Controversial trolley garage in West Grove violates zoning code, experts say

A controversial trolley garage being built in Miami’s predominantly black West Grove neighborhood violates the Miami 21 zoning code, the ambitious blueprint approved three years ago to give order to the sometimes haphazard and inconsistent development in the city, according to the University of Miami’s Center for Ethics and Public Service. The garage, the center argues,...

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Biden seeks video game industry input on guns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking for broader remedies to gun violence, Vice President Joe Biden is reaching out to the video game industry for ideas as the White House seeks to assemble proposals in response to last month’s massacre at a Connecticut elementary school.Biden is scheduled to meet with video game representatives Friday as the White House explores cultural factors that may contribute to violent...

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Buzzmakers: Dina Lohan's Black Eye And New The Voice Clips

What had ET readers buzzing this week?1. Dina Lohan's Black Eye Photos Following Dina Lohan's shocking claims that her husband Michael abused her during their marriage (and Michael's denial), ET has obtained vintage photos of the mother of four with a black eye.Click here for the shocking pics.2. 'The Voice' Coaches Dish on New Season It looks like Adam Levine is off the hook for the upcoming season...

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Hundreds of French troops drive back Mali rebels

APFrench Mirage 2000 D jets flying to N'Djamena, Chad, as part if the French intervention in the Mali crisis.BAMAKO, Mali — The battle to retake Mali's north from the al-Qaida-linked groups controlling it began in earnest Saturday, after hundreds of French forces deployed to the country and began aerial bombardments to drive back the Islamic extremists.At...

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Miami Beach builder Robert Turchin looks back — and ahead

If former Miami Beach vice mayor Robert Turchin had been a Miami decision maker during the recent vote that decided the fate of The Miami Herald building, he would probably have voted with the ‘nays’ allowing its demolition. “There’s nothing special about it,” says the 90-year-old Turchin as he cruises Collins Avenue between 63rd and 48th streets, a strip dense with buildings...

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Despite commission vote, South Miami manager won’t fire police chief

South Miami commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday to send a message to the city’s new interim city manager — we can’t fire the police chief, but if we could, we would. Commissioner Bob Welsh introduced the resolution, which passed 3-2. Vice Mayor Joshua Liebman and Commissioner Valerie Newman were the dissenting votes. This was the first commission meeting for interim...

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Factbox: Video game industry meets with Biden gun task force

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Representatives from the companies that make “first-person shooter” games such as “Call of Duty,” “Medal of Honor” and “Grand Theft Auto” met with Vice President Joe Biden on Friday as the Obama administration looks for ways to curb U.S. gun violence.Biden is heading a task force formed after a gunman shot dead 20 children and six adults last month at a Connecticut elementary...

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Shay Mitchell Pretty Little Liars 3B Interview

At Thursday's Pretty Little Liars Television Critics Association Tour panel, executive producer Marlene King spoke about the heightened reality of Rosewood -- and while she was referring to the girl's clothes, it also applies to the way all the characters deal with the life and death situations they're constantly caught in.That's why I was so surprised to see Paige forcing Emily to confront what happened...

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SEE IT: A tsunami of red dust

REUTERSThe red dust storm heading towards the Australian town of Onslow.As Australia braced itself for the first hurricane of the year a gigantic wall of dust slammed into the north-eastern part of the country.Images of the terrifying red storm were caught by tugboats near the town of Onslow, according to the Daily Mail. On a beautifully clear day the storm...

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Legal feud over Spanish-language TV leads to federal suit in Miami

What began as a highly-touted affiliation between a new Spanish-language national television network and a popular independent local station in Miami has dissolved into a legal dispute of David and Goliath proportions.MundoFox Broadcasting, part of the family of communications giant News Corporation, filed suit in the U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida against...

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‘It’s all lies’: Ex-inmate talks about confession in Rilya case

Robin Lunceford, the state’s star witness in the Rilya Wilson murder case, admitted to lying about hearing a key confession while in prison, an ex-inmate testified Thursday.“You know it’s all lies. All of it,” Cindy McCloud, testifying for the defense, recalled Lunceford telling her.Lunceford is the colorful, sharp-tongued felon who claims that Geralyn Graham confessed to...

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Jimmy Dushku: The 25-year-old who is North Korea’s one true Twitter friend

Mother Jones takes a look at a globetrotting young investor who’s the only American — and the only human being — Pyongyang followsGoogle Chairman Eric Schmidt capped a controversial four-day visit to North Korea on Thursday with a call for the country’s censorship-happy communist government to give its people access to the internet, or face further economic decline due to the country’s global isolation....

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'Life of Pi' Director Shocked at Affleck & Bigelow Oscar Snubs

Oscar winning director Ang Lee received wonderful news this morning when he received his third Best Director nomination for Life of Pi. But after learning of his fellow nominees in the category, he tells ET Canada that he was shocked that Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow were snubbed by the Academy, despite their respective movies (Argo and Zero Dark Thirty) being nominated for Best Picture.ET's Complete...

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Supervalu sells five grocery chains for $100m

Supervalu Inc. is selling off five of its grocery chains, including Albertson's and Jewel-Osco, after years of being squeezed by intensifying competition.The nation's No. 3 traditional supermarket operator said Thursday that the sale of 877 stores to an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management will also include Acme, Shaw's and Star Market. The...

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Cellphone use hits a record during BCS snoozer

How boring was the BCS game? Fans were turning to their cellphones in record numbers.AT&T announced Thursday it had never seen so much cellphone use at a sporting event than it did for the Monday night game at Sun Life Stadium, when the Alabama Crimson Tide quickly dominated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In fact, data traffic was 150 percent more than the 2012 Super...

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Vehicle repairs top list of Miami-Dade consumer complaints for 6th year

Miracle vitamins that don’t work, mail-order mattresses that don’t live up to the testimonials, never-ending magazine subscriptions: These are some of the things people call Miami-Dade’s Consumer Protection Mediation Center to complain about. “We get every type of complaint you could imagine,” said Alejandra Castro-Nunez, public relations specialist with the Miami-Dade County...

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Men and Women of (Limited) Letters: Must-Follow Twitter Accounts of 2013

Scientific American editors voted in recent weeks on the 20 most informative Twitter accounts to stay abreast of the latest ideas, issues and developments in science and technology. We weeded through hundreds of lists and feeds to select the most brilliant and engaging, as well as the quirkiest of the bunch.Our picks are often witty, sometimes eccentric and occasionally silly, but each brings valuable...

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Beyonce Shows Incredible Post Baby Body on GQ Cover

Nearly a year to the day after giving birth to her first child Blue Ivy, Beyonce is ready to unveil her unbelievable post-baby body!Pics: Beyonce Shares Blue Ivy Moments The GQ February 2013 cover girl shows off her killer abs (and her football spirit) for the special issue highlighting the 100 sexiest women of the 21st century. The list, starting with Bey, also recognizes Megan Fox, Kate Upton and...

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Cuomo proposes gun, ammo magazine limits

ALBANY — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for closing loopholes on a state ban on assault weapons and ammunition magazines that carry more than 10 bullets as part of a wide-ranging gun control package he proposed in his State of the State speech Wednesday."Guns have both a noble and a tragic tradition in America and in New York state," Cuomo stated in...

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Florida company provides electrical power for the world

More than 4,000 miles from its home base in Doral, Energy International is helping keep the lights on and the power grid humming in Gibraltar, the British territory on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.Energy International, a global provider of power plants and energy solutions, sent a temporary plant that will provide power for at least the next two years while a...

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Man run over by construction equipment in Miami-Dade

A man died in a construction accident Tuesday in Southwest Miami-Dade.The man, who hasn’t yet been identified by Miami-Dade police, died after he became trapped under a piece of Bobcat construction equipment at about 11:40 a.m. at 15351 SW 208th Ave. This report will be updated as more information becomes available. ...

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Google offers New York City neighborhood free WiFi

(Reuters) – Google Inc and a New York redevelopment organization are providing a Manhattan neighborhood with free public WiFi Internet access, making it the largest area of coverage in New York City.The search giant and the non-profit Chelsea Improvement Co are making Internet access available outdoors in Chelsea, which is home to Google’s New York offices and several technology start-ups.The neighborhood...

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McConaughey Basks in Awards Glow at NYFCC Event

Matthew McConaughey, Rachel Weisz, Sally Field and more were on hand Monday night in Manhattan to receive their prestigious New York Film Critics Circle honors, and ET was there!Related: Matthew McConaughey Welcomes Baby No. 3 Watch the video to see if the stars are ready for the awards season onslaught, and to hear McConaughey talk about his serious weight loss and gain for a recent role – and about...

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WATCH: New video shows drunk, moaning passenger being taped to seat

That's one rough flight!New video has emerged of the drunk airline passenger on a trans-Atlantic flight between Reykjavik and Kennedy Airport. Gudmundur Karl Arthorsson, 46, was en route to the Caribbean to meet his fiancée when he got smashed aboard an Icelandair flight and tried to choke and grope several passengers — and at one point yelled...

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South Broward SCORE offers workshops for startups and small businesses

South Broward SCORE said Tuesday that it offer several workshops in the coming months, geared to help startups test their ideas, and give small business owners the tools to import and export goods and learn the essentials of sales and marketing.The workshops are led by SCORE volunteers, who are either retired business owners or are currently in business, the organization...

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Mystery of empty Cuban raft found on Black Point appears to be solved

The mystery of the Cuban raft found over the weekend near Black Point in south Miami-Dade appears to be solved. The cruise ship Carnival Valor rescued four Cubans on Dec. 30 aboard a Styrofoam raft that appears to be the same one that washed up empty, sparking fears that its passengers had drowned. U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson Marilyn Fajardo confirmed Monday that the Valor...

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Mark Zuckerberg faces fine in Germany over Facebook privacy violations

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KCET's Huell Howser Dead at 67

California's Gold host Huell Howser passed away in Palm Springs Sunday of natural causes, KCET confirmed on Monday.Pics: Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths of All Time The TV icon, best known for his enthusiasm and folksy demeanor, was 67 when he died at his home just months after retiring due to health concerns.Howser made a name for himself as a reporter for Entertainment Tonight and CBS news. He went...

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Blustery restaurateur blames everyone else for Meatpacking cafe flop

An international restaurateur is pointing fingers in every corner of the Meatpacking District over the September flop of her bistro and nightspot, according to papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court. After failing to pin blame for the failure of MPD on her former hotspot-promoting partners — who are suing her in federal court for trademark infringement...

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Florida company provides electrical power for the world

More than 4,000 miles from its home base in Doral, Energy International is helping keep the lights on and the power grid humming in Gibraltar, the British territory on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.Energy International, a global provider of power plants and energy solutions, sent a temporary plant that will provide power for at least the next two years while a...

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For Canes fans, BCS national title game is like the Pick Your Poison Bowl

The college football national championship game might as well be the “Pick Your Poison Bowl” for Miami Hurricanes fans.It’s tough for many to decide who they dislike more playing for all the glory on their team’s home turf: The Alabama Crimson Tide or the Notre Dame Fighting Irish?Notre Dame, a long-hated rival, whipped the struggling Hurricanes this year. Alabama, which...

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