Two die in unrelated crashes in Broward

Two people died in separate Broward traffic accidents on Saturday morning, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.Shortly after 4 a.m., Andre Caesar, 41, crashed a 2012 Velocity motor scooter into the driver’s side of a tow truck backed into a driveway at 3370 NW 39th St. in Lauderdale Lakes. The tow truck, which was unloading a vehicle at a residence, had its headlights...

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App of the Week: Manilla

App Name: ManillaPrice: FreeAvailable Platforms: Apple’s iOS ( iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone), AndroidWhat does this app do? Manilla provides a secure way for you manage and organize your bills on your mobile device, tablet or desktop. This finance app, of which an updated version for the iPhone 5 was released this week, allows you to link to your accounts, set up reminders to pay your bills, and keep...

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Riveting Details Emerge from CT School Rampage

As morning turned to afternoon on Friday, further details continued to emerge from Newtown, CT, a tight-knit community shaken by a massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School that took the lives of innocent students and teachers, in addition to the gunman, reportedly identified as Adam Lanza.RELATED: President Fights Tears as He Addresses NationAs President Barack Obama touched on in his tear-jerking...

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Hillary Clinton faints, sustains concussion

WASHINGTON — The State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting.She's now recovering at home and being monitored by doctors.An aide, Philippe Reines, says Clinton will work from home next week, at the recommendation of doctors.Congressional...

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Miami in spotlight at AVCC, other entrepreneurship events

Entrepreneurs from around the world took the stage during this packed week of entrepreneurship events in Miami: Florida International University’s Americas Venture Capital Conference (known as AVCC), HackDay, Wayra’s Global DemoDay and Endeavor’s International Selection Panel.The events, all part of the first Innovate MIA week, also put the spotlight on Miami as it continues...

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Miami-Dade elections group to discuss potential changes to state law

An advisory group poring over Miami-Dade elections problems will hold its second meeting Friday, this time to focus on what changes to request from state lawmakers.County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, who convened the group, and his appointed elections supervisor, Penelope Townsley, already asked Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner — the state’s chief elections officer — on Tuesday...

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Exclusive: Ethan and Emma's 'Shameless' One-on-One

The outrageous Gallagher family dysfunction of Shameless is made that much more entertaining due to the wonderful performances of the ensemble cast, including Emmy Rossum, William H. Macy, Justin Chatwin, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky and Emma Kenney. Those last two precocious kids, who play Debbie and Carl Gallagher, sit down to discuss how their real-life personalities match their characters,...

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'Casablanca' piano goes for more than $600,000 at auction

The piano used for the song "As Times Goes By" in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca" has fetched more than $600,000 at auction.The 58-key upright was sold to an unidentified buyer for $602,500 at Sotheby's New York on Friday.Its pre-sale estimate was up to $1.2 million.It was offered by a Japanese collector on the film's 70th anniversary.The collector purchased...

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Wynwood co-working center funded by Knight Foundation, angel investors

The LAB Miami announced Thursday it will open a 10,000-square-foot co-working center in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and local angel investors are investing $650,000.As Miami’s startup community continues to grow, The LAB Miami said its “work-learn campus” will offer an in-house mentor network that will include investors and...

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Regulators agree to give FPL four-year rate deal

TALLAHASSEE The Public Service Commission on Thursday agreed to award Florida Power & Light a $358 million base rate request that includes a series of rate increases over four years and rejected a call from the public counsel that the company scale back its rates.After a morning hearing discussing the nuts and bolts of a proposed settlement, the five-member commission...

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Matt Damon Talks Nudity in Behind The Candelabra

"For years I'd said no to nudity, but I just did a lot of it playing the long-term partner of Liberace," Matt Damon says about his new movie, Behind The Candelabra, in the January/February issue of Playboy (via), underscoring what an important story he felt this was to tell. PHOTOS - First Look at Michael Douglas as LiberaceAlthough Damon is the first to admit that, because of its frank treatment...

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'Drunk' driver in fatal Queensboro Bridge crash faces up to 25 years in jail after turning down plea deal

A man who turned down a six-month plea deal after cops said he drunkenly drove his car off a Queensboro Bridge ramp -- killing a pedestrian and destroying two businesses – now faces up to 25 years in jail . Grant Riddell, 38, was indicted on drunk driving, vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and vehicular assault charges in the March 28,...

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Regulators agree to give FPL four-year rate deal

TALLAHASSEE The Public Service Commission on Thursday agreed to award Florida Power & Light a $358 million base rate request that includes a series of rate increases over four years and rejected a call from the public counsel that the company scale back its rates.After a morning hearing discussing the nuts and bolts of a proposed settlement, the five-member commission...

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Crime Watch: Be careful when giving to charities

Many of our neighbors in South Florida have fallen on hard times, and there are many organizations trying to help those with great needs such as food, school supplies, clothing and toys now for the holidays.Well, we all need to be extra careful to make sure we are dealing with real charitable organizations and not phony solicitations, and many of you asked what to look for.Let’s...

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Facebook revises privacy controls in effort to make them more accessible, comprehensible

SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook is trying to make its privacy controls easier to find and understand in an effort to turn the world’s largest social network into a more discreet place.The fine-tuning announced Wednesday will include several revisions that will start rolling out to Facebook Inc.‘s more than 1 billion users in the next few weeks.The biggest change will be a new “privacy shortcuts” section...

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New 'G.I. Joe' Trailer: Channing Tatum & Dwayne Johnson Retaliate

The President of the United States has the world on edge with a super-destructive weapon at the touch of a button, but something's not right: Is the Commander-in-Chief real, or an impostor? It's up to Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis and the G.I. Joe team to save the world – and look ultra-cool doing it. Watch the brand-new G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer featuring new Channing Tatum footage!Video:...

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Cops find getaway car used in brazen Midtown hit

The NYPD have found the getaway car linked to the execution-style slaying of a Los Angeles man in broad daylight in midtown Manhattan, cops told The Post.Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday that the car has been found in Queens after police questioned the couple who rented the car early this morning. Investigators told The Post don't believe...

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The first wave of Windows 8 PCs

We’ve been benchmarking and field-testing new Windows 8 systems, including all-in-one desktops, traditional clamshell laptops and convertible laptops with displays that flip or twist around to form tabletlike devices. Dell XPS One 27 Rating: 4 stars out of 5 (Excellent) The good: Boasts the highest-display resolution among Windows 8 all-in-ones, and...

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FBI investigating Miami cops in bookmaking case

At least a half-dozen Miami Police officers have been targeted by the FBI for their alleged roles in providing protection for a Liberty City sports gambling operation that was uncovered more than a year ago, according to authorities familiar with the case.At least one Miami officer has been relieved of duty in connection with the investigation into the bookmaking business,...

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Notorious patent troll hits RIM with new lawsuit, seeks BlackBerry sales ban

Well-known patent troll Wi-LAN has filed a new lawsuit against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIMM) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Wi-LAN, which describes itself as “a leading intellectual property licensing company,” claims RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones infringe U.S. Patent No. 6,260,168, owned by Wi-LAN, which relates to Bluetooth implementation....

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The Secret to Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon's Marriage

Award-winning actress Kyra Sedgwick has been married to Kevin Bacon for 24 years in what's shaping up to be of the most enduring and beloved relationships in Hollywood, and in the latest issue of Good Housekeeping, The Closer star dishes on what keeps the two so committed to one another."I don't know how he does it, but he always makes me feel like I'm the most beautiful woman in the room – the only...

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Ex-state Comptroller Alan Hevesi to be freed from prison Wednesday

ALBANY --Disgraced ex-state Comptroller Alan Hevesi will be freed from prison tomorrow morning after serving 20 months in a pay-to-play pension scandal, authorities said..The fiscal watchdog turned felon has been serving time at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in upstate Oneida County. He will be released about 8 a.m.Hevesi, 72, was granted a second...

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Diageo moving office to Coral Gables

Diageo will move its Miami office to Coral Gables in the fall of 2013.The world’s leading spirits company will move from its current office at Blue Lagoon when its lease ends and relocate to 396 Alhambra Circle in Coral Gables. Diageo has 175 people based in its Miami office, the majority of whom work for the Latin American and Caribbean region that is headquartered in Miami....

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Report on Dozier School raises new questions about deaths

About100 boys may have died between 1900 and 1960 at a controversial youth prison in the Florida Panhandle, including seven boys who perished following escape attempts, according to a new report that raises troubling questions about the now-shuttered Dozier School for Boys.As state juvenile justice administrators seek to sell the Dozier property in rural Marianna, researchers...

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Beyonce Inks $50 Million Deal With Pepsi

Pepsi is back in business with Beyonce Knowles, and it only cost them $50 million!The Super Bowl XLVII half-time headliner, 31, will be featured in a new Pepsi commercial and several appearances for the brand, The New York Times reports, but in addition, the company will also be involved in a few of Beyonce's creative projects.Pepsi will promote Queen B's tour next year as well as the release of her...

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Ex-Mayor Ed Koch leaves hospital

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has been released from a Manhattan hospital.Koch looked jovial as he spoke briefly Monday outside NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He was admitted last week with pneumonia and flu.He said he planned to go to his office briefly, then do some reading at home.On Friday, Koch said through a spokesman that he was looking forward to celebrating his 88th birthday this Wednesday....

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AutoNation: Back in the fast lane with expansion, higher sales

Despite an agonizingly slow economic recovery, the country’s largest auto retailer, Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation, is thriving again as demand for vehicles expands. The company, one of Florida’s largest, is posting increasingly strong profits and revenues. Just last week, in a sign of confidence, Autonation announced a major acquisition — buying six large auto stores in...

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State scraps plan to have private vendors make license tags

TALLAHASSEE -- Backing away from a possible court fight, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced Friday that it will halt its attempt to bid license tag services to private vendors.Tax collectors — who distribute state tags — and two manufacturing groups tried to block the change by lobbying elected officials and filing legal action against...

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How They Pulled Off 'The Impossible'

The true story of the devastating 2004 tsunami that consumed the coast of Phuket, Thailand -- and how one family survived it -- is reenacted by Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor in The Impossible. Watch the video to go behind the scenes...Video: Tsunami Survivor Petra Nemcova Reacts to Latest Disaster in JapanIn theaters December 21, The Impossible finds Naomi as Maria and Ewan as her husband Henry, who...

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'Skyfall' narrowly tops weekend box office with estimated $11 million

LOS ANGELES — James Bond is in a box-office photo finish with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.According to studio estimates Sunday, the Bond tale "Skyfall" took in $11 million to move back to No. 1 in its fifth weekend.That puts it narrowly ahead of "Rise of the Guardians," the animated adventure of Santa, the Easter Bunny and other mythological heroes that pulled in $10.5 million.The two movies...

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Events showcase Miami’s growth as tech center

One by one, representatives from six startup companies walked onto the wooden stage and presented their products or services to a full house of about 200 investors, mentors, and other supporters Thursday at Incubate Miami’s DemoDay in the loft-like Grand Central in downtown Miami. With a large screen behind them projecting their graphs and charts, they set out to persuade...

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