Driver in Rickenbacker Causeway cyclist death to be sentenced

A motorist who killed cyclist Aaron Cohen in a hit-and-run crash on the Rickenbacker Causeway will learn his fate Wednesday.A Miami-Dade judge on Wednesday afternoon will sentence Michele Traverso, 26, who earlier pleaded guilty for the crash that killed Cohen last February.The fatality, and a similar hit-and-run wreck in 2010, has renewed calls for increased safety for cyclists...

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SAG Awards Flashback: Marion Cotillard 2008

Prior to 2007, Marion Cotillard had a prevalent film career in France for over a decade. Then, she portrayed French music icon Edith Piaf in La Vie en rose. The film got her recognition from critics around the world, and led to incredible avail the ensuing awards season. It was a dream come true for her.In 2008, the French actress was nominated at every major awards show on the circuit from the Critics'...

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Lhota, Quinn front-runners to win party nods for mayor: poll

Republican Joe Lhota and Democratic Council Speaker Christine Quinn are the front-runners to win their party’s respective nominations for mayor, according to a new poll released today.Lhota, the former MTA chairman and top deputy to former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, grabs 23 percent of the GOP primary vote, the Quinnipiac University survey found. Supermarket...

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Miami Dolphins bill would bring state money to aging stadiums

A bill drafted by the Miami Dolphins would give Florida sports teams $3 million a year in state money to improve older stadiums, provided the owner pays for at least half the cost of a major renovation. Under the law, the stadium would need to be 20 years old and the team willing to put in at least $125 million for a $250 million renovation. That’s less than the $400 million...

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Wedgie-spree at Florida theater lands prankster in jail

Authorities say that Charles Ross is known to go around Manatee County and create situations in order to harass and annoy people while filming their reaction for You Tube.Last weekend, Ross, 18, of Bradenton, ended up in jail after police say he went on a wedgie spree at a theater.Deputies say Ross was at Royal Palm Theater Sunday night with a friend and began grabbing people...

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Oprah Calls Lance Armstrong Confession 'Riveting'

Oprah Winfrey confirmed on Tuesday that disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong reverses years of denials and confesses in a new interview that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his career.Appearing Tuesday on CBS This Morning, Oprah described the interview as one of the biggest and most intense she's ever done. "It was surprising to me. I would say that for myself, my team, all of us in the room,...

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Kelly to announce measures to tackle prescription drug problem in NYC

APNYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.The NYPD will start tackling prescription drug abuse with GPS tracked prescription bottles.Police Commissioner Ray Kelly will unveil a four part process to combating prescription drug abuse in New York City when he speaks at the Clinton Health Matters Conference later today in California.“We’re also distributing so-called ‘bait...

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Global entrepreneurship nonprofit Endeavor coming to Miami

Flawless execution helped propel Argentine Marcos Galperin’s e-auction site, Mercado Libre, above the competition to become a $3.8 billion company. Some 50,000 small businesses now use it to market their wares. Leila Velez and Heloísa Helena Assis, cousins who grew up in the slums of Rio, started with one product and one salon. Today their company, Beleza Natural, operates...

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Ex-South Florida priest pleads no contest to sex charges

One of South Florida’s most notorious priests — accused by several men of molesting them in their youth — was in Broward Circuit Court Monday morning pleading no contest to half a dozen criminal charges.Circuit Judge Kenneth Gillespie accepted the plea deal and will render sentencing Jan. 28.The Rev. Neil Doherty faces 12 to 15 years imprisonment under the agreement. ...

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Lena Dunham Thanks Chad Lowe at Golden Globes

Upon her show Girls winning a Golden Globe for Best Comedy, Lena Dunham took the stage and said she "promised" she'd thank actor Chad Lowe, but why?The funny girl is referring to the infamous Academy Awards moment in 2000 when Lowe's then wife Hilary Swank forgot to thank him upon winning for Boys Don't Cry. Dunham, 26, had won for Best Actress earlier in the evening but had declined to mention the...

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