Dec
01

Two dead, 30 injured at bus accident at MIA

One male passenger was instantly killed and a second person died from injures after the top of a motor coach bus entering Miami International Airport smashed into an overpass at the airport’s arrivals entrance Saturday morning. Thirty others were transported by ambulance to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Four of those were in critical condition, including...
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The Kids Are All Right: How Social Media Created a Generation of Activists

This week marked the nation’s inaugural  “Giving Tuesday,” a UN sponsored initiative, which utilized social media to encourage businesses, schools, and community members to give back. The effort resulted in $ 10 million worth of donations made in a single day, a 53 percent increase over the same day last year.Conceived as a means to promote activism and charity, the campaign’s use of social media...
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Buzzmakers: AJ is a Dad and Angus Apologizes

What had ET readers buzzing this week?1. Charges Filed Against Lindsay LohanCalifornia prosecutors have officially filed charges against Lindsay Lohan.The charges, which include willfully resisting, obstructing, or delaying an officer in the course of their duties, supplying false information to a police officer and reckless driving, stem from the car accident Lohan was involved in last June when...
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Brooklyn Bridge 'vandal' may have stolen Calvin Klein poster from art gallery

Cops are investigating whether a grafitti artist busted yesterday for vandalizing the Brooklyn Bridge swiped an expensive Calvin Klein poster from a Manhattan art gallery, police sources said.Enno Tianen, 32, of Queens was arrested about 1 p.m. for allegedly spraypainting the tag tag “LEWY” on the midspan part of the bridge on June 25, cops said.Sergeant...
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Boat Show may block Miami’s 2016 Super Bowl bid

This winter, the biggest NFL match-up in South Florida might be Super Bowl versus Boat Show. As South Florida readies a bid for the 2016 Super Bowl, it must contend with a major potential conflict on the tourism calendar. The National Football League may move the Super Bowl to Presidents’ Day weekend, already home to the five-day Miami International Boat Show since the 1940s....
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Nov
30

Report on GOP shindig to remain sealed

TALLAHASSEE -- Floridians will have to wait a little longer for details of that golf cart full of prostitutes.The Fifth District Court of Appeal on Friday ruled in favor of anonymous petitioners who want to block the release of investigative reports about a gathering in the Bahamas sponsored by the Republican Party of Florida when Jim Greer was chairman.Greer faces trial...
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Wanted Singer Wears 'Free Lindsay' Shirt

Just one night after it was reported that three of The Wanted band members were seen clubbing with Lindsay Lohan prior to her early morning arrest, 22-year-old Jay McGuiness wore a "Free Lindsay" shirt during the boy band's second New York City show opening for Justin Bieber at Madison Square Garden on Thursday evening.Wanted member Max George, who was cited as being at the NYC nightclub Avenue with...
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Missouri mechanic and his wife named as one of two Powerball winners

DEARBORN, Mo. — A 52-year-old Missouri mechanic and his wife claimed their share Friday of the record $588 million Powerball jackpot.Lottery officials sent a statement Friday announcing that Mark and Cindy Hill, of Dearborn, held one of two winning tickets for the nation's biggest Powerball jackpot.The Hills will split the $588 million prize with whoever...
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California Pizza Kitchen brings prototype to Sawgrass Mills

The restaurant chain that took barbecued chicken pizza mainstream is ready to push the culinary envelope again. How about a pizza topped with roasted Brussels sprouts and applewood smoked bacon or a Korean barbecue pizza with pork loin and spicy kimchee salad?Innovative menu items are just one piece of what’s unique about California Pizza Kitchen’s new flagship restaurant...
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Nov
29

Opera’s Second Act

Laura Horton’s grandmother always dreamed of becoming an opera singer.Today, Horton’s 10-year-old daughter, McCall, is living her great-grandmother’s deferred dream.“My grandmother was a professional singer and she wanted to be in the opera,” said Laura Horton, an attorney who lives with her family in Coral Gables. “Though she passed away this year, when I hear the opera,...
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