Former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz considering bid for governor.

Former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz looks ready to run for governor and has spent the past three weeks lining up support from strategists, financiers and elected officials.Diaz, who hasn’t returned calls from The Miami Herald for three weeks about his plans, finally returned a text message on Friday and said he wasn’t ready to speak about the matter, in part because he was attending...

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Yandex says new mobile app is blocked by Facebook

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian internet company Yandex said on Friday its new experimental application to search on social networking sites from mobile devices was blocked by Facebook.The Wonder app is a recommendation tool for devices using Apple’s iOS software that allows U.S. users of social networks to retrieve information from these sites by voice or by typing questions.The application was released...

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Julianne Hough Talks Her Changing Style

The always stylish Julianne Hough is launching her own shoe collection with Sole Society in February, and in a candid new interview with ET, the multi-talented star dishes on her own evolving style -- which has obviously gone through a drastic transformation since she burst onto the scene on Dancing with the Stars."My style has completely evolved from when I was first on Dancing with the Stars," the...

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Tina Turner on her way to Swiss citizenship

GENEVA — Tina Turner is on her way to becoming a Swiss citizen.The American rock diva has lived in the Zurich suburb of Kuesnacht since the mid-1990s. The local Zuerichsee-Zeitung newspaper said on its Web site the local council announced its decision to grant the 73-year-old Turner citizenship in an official notice published in Friday's edition.The decision still requires formal approval from state...

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Economist: Euro crisis could erupt again this year

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Is the euro crisis over? A leading U.S. economist says not by a long shot. Even as the head of the European Central Bank talked Friday of “positive contagion” in the markets and predicted an economic recovery for the recession-hit eurozone later this year, economist Barry Eichengreen warned that the debt crisis that has shaken Europe to its core could...

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Kansas to retire jersey of Miami Heat starter Mario Chalmers

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Miami Heat starter and former Kansas star Mario Chalmers, whose buzzer-beating 3-pointer helped the Jayhawks win the 2008 national title, will have his jersey retired next month.Chalmers was the MVP of the Final Four when the Jayhawks beat Memphis for the national championship. But it was his 3-pointer from the top of the key to force overtime that became...

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Microsoft profit dips on lower Xbox holiday sales

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp reported a dip in fiscal second-quarter profit on Thursday, as weaker sales of its Xbox game system in the holiday quarter offset a solid start for its new Windows 8 operating system.The world’s largest software company reported profit of $ 6.4 billion, or 76 cents per share, compared to $ 6.6 billion, or 78 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter.Overall sales...

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How Here Comes Honey Boo Boo's Mama June and Sugar Bear Met

Mama June and Sugar Bear -- a.k.a. Honey Boo Boo's parents -- are going on almost nine years together, and in this brand new TLC clip, Mama June explains just how the two fell in love.While for Sugar Bear it was "love at first sight," for her it was more lust at first sight!Pics: 5 Reality Star Couples Going Strong "Was it love at first sight? No," she admits. "Was it bed at first sight? Maybe. You...

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Te'o tells Couric 'pain' and 'sorrow' was real

APNotre Dame golden boy Manti Te’o appeared in an emotionally-driven interview with Katie Couric today, telling her that the feelings he had for what turned out to be a fake, online girlfriend were real and reiterated he had nothing to do with the hoax.The All-American linebacker said he was truly sorrowful and pained.He said he sustained tall tales about...

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City National Bank reports record earnings

City National Bank of Florida on Thursday reported record earnings for 2012, owing in large part to a one-time $136 million tax credit.The Miami-based bank reported fourth quarter net income of $158 million, up from $4.3 million during the same quarter of 2011. For the full year, City National earned $190.2 million, compared to $34.4 million for 2011.The bank said it received...

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