NY, NJ, CT governors urge Congress to make storm aid decision before holidays

ALBANY — The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are putting out a strong message to Congress: Don't leave for the holidays until you decide on aid for states battered by Superstorm Sandy.Govs. Chris Christie, Andrew Cuomo and Dannel Malloy say no region or state should have stand have to alone after a disaster. They say Congress hasn't acted...

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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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Top state and local elections officials meet in Broward to talk about improving voting process

If Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes had one word to summarize what she needs to reduce long voting lines in the future it would be “flexibility.”That was the message Snipes delivered to Secretary of State Ken Detzner at a meeting on Wednesday morning. Several state legislators and election officials from Broward and the state as well as Broward Democratic chairman...

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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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Vampire Diaries O Come All Ye Faithful Exclusive Photo

With only one episode to go in 2012, The Vampire Diaries pulls out all the stops with Thursday's mid-season finale, O Come All Ye Faithful.And while the show has given fans countless reasons to be joyous this year (Elena as a vampire, the return of Caroline & Stefan's friendship, a beefed up role for Matt), the citizens of Mystic Falls have continued to face death, destruction and diddling sired...

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B'klyn cops probing stolen Jesus statue as hate crime

A religious statue was snatched from a Brooklyn church -- and cops are investigating it as a hate crime, police said.A thief ripped a statue of the sacred heart of Jesus in Williamsburg at the Saints Peter and Paul church on South 3rd Street near Berry Street about 4:10 a.m. Wednesday, according to the rectory and cops.The Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating...

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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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Captured on camera: Driver who hit Miami motorcycle officer lied about second driver

A driver who struck a Miami police motorcycle officer leading a funeral motorcade on Monday lied when he said he first swerved to miss another driver, who then fled.How was the deception caught? Red-light camera footage of the accident, Miami police said on Tuesday. The accident sent Officer Juancarlos Erigoyen to the hospital with an injured shoulder. ...

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James Van Der Beek on 'Dancing with the Stars' on 'Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23'

James Van Der Beek has yet to take on Dancing with the Stars in real life but he gets an opportunity to do so while playing a caricature version of himself on Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23."The real me has never done 'Dancing with the Stars' but that doesn't mean the 'Apartment 23' me can't do it," Van Der Beek said of the upcoming episode. "The 'Apartment 23' version of me a kind of an attention...

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Midtown killer seen moment before gunning down victim in broad daylight

DCPIVictim Brandon Woodard, inset, is seen on his phone moments before his killer, on the left and pulling his gun from his pocket, shoots him in broad daylight.He stepped out this car with murder on his mind.The NYPD just released this chilling photo, showing a gunman about the execute a Midtown pedestrian.Los Angeles resident Brandon Lincoln Woodard had...

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