Miami Beach hotels seek more political clout

When Miami Beach wanted local hotels to scale-back their popular rooftop parties and bars, Alexander Tachmes fought back. An attorney who has represented Beach hotels on a myriad of issues, he “cobbled” together a group of his hotelier clients and went before the city commission to ask them to curb the proposed rules. The hotels won. It was a learning...

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Feral cats to be trapped at federal wildlife refuges in Florida Keys

Efforts to protect native animals in Florida Keys wildlife refuges will trap feral cats and other unwanted "pests," say federal managers.The "Final Integrated Pest Management Plan" for the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges, released this week, says U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff "will begin actively controlling and removing certain exotic animals from public lands...

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Google moves closer to resolving EU investigation

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google has offered to take specific steps to allay competition regulators’ concerns about its business practices, in a major move towards ending a two-year investigation and avoiding billions of dollars in fines.The European Commission said on Friday it had received detailed proposals from the world’s most popular search engine, which has been under investigation following complaints...

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Damian Lewis Top Gear Exclusive clip

Top Gear has brought the world 18 glorious seasons of stars pushing the pedal to the metal in an attempt to clock the fastest celebrity time, and on Monday's season premiere, Homeland star Damian Lewis slips into the driver seat. RELATED - Homeland Producers Previews Season ThreeHe also slips all over the icy track as Lewis learns the dangers of black ice and how difficult it is to maintain control...

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Clinton raps Benghazi critics in final one-on-one interview

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is leaving office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration's handling of the September attack on a US diplomatic mission in Libya. She told The Associated Press that critics of the administration's handling of the attack don't live in an "evidence-based world," and their refusal to "accept...

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Mompreneur jumps into the ‘Shark Tank’

It all started with a 4 a.m. email nearly a year ago: “Do you think a baby bib could change the world? I do...”Then Susie Taylor included a link to her website, bibbitec.com, and off it went to Shark Tank, the popular ABC television show where entrepreneurs pitch their companies to investors on the show — and by extension, 7 million viewers.Four months later, as the “mompreneur”...

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Goldschmidt confronts angry UM medical school faculty

Faced with a petition demanding his ouster and a new report citing decreasing moral, Pascal Goldschmidt, dean of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, gave an impassioned defense of his administration late Wednesday but said he understood faculty anger and vowed to change direction.Speaking to a packed, rancorous faculty senate meeting of serveral hundred at...

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30 Rock Moments Through the Years

Tonight on NBC, Jack Donaghy will dish out his last piece of witty advice to Liz Lemon and she'll fire back one final time with some nerdy, feminist argument. As Lemon's journey to "have it all" comes to an end, ETonline looks back at cast interviews, pics and quips from Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and the rest of the lovable 30 Rock cast.Here is your essential guide to 30 Rock finale day:1. 30 Rock Romances!...

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The 7 most dedicated employees

You probably don’t want to forward this roster of tireless go-getters to your bossSome people probably feel they deserve a medal for merely getting up and going to work every day, but only a few actually merit one. Take Deborah Ford, for example. This 64-year-old Detroit postal worker, who recently retired, didn’t use a single sick day in all of her 44 years on the job. Not a single one!...

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Fla. man arrested after pocket-dialing 911 then talking about selling drugs: cops

ORANGE CITY, Fla. — A conversation with two passengers landed a Florida tow truck driver in jail after his cell phone pocket-dialed 911 and dispatchers listened in.Authorities say 19-year-old Matthew Dollarhide of Orange City was surprised when a Volusia County Sheriff's deputy pulled him over on Tuesday and asked why they had been talking about selling...

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