Miami-Dade sees first hiring drop since 2010

Miami-Dade ended 2012 with its first overall job loss in more than two years as sharp drops in construction, healthcare and government jobs wiped out other gains. The sectors all share one key funding source — tax dollars — as ongoing squeezes in government budgets force cutbacks in hospitals, infrastructure projects and basic municipal staffing. Miami-Dade lost nearly 5,000...

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Jackson Health System leaders fire off memos on UM

A little known children’s program at Jackson Memorial Hospital run by University of Miami doctors has sparked two contentious memos to the county’s political leaders.Speaking about the pediatric bone marrow transplant program, Marcos Lapciuc, the Jackson board chairman, fired off an email late Thursday to the mayor and county commissioners complaining about UM “wishing to...

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Morrisons to launch online kitchenware business

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain‘s fourth largest supermarket group Wm Morrison said on Friday it would extend its online presence in the spring with the launch of a kitchenware website in partnership with specialist Lakeland.The joint venture will be Morrisons‘ third fully transactional website following the launch of wine website MorrisonsCellar.com in November and the purchase of baby care retailer Kiddicare.com...

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Selena Gomez Talks Justin Bieber to Nylon Magazine

Even before it was splashed across blogs that Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber had split, the Spring Breakers star was already playing coy as to her relationship status. In an interview with NYLON magazine, Gomez offered up her views on this "normal thing" called love."I'm having fun," the actress/singer, 20, said when asked about dating by the publication (via London Daily Mail). "At the end of the...

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John Galliano invited to return to fashion two years after anti-Semitic rant

John Galliano has been invited to return to fashion for the first time since an anti-Semitic rant at a Paris cafe was captured on video.Oscar de la Renta invited Galliano to spend time in his studio over the next three weeks, according to a statement released Friday by de la Renta's company.Galliano was dismissed as creative director of Christian Dior and...

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Venture investments decline sharply in 2012

NEW YORK (AP) – A new study shows that funding for business startups declined in 2012, the first time that's happened in three years, as venture capitalists spent less money on fewer deals. Capital intense sectors like clean technology and life sciences were among the hardest hit, according to the MoneyTree study released Friday. The study was conducted by PriceWaterHouseCoopers...

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Mayor Gimenez appoints new Miami-Dade fire chief

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez named a new county fire chief Thursday, the same day current chief William “Shorty” Bryson announced his retirement.Dave Downey, an assistant fire chief in charge of operations, will take the helm of the largest fire department in the Southeast on Feb. 2. Bryson’s retirement, which was expected, takes effect Feb. 1.Downey, 49, a Fort Lauderdale...

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AT&T Offers $100 Off HSPA+ Nexus 7 for a Limited Time

The Nexus 7, made by Asus in partnership with Google, was the first really successful Android tablet that wasn’t made by a bookseller. It brought the hundreds of thousands of games and apps on Google Play (formerly the Android Market) to a wide audience, and it did so at an unheard-of price point: Only $ 199, for a device packing a Tegra 3 processor which made it much more powerful (and better for...

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1600 Penn Exclusive Clip

1600 Penn has already revealed how difficult mundane tasks become when you're The President's son, and in tonight's all-new episode, we learn just how difficult dating is for Skip. RELATED - 6 Best New Shows of 2013 Although, it remains unclear how much of his romantic inability is because of who Skip's dad is and how much is because of who Skip is!Check out ETonline's exclusive sneak peek of tonight's...

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Good catch! Cops deliver baby at Yankee Stadium subway station

Richard GarciaCops and EMT personnel assist in the delivery of a baby at a transit district 11 police station near the Yankee Stadium train stop.Special delivery!Cops helped deliver a healthy baby boy this morning in a Bronx subway station, authorities said.Tamika Snipe, 21, was on her way to the doctor when her water broke sometime after 10 a.m. near the...

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