Feds charge NJ man for offering $5K to 'cannibal cop' to abduct woman

The feds charged a New Jersey man today with offering $5,000 to NYPD "cannibal cop" Gilberto Valle to kidnap and deliver a woman so he could rape and kill her.Michael Vanhise, 23, of Hamilton, NJ, admitted sending emails in which he and Valle discussed the abduction and Vanhise tried to knock down the price after Valle sent him a photo of the intended victim,...

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AutoNation stock soars on sales spike

AutoNation, the national chain of dealerships headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, continues to reap the gains from a rebound in auto sales.In December, sales of new vehicles jumped 15 percent at AutoNation. For the year, sales were up 20 percent. The new stats are better than the industry-wide numbers out this week, which forecast a 13 percent increase in sales of 2011 totals....

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New Year is a good time to count your blessings

The new year is a great time to look back and consider how blessed you are. I try to do that every day, but often in my life I am overwhelmed at the enormous blessings the Lord has bestowed on me. No, I didn’t get a great big financial windfall last year. And I walk with a cane, because of painful arthritis in one of my knees. Still, I am blessed. I can still walk.A few years...

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The Most and Least Influential Social Media Celebs

While he isn’t currently available for promotional work, businesses would have the most success on social media with President Barack Obama endorsing their goods and services, new research shows.A study by social marketing platform SocialToaster revealed that Obama is considered the most influential celebrity on social media. Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Ashton Kutcher and Anderson Cooper followed the...

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Kathy Griffin Reacts Anderson Cooper Crotch Kiss

"If you think this is the part where I'm going to apologize for trying to go down on Anderson Cooper, you are sorely mistaken," Kathy Griffin told David Letterman when asked about her sexual simulation on the journalist during CNN's New Year's Eve coverage in Times Square."I tried ladies and gays for you," the comedian declared on Wednesday's Late Show. When Letterman, 65, asked how Griffin, 52,...

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NASA might hijack an asteroid and park it near the moon

NASA is well on it's way to an "Armageddon"-style mission to an asteroid, but it is leaving behind Bruce Willis and the nuclear bombs.The space brainiacs are investigating the deployment of a robotic spacecraft to capture an asteroid and drag it into orbit around the moon, according to NewScientist.com.From the orbiting space rock, NASA could stage practice...

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Portion of Macy’s Flagler Street property in downtown Miami sold

A New York firm bought part of the Macy’s building in downtown Miami and is expected to acquire the rest. The next priority is negotiating a new lease to keep Macy’s as a tenant.In a deal that could have implications for the future of downtown Miami’s anchor retail tenant, a New York real estate investment firm paid $15.55 million to acquire more than half the property that...

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Naked man arrested after choking family dog

A barking dog woke a homeowner out of his early morning sleep Wednesday. When he grabbed his gun and went to check, he found a naked man choking the family pet.When the victim tried to intercede, the culprit quickly turned around and began biting the man, according to Miami Police.Fearing for his life, the victim shot the man, while family members called police. ...

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Scarlett Johansson Talks Marriage and Ryan Reynolds

The usually private Scarlett Johansson gets surprisingly candid in a new interview with Elle UK, where the Avengers star talks marriage, her super-sexy image and how she dealt with her hacked nude pics scandal.In particular, Scarlett, 28, opens up about her marriage to Ryan Reynolds, whom she divorced in 2011 after two years together.Related: Scarlett Still Not Over 'Horrible' Split with Ryan "I...

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US still faces political fights on spending, debt

WASHINGTON — A last-minute deal will keep the US from driving off the so-called "fiscal cliff," but higher taxes and continued political fighting in Washington threaten to shake the fragile economy well into 2013.A bill passed by Congress late Tuesday averts widespread tax increases and delays deep spending cuts that had threatened to return the country...

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