Miami’s book fair ‘Evening With…’ series ends on easy note

A bit of fiction and a bit of philosophy, both seasoned with a touch of the historical, rounded out the final night of Miami Book Fair International’s “Evenings With…” programs Friday.Emma Donoghue read from her Astray, new book of short stories inspired by old newspaper accounts, and historian Alan Ryan talked about his weighty new two-volume work On Politics: A History...

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Buzzmakers: Lindsay Lohan Comes Clean & Janeane Marries

What had ET readers buzzing this week?1. Janeane Garofalo: I Didn't Know I was Married!Sometimes what happens in Vegas actually does stay in Vegas -- at least for two decades. Funny girl Janeane Garofalo is claiming she's been married for 20 years, and didn't even know it!The Reality Bites actress told the New York Post that she and Big Bang Theory producer Rob Cohen decided to wed at a Las Vegas...

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Mom, teenage son die in NJ house fire

Authorities say a northern New Jersey woman and her teenage son were killed when a fast-moving fire destroyed their home. The woman’s husband, an older son and that son’s girlfriend were able to escape from the Ridgefield home after the fire broke out around 5 a.m. Saturday. All three were treated at a hospital for undisclosed injuries and later released....

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Strategies for stretching your holiday shopping dollars

Want to save some cash on your holiday shopping? Four money-saving experts, all South Florida moms who run websites about frugal living and smart shopping, have plenty of advice for you.Their first tip: Start now.“Retailers have been starting their sales earlier every year, so planning ahead is very important,” said Melissa Cid, who runs www.savingmomsmoney.com. “Making a...

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Leftover political donations went to Florida GOP

TALLAHASSEE -- — Re-elected without opposition this summer, Rep. Dana Young had the strange but fortunate problem of having $200,000 in her campaign bank account and nothing to spend it on.By law, Young couldn’t keep the money for herself or hold onto it for her next campaign.So instead she did the next best thing — cutting two checks to the Republican Party of Florida totaling...

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Samsung goes after HTC deal to undercut Apple-filing

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When Apple Inc and HTC Corp last week ended their worldwide legal battles with a 10-year patent licensing agreement, they declined to answer a critical question: whether all of Apple‘s patents were covered by the deal.It’s an enormously important issue for the broader smartphone patent wars. If all the Apple patents are included...

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ET's Power List: Jessica Simpson

It's been a banner year for Jessica Simpson: the billion-dollar business mogul became a new mom for the first time, and now she's on ET's Power List!Pics: Jessica Simpson's Amazing Weight-Loss Transformation Jessica has 5.7 million Twitter followers and her Weight Watchers deal is worth a reported $4 million. But it's her billion-dollar retail empire that's truly stunning: The Jessica Simpson Collection...

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BoNY wants out of Elliott’s battle with Argentina

Leave us out of it! Caught in a legal crossfire, Bank of New York Mellon is arguing that it should not be forced to help Paul Singer’s Elliott Management collect as much as $1.3 billion from Argentina.An appeals court recently upheld a ruling requiring Argentina to pay the New York hedge fund each time it pays other bondholders, which, unlike Elliott, agreed...

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Jolly holiday shopping season already underway

Lilian Stoppa and Renata Rosa stepped out of Target in Midtown Miami with a cart piled high with holiday gifts.Landing in Miami on Thursday morning for a five-day shopping spree, they already had spent $800 by mid-afternoon on presents for family members: toys for Rosa’s daughter, beauty items for Stoppa’s mother, plus lots of other stuff.“This is just the start,” giggled...

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UF student Christian Aguilar was poisoned, court files say

Christian Aguilar, the college freshman from Doral found dead after he disappeared from a Best Buy in Gainesville, was poisoned, according to legal documents released on Thursday.Suspect Pedro Bravo killed Aguilar “by suffocating him, poisoning him,” according to the indictment filed with the Alachua County grand jury. Bravo used “a chemical compound with food and/or drink...

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'Survivor' Artis: 'Abi Was Abusive'

In another edge-of-your-seat episode of this roller coaster season of Survivor, a critical member of the Tandang tribe flipped, causing Louisiana native Artis Silvester to be sent packing. ETonline gets the scoop from the 53-year-old computer engineer on what he really thought of his alliance-mate Abi, his take on Lisa's big move, and how having survived cancer affected his approach to the game.ETonline:...

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WATCH as Superstorm Sandy floods PATH stations

No wonder they still aren’t up and running! Superstorm Sandy unleashed all of her fury on Hoboken and Exchange Place PATH stations, as these dramatic videos taken during the height of the storm demonstrate. The first snippet from the Port Authority’s closed circuit security cameras shows the outside of the Exchange Place station completely submerged in...

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Florida tourist numbers keep going up

Summer brought more tourists to Florida this year than last, according to preliminary numbers from Visit Florida.The state’s official tourism marketing corporation said 21.9 million people visited the state in the third quarter of the year, 3.5 percent more than last summer.The number of domestic travelers, which make up the vast majority of visitors, increased 3.2 percent....

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Service dogs help military veterans with injuries seen and unseen

As Diego Hurtado gently toyed with his dog’s ear, he recalled jumping out of a plane at 2,000 feet, then freefalling when his parachute failed to open.He tightly held the dog’s ear in his palm as he recalled the mid-air collision of two aircraft at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, that spilled fuel and debris on the base, killing 24 fellow paratroopers and injuring countless...

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NASCAR’s Keselowski can’t tweet in car anymore

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Brad Keselowski became a social media darling after hopping on Twitter during a lengthy delay in the Daytona 500.Keselowski was the center of attention, and NASCAR seemed trendy and hip — a description its executives surely adored. Turns out, tweeting from the car isn’t cool with NASCAR.Keselowski...

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Bobbi Kristina's Uncle Concerned Over Suspected Drug Use

"Her behavior, it's just not normal," reveals a concerned Gary Houston of his late sister's (Whitney Houston) daughter, Bobbi Kristina.Video: Bobbi Kristina Visits Mom's Grave on 'Houstons' In tonight's episode of Lifetime's The Houstons: On Our Own, Gary confides with close family friend and Whitney's former bodyguard Ray Watson about behavior he deems suspicious.Imploring the family confidant, Gary...

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Grieving beau blasts murderer who killed, raped his fianceé and left corpse in his bed

"You son of a bitch!" A Manhattan chef who came home last November to discover his fiance's raped and slashed corpse in his bed cried in court as the murderer was sentenced today to a possible life term -- and issued a victim impact letter that was both scorching and heartbreaking."She was an angel to me," Fernando Vargas, 37, wrote of victim Rita Morelli,...

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Residents balk at plans for alcohol in Pinecrest Gardens

Plans to create a restaurant in Pinecrest Gardens hit a snag on Tuesday.Dozens of residents showed up at Tuesday’s Village Council meeting to scold council members for what they said was an attempt to create a banquet hall at the Gardens.Residents told the council they disapprove of plans to give a restaurateur the freedom to host parties at night in a proposed restaurant...

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Fire destroys townhome near Opa-locka airport

The day before a young family was to move to a new home, a fire destroyed their townhome near the Opa-locka airport. Angie Douglas, her husband and their 2-year-old child were not home Tuesday afternoon around 1 p.m. when the blaze started at the town home at Northwest 167th Street and 55th Avenue. They had already packed up their belongings for moving day. Miami-Dade Fire...

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Bradley Cooper on Jennifer Lawrence's Comedy Chops

Bradley Cooper appears in the offbeat film Silver Linings Playbook with Jennifer Lawrence and he says the Oscar-nominated actress does a great job showcasing her comedy skills in a compelling role as a sex addict.Speaking at a New York screening of the film on Monday night, Bradley said the Hunger Games star was "incredible" in the role. "Actually if you know her at all, she's closest to this role...

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NY Post: News

NY Post: Newshttp://www.nypost.comLatest News from the New York Post Online Edition, which delivers the Post's world-renowned gossip, best sports in town, and more.http://www.nypost.com/rw/SysConfig/WebPortal/nypost/images/rss_nyp_logo.jpgNew York Post Online Edition logohttp://www.nypost.com12018'Killer' nanny accused in kids' bathtub slashing deaths hit with throw-away-the-key indictment...

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