Jan
23

Wild West event to raise money for Boys & Girls Clubs

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward County will host a Wild West-themed fundraising event featuring country artist Amber Leigh and Animal Planet’s “Gator Boys” at 6 p.m. March 23.This will be the 17th year for the fundraiser, called Ranch Roam, which is sponsored by DEX Imaging and benefits The Boys & Girls club of Broward County. Guests will spend time on “Alligator”...
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Racy Victorian divorces online at genealogy website

LONDON (Reuters) – The original Mrs Robinson’s diary and scandalous suggestions about a former heir to the British throne are all part of the latest ancestral revelations to go online.British genealogical website Ancestry.co.uk said on Tuesday it has put the transcripts of thousands of Victorian divorce proceedings online, which reveal the racy details of an era that most modern Britons consider to...
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Country Singer Chely Wright and Wife Lauren Blitzer Announce Baby News

Country singer Chely Wright and her wife, Lauren Blitzer-Wright, announced on Wednesday that they are expecting twins!  The news was revealed by the couple on the web show Gwissues, hosted by famed publicist Howard Bragman. "Coming to you live this summer, probably sometime in June," Lauren said about the babies, which will be carried by Chely. PHOTOS: Country Stars Go Glam at CMA Awards "They're...
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Bus vandals deflate tires Brooklyn; cops trying to determine if attack is strike-related

Saboteurs stabbed holes in tires of two school buses and deflated tires on 10 others idled by school bus drivers’ strike, authorities and bus company employees said today.In all, 18 tires were flattened on a dozen buses, said employees of Reliant Transportation’s lot in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Police are trying to determine if the vandalism reported this morning...
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Miami Dolphins slam Norman Braman, Marlins Park deal

The Miami Dolphins ramped up their public campaign for a tax-funded stadium renovation this week, buying full-page ads against their top critic and trying to distance the plan from the unpopular Marlins deal.The team bought an ad in Tuesday’s Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald knocking auto magnate Norman Braman’s criticism of the Sun Life Stadium deal, which would have Florida...
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Jan
22

Dania Beach man dies after acting ‘bizarrely’

Shortly after stabbing a window with a knife and subsequently being arrested at a Pompano Beach gas station early Monday, a 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at Broward Health North.Officers responded to a 911 call around 3:30 a.m. that a man was acting “bizarrely” at the BP Gas Station on East Sample Road. The man, the caller said, was stabbing the front window, according...
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BlackBerry Z10 Looks Like iPhone 5, Takes on Siri

RIM is set to announce the first devices running its new BlackBerry 10 operating system at an event on January 30. A lucky few, however, have already gotten their hands on what looks to be the new hardware, including German site TelekomPresse.[More from Mashable: Watch These iPhone Knockoffs Get Bulldozed]The site has the BlackBerry Z10, a touchscreen device with a similar look to some of the other...
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'Olympus Has Fallen' Trailer

The White House is a major target at the movies this year, with no less than two action films featuring a serious breach of security – and only one man that can protect the president. In addition to Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum's White House Down (in theaters this June), the first film out of the gate is Olympus Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman. Watch the intense...
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Girl critical after being hit by B'klyn bus

A 12-year-old girl was struck by a bus this afternoon in Brooklyn and is in critical condition, authorities said. The girl was at the corner of East Seventh Street and Avenue O in Midwood when she was struck around 2:50 p.m., fire officials said. The victim was taken in critical condition to Maimonides Hospital, according to police. The driver remained...
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South Florida housing recovery on track

South Florida’s housing recovery remained on track last month.Sales of existing single-family homes in Miami-Dade County jumped 16.4 percent in December 2012 from a year earlier, making 2012 a record year for sales, the Miami Association of Realtors said.In Miami-Dade, the median price for a single-family home jumped 18.9 percent to $214,060 while that of an existing condominium...
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