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...

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Buzzmakers: David Beckham Strips and Miley Cyrus Loves Her Hair

What had ET readers buzzing this week?1. David Beckham Strips Down to His Skivvies He may have a new job with the Paris Saint-Germain team but David Beckham is still finding time to strip down for his American fans. The overwhelmingly good-looking soccer dad shared photos from his new underwear line that he, of course, is modeling. Posting not one, but two shirtless shots, Beckham wrote on his Facebook...

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NYC residents play while LI hit with more than 2 feet of snow, power outages

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...

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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...

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Police seek help finding Super Bowl Sunday shooter

Three gunmen open fired in front of a Miami Gardens home on Super Bowl Sunday, killing Brandon Bryant, a local promoter, and injuring his father and brother.At a press conference Friday morning, police released graphic footage of the shooting.From a red four-door sedan, gunfire can be seen coming from the passenger-side back-seat window. The car stops and the driver, dressed...

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Anderson Cooper Details Parcel Sent By Christopher Jordan Dorner

The manhunt continues in the mountains of Southern California for Christopher Jordan Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer accused of killing three people including law enforcement members, wounding two others, and posting a manifesto on Facebook threatening "unconventional and asymmetrical warfare" against police. Anderson Cooper received a parcel from the fugitive containing a coin with bullet holes in it,...

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Police search for alleged ex-LAPD killer in snowy CA mountain town

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. — Police spent all night searching the snowy mountains of Southern California but were unable to find the former Los Angeles police officer accused of carrying out a killing spree because he felt he was unfairly fired from his job. Authorities planned a midmorning Friday news conference about 80 miles east of LA at Big Bear...

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Sign up for Feb. 21 Miami Herald Small Business Forum

Prepare your best pitch for the Miami Herald’s Small Business Forum, Feb. 21 at the south campus of our sponsor, Florida International University.In addition to how-to panels and inspirational stories from successful entrepreneurs, our annual small business forum will include interactive opportunities with experts to learn about financing options and polish your personal...

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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...

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Taylor Swift Talks Valentine's Day Plans

Taylor Swift called in Thursday morning to On Air with Ryan Seacrest, where the newly single superstar was game enough to talk Valentine's Day plans."I'm probably going to be with my friends or rehearsing … I'll be like working on the lighting rig and like, the lighting cues," she told Seacrest. "And I don't think I'd rather be anywhere else to be honest."Pics: Taylor Swift's Polka Dot Obsession Swift...

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Ackman fires off 40 pages of questions aimed at Herbalife

Bill Ackman has a lot of questions for Herbalife — as a matter of fact, 284 of them. The hedge fund manager fired off 40 pages of questions at the controversial nutrition company that he has called a “pyramid scheme” and is shorting to the tune of $1 billion. Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square Capital, focused his questions on the lack of clarity about...

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Miami startup that turns text to video receives $1 million in seed funding

Guide, a new technology startup based in Miami, announced Tuesday it has closed a $1 million round of seed funding from investors including the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Sapient Corp., MTV founder Bob Pitman, actor and producer Omar Epps, and early Google employee Steve Schimmel. The Knight Foundation is supporting Guide through its new early-stage venture...

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Miami U.S. attorney issues warning and crackdown on ID theft, tax-refund fraud

Guard your identity with your life, warns South Florida’s top law enforcement official. U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer says the double whammy of ID theft and tax-refund scams are the “new Medicare fraud,” picking the pockets of hard-working people and the federal government every year for billions of dollars. “We need to protect our personal identities as best we can,” Ferrer...

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Exclusive: D23 Magazine Rachel Weisz in 'Oz the Great and Powerful'

Disney's Oz The Great and Powerful lands in theaters March 8, and along the yellow brick road Disney's spring issue of Disney twenty-three magazine has plenty of lollipop details about the incredible production. We have a sneak preview, plus an exclusive image of Rachel Weisz from the article!Pics: Stars on the Set! "I thought it would be really fun to be bad, to be wicked," says Weisz of what drew...

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Cop's tweets proved right after 2 parolees arrested again for crimes in B'klyn

Eduardo Guzman, left and Efrain Gauthier, right.He was right.A Brooklyn captain who took heat for using his Twitter account to warn the public about the release of parolees in his command was on to something -- two career criminals he tweeted about were recently cuffed again for crimes in Brooklyn.Captain Jeffrey Schiff, the commanding officer of the 76th...

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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...

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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...

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Adorable Tots: Celebs and their Cute Kids!

Rosie O'Donnell Rosie O'Donnell cradles her daughter Dakota in this intimate Instagram pic, in which she also sings the praises of her new baby carrier. "NuRooBaby.com -- a wonderful baby carrier -- with skin on skin contact -- love it," she writes.  ...

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Alleged SoHo firebug 'stressed from jealousy' lawyer claims after man pleads not guilty to setting fatal blaze

Steven HirschWei Chu Hu pleaded not guilty today to setting a blaze on Jan. 11 in SoHo that left one woman dead and destroyed the homes of numerous other residents.He was "stressed," the Manhattan man accused of setting a deadly SoHo fire last month -- out of jealousy -- explained afterward."He said he burned a building down because he was stressed about...

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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....

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Dominican lawyer defends Melgen, Menendez

SANTO DOMINGO -- Prominent Dominican lawyer Vinicio Castillo on Monday said allegations that linked U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez to sex parties with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic were part of a “dirty campaign” aimed at discrediting his cousin, a Florida eye doctor who has a stalled multi-million-dollar for security at Dominican ports.Castillo said Monday he will formally...

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BlackBerry shares jump after Bernstein upgrades stock

TORONTO (Reuters) – Shares of BlackBerry rose more than 8 percent in on Monday after Bernstein Research said it was upgrading the stock to “outperform” after last week’s launch of the company’s new line of BlackBerry 10 smartphones.The brokerage firm, which has not had an “outperform” rating on the stock for more than three years, also lifted its price target to $ 22 from $ 12, saying it has grown...

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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)...

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Texas couple rent fancy Manhattan condo to 'revoling door of complete strangers': lawsuit

A Texas couple turned a designer Manhattan condo into a virtual flophouse by renting their unit to transient, hard partying guests, a new lawsuit alleges. Robert and Marilyn Blodgett, of Houston, have allegedly used 3K "as a vacation rental property,” drawing a “revolving door of complete strangers,” despite repeated cease and desist demands from the condo...

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Bright spots in Latin America despite global economic uncertainty

There are bright spots as Latin American and Caribbean economies begin the year but the uncertain health of the U.S. economy, the lingering financial crisis in Europe and more sluggish growth in China are casting shadows over the region.A decade ago, dim prospects in those major markets would have delivered a knock-out punch in the region, but this year Latin American and...

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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...

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