Man found dead after fire in abandoned building in Queens

A man was killed in a Queens fire early today, police said.The blaze erupted about 12:55 a.m. in an abandoned building on 120th Street near Liberty Avenue in Richmond Hill, authorities said.The unidentified man was found in a detached garage in the back of the building at about 1:30 a.m., after the fire was extinguished. A police source said homeless people...

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Miami-Dade sees first hiring drop since 2010

Miami-Dade ended 2012 with its first overall job loss in more than two years as sharp drops in construction, healthcare and government jobs wiped out other gains. The sectors all share one key funding source — tax dollars — as ongoing squeezes in government budgets force cutbacks in hospitals, infrastructure projects and basic municipal staffing. Miami-Dade lost nearly 5,000...

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Sen. Marco Rubio to swear in Miami-Dade commissioner Rebeca Sosa on Friday

Miami-Dade Commissioners Rebeca Sosa becomes Miami-Dade commission’s first Hispanic chairwoman when she is sworn in on Friday by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. Also being sworn in is fellow commissioner Lynda Bell, who is now the vice chair. Miami-Dade County Judge Gladys Perez will swear in Bell The installation ceremony will be at 11:30 a.m. ceremony at the commission chambers...

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Selena Gomez Talks Justin Bieber to Nylon Magazine

Even before it was splashed across blogs that Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber had split, the Spring Breakers star was already playing coy as to her relationship status. In an interview with NYLON magazine, Gomez offered up her views on this "normal thing" called love."I'm having fun," the actress/singer, 20, said when asked about dating by the publication (via London Daily Mail). "At the end of the...

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New details released from Part II of Oprah's interview with Armstrong as IOC blasts TV confession

@LanceArmstrong via TwitterArmstrong tweeted this pic of himself over the weekend.The IOC lashed out at Lance Armstrong one day after his confession to doping aired on TV as Oprah Winfrey released new details from her sit-down with the former cycling star.Armstrong's doping confession to Winfrey was "too little, too late" and failed to provide any new information...

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Prices for Miami Beach luxury condos soar to records

Ultra-luxury condominiums on South Beach are fetching nosebleed prices.On Tuesday, a penthouse at the Setai Resort at 2001 Collins Avenue closed for $27 million — the highest price ever for a South Florida condominium, according to real estate agents. “We’re definitely seeing the market turning upward,” said Jeff Miller, of Zilbert International Realty in Miami, who represented...

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Judge throws out Taliban terror case against Margate imam

A federal judge threw out the terrorism charges against a young Muslim cleric from Broward County in a trial where he and his father, an imam in Miami, are accused of providing financial support to the Pakistani Taliban terrorist organization.Izhar Khan, the imam of a mosque in Margate, will be a free man later Thursday after U.S. District Judge Robert Scola issued a verdict...

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Spring Breakers Official Trailer

This isn't your mother's spring break. The latest trailer for Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel Korine Selena Gomez and Ashley Benson's bikini-clad movie Spring Breakers shows the young ladies behind bars of many kinds, and features a strange Matthew McConaughey accent coming from James Franco's Kevin Federline-looking character.The trailer is pretty busy, flashing very fast scenes of the girls in their neon...

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Lhota officially enters race for mayor

@JoeLhota via TwitterJoe Lhota tweeted today: "All my followers should follow @joelhota4mayor The campaign has begun!"He’s in.Former MTA chairman Joe Lhota officially entered the race for mayor this morning after filing documents with the city Board of Elections and Campaign Finance Board.“It’s official. Joe Lhota is a candidate to be the 109th mayor of...

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Jackson Health System asks Kendall trauma center be shut down

Ratcheting up the stakes in Miami-Dade’s hospital wars, Jackson Health System has filed two petitions with the state demanding a hearing to consider its belief that the license for trauma operations at Kendall Regional Medical Center was granted illegally and should be revoked.Jackson, which for years has had the county’s only trauma center, has been complaining loudly since...

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