Miami-Dade police officer convicted in lewdness case

A Miami-Dade police officer, who routinely stopped women drivers without cause and engaged in lewd conversations, was convicted in federal court Friday.Prabhainjana Dwivedi, a seven-year veteran, was found guilty on six of seven counts of depriving people of their civil rights. He was found not guilty on the seventh count involving an undercover police officer.Following the...

Read More..

Spring Breakers Posters

Sexy Selena By JACKIE WILLISFebruary 09, 2013 Bring on the neon! Bikini-clad gals Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Selena Gomez and Rachel Korine are girls gone wild in Spring Breakers. Posing alongside Kevin Federline-lookalike James Franco (and for Gomez, posing solo) in the latest...

Read More..

City recovering from storm that dumped more than 2 feet of snow on LI

REUTERSA man operates a snow plow in New York today.A massive winter storm dumped as much as 2½ feet of snow on Long Island overnight and left thousands there without power while New York City residents, despite a foot of snow, counted themselves lucky Saturday.Police in Suffolk County, on the eastern end of the island, used snowmobiles to reach some motorists...

Read More..

IRS dealt a setback on tax preparer regulations

To help combat fraud by tax preparers, the Internal Revenue Service created the “Registered Tax Return Preparer” program. Then just before the tax season got under way, the agency was told by a federal judge that it doesn’t have the authority to regulate the hundreds of thousands of tax preparers covered under the program.Although some tax-return preparers are licensed by...

Read More..

Squatter Lokiboy evicted from Boca Raton mansion

BOCA RATON -- Infamous squatter Andre Barbosa has been evicted from a Boca Raton mansion, police said.Bank of America retook possession of a $2.5 million home where the 23-year-old Brazilian national had been staying since December.Bank representatives, with the assistance of police, cleared out the foreclosed home at 580 Gold Harbor Dr. at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday. ...

Read More..

Bobby Brown on How His Family is Coping a Year after Whitney Houston's Death

As the music industry celebrates its finest artists this Sunday with the Grammy Awards, it also mourns the loss of the one of its greats, Whitney Houston, who passed away last year. At will.i.am's annual benefit concert, Houston's ex-husband Bobby Brown and other friends of the late singer shared their remembrances.Brown, who was performing at the star-studded benefit concert that is held annually...

Read More..

LiLo NOT staying at LI home - partying it up in Manhattan penthouse instead, dad says

A cash-poor Lindsay Lohan isn’t crashing at her mom’s Long Island home – she’s living it up in a Manhattan penthouse.The starlet’s father told The Post he doubts Lindz is actually living with her mom, Dina, in Merrick."I don’t think she's living there. But she's there once in a while,” he said today. “How many times have you seen her in Merrick? She stays...

Read More..

New restaurants aim to help turn Miami Health District into a destination

Gorgonzola pizza with white truffle oil, Chilean sea bass, imported Italian prosciutto and craft beers are run-of-the-mill fare in Miami’s trendier neighborhoods from Miami Beach to the Miami Design District. But such a trendy menu isn’t what you would expect on the edge of Overtown in the area broadly known as Miami’s Health District.The opening last fall of two high-profile...

Read More..

Jury awards girl sexually assaulted on school district bus $1.7 million

WEST PALM BEACH -- Minutes after a jury late Wednesday awarded a mentally challenged Pahokee girl $1.7 million for the trauma she suffered when she was raped on a Palm Beach County school bus when she was 3, the girl’s mother rushed toward those who had given her daughter a second chance.“Wait,” she called out just before they filed out the door. “I want to thank all of you.”In...

Read More..

Sam Claflin Talks Finnick Catching Fire

This August, Sam Claflin officially beat out every other young actor in Hollywood to score the role of Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Now, with filming nearing completion, the 26-year-old has opened up for the first time about the cool character, his physical preparation and hopes for the cinematic sequel!In an interview with Teen Vogue, Claflin says that it took him a hot minute...

Read More..

Family of 'Scooter Lady' brutally killed by tractor-trailer in SoHo sues truck company

The California sister of an eccentric Greenwich Village woman, who was killed in a gruesome tractor-trailer accident last summer, is suing the truck company over her death, according to a new lawsuit. "Scooter Lady" Jessica Dworkin, 58, was crossing West Houston Street and 6th Avenue on her dual-wheeled ride on Aug. 27 when she "became stuck in the rear...

Read More..

Register for our free Business Plan Bootcamp

Whether you are planning to enter the Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge or want to refine a short business plan you already have, our free Business Plan Bootcamp later this month can help. Melissa Krinzman, a veteran Business Plan Challenge judge and managing director of Venture Architects, will be leading a panel of experts who will give you advice on crafting a short...

Read More..

Ex-police sergeant expected to surrender in Miami hit-run

A former Miami police homicide sergeant is expected to surrender to authorities on charges he ditched his car at an Interstate 95 car wreck.A judge signed off on the warrant Wednesday for Juan “Johnny” Herrera, a longtime homicide investigator who retired after the Sept. 8 accident that injured four University of Miami students in a taxi.Herrera will be charged with leaving...

Read More..

Alan Dale Interview Lost The OC Hot in Cleveland

Even if you don't know his name, Alan Dale's face (and voice) are unmistakable to American TV fans. He was President Palmer's second in command on 24, Caleb Nichols on The O.C., Bradford Meade on Ugly Betty, Charles Widmore on Lost, Senator Eaton on The Killing, King George on Once Upon A Time and currently plays Emmet on Hot in Cleveland.That's not to mention the eight years he spent playing Jim...

Read More..

At least three people dead in fiery pileup involving more than two dozen cars on Georgia interstate

MONTROSE, Ga. — More than two dozen vehicles collided in a fiery pileup on a Georgia interstate on Wednesday morning, killing at least three people and leaving 12 others hurt, an emergency official said.Laurens County EMS director Terry Cobb, who is at the scene on Interstate 16 in central Georgia, told The Associated Press at least six vehicles were still...

Read More..

Can’t find time for play? Try scheduling it

If your resolutions for 2013 include achieving a better work-life balance, your calendar holds the key to your success.But, to pull off your goals, you’re going to need to turn the traditional way of thinking upside down.Most people schedule their work commitments on their calendars and squeeze in family, friends and fun around it. Instead, schedule your work around your...

Read More..

International Noise Conference celebrates its 10th anniversary at Churchill’s Pub

Frank Falestra is standing at the backyard bar of Churchill’s Pub, tinkering with a lighting board that has a broken switch. It’s an urgent repair because the switch controls red light. “Red is important at a rock bar,” he says. Falestra, better known as Rat Bastard, is hailed as the godfather of Miami’s noise scene and the founder of International Noise...

Read More..

TVs Most Social Shows Biggest Growth 2013

Last week I explained to you how The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, The X Factor and Spongebob Squarepants became some of TV's most talked about shows online, and with Trendrr.tv releasing statistics for January 2013, I wanted to take a look at TV's biggest social climbers! RELATED - How TV's Most Social Shows Earned Gold Stars Topping Trendrr.tv's list of most talked about TV shows (excluding...

Read More..

Man injured by Harlem train hit

A man was struck by a subway this morning in Harlem, authorities said.The unidentified straphanger was at the Cathedral Parkway station at 10:05 a.m. when he was hit by a 2 train entering the station, said a spokesman for the MTA.It was not immediately clear whether the man was on the tracks or on the platform at the time of the accident, officials said.He...

Read More..

Cutting edge tech from Swiss Army

The Victorinox Swiss Army Jetsetter looks like a traditional pocket knife the company is famous for, but instead of the knife you get a pocket full of storage. A foldout and detachable USB 2.0 flash drive is among the features in the mini tool kit, which includes a ball point pen, bottle opener, Phillips screwdriver, tweezers and scissors in the 16 GB model I tested out....

Read More..

Keys ‘Seahag’ gets 30 years for killing man who refused to give her a beer

Former Conch Key resident Carolyn Dukeshire has the next 30 years to think about the can of Busch Light beer she never got from neighbor Martin Mazur.That's the reason Dukeshire, 62, shot and killed Mazur, 64, last July 29 — she asked Mazur for a beer and he said no. That's when she shot him five times outside his Conch Key home. Dukeshire — known by her friends and co-workers...

Read More..

The Future of BlackBerry 10 Sales Looks Hazy

Early sales figures from abroad suggest high demand for one of BlackBerry‘s two big comeback phones… in the struggling Canadian company’s strongest market. As the U.S. market remains on standby for sales and even ads, reports from both analysts and suppliers suggest sold-out new models in the United Kingdom, the first and only place the BlackBerry Z10 is available yet. “We believe Carphone...

Read More..

Jamie Bamber Monday Mornings Interview

While Monday Mornings showcases cutting edge surgical techniques, TNT's new medical drama is, tonally, a throwback to shows like Chicago Hope and E.R., when stories revolved around the ailing patients, not the banging doctors.Although it comes as no surprise that Monday Mornings is operating on a higher level once you get a glimpse at the top-notch cast (Jamie Bamber, Alfred Molina, Ving Rhames)...

Read More..

Ellis Island to remain closed for up to a year after Sandy devastation

HANDOUTDamaged fuel tanks are seen at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The museum, which remains closed to the public, sustained major infrastructure damage from Hurricane Sandy and the exhibits have been placed in storage.Hurricane Sandy was an unwelcome new arrival to Ellis Island.The national landmark has been closed to visitors since the October...

Read More..

Insane City: Read excerpt from Dave Barry’s new book

After a block and a half they came to the Clevelander, a legendary South Beach bar bearing no resemblance to anything that has ever existed in Cleveland. On a small stage next to the packed bar a woman wearing a basically invisible bikini was writhing to inhumanly loud pounding music. Nearby, beneath a sign that said D.J. BOOGA WOOGA was a man wearing black lace-up boots...

Read More..

Can a Robot Clean Your Windows Better Than You Can?

Home robots like the Roomba and the Neato have legions of fans, myself included. They truly make vacuuming a snap. So could a window-washing robot that costs $ 300 do the same – and is it worth the money? The Winbot is coming to market this spring; to find out if it’s worth your hard-earned dollars, I test it out.How It WorksThe Winbot uses suction (in fact, it sounds like a powerful vacuum) to hold...

Read More..

Adorable Tots: Celebs and their Cute Kids!

Jessica Simpson They grow up so fast! Jessica Simpson shared an adorable pic of her daughter Maxwell standing up on Feb. 1, 2013, tweeting: "My lil dollface is 9 months today!" ...

Read More..

Deadly deserts

Ralph Peters Violence in Allah’s name in northern Africa won’t end in my lifetime — and probably not in yours. The core question is: To what extent can the savagery be contained?From the Atlantic coastline to the Suez Canal, struggling governments, impoverished populations and frankly backward societies struggle to find paths to modernization...

Read More..

Hollywood cardiologist’s ties with St. Jude sales rep raises red flags

Mark Sabbota, a Hollywood cardiologist, regularly implants $5,000 pacemakers in patients at Memorial hospitals in South Broward — generating, last year alone, more than a half-million dollars in sales for a manufacturer called St. Jude Medical. Sabbota, public records show, also happens to be partners with a St. Jude sales rep in two corporations that run frozen yogurt shops....

Read More..