Wacky Herald Hunt contest kicks off with funky dance moves

The 20th annual Herald Hunt kicked off from Miami’s Peacock Park with hundreds of Hunt contestants chasing clues throughout Coconut Grove.Contestants filed out of the park in teams shortly after noon, with maps in hand, and they huddled around brain-twisting puzzles such as the "Cha Cha Cha to the Caribbean," a small stage where two Carnival performers danced a series of...

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The Kids Are All Right: How Social Media Created a Generation of Activists

This week marked the nation’s inaugural  “Giving Tuesday,” a UN sponsored initiative, which utilized social media to encourage businesses, schools, and community members to give back. The effort resulted in $ 10 million worth of donations made in a single day, a 53 percent increase over the same day last year.Conceived as a means to promote activism and charity, the campaign’s use of social media...

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Buzzmakers: AJ is a Dad and Angus Apologizes

What had ET readers buzzing this week?1. Charges Filed Against Lindsay LohanCalifornia prosecutors have officially filed charges against Lindsay Lohan.The charges, which include willfully resisting, obstructing, or delaying an officer in the course of their duties, supplying false information to a police officer and reckless driving, stem from the car accident Lohan was involved in last June when...

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Brooklyn Bridge 'vandal' may have stolen Calvin Klein poster from art gallery

Cops are investigating whether a grafitti artist busted yesterday for vandalizing the Brooklyn Bridge swiped an expensive Calvin Klein poster from a Manhattan art gallery, police sources said.Enno Tianen, 32, of Queens was arrested about 1 p.m. for allegedly spraypainting the tag tag “LEWY” on the midspan part of the bridge on June 25, cops said.Sergeant...

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Boat Show may block Miami’s 2016 Super Bowl bid

This winter, the biggest NFL match-up in South Florida might be Super Bowl versus Boat Show. As South Florida readies a bid for the 2016 Super Bowl, it must contend with a major potential conflict on the tourism calendar. The National Football League may move the Super Bowl to Presidents’ Day weekend, already home to the five-day Miami International Boat Show since the 1940s....

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Remembering the rhythm: Fans celebrate life of Jaco Pastorius

Tammy Goss is sitting on a park bench in a small patch of green wedged between Dixie Highway and the FEC railroad tracks. Staring down from the southeast wall of the corner community center is a huge blue-toned mural of a man’s face, his fingers curled around an electric bass guitar. She knows his name.“Jaco Pastorius, I think,” said Goss, 45.But that’s all she really knows...

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Laurie Holden Walking Dead Season Three Finale Interview

Between its rule-breaking storytelling and off-screen ratings success, The Walking Dead has been a headline behemoth, with everyone in and out of Hollywood buzzing about the third season of AMC's zombie drama.With only one episode to go in the sensationally scary and better-than-ever season, ETonline caught up with star Laurie Holden to talk about Andrea's foray into Woodbury, her time in The Governor's...

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Tennis referee murder case dismissed after insufficient evidence

LOS ANGELES — The arrest of an aging tennis referee in her husband's death was a shocker last summer. On Friday the case took another surprise twist when prosecutors dropped the murder case against Lois Goodman.The case was dismissed due to insufficient evidence and without prejudice.The 70-year-old Goodman had been accused of bludgeoning her 80-year-old...

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California Pizza Kitchen brings prototype to Sawgrass Mills

The restaurant chain that took barbecued chicken pizza mainstream is ready to push the culinary envelope again. How about a pizza topped with roasted Brussels sprouts and applewood smoked bacon or a Korean barbecue pizza with pork loin and spicy kimchee salad?Innovative menu items are just one piece of what’s unique about California Pizza Kitchen’s new flagship restaurant...

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Opera’s Second Act

Laura Horton’s grandmother always dreamed of becoming an opera singer.Today, Horton’s 10-year-old daughter, McCall, is living her great-grandmother’s deferred dream.“My grandmother was a professional singer and she wanted to be in the opera,” said Laura Horton, an attorney who lives with her family in Coral Gables. “Though she passed away this year, when I hear the opera,...

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Video Games: Art-Tested, MoMA-Approved

Citing a palpable “aesthetic experience” in classic games while eschewing others, the Museum of Modern Art announced Thursday that it has assembled a new collection of video games. The museum’s initial collection includes 14 classics like Pac-Man and Tetris, but also more recent additions to the canon like Passage and Canabalt. The museum has a “wish list” of...

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Chris Colfer Glee Interview Land of Stories 2 Details

Earlier this year, I had the great pleasure of catching a screening of Struck By Lighting; the brave, funny, inspiring and touching film Chris Colfer wrote and starred in. Now, he's revisting the character of Carson Phillips in Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal, a novel that serves as the perfection companion piece to the film.On the small screen, Colfer recently lost his perfect companion...

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Caviar-smuggling fugitive pleads guilty to $10M fish egg scheme

A crooked caviar importer got hooked this morning for a fishy scheme dating back more than two decades.Isidoro "Mario" Garbarino -- who spent 23 years on the run following his indictment -- pleaded guilty to smuggling more than $10 million worth of fancy fish eggs into the United States between 1984 and 1987.Garbarino, 69, agreed to serve up to four years...

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Miami-Dade pending home sales spiked in October

Despite a dearth of homes and condos on the market in Miami-Dade County, pending sales rose 67 percent in October with 4,172 residential properties going under contract compared with 2,488 a year earlier, according to the Miami Association of Realtors.The number of pending sales rose 18 percent in October from September.In a statement, Martha Pomares, chairman of the board...

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Dynamite at airport ‘joker’ remains in custody after court hearing

The Guatemalan man who told airport officials he had dynamite in his bag had his initial hearing in bond court Wednesday morning.Alejandro Hurtado, 63, is accused of joking that he had explosives in his bag when a TACA airline attendant routinely asked if he was carrying any explosive material. The state is asking for $146,000 as restitution for delays in Concourse J, the...

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Actors' Body Transformations For Roles

Jared Leto After a major weight gain in the 2007 film Chapter 27, Jared Leto slimmed down drastically in 2012 for his role as a transsexual named Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club, the same movie Matthew McConaughey dropped weight for. "I waxed my entire body, including my eyebrows. I've lost a lot of weight because I'm playing a young person with AIDS," he told ETonline...

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Baldwin's 'stalker' released from jail

Alec Baldwin's shapely accused stalker was sprung from jail just before lunch today after a Manhattan judge arraigned her on new misdemeanor criminal contempt charges.Genevieve Sabourin, an aspiring French-Canadian actress who insists she shared a night of passion last fall with the "30 Rock" star, is now on the hook for allegedly violating her original...

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Gift ideas for the techie on your list

The holidays are coming fast, and if you’re like me, you’ve probably gotten very little of your gift shopping done. Here are suggestions for a variety of gifts for the techie and the not-so-techie people on your list. Some of these items can be found in stores and some are only available online, but you should be able to order them in time for Christmas or Hanukkah. ...

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Miami police: crime down after year-long Operation Resilience

Violent criminals are not the only threat to neighborhoods, Miami police say. Prostitutes, drug users, and even motorists who disobey the rules of the road can jeopardize the safety of residents.That’s why Miami police cast a broad net with Operation Resilience, a citywide crackdown that launched in December 2011 and concluded in November with more than 1,000 arrests made...

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Jennifer Carpenter Dexter Interview Ex Girlfriends

I've been a fan of Jennifer Carpenter's ever since her mind-blowing and back-bending performance in 2005's The Exorcism of Emily Rose. And while she's never disappointed as Debra Morgan on Showtime's Dexter, the last nine weeks have seen the 32-year-old deliver her most profound, affecting and stunning work to date.VIDEO - Michael C. Hall's Un-Dexter RoleAlthough, Carpenter performance isn't the only...

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'Homeland' star sells SoHo loft for $5.58M

Emmy Award-winning “Homeland” star Claire Danes, 33, just sold her apartment on Wooster Street for a hefty $5.58 million – just a little less than her $5.99 million asking price. Danes, a Yale drop-out who is currently pregnant, lived there with her movie star hubby Hugh Dancy. They have since bought and closed on a larger, more family friendly apartment...

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Case-Shiller: Miami, U.S. home prices up again

The good news keeps coming for housing.Miami area home prices rose 7.4 percent in September from a year earlier, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices.Home prices in Miami inched up 0.1 percent in September from August, the report, issued by S&P Dow Jones Indices, said. Seasonally adjusted, Miami posted a 0.3 percent gain in home prices in September...

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Bomb squad investigating suspicious package at Miami airport

The Miami-Dade police bomb squad is investigating a suspicious package at Miami International Airport.Concourse J was partially evacuated when a piece of luggage was flagged at a TACA airlines ticket counter around noon Monday. The security sweep is not affecting any outbound flights, according to Greg Chin, an airport spokesman. One ticket counter for Concourse J remains...

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Beyonce to Debut Self-Directed Documentary

Beyonce will make her filmmaking debut in February with "an intimate, revealing" documentary about her music career and personal life. The multiple Grammy winner, entrepreneur and actress has assembled footage providing unprecedented access to her life as a superstar, wife and mother, as well as behind-the-scenes glimpses of her music performances. The feature-length documentary will premiere...

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$5M bail for massive insider trader

A former hedge fund portfolio manager accused of enabling a quarter of a billion dollars in profits through inside information is free on bail.Mathew Martoma appeared in a New York court Monday for the first time and was released on $5 million bail after his 12-minute appearance before a federal magistrate judge.Martoma was arrested last week on charges...

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Shifting tides of Panama real estate echo Miami trends

PANAMA CITY, Panama — As a real estate agent shows off a model apartment — white leather sectional, stainless steel appliances, open concept, ocean views — in the 59-story Yacht Club Tower, and touts its fitness center and pool deck designed to mimic a ship floating on the sea, he makes a telling statement:“We tried to emulate the Miami style in this building.”Approaching...

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South Florida responders returning home from Sandy recovery work

A group of South Florida medical responders are returning home Sunday and Monday after spending two weeks assisting with Hurricane Sandy recovery in New York.The team of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, paramedics and mental health experts are expected to arrive at local airports. While in New York, the medical responders staffed a field hospital in Long Beach providing first...

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Larry Hagman Dies

Larry Hagman, best known for playing Dallas villain J.R. Ewing, died Friday morning from complications stemming from his recent battle with cancer.He was 81 years old.Video: Larry Hagman Talks 'Dallas', Cancer and Veganism "Larry was back in his beloved Dallas, re-enacting the iconic role he loved most," his family said in a statement via The Dallas Morning News. "When he passed, he was surrounded...

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McCain says Rice could change his opposition to her possible Secretary of State nomination

Senator John McCain, a vocal opponent of Susan Rice's possible nomination as Secretary of State, said on Sunday that the UN ambassador could change his mind after she explained her statements on the attack on the US mission in Benghazi."Sure. She can - I'd give everyone the benefit of explaining their position and the actions that they took," McCain said...

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Is the electric car dying again?

A second administration of President Barack Obama will be forced to revisit the issue of subsidies for renewable energy and, with it, those for electric vehicles. Despite the millions of dollars spent on government incentives, marketing and promotion, sales of fully electric cars are well below projected targets. Investment in vehicle charging infrastructure also has fallen...

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