U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez (C) as Miami Mayor Manny Diaz speaks during a visit to the Miami Intermodal Center construction site in Miami, Florida March 5, 2009. The Miami Intermodal Center is just one example of the hundreds of transportation construction projects across the country that will receive funds from government stimulus plan. The Miami Intermodal Center is a system that makes connections between all modes of transportation: airlines, transit buses, subways, commuter rail, intercity rail, airport shuttles, regional bus lines, and intercity bus services. Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez (C) as Miami Mayor Manny Diaz speaks during a visit to the Miami Intermodal Center construction site in Miami, Florida March 5, 2009. The Miami Intermodal Center is just one example of the hundreds of transportation construction projects across the country that will receive funds from government stimulus plan. The Miami Intermodal Center is a system that makes connections between all modes of transportation: airlines, transit buses, subways, commuter rail, intercity rail, airport shuttles, regional bus lines, and intercity bus services.

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  1. COMMERCIAL IMAGE: In this photograph taken by AP Images for CNN Heroes, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Barbara Jordan (left) and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez (right) present Top Ten CNN Hero Andrea Ivory (center) with a proclamation for her work bringing early breast cancer detection to the doorsteps of uninsured women at a rally at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, November 4th. Ivory, chosen from 9,000 submissions worldwide, encouraged the community to vote for her as CNN Hero of the Year.
  2. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 17: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez (C) is greeted by Miami-Dade police officers during a press conference to defend his budget policies before a commission meeting to come up with a final budget for Miami-Dade county on September 17, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Mayor used the opportunity to defend himself and lash out at some of the media on reports that he gave raises to executives, police and firefighters as the county faces a budget crunch.

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  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 11: Doctor Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, speaks during the ServiceNation launch of 'MISSION SERVE: Forging A Continuum Of Service' at George Washington University on November 11, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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  9. COMMERCIAL IMAGE: In this photograph taken by AP Images for CNN Heroes, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Barbara Jordan (left) and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez (right) present Top Ten CNN Hero Andrea Ivory (center) with a proclamation for her work bringing early breast cancer detection to the doorsteps of uninsured women at a rally at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, November 4th. Ivory, chosen from 9,000 submissions worldwide, encouraged the community to vote for her as CNN Hero of the Year.
  10. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 17: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez (C) is greeted by Miami-Dade police officers during a press conference to defend his budget policies before a commission meeting to come up with a final budget for Miami-Dade county on September 17, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Mayor used the opportunity to defend himself and lash out at some of the media on reports that he gave raises to executives, police and firefighters as the county faces a budget crunch.
  11. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 17: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez speaks during a press conference as he defends his budget policies before a commission meeting to come up with a final budget for Miami-Dade county on September 17, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Mayor used the opportunity to defend himself and lash out at some of the media on reports that he gave raises to executives, police and firefighters as the county faces a budget crunch.
  12. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 17: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez stands on a piece of caution tape as he defends his budget policies before a commission meeting to come up with a final budget for Miami-Dade county on September 17, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Mayor used the opportunity to defend himself and lash out at some of the media on reports that he gave raises to executives, police and firefighters as the county faces a budget crunch.
  13. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 17: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez speaks during a press conference as he defends his budget policies before a commission meeting to come up with a final budget for Miami-Dade county on September 17, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Mayor used the opportunity to defend himself and lash out at some of the media on reports that he gave raises to executives, police and firefighters as the county faces a budget crunch.
  14. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 17: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez speaks during a press conference as he defends his budget policies before a commission meeting to come up with a final budget for Miami-Dade county on September 17, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Mayor used the opportunity to defend himself and lash out at some of the media on reports that he gave raises to executives, police and firefighters as the county faces a budget crunch.
  15. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 17: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez speaks during a press conference as he defends his budget policies before a commission meeting to come up with a final budget for Miami-Dade county on September 17, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Mayor used the opportunity to defend himself and lash out at some of the media on reports that he gave raises to executives, police and firefighters as the county faces a budget crunch.

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