Startups take the stage at South Florida events

NewME brought its first Popup Accelerator to Miami last week, and together with the Knight Foundation and LAB Miami, gave 65 South Florida participants a two-night pitch workshop, a one-on-one mentoring session with a Silicon Valley venture capitalist or NewME expert and the opportunity to present their ventures at Demo Night.On Wednesday evening, 38 startup teams pitched...

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With time running out, Miami Commission to take up $45 million bond issue

The Miami Commission will meet Monday evening to finalize a $45 million bond issue.City leaders say the debt will be used to pay off a short-term bank loan that financed Miami’s share of the PortMiami tunnel dig. The balance is due in January.The bond issue has been controversial, in part because the city’s finance department waited until this fall to address the two-year...

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Justin Bieber Stops Traffic to Confront Paparazzi

Justin Bieber was a big winner at last night's American Music Awards, but on Saturday he got into a confrontation with paparazzi following him around the streets of Los Angeles. In this exclusive video obtained by ET, Bieber is seen darting through traffic in his white Ferrari while being trailed by photographers recording his movements. RELATED: Justin Bieber Wins Big at AMA AwardsAt one...

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MTA launches new rail service for stranded Far Rockaway residents

There’s a new subway line in town – the H. The MTA today announced it's running a free rail service for residents of the Rockaways stranded without a subway since Sandy struck on Oct. 30. The new line — a throwback of the old Rockaway shuttle, which was dubbed the “H” train — opens tomorrow at 4 am. The trains will operate every 15 minutes between the Far...

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Growing middle class feeds spirits business in Latin America

Diageo executive Randy Millian is proud of the fact that eight out of every 12 times someone pours a standard or premium whiskey in the Latin American and Caribbean region, they’re drinking one of his company’s brands.That kind of dominance is why the spirits giant is bullish on its future in Latin America, which recently has been the fastest growing region for Diageo worldwide....

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Kim Kardashian and sisters to be honored by city of North Miami on Monday

The Kardashian sisters — Kim, Khloe and Kourtney — will receive keys to the city of North Miami at a special presentation on Monday led by Mayor Andre Pierre. The sisters are living in North Miami during the filming of their new E! reality TV show Kim and Kourtney Take Miami. The move came after Miami Beach rolled-up the welcome carport to the idea of another reality show...

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Wii U: New console launches in a sea of gadgets

NEW YORK (AP) — In the six years since the last major video game system launched, Apple unveiled the iPhone and the iPad, “Angry Birds” invaded smartphones and Facebook reached a billion users. In the process, scores of video game consoles were left to languish in living rooms alongside dusty VCRs and disc players.On Sunday, Nintendo Co. is launching the...

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You Named Your Kid What?! Strange Baby Names

Sarah Michelle Gellar & Freddie Prinze, Jr. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze, Jr. named their newborn son Rocky James, Us magazine reports! Rocky is the name of the famous Sly Stallone movie character, while James is Prinze's dad's middle name. This Hollywood couple isn't the first to chose a peculiar name for their child. Click the pics to see what celebrities...

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Bloomberg extends NYC gas rationing through Friday

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is extending the gas rationing system in New York City through the Thanksgiving holiday.He announced Sunday that the odd-even license plate system would be in effect through Friday.Bloomberg said that with 30 percent of stations still closed and a major travel week coming up, the extension would make sure there aren't the long lines that brought about the system in the first...

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Panama Canal’s $5 billion makeover could be boon for South Florida

PANAMA CITY, Panama -- Huge yellow dump trucks resemble Tonka toys in a sand pile as they haul tons of rust-colored dirt and basalt rock from a 56-foot gash in the earth that will become a new access channel in the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal.The trucks keep rumbling up muddy terraced slopes as a quick-moving storm blurs the horizon. The rain chases away workers...

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