In Miami’s Wynwood district, the party has overtaken the art

First there was the woman who sat down in the middle of the gallery and spilled her drink on the floor. Then there was another woman who snuck into the gallery’s parking garage, her pants halfway pulled down, desperately looking for a bathroom.But what made Pan American Art Projects Director Janda Wetherington decide to stop participating in Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art...

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Rare Photo Of Teenage Princess Diana

A never-before-seen photograph featuring the late Princess Diana has been made public in the weeks before the rare pic is set to go up for auction.The black-and-white snapshot displaying a "not to be published" marking shows a teenage Diana lounging next to an until-now mystery pal, reportedly dating back to 1981. Pics: Remembering Diana 15 Years After Her Death "The young man was Adam Russell, the...

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Teen gunned down on LES

A teen boy was gunned down in Manhattan, police said.Raphael Ward, 16, was shot on the Lower East Side at the intersection of Rivington and Columbia Streets about 9:10 p.m. yesterday, cops said.He was wounded in the chest and rushed to Beth Israel Hospital but died shortly after, authorities said.Cops are investigating whether he was the victim of a robbery,...

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Needle reaches the inner groove for Spec’s

In the end, even the almighty Adele and Taylor Swift could not hold back the inevitable.Spec’s, one of the last great record stores, will close its flagship location in Coral Gables on U.S.1, thus joining once-favored chains like Virgin, Tower and Peaches, locally and abroad, that have withered from Internet shopping. With the closing, sometime in January after the merchandise...

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Opening statements to start in Miami terrorism trial of local Muslim clerics

Opening statements are set to begin Friday in the Miami federal trial of an elderly Muslim cleric and his son on charges they funneled tens of thousands of dollars from South Florida to the Pakistani Taliban terrorist organization to carry out violent attacks against U.S. interests overseas.A jury of 12 people was selected Thursday after they filled out four-page questionnaires...

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Honey Boo Boo 2013 Sneak Peek

Mama has major anxiety when mayonnaise is brought into her home in the latest Here Comes Honey Boo Boo promo. So, why this peculiar fear of the white condiment? "When I was growin' up, the babysitter I had, we ate mayonnaise sandwiches for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, every time!" Mama confesses. "I can't talk about it! It makes my flesh crawl." That being said, the matriarch does, however, eat...

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Mayor Bloomberg fires back at UFT ad about evaluation negotiations

The United Federation of Teachers has released a TV ad blasting New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for taking a "his way or the highway" approach to education.Bloomberg in turn accused the union of walking away from negotiations over a new teacher evaluation system.The UFT ad released Friday accuses Bloomberg of "going after teachers" instead of supporting...

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American Airlines, US Air merger threatened by lack of accord, says pilots union

.DALLAS — An American Airlines merger with US Airways Group Inc. may not occur during the AMR Corp. unit’s bankruptcy unless pilot groups from the carriers agree on interim contract terms, American’s pilot union has warned. If an accord isn’t reached “in the very near future, in all likelihood there will be no merger before American Airlines exits restructuring,” Keith Wilson,...

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New Year is a good time to count your blessings

The new year is a great time to look back and consider how blessed you are. I try to do that every day, but often in my life I am overwhelmed at the enormous blessings the Lord has bestowed on me. No, I didn’t get a great big financial windfall last year. And I walk with a cane, because of painful arthritis in one of my knees. Still, I am blessed. I can still walk.A few years...

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Rihanna Posts Pic of Marijuana

Rihanna faced a bit of backlash from her Instagram followers after posting a pic of what looks to be marijuana.The S&M singer, 24, captioned the abstract pic, writing: "This nug look like a skull or am I just....?"With nearly 6,000 comments to the pic and over 9,300 likes, with one reader responding: "Why r u teaching other girls who look up to you to do this?"Hours later, Rihanna posted another...

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