Miami’s book fair ‘Evening With…’ series ends on easy note

A bit of fiction and a bit of philosophy, both seasoned with a touch of the historical, rounded out the final night of Miami Book Fair International’s “Evenings With…” programs Friday.Emma Donoghue read from her Astray, new book of short stories inspired by old newspaper accounts, and historian Alan Ryan talked about his weighty new two-volume work On Politics: A History...

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The Allure of Mass Apple Gadget Thefts

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Buzzmakers: Lindsay Lohan Comes Clean & Janeane Marries

What had ET readers buzzing this week?1. Janeane Garofalo: I Didn't Know I was Married!Sometimes what happens in Vegas actually does stay in Vegas -- at least for two decades. Funny girl Janeane Garofalo is claiming she's been married for 20 years, and didn't even know it!The Reality Bites actress told the New York Post that she and Big Bang Theory producer Rob Cohen decided to wed at a Las Vegas...

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B'klyn man dies after starting a fire while smoking in bed

A man was killed in a Brooklyn blaze early today, authorities said.The 39-year-old accidentally started the fire while smoking in bed at a second-floor Midwood residence on Ocean Avenue near Avenue I, police sources said.Sixty firefighters rushed to the scene, extinguishing the flames shortly before 1:15 a.m., according to an FDNY spokesman.The man, whose...

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Jolly holiday shopping season already underway

Lilian Stoppa and Renata Rosa stepped out of Target in Midtown Miami with a cart piled high with holiday gifts.Landing in Miami on Thursday morning for a five-day shopping spree, they already had spent $800 by mid-afternoon on presents for family members: toys for Rosa’s daughter, beauty items for Stoppa’s mother, plus lots of other stuff.“This is just the start,” giggled...

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Weather alert: Cool temperatures will stay into the weekend

Mild temperatures will continue into the weekend, with highs in the low-80s and lows in the mid-60s.The weekend will remain partly cloudy, with a low chance of showers at 20 percent.No advisories have been announced and wind will be low at 10 to 15 miles per hour each day. ...

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Sarah Jessica Parker & Gerard Butler to Host Nobel Peace Prize Concert

Sarah Jessica Parker and Gerard Butler have been announced as hosts for this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert, held December 11 in Oslo, Norway to honor the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the European Union.The EU was awarded the prize "for having over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe."VIDEO: On the Obama Campaign Trail...

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B'klyn tot 'slayer' told girlfriend he would kill girl: court papers

A Brooklyn man accused of beating his girlfriend’s four-year-old daughter to death told his gal pal that he was going to kill the child, according to court papers revealed today.Chris Marshall, 23, allegedly beat both Alicia McLauglin and her daughter, Halii McCord, in her East New York apartment on November 6, prosecutors said at his Brooklyn Criminal...

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South Florida’s hiring comeback hits a setback

Shrinking government payrolls slammed hiring in South Florida last month, with Broward losing jobs overall and Miami-Dade expanding payrolls at the slowest pace in more than two years.The anemic job-growth figures are preliminary, and could turn around in a moment if next month’s revisions find more hiring in Florida’s largest regional economy. But they also could signal...

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Miami City Commission slams administration over surprise $45 million budget surplus

Union leaders asked the city of Miami to reopen contract negotiations Thursday, one day after the city’s budget team announced it had discovered a surprise $45 million surplus.“You told us to dig into our pockets and we did — for four consecutive years,” Fraternal Order of Police Vice President Javier Ortiz told the city commission, noting that the unions had agreed to millions...

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Justin Bieber & Channing Tatum Lead People's Choice Nominees

Nominations for the 2013 People's Choice Awards were announced on Thursday, with Justin Bieber, Adam Levine and Channing Tatum leading the pack with multiple nods.Maroon 5 frontman Levine received four music nominations -- for Favorite Band, Favorite Song, Favorite Album, Favorite Music Video -- as well as two in the TV category for his work on The Voice, Favorite Celebrity Judge and Favorite Competition...

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Parks workers in Queens find body buried in sand

Parks Department workers cleaning debris off a Queens beach today discovered a man’s body buried in the sand, police sources said.The decomposed corpse was found in dunes along the shoreline by Beach 13th Street in Far Rockaway at around 8:30 a.m., sources added.A garbage bag was near the body, sources said and investigators do not believe the death is...

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Builders trade groups merge in South Florida

The Florida Atlantic Building Association was created recently through a merger of the Builders Association of South Florida, which was active in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, and the Gold Coast Builders Association, which focused on Palm Beach County. The new regional trade group, focused on government affairs issues that affect builders in South Florida, from Palm Beach...

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Service dogs help military veterans with injuries seen and unseen

As Diego Hurtado gently toyed with his dog’s ear, he recalled jumping out of a plane at 2,000 feet, then freefalling when his parachute failed to open.He tightly held the dog’s ear in his palm as he recalled the mid-air collision of two aircraft at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, that spilled fuel and debris on the base, killing 24 fellow paratroopers and injuring countless...

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Snooki Witnesses Hurricane Sandy's Devastation Firsthand

Seaside Heights, New Jersey was recently devastated by Hurricane Sandy, and in this brand-new preview from MTV's star-studded fundraising special Restore the Shore --  a one-hour program featuring the likes of Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, the entire Jersey Shore cast, Britney Spears and more which will go towards rebuilding Seaside Heights -- Jersey Shore breakout star Snooki witnesses the devastation...

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Pedro Hernandez indicted in 1979 death of Etan Patz

APPedro HernandezA Manhattan grand jury today indicted a former SoHo bodega clerk for allegedly luring 6-year-old Etan Patz into a basement and killing him 33 years ago, according to court papers.The panel found there was sufficient evidence to charge 51-year-old Maple Shade, NJ, resident Pedro Hernandez with second-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping,...

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Job fair Thursday in Miami Lakes

One of the region’s most popular job fairs returns to Miami-Dade County on Thursday, Nov. 15, with more than 1,000 openings available. Job News, which sells employment ads and rents out space at job fairs to companies, will hold its last fair of 2012 at the Don Shula Hotel in Miami Lakes. The hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and both admission and parking are free. Job News says...

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Florida man describes being shot by police Taser as he sprayed fire with garden hose

PINELLAS PARK -- The fire was all around Dan Jensen.He could see it. He could smell it. He could hear it.It was close enough to touch. It was burning down his neighbor's house. It was creeping toward Jensen's own fence 10 feet away, and he started spraying the fire with his hose. Police ordered Jensen to get back, and he complied.But after a few minutes...

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Jimmy Kimmel at TV Guide Hot List Party

TV Guide's annual Hot List Party brought out the biggest names in television Monday night in Hollywood, where ET caught up with Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Levine, NeNe Leakes and a very playful Michael Weatherly with his wife Bojana Jankovic.Jimmy was his usual charming, self-deprecating self at last night's star-studded event, where he revealed that along with wrestling a gorilla in the Serengeti with his...

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NY Post: News

NY Post: Newshttp://www.nypost.comLatest News from the New York Post Online Edition, which delivers the Post's world-renowned gossip, best sports in town, and more.http://www.nypost.com/rw/SysConfig/WebPortal/nypost/images/rss_nyp_logo.jpgNew York Post Online Edition logohttp://www.nypost.com12018More than a fender bender: Sandy damaged 16,000 new cars stuck in port Local Superstorm...

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