just a matter of wanting to listen to what he had to say and not interrupt...
...called ended with DeFede telling Teele to tell his wife, Stephanie, hello from him. That was at 5:10 p.m. on July 27. Forty-two minutes later, Teele called DeFede again, this time from the Herald lobby. ?He said I have a package here for you,? DeFede recalls. ?We were talking about that project in Overtown. He said I have some things that you should see. I wasn't recording this conversation. I could tell he was not emotional. I even asked him, ?Do you want me to come down and pick...
...million Number of Americans who abuse prescription drugs, according to a recent study?more than the combined total of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine users With bureau reports. Numbers Sources: Wall Street Journal; International Herald Tribune; A.P.; Guinness World Records...