Jan
07

EXCLUSIVE: Hurricane aftermath sends Mandee and Annie Sez into Chap. 11

Hurricane Sandy blew these stores into bankruptcy.The company that operates Mandee and Annie Sez declared Chapter 11 last night, saying it can’t pay the bills because its insurance companies won’t cough up the cash owed from millions in hurricane-related claims, The Post has learned.“If the insurance companies had been working with us through the...
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Florida company provides electrical power for the world

More than 4,000 miles from its home base in Doral, Energy International is helping keep the lights on and the power grid humming in Gibraltar, the British territory on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.Energy International, a global provider of power plants and energy solutions, sent a temporary plant that will provide power for at least the next two years while a...
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Jan
06

Mystery surrounds raft found near Black Point Marina in south Miami-Dade

Mystery surrounds an abandoned makeshift raft that washed ashore near Black Point Marina Saturday afternoon.Boaters spotted the wooden raft with some personal items inside at about 2 p.m. They posted pictures and a video of the raft on the shoreline to Facebook.Still onboard were wooden oars. Inside the raft, photos show some sort of clothing or tarps, a backpack, and a wallet...
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10 Vintage Photographs of Snowflakes

Photo courtesy of Flickr, Smithsonian Institution.Click here to view this gallery.[More from Mashable: 5 YouTube Videos to Help Winterize Your Home]If for some reason you didn’t believe no two snowflakes were alike, here’s your proof.In 1885, Wilson A. Bentley successfully photographed over 5,000 snowflakes by attaching a camera to a microscope (and in turn honing the field of Photomicrography). His...
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Celebrity Apprentice 6 Trailer 2013

After five seasons of celebrity boardroom battles, Donald Trump is bringing back the biggest and best personalities for another shot at getting hired in the sixth season of The Celebrity Apprentice -- and ETonline has your first look at the returning crop of stars! VIDEO - Arsenio Hall Talks About His TV ComebackLaToya Jackson, Trace Adkins, Stephen Baldwin, Gary Busey, Penn Jillette, Marilu Henner,...
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NY legislators say gun-safety measures will be a priority for state government

ALBANY — Several state senators say new gun safety measures will be a priority when they return to Albany this week following the school shooting in Connecticut that left 20 children dead.Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Sen. Catharine Young, a Republican from Olean, say any legislative agreement should include a stronger version of Kendra's...
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Billionaire Phillip Frost an ‘entrepreneur’s entrepreneur’

For that blind first date, a half-century ago, the young doctor, Phillip Frost, showed up at Patricia Orr’s family house in suburban New York, with an unusual gift: a miniature mushroom garden.In the 50 years since, Frost, the son of a shoe store owner, has gone on to amass a fortune of $2.4 billion, according to Forbes magazine, becoming the 188th wealthiest man in the United...
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Jan
05

In Miami’s Wynwood district, the party has overtaken the art

First there was the woman who sat down in the middle of the gallery and spilled her drink on the floor. Then there was another woman who snuck into the gallery’s parking garage, her pants halfway pulled down, desperately looking for a bathroom.But what made Pan American Art Projects Director Janda Wetherington decide to stop participating in Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art...
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The Secret iPad List to Bring Down Boehener

When the failed House Republican revolution came, it came by iPad. Now that House Speaker John Boehner has survived the rebellion, all of D.C. now knows which conservative House members were conspiring to mount a challenge, thanks to a list that one of the coup’s leaders brandished on the House floor during the vote.RELATED: United Nation Fights the ‘Asshole Factor’A Politico photographer captured...
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Grammys Flashback: Kanye West 2005

Kanye West has been one of the most successful music artists in Grammys history. In 2005, after releasing his debut album The College Dropout, the Chicagoan rapper attended his first Grammys with an astonishing ten nominations and left the ceremony with three gramophone trophies. That was only the beginning.In a span of merely seven years, West has surpassed the masses into Grammys history. In that...
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