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 of Political Thought: From Herodotus to the Present (told you it was weighty).

“I feel like I should say, ‘Hello, Miami!’ ” joked Donoghue when she took the stage. Earlier, the Canadian author expressed wonder at the fact she was swimming in the Biltmore pool on a November afternoon before her appearance. “I don’t usually stay in places like that,” she said, laughing.

But Donoghue, author of the novel Room, is no stranger to new experiences: She’s a two-time emigrant from Dublin, once from Ireland to England, then on to Ontario.

“The Irish are obsessed with immigration,” she told the audience. Even when the economy’s good there, she said, the Irish look to other countries. “It’s still a small island,” she joked. “A lot of us have felt the need to fly that particular coop.”

Fitting then, that Astray features characters on the verge of moving on or struggling in their new surroundings. Donoghue read the amusing story The Widow’s Cruse and fielded questions about Room, a harrowing novel about a little boy being raised in a tiny shed by his kidnapped mother. Disturbing to be sure. But in case you wonder, Donoghue has no pressing childhood traumas of her own to inspire her to such a dark premise.

“I grew up in Dublin in a bookish household,” she said. “I was allowed to read all the time. . . There’s something to be said for a happy childhood that leaves you feeling confident.”

Ryan, who was in conversation with Robert Weil, editor-in-chief of W.W. Norton’s Liveright & Co., talked about his comprehensive study of political philosophy. Or, as his daughter (a biology professor) describes his profession: “He does dead philosophers.”

Ryan did mention a few of those worthy gentleman — Plato, St. Augustine and John Stuart Mill, for example — but still managed to elicit a laugh when discussing Americans’ adoration of a Constitution they’ve never read and continually confuse with the Declaration of Independence.

“The Constitution is revered, and it is at least worth knowing,” he said.

The fair continues this weekend with a full schedule of authors Saturday and Sunday.

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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 drive-thru chapel but never thought it would stick. "Rob and I got married, for real, which we had to have a notary dissolve not 30 minutes before we got here tonight," Garofalo said at the New York Comedy Festival reunion for The Ben Stiller Show. "We were married for 20 years until this evening."

Garofalo, 48, further explained, "We got married drunk in Vegas. ... We dated for a year, and we got married at a drive-through chapel in a cab. [We thought], 'You have to go down to the courthouse and sign papers and stuff.' So, who knew? We were married, and apparently now that [Rob] is getting married for real, his lawyer dug up something." Cohen, 63, joked, "I'm gonna get all of that Reality Bites money!"

2. Miley Cyrus: My Dad Knows Nothing

In speaking with ET's Christina McLarty, Miley Cyrus cleared up rumors that she and fiance Liam Hemsworth were planning multiple weddings, started by her dad.

According to Miley, she hasn't even set one wedding date, let alone the three ceremonies that Billy Ray told Us Weekly were going to take place.

"My dad knows nothing," Miley says, pointblank. "I think he's getting cabin fever from [Superstorm Sandy]. He got stuck in his hotel and now he's making up crazy things." Billy Ray has been in NYC, performing in a Broadway production of Chicago.

The 19-year-old singer/actress goes on to admit that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

"He does what I do: When he's sitting in a press thing, he's like, 'Let's make this fun. Let's make some stuff up,'" Miley says.

Even with this recent flub, Miley does thank her parents for doing a good job of raising her, saying, "My parents have never been super strict, and people could think that's bad or good, but people that judge me or say that I'm, like, crazy -- they don't know half the stuff their kids are doing."

3. Stephanie Bongiovi Drug Charges Dropped

Stephanie Bongiovi, Jon Bon Jovi's 19-year-old daughter, will not be charged after reportedly overdosing on heroin in her dorm at Hamilton College in New York.

According to a statement from the Kirkland Town Police Department, a female [presumably Bongiovi] was found unresponsive by an ambulance crew sent to the college early Wednesday, after a report that a female had apparently overdosed in the school's largest dorm.

Although Bongiovi and 21-year-old Ian Grant were charged with drug possession, the charges have now been dropped.

Citing section 220.78 titled "Witness or victim of drug or alcohol overdose" of New York State Penal Law -- which states that a person who seeks health care for someone who is experiencing a drug or alcohol overdose or other life threatening medical emergency, as well as the individual who has overdosed or who was experiencing such life threatening medical emergency, can't be prosecuted for the possession of heroin weighing less than 8 ounces or possession of any amount of marijuana -- police said that neither Bongiovi or Grant can be charged.

There has been no statement from Jon Bon Jovi at this time.

4. Dina Lohan Addresses Cocaine Accusation

Did Lindsay Lohan lie about her mother having an alleged cocaine problem? Dina Lohan sets the record straight for ET's Christina McLarty.

"Absolutely lied. We were having an argument, it escalated," explains Dina of their October altercation which was recorded by her father, Michael Lohan. "She just wanted to hurt me at that moment. You know, mothers [and] daughters, we fight."

Dina tells Christina that it pained her to see that private family moment "go public and viral." As for accusations that she uses cocaine, Dina replies, "I hate cocaine. I don't do cocaine."

After Lindsay proclaimed that she was not being truthful about her accusations against her mother about cocaine use, Dina says, "I'm so proud of her for telling the truth because it destroyed me. I mean, I cried for weeks. It just hurt me so bad and she knew how horrible that was, and she came clean and told the truth that she lied. I'm very proud of her for that, which is very difficult to have to do."

Dina adds, "There's so much more to the story than the public sees, and it takes its toll on my children and myself, and we're just trying to move forward." Watch ET for more with our exclusive Dina Lohan interview.

5. Big Bang Cast Leads Call Me Maybe Flash Mob

Fans of The Big Bang Theory might logically assume that the cast of the hit CBS comedy has as many laughs on-screen as off. But now there is concrete proof as Kaley Cuoco just revealed in this clip of cast and crew members surprising showrunners with a flash mob of Carly Rae Jepsen's viral hit Call Me Maybe!

Kaley explains on The Big Bang Theory's Facebook page that the idea was hers and that she recruited her sister Bri to choreograph the impromptu number, which occurred during a taping on October 23 in front of a live audience.

The clip shows how the prank was carried out with secrecy and precision, with the cast re-assembling on the set immediately after the flash mob to resume taping and to hear star Jim Parsons sum up the event with one of his character Sheldon Cooper's favorite words, "Bazinga!"

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White House says it did not heavily edit talking points on deadly Libya attack

The White House did not heavily alter talking points about the attacks on a US diplomatic mission in Libya, an official said on Saturday.

"If there were adjustments made to them within the intelligence community, that's common, and that's something they would have done themselves," Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser, told reporters. "The only edit ... made by the White House was the factual edit as to how to refer to the facility."

After a closed-door hearing with former CIA Director David Petraeus on Friday, Republican Representative Peter King said that unclassified talking points prepared by the CIA for use by lawmakers about the September 11 attack originally pointed specifically to al Qaeda involvement. King said they were edited before being cleared for use.

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Rhodes said the White House, and also the State Department, changed references to a "conflict" at diplomatic facilities, "because the conflict in Benghazi was not formally a conflict. Other than that we worked off the points that were provided by the intelligence community, so I can't speak to any other edits that may have been made."

The assault on the U.S. mission and nearby CIA annex in Benghazi has turned into a flash point between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republicans.

Republicans accuse the White House and in particular the US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, of misleading the public just after the attack by suggesting the assault was a spontaneous act instead of a planned terrorist operation. The Obama administration denies misleading anyone and says it discussed information about the Benghazi tragedy as it came in.

" What I can say is those points, and what Susan said, indicated that we believed extremists were involved in this attack," Rhodes said.

When asked on Fox News on Saturday who might have made the edits, King said he did not know.

"That's why it's important to find out why it was done. It could be anywhere in the Defense Department, the State Department, the Justice Department, the White House," King said. "(We need) to find out why it was done, what the purpose of it was."

He added: "I have my own beliefs, that for whatever reasons, the administration honestly believes that the war against al Qaeda is pretty much over and that's the message that they wanted to present. But on the other hand, they may have some valid reason. I think we have to look at it."

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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 list is the best way to stay on track and keeps you from splurging on unnecessary items.”

Know everyday store prices of items on your list so you can spot a good deal when the sale ads show up at your door, said Cid, a Miami Lakes mom of two.

“Some retailers try to trick consumers by marking up prices and then advertising a discount,” she said. “Knowing the everyday price of an item will make you a smarter consumer.”

Save in stores

Check out Black Friday ads early at sites like www.bfads.net, Cid said. “Use these sites to your advantage to plan early and compare prices,” she said.

Look for sales that offer bonuses with purchase, said Mary Pat Pankoke, of www.couponclasses.com. Stores like Target and Best Buy frequently offer a gift card bonus when you purchase a particular item, she said. Search online for printable coupons you can use in-store, Pankoke said. “Use layaway plans offered by stores like Walmart and Kmart to buy items on sale, then pay for them over time with no interest, picking them up in time for holiday gift giving,” she said.

Familiarize yourself with a store’s couponing and price matching policy, which allows you to bring in a competitor’s ad and have a lower price matched, Cid said. Pay attention to stores that alter their price-matching policies during the holidays, Pankoke said. For example, Walmart will match the prices found in competitor’s print ads, but not online pricing — including pricing on their own website, she said. Target offers price matching, but has exclusions on Black Friday through Cyber Monday deals.

“Sign up for store reward programs. Certain stores will let you redeem those loyalty points or dollars for future purchases,” said Whitney Zimet of www.iamthemaven.com. “This is especially nice at toy stores where you can easily spend major bucks, and where you know you’ll need to return again and again for future purchases.”

Some retailers offer store credit cards with a percentage off a first purchase, or all purchases discounted, said Zimet, a Coral Gables mom of two. One example is Target’s store card, which offers five percent off all purchases.

“Just be careful with these,” Zimet said. “Pay off those cards each month because the interest rates are huge.” Also ask the store when they have customer appreciation days — usually a percentage off storewide — or if they offer free gift wrapping.

Stick to your list and don’t buy items you don’t need, said Leanette Fernandez of www.teachme2save.com. “Check the clearance aisles for really good deals and pricing,” she said.

Don’t forget to use your smart phone for on-the-spot price checking, Cid said. “And hold on to your receipt in case you come across a better deal at another store,” she said.

Clip coupons

Look for extra holiday coupons in the Sunday newspaper and on sites like www.coupons.com, Cid said, “but also keep your eyes peeled for in-store holiday coupon books at grocery stores, drug stores and retailers like Target. Know the store’s coupon policies before you shop to prevent problems at the register, because lines can be very long this time of year.”

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Weather alert: Cool temperatures will stay into the weekend

Mild temperatures will continue into the weekend, with highs in the low-80s and lows in the mid-60s.

The weekend will remain partly cloudy, with a low chance of showers at 20 percent.

No advisories have been announced and wind will be low at 10 to 15 miles per hour each day.

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Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2 Berlin Premiere

End of An Era

Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson brought The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn: Part 2 finale express to Berlin, Germany today, where the cast walked the red carpet and mingled with their fans.

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Upstate DA comes clean, admits porn past

A district attorney in upstate New York admits that he acted in pornographic movies in the 1970s.

Mark Suben, the DA in Cortland County near Syracuse since 2008, held a news conference Friday to say he had lied about his past in the days before this year's election.

He is apologizing for his actions and says he used "bad judgment" by acting in porn and by recently denying it. He wouldn't take questions, including whether he should resign.

WSTM-TV in Syracuse published a story Friday that said Suben had acted under his name and the pseudonym Gus Thomas. That news story followed a posting on YouTube that compared images of Suben with Thomas.

Suben previously acknowledged he was an actor in New York City in the 1970s but denied acting in adult

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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 Stoppa, 30, who works with Rosa, also 30, at a Sao Paulo telecom company. Their next stops: Sawgrass Mills, Aventura Mall and Bal Harbour Shops, if their money holds out. “We came to Miami to shop because it’s very much cheaper than in Brazil.”

Tourists like Stoppa and Rosa are exactly the reason retail experts predict Florida’s holiday shopping season will see its highest increase since the recession.

Across South Florida, stores are getting a head start on the holidays in hopes of cashing in. Sales are already underway everywhere from Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom, to Macy’s, Toys“R”Us and Anthropologie.

The Florida Retail Federation forecasts that Florida will see a 5.2 percent jump in holiday spending from $55 billion in 2011 to $58 billion this year, marking the highest percentage growth predicted since the economic slump began. Pre-recession, retail sales peaked at $54.3 billion in 2006.

“All of the indicators point to what we believe will be a very robust holiday shopping season,” said Florida Retail Federation President and Chief Executive Rick McAllister.

That also translates into more than 42,000 new retail jobs, he said.

Buoyed in large part by tourists and snowbirds, Florida is expected to outpace the nation in spending for the holiday season, as it did before the recession.

This year, the National Retail Federation is predicting holiday spending nationwide to rise 4.1 percent. On average, consumers are expected to spend about $750 each.

Economists point to strong consumer confidence as a major factor contributing to a stronger shopping season.

“By and large the consumer is very confident right now, and that usually leads to spending,” McAllister said.

Other indicators also point to a healthy season. ICSC, a trade association for the shopping center industry, this week released its ICSC-Goldman Sachs 2012 Holiday Spending Intentions Survey, which found that 19 percent of consumers plan to spend more, and 5 percent substantially more, on holiday gifts this year versus last year. It was the highest percentage of consumers reporting they intend to increase spending over the previous holiday season since ICSC began asking the question in 2004.

Retailers like West Elm are ready, beckoning gift givers. Stores are decked out with sparkly, eye-catching displays of items like candlesticks, ornaments and crystal paperweights.

“We’ve had lots of people shopping early, for several weeks,” said Ana Meza, an assistant manager at West Elm in Midtown Miami.

Without question, the holiday season is critical for retailers, a period when they typically generate 20 percent to 40 percent of the full year’s revenue.

This year brings an added bonus. With Thanksgiving falling early, the shopping season is stretched to 32 days, giving retailers more valuable time to rack up sales.

Shoppers like Jose Hernandez aren’t waiting for the last minute. Hernandez, who works as a civilian supervisor at the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, Miss., and spends every other three months home in Miami, started his holiday shopping this week. He figures he spent $2,000 at Carter’s, GUESS, Marshalls and Target in Midtown, and plans to spend a total of $5,000 — up 40 percent from last year — before Christmas Day.

“The economy is going up,” said Hernandez, 44.

Yet experts say that many holiday revelers will avoid the stores all together, opting instead for online purchases.

Retail experts expect e-commerce to continue to post a dramatic increase this holiday season, up 15 percent. Though it still represents only about 5 percent of all shopping, online buying is the fastest-growing segment of the retail industry, McAllister said.

Many online sites are offering percentage discounts starting this weekend. Disney Store will offer a selection of “Magical Friday” deals on sale beginning Monday, at DisneyStore.com. Kohl’s is letting customers shop more than 500 “Early Bird specials” on Kohls.com starting Wednesday.

While apparel is expected to be the top category for purchases, gift cards are again projected to outsell any single article of merchandise. The National Retail Federation’s 2012 holiday consumer spending survey showed that 81.1 percent of shoppers will purchase at least one gift card, spending an average of $156.86 on them.

“Gift cards are the best invention ever,” said Jennifer Mayer, 44, a drug representative who has three daughters and lives in Miami Beach. “It’s not for everyone, but it’s great for those you don’t intimately know.”

This year, Mayer plans to buy gift cards at places like Starbucks, H&M, Forever 21 and Barnes & Noble.

“They’re great for bosses. They’re great for teenagers,” she said. “They’re a lifesaver.”

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Miami City Commission slams administration over surprise $45 million budget surplus

Union leaders asked the city of Miami to reopen contract negotiations Thursday, one day after the city’s budget team announced it had discovered a surprise $45 million surplus.

“You told us to dig into our pockets and we did — for four consecutive years,” Fraternal Order of Police Vice President Javier Ortiz told the city commission, noting that the unions had agreed to millions in employee concessions because the city was projecting a $40 million budget shortfall.

“Now that apparently times are good and we have $45 million, direct the manager to meet with us and reopen our contracts,” Ortiz said.

Mayor Tomás Regalado said he wants City Manager Johnny Martinez to sit down with the unions after Thanksgiving.

“Maybe we can use a little of the money to buy new uniforms or police cars or fire trucks,” Regalado said. “But to say that we are going to restore every concession, to me, that would be irresponsible.”

City administrators are recommending that the bulk of the surplus be stashed in reserves, which remain below the $93 million balance required by a city ordinance.

“Most of this [surplus] money is not recurring,” Regalado said. “If we were to use that money for raises and benefit, we will fall into the same downward spiral that the city was in many years ago.”

While commissioners said they were pleased to have more money than was projected, they did not give the administration a pass for dramatically underestimating the final balance for the past fiscal year. Budget Director Danny Alfonso had initially forecast a budget surplus of $8.5 million.

“I feel like I’ve been played,” Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones said. “How do you all of a sudden find $45 million?”

Spence-Jones said budget and finance officials should have said something over the summer when city leaders were negotiating employee concessions to balance the budget. She stormed off the dais after making her comments.

Alfonso took responsibility for the change in numbers, saying he had been too conservative with his revenue and expense projections.

“In my heart, there was no attempt to deceive anyone,” he told the commission.

Alfonso said the budget surplus was more likely to be around $37 million after several final transactions posted.

Martinez, the city manager, conceded that the administration “could have managed expectations a little better.”

“There was no plot,” he said. “Maybe we were not at our best with our projections, but there was no attempt to defraud or mislead anybody.”

Regalado said he did not expect anyone to be fired for the mistake.

“I stand 100 percent behind Danny Alfonso and the way that he runs his department,” he said. “I stand behind the manager. He is doing the right thing.”

The surplus will likely come up again later in the meeting, when the commission discusses a proposed $45 million bond issue. The money is needed to pay off a short-term loan that financed Miami’s share of the PortMiami tunnel dig.

Commissioner Frank Carollo said he wants to know how the surplus will affect the bond offering.

In other business, the commission extended the agreement that allows Scotty’s Landing restaurant and Grove Key Marina to operate on city-owned property in Coconut Grove.

The 35-year lease for the eatery and marina expired earlier this year, and the city sought proposals from businesses interested in taking over. But administrators halted the bid process in July, citing procedural irregularities.

“The reason why we’re here is because there was a disastrous process that ensued,” Commission Chairman Francis Suarez said.

Director of Public Facilities Henry Torre said he plans to get started on a new bid process later this month. Because the property sits on the waterfront, any new contract must be approved by public referendum.

Until then, Scotty’s Landing and Grove Key Marina will be able to operate under an agreement that can be revoked for any reason with 30 days notice.

The commission approved the agreement 4-1, with Carollo voting in opposition.

Vice Chairman Marc Sarnoff, whose district includes the Grove, urged city administrators to move forward with the new bid process as quickly as possible.

“I can foresee no set of circumstances, unless it is Hurricane Sandy reemerging, for me to kick this can down the road, and I am going to hold this administration responsible,” Sarnoff said. “Now it’s time to get this done.”

The deal has been particularly controversial because $2.5 million in back property taxes are owed on the site. Both Scotty’s Landing and the city of Miami have refused to pay. The business owner says his lease exempts him from property taxes.

The Miami-Dade tax collector had initially planned to go after the restaurant and marina. But the collector is now asking a judge to decide if the city or the restaurant is responsible.

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GameStop profit beats forecast; cautiously eyes holiday

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – GameStop Corp, the world’s largest retailer of videogame products, reported a stronger-than-expected profit on Thursday but lowered its sales forecast for this year due to uncertainty around the holiday shopping season as the video game market struggles.

Grapevine, Texas-based GameStop forecast same-store sales in 2012 would drop 6 percent to 9 percent, compared with a 2 to 10 percent decline projected previously.

“We’ve continued to find new ways to drive revenues and margins in our stores and that’s enabled us to hold on to some earnings in these difficult times,” Chief Financial Officer Rob Lloyd said in an interview.

“We’re still a little bit cautious in that it’s a difficult environment in which to forecast because the industry has been down,” Lloyd said. “And we’ve got uncertainty surrounding what the supply of the (Nintendo)Wii U is going to be.”

Nintendo Co Ltd is gearing up to launch its Wii U video game console on November 18. It is the first new home console device to be sold by a major gaming company in more than six years.

GameStop hopes the start of a new console cycle with the Wii U launch and just-released high quality games like Microsoft Corp’s “Halo 4″ and Activision Blizzard’s “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” will boost hardware and software sales this holiday season.

GameStop’s shares rose 4.25 percent to $ 24.48 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia said investors seem more comfortable now with the company’s recent efforts to drive profitability.

In the last two years, the company has been tackling decelerating video game sales in a tough market by diversifying its revenue sources, selling electronics like tablets, digital video games and used games.

The games retailer said it had repurchased stock worth $ 76.8 million in the third quarter and announced that its board had approved a new $ 500 million share buy-back plan to replace its existing $ 242 million repurchase plan. It also announced a quarterly dividend of 25 cents, same as last quarter.

The company reported adjusted net earnings per share of 38 cents in the third quarter, beating analysts’ expectations of 32 cents.

“Earnings per share was quite impressive, driven by gross margins being strong and cost control,” Sterne Agee’s Bhatia said.

GameStop said it expects comparable store sales to range between down 7 percent and up 1 percent in the fourth quarter. It forecast earnings per share between $ 2.07 to $ 2.27 for the period.

Sales of traditional videogame products such as consoles have been pressured globally by lower-priced online offerings and gamers spending more time on tablet computers and cell phones.

Total U.S. sales of videogame software in October dropped 25 percent from a year ago, following a similar trend throughout the third quarter, according to a report by market research firm NPD.

GameStop said sales fell 8.9 percent to $ 1.77 billion. Analysts were expecting sales of $ 1.79 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Adjusted earnings were $ 47.2 million, compared with $ 53.9 million a year ago. The company maintained its previously announced full-year earnings outlook of between $ 3.10 per share to $ 3.30 per share.

(Reporting by Malathi Nayak; editing by John Wallace, Maureen Bavdek, David Gregorio and Dan Grebler)

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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: So, were you surprised when your name was called last night?

Artis: No, not at all. Actually, it's the only thing, the smartest move that they could have made. And I knew that. I was disappointed that I wasn't able to keep a particular person in my corner. But as far as the votes, see the way that the votes came out, they came out exactly like I thought they did. Except for that [swing] vote. Once I saw that vote, I thought, "Oh, I couldn't do a good enough job to convince that person to stay with me." And that's when you saw me put my head down 'cause I knew I was going home.

ETonline: I thought it was very magnanimous of you in the closing credits when you were saying that you thought it was great the way that it ended. And that said a lot about your respect for the game, I think.

Artis: Yes! It is a game. I have no problems with anybody's game. ... You know 'cause it is a game. You can't control people, [they] are gonna do what they're gonna do, what they feel is best for them. And even if it's not, in their mind if they feel that it is the best move that they can make, then they're gonna do it. And the other situation is you have some people that play for the million dollars. And you have some people that take Survivor, and they actually believe that it's their stepping stone to fame and fortune and stardom. I wasn't like that. I came there for the money. The game is great, and if you play the game like that. Jeff's job is to edit; the host's job is to edit the game. He can give them the material. You can't go out there trying to help him with his material, because you have this ulterior motive. But, like I said, you can only do so much. And I had a blast.

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ETonline: Great. So when you went into that vote, did you know Skupin was going to go the other way?

Artis: Absolutely. Absolutely. There was no doubt in my mind. That was the one time that Mike had any power whatsoever. Mike could do what he wanted to do and not suffer any consequences. And that's what he was looking for. He was looking for an avenue where he could do something, and not suffer any consequences. That was the one time he could do it. 'Cause he had the immunity idol. You take that idol away, and I guarantee you he doesn't do what he does.

ETonline: I noticed in the episode last night, Skupin talked about how he and Lisa were going to be going together 'til the end, and always voted the same way. But Lisa ended up voting with Tandang last night. So I was wondering if you think that she, knowing that Skupin was gonna vote for you, that she felt like she could still vote with Tandang and appear to be loyal, even though she knew you were going home.

Artis: I think Lisa is loyal to Tandang, because Lisa is genuinely loyal to Tandang. She did things that people didn't agree with, myself included. But in her mind's eye, she did things for the betterment of the tribe. Again, she's also one, where she falls into that thing where you gotta make a big move, "Well, this is my big move. And my big move will also help my tribe." I can't fault her for that. Can't get mad at her for that. You know? For people to jump on her like that-- like, why? I mean, there was no need to jump on her like that. I mean, I was disappointed at her move. I told her I was disappointed at it. ... I said "I'm not disappointed in your game play, I know you're gonna make moves. I just wish you had told me you were gonna do it before you did it. Because your move directly affects, impacts, what happens to me in the rest of the game. Or anybody else as well. You know, I'm not mad at what you did, I'm just mad at how you did it." And I told her, "We're still good. We're still good. I have no bias, you're still my girl! Don't worry about it."

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ETonline: And going along those lines. Abi was very direct with everyone in the game. And kind of maybe was a little too honest. Do you think that her outbursts ended up putting a target on your back, because you were in an alliance with her?

Artis: First of all, let's call it what it is. Abi was not honest. Abi was abusive. There's a big difference. There's a huge difference between being honest, and being abusive. Abi was abusive. Alright? Again, I don't know if after getting cast, that she decided that was the character she was gonna portray. ... If so, I would like to say well done, but I'm not. On the other side of the coin, if that is who she is, then there's a lot to be said there as well.

ETonline: Yeah.

Artis: So I guess she figured that you know, "If nobody likes me, they'll take me to the end." And for the most part, that's right. But I'm just not a fan of that philosophy. Because, you don't know what goes in the minds of other people, alright. And at that point in time, you are actually really competing for the million dollars. And you're probably sitting there with your chest stuck out, all big and proud, thinking that because you brought Abi to the end, and nobody likes her, that you're automatically gonna get that gold. But you don't know what goes on in the psyche of a human being's mind. They could flip around and say nobody likes her, but they refuse to get rid of her, and she's still there. Now they give her the million dollars, and then you're gonna feel like an ass. Now if you pressed me, I would never take Abi to the end. I wouldn't even give her the opportunity to have a shot at the million dollars in a situation like that. I believe you need to earn that shot.

ETonline: If you could go back, and do anything over again, would you do anything differently?

Artis: Yes. Probably two things. One of two things, depending on how they played out. First is I would've went to Jeff, before Jeff got voted out, and let him know that he was on the block. And see if he could get his people together, and we get rid of Mike. Alright. Tandang still would've been up in the numbers. I like Jeff. Jeff would've still been in the game. Jeff's own tribe [member], Penner, got rid of Jeff. He did, Penner literally got rid of Jeff. I would've went to Jeff. Other than that, I might-- you know, looking back at it now, I'm thinking that I might have sided with Penner. But I really don't think that I would take that route. I think that the move I would've made would've been to go with Jeff and get Jeff to get rid of Mike. Penner's an excellent player. But he better be. You play this game this game three times, and you still haven't learned nothing? You should stay your ass at home. You know? Again, you play it three times-- you play it two times you're supposed to win. The third time, if you don't get that check, you really do need to stop playing. Regardless of what everybody thinks about you.

ETonline: Why do you think that Penner was able to break the Tandang alliance ultimately? And do you think it was him that was ultimately responsible for swaying Skupin?

Artis: No, Mike was gonna leave regardless. He didn't even have to say anything. All Penner would have to do is say [was], "Hello, Mike?" and Mike would've been like, "I'm there." He was gone. He was gone so fast. All he needed was somebody just to say hello to him.

ETonline: So I saw in your profile, I don't think this really came out much in the show, but you have beaten cancer in the past. Congratulations on that.

Artis: Thank you.

ETonline: How did that affect how you approached playing Survivor?

Artis: Before I got cancer, as I would watch the show, I thought I would play one way. 'Cause before cancer I was this monster of a man. I mean I literally was huge. I'm not even half the size of what I was before I got cancer. I was literally a rock solid monster. So I'm just thinking of all these things that I would've done. But after going through it, and being given a whole new outlook on life, you know -- before playing the game I didn't care. I wouldn't have cared about hurting your feelings. Nothing like that, I wouldn't have cared anything. I just would've squashed you on my way to the end. But now, when I play this time, understanding that it is a game, I'm gonna play hard. I don't care if you like me. Liking me is irrelevant. But I never want to see anyone hurt. You know, because it is a game. And you should not be hurt by a game. So, a softer side of me played this game. Until we started competing, because I always compete hard and heavy.

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ETonline: Cool. So one last question. Who do you think is going to be victorious in the end?

Artis: I don't know. Because who I thought was gonna be victorious is not there. I thought it was gonna be me! Without a doubt, I hands down was like, "I got this!" But now, it's just a wild card, I just have to look. I have to watch and see what I wanna do. You know, where I want to give my vote. Who I want to give the money to. I have to watch and see who's left. And then evaluate, of the people left, who I wanna give this money to. I have no frontrunner. My frontrunner was me. And if anybody who plays the game says anything other than that, they shouldn't have played the game.

ETonline: Great. This season to me, having watched many seasons of Survivor, seems to be one of the most up-in-the-air that I've ever seen. So it's really anyone's guess.

Artis: It sure is. I'm interested to see who's still left and who comes home next.

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Family of Gilgo Beach serial killer victim Shannan Gilbert files lawsuit against physician

The family of Shannan Gilbert, whose death has been linked to the Gilgo Beach serial killer, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit today against a physician who once lived near where her remains were found.

Mom Mari Gilbert believes Dr. Peter Hackett was among the last people to see Shannan Gilbert alive and could have prevented her death, according to the civil complaint filed in Riverhead, LI.

The heartbroken mom claims she got a call from Hackett, a day after Shannan went missing, who said he was a doctor and was caring for Shannan.

Remains of the Craigslist prostitute Shannan Gilbert were found in a nearby marsh in December.

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Attorney John Ra and Shannan Gilbert's mother Mary Gilbert address the media.

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Shannan Gilbert.

Suffolk County cops have cleared Hackett as a suspect in the string of murders along the Long Island coast.

"I do believe in my heart that Dr. Hackett played a major role in my daughter's death," Mari Gilbert said. "It’s time that we stand up for our rights.”

Hackett, who has since moved to Florida, insists never he’s never met Shannan.

But he has admitted to calling Mari Gilbert once -- at the request of Shannan’s boyfriend Alex Diaz, who met Hacket while searching for his girlfriend.

Hacket said his May 2010 chat with the mom was brief and he offered his help as a board member of the Oak Beach homeowners association.

"Dr. Hackett has told many bizarre stories about his role in this case," lawyer John Ray said.

"There's no direct evidence as to who killed this lady," Ray added. "But circumstantial evidence can be very strong and the circumstantial evidence right now is very strong to support what we're doing with this lawsuit. I don't care what the police believe."

The lawsuit does not have a figure for damages, but plaintiffs said they’ll ask for millions of dollars.

Dr. Hackett could not be immediately reached for comment today.

Additional reporting by David K. Li

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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. Overseas visitors jumped 5.5 percent and Canadians increased 4 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 others.

Hurtado’s dog Rex, a nearly 80-pound yellow Labrador-golden retriever mix, may seem like any other four-legged canine.

But Rex, 3, is also a service dog trained to help Hurtado cope with post-traumatic stress disorder as well as with the service-related physical injuries.

“With Rex I have been able to reduce my anti-depressants by more than half,” said Hurtado, 51, a sergeant first class who served in the Army for 20 years. “I am able to go to a lot of places I was not able to go to at all.”

Like many other veterans who struggle with PTSD and physical injuries, Hurtado turned to man’s best friend for help. Nonprofit organizations across the country provide dogs to veterans to help servicemen and servicewomen cope with their injuries, both physical and emotional.

Kendall resident Jose Moran received his German shepherd, Jana, from the same organization as Hurtado: New York-based America’s VetDogs.

Coral Springs resident and Iraq war veteran Moises Castro turned to Florida-based Dogs 4 Disabled Veterans for his pit-boxer mix, Salsa.

Both organizations train the dogs to match the personality and needs of each veteran and provide the dogs for free.

Castro, 47, served in Kuwait during the Iraq War as a U.S. Navy petty officer second-class. Once he came back, his anxiety, due to PTSD, was high, especially when he would go into crowds. To add to that, in 2010 he had a brain tumor removed, leaving him with sporadic seizures.

For two years, he barely left his home.

Then along came 2-year-old Salsa with white paws.

She has been trained to sense when Castro is about to get a seizure.

“She just knows it before I do,” he said, adding that during a seizure she licks his face to comfort him.

And when the two enter a big crowd that may induce anxiety, she veers him away.

“Then she keeps looking at me to make sure everything is OK,” said Castro. “She has given my freedom back to me.”

During Moran’s service in the U.S. Army as a sergeant first class, his vehicle ran over an explosive device in Sadr City, Iraq, a suburb of Baghdad The impact crushed one of the disks in his spine and his left knee.

“I don’t really remember too much,” said Moran, 45. “I heard a pop and I was out.”

After returning to South Florida, it was not easy to return to civilian life. Sometimes he did not eat for a week because his PTSD caused him so much anxiety in crowds that he avoided going to the grocery store.

“It got pretty bad there for awhile,” he said. “As bad as you can get without crossing the line.”

Three years ago he got Jana, who has been trained to sense Moran’s anxiety levels and knows when the two are about to walk into an uncomfortable situation.

“She can tell if someone is going to annoy me,” said Moran.

On a recent visit to the Miami VA, a man got in the elevator with the two. He “was just loud” and asked a lot of question about Jana, Moran said.

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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 was fined $ 25,000 on Monday for tweeting during the red flag at Phoenix International Raceway. The punishment was confusing to fans who vented on Twitter, of course, wondering why Keselowski was punished for Sunday’s tweets when he was celebrated by NASCAR for doing the exact same thing in February’s season-opening race.

Some alleged the Sprint Cup Series points leader was actually being disciplined for his profanity-laced outburst after Sunday’s crash- and fight-marred race.

NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp on Tuesday dismissed the conspiracy theories, and said drivers had been told after the Daytona 500 that electronic devices — including cellphones — could not be carried inside the race cars going forward.

“Brad’s tweeting at the Daytona 500 was really our first introduction to the magnitude of the social media phenomenon at the race track, especially how we saw it unfold that evening,” Tharp said. “We encourage our drivers to participate in social media. We feel we have the most liberal social media policy in all of sports, and the access we provide is the best in all of sports.

“But we also have rules that pertain to competition that need to be enforced and abided by. Once the 500 took place, and in the days and weeks following the 500, NASCAR communicated to the drivers and teams that while social media was encouraged and we promoted it, the language in the rule book was clear and that drivers couldn’t carry onboard their cars electronic devices, like a phone.”

Keselowski, who takes a 20-point lead over Jimmie Johnson into Sunday’s season finale in his quest to win his first Sprint Cup Series title, has not commented on his penalty.

But with the championship on the line, his crew chief indicated Tuesday he’ll be doing his best to keep the phone out of the No. 2 Dodge this weekend.

“Never even crossed my mind, to be honest with you,” Paul Wolfe said. “We get so involved in worrying about how to make the race car go around the track that, obviously, Brad’s cellphone is not on my mind a whole lot. I’ll definitely remind him this weekend.”

The Daytona 500 was stopped for nearly two hours when Juan Pablo Montoya crashed into a jet dryer that was cleaning the track during a caution period. The crash caused a fuel explosion, and Keselowski used his phone to tweet pictures, answer questions and give updates on the cleanup during the delay.

The race, which had been rained out for the first time in 54 runnings, was being aired on Monday night in prime time for the first time in history and Keselowski’s tweeting drew worldwide headlines.

Afterward, NASCAR specifically said Keselowski did not violate a rule barring onboard electronic devices and would not be penalized.

“Nothing we’ve seen from Brad violates any current rules pertaining to the use of social media during races,” NASCAR said the day after the race. “We encourage our drivers to use social media to express themselves as long as they do so without risking their safety or that of others.”

NASCAR did not issue a technical bulletin to clarify phones could no longer be inside cars, and the clarification to drivers was apparently done quietly. In fact, Keselowski tweeted from Victory Lane at Bristol in March, and from inside his car parked on pit road during a rain delay at Richmond in September. It’s possible someone could have handed him his phone both times.

A year ago, the outspoken Penske Racing driver was fined $ 25,000 headed into the finale for criticizing electronic fuel injection. At the time, NASCAR had been privately punishing drivers for making disparaging remarks about the series, but word of Keselowski’s fine leaked and forced NASCAR to change its policy during the offseason.

Still, many fans were convinced this week’s fine against Keselowski was actually for his post-race comments about the aggressive racing at Phoenix.

He’d been criticized by several drivers for racing Johnson hard over a pair of late restarts at Texas a week earlier, and felt his aggressive driving paled in comparison to Jeff Gordon intentionally wrecking Clint Bowyer with two laps to go on Sunday. Gordon’s retaliation also collected Joey Logano and Aric Almirola, and forced Keselowski to weave his way around the accident.

“It just drives me absolutely crazy that I get lambasted for racing somebody hard without there even being a wreck and then you see stuff like this … from the same people that criticized me,” he said. “It’s OK to just take somebody out. But you race somebody hard, put a fender on somebody and try to go for the win, and you’re an absolute villain. We can just go out and retaliate against each other and come back in and smile about it, and it’s fine. That’s not what this sport needs. It needs hard racing, it needs people that go for broke, try to win races and put it all out there on the line. Not a bunch of people that have anger issues.”

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LL Cool J: 'Charlie's Angels' Changed My Career

LL Cool J says being cast in the action film Charlie's Angels got him through a "tough moment" in his life and put his acting career on a new track. 

Speaking at a gala Tuesday benefiting the Women's Guild of Cedars-Sinai hospital, the rapper and NCIS: Los Angeles star explained the importance of his cameo in 2000 in Charlie Angeles, which was made possible by the evening's honoree, Hollywood producer Leonard Goldberg.

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"Leonard, we have our own personal history, because he actually put me in the film Charlie's Angels
and gave me a cameo in that film," LL said. "And that really changed a lot for me
in my film career and in my acting career -- it was a pivotal moment. He
put me in that, and I didn't forget." 
He added: "Charlie's Angels
definitely helped me through a few tough moments in life."

The Women's Guild Cedars-Sinai -- which has been supporting the hospital's patient care, medical programs, equipment, research, and education for more than half a century -- presented Goldberg and his wife Wendy with its first Hollywood Icon Award. LL said he was pleased to host the event as a way of giving back.

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Watch the video to hear Goldberg's reaction to receiving the award and to find out why singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks decided to perform at the gala. 

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Wife killing cop gets 25 years

An ex-cop convicted of the strangulation murder of his wife was sentenced in a Bronx courtroom today to 25 years to life in prison.

Killer Eddy Coello, 41, could have received a minimum sentence of 15 years, but state Supreme Court Judge Ralph Fabrizio threw the book at him for the heinous, cold-blooded nature of the crime.

The former Housing cop had always been a person of interest in the murder of his wife, mother of four Tina Adovasio, 40, whose body was discovered dumped in the woods off the Taconic Parkway five days after she disappeared last March.

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Edwin Coello

During the investigation Coello, who was forced to quit the NYPD in 2000 because of a domestic dispute with an ex-wife, initially told detectives he and Adovasio had a fight and that she scratched him on the face and chest.

Later a surveillance video showed the killer carrying a sheet and a large duffel bag from the couple’s Edison Avenue home in Throggs Neck.

Adovasio had accused Coello of cheating and threatened to divorce him in a barrage of angry text messages.

During jury deliberation last month Coello was seen laughing with his lawyer, a sight that infuriated the strangled nurse’s family.

But he had no reaction when on Oct. 15, the jury announced the guilty verdict of second degree murder after a mere three hours of deliberation.

During the trial witnesses had testified that Coello confessed to killing her, but boasted he would probably only have to do five years because he had a good lawyer.

Even his own lawyer didn’t dispute that Coello put his hands around Adovasio’s throat or that he hauled her body out in a duffel bag and ditched it.

Defense attorney Renee Hill told the jury that none of what happened was her client’s intent.

“He did black out,” Hill said. “He snapped. He put his hands around her throat, and when she was unconscious, he stopped. Unfortunately, it was too late. She died, and he panicked.”

The proof that he panicked, she said, is that the body was dumped in a wooded area but no attempt was made to cover or bury it.

“At best, he sought to cause serious injury. She subsequently died, and that is manslaughter.”

Prosecutor Edward Talty countered in his summation that “The evidence is that one day she was angry. She sent some text messages. Then he came home and killed her. Then he tried to get away with it. He had an excuse for everything, but the excuses ran out.”

The jury agreed.

In a 2006 domestic incident report the hot-tempered Coello went berserk while his wife cradled their crying 1-year-old daughter, Mia, smashing trophies and breaking her cellphone against a wall.

“Wait till you see what I am going to do to your f- - king car. I am going to break all the windows,” he had threatened.

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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 at the Gardens because they say it would lead to the creation of a banquet hall in a residential area.

Resident Gladys Patino said a banquet hall does not belong “in the backyard” of other residents.

“One thing is to have a restaurant,” she said, “another thing is to have a venue where people are drinking and driving and causing accidents.”

But Mayor Cindy Lerner said the village has no plans to create a banquet hall.

She told residents that a consulting firm hired by the village suggested that they give leeway to anyone who plans to start a restaurant at the Gardens’ Cypress Hall to cater parties, as well as run a full-service restaurant.

“A banquet hall has never been our intent,” Lerner said. “We don’t want a banquet hall. We want a full-service restaurant.”

Village Manager Yocelyn Galiano Gomez said that it would also be physically impossible to have a banquet hall in Cypress Hall, because the room would be able to accommodate no more than 150 people — too few for a banquet hall.

For the past several years, Pinecrest officials have tried to start a restaurant at Cypress Hall, which has had the support of the community.

The village already sent out a request for proposals, but residents feel the language used in the village’s written solicitation gives any future restaurateur too much freedom.

On Tuesday, council members were considering a resolution that would loosen existing restrictions on night-time parties with alcohol at the Gardens in order to allow alcohol at indoor facilities at night.

The resolution was one of many steps village officials were considering to attract a restaurant operator to the Gardens.

“We wanted to assure a restaurateur that they would not be limited to those rules for outdoor parties,” Lerner said.

Residents were unconvinced, though. They said that it if a restaurant is allowed to throw parties at night with alcohol, it would surely result in drunk-driving accidents for the surrounding community.

Danielle Sayet, a Pinecrest resident, said that it would be wiser to have a café serving sandwiches and coffee rather than a full-service restaurant, considering that Pinecrest Gardens is a family-friendly place.

“I don’t understand how we would allow that in a residential area,” she said. “I am sorry, I don’t think that alcohol mixes.”

After hearing from a dozen unhappy residents, the council postponed a vote on loosening the alcohol rules.

Councilmember Joseph Corradino said he also supported a restaurant and not a banquet hall.

He said he could not imagine that any member of the council wanted a banquet hall either, but he conceded that their current plans were too unpopular to move forward with.

“I think we need to step back and work with the community,” Corradino said, “maybe in a workshop.”

The council also decided to rewrite parts of the village’s request for proposal to make it clear that a banquet hall could not be created in the Gardens. They also decided to extend the process for seeking a restaurateur, since changes were made.

Lerner said the resolution was simply needed to make a restaurant facility in Cypress Hall more profitable, as well as less dependent on taxpayer money. Currently, Pinecrest Gardens relies on village taxpayers for most of its budget.

She said profit margins for restaurants typically come from catering and serving alcohol.

“This is being blown way out of proportion,” Lerner told residents.

Tucker Gibbs, an attorney representing retirement homes near the Gardens, accused the village of attempting to break some legal promises that were made when the village bought the site, which used to be Parrot Jungle.

“Part of the covenant through the buying of Parrot Jungle promised that there would be no alcohol expect for four times a year, and it has to be approved by the Village Council,” Gibbs said. “Nobody wanted a Signature Gardens back then,” he said, referring the large banquet facility in West Kendall, “and that’s what you are doing.”

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AIDS agency to Broward commissioners: ‘We made a terrible mistake’

The woes of Broward County’s largest HIV center, Broward House, continued Tuesday as members of the County Commission — which is a significant funder — expressed outrage that an accused pedophile had been put in charge of an agency that cares for children.

Broward County contributes $400,000 in general revenue dollars to Broward House, unrestricted funds over which the county has direct control, said Commissioner Lois Wexler, a former school board member who requested the discussion at a regular commission meeting Tuesday morning.

“Not only have I lost confidence” in Broward House, Wexler said, “but many folks in the community have lost confidence...A cloud hangs over you that needs to move,” Wexler added.

The controversy began on Nov. 3, when The Miami Herald reported that members of the Broward House board had twice promoted Michael McGuigan — naming him chief executive officer in September — long after McGuigan had repeatedly been linked to allegations he sexually abused or made improper advances toward children. Earlier this year, a Broward judge stripped McGuigan of parental rights over a 6-year-old he adopted, after McGuigan agreed not to fight the accusations of state child welfare authorities.

Last week, Ron Book, one of the state’s most powerful lobbyists, whose now-adult daughter is a survivor of childhood sex abuse, called on Broward House funders and children’s advocates to demand that McGuigan be suspended or removed.

On Friday, the Broward House board of directors met at an undisclosed private home to discuss McGuigan’s future, and accepted his immediate resignation. But shortly after the private meeting ended, board President Mark Budwig expressed sympathy for McGuigan, calling McGuigan’s ouster “unfortunate” and telling a Miami Herald reporter the CEO did “not deserve to have to resign.”

Book called Budwig’s comments “an outrage” at Tuesday’s meeting, and asked board members to use their power of the purse strings to force changes at the county’s oldest and largest HIV service agency, which employs 100 people.

“That’s a problem,” Book said. “It ought to be a problem for you, and it ought to be a problem for the community. You’re a funder.”

The vice president of Broward House’s board, who is the agency’s founder, apparently agreed. Susan Telli spoke on behalf of the group, which serves about 6,000 people with HIV or substance abuse problems, and mostly apologized.

“I admit we made a terrible mistake,” Telli said. “It’s been resolved; we resolved it on Friday.”

Telli agreed to the commission’s demand that board members hold a “retreat” or meeting to, as Wexler put it, “develop a strategy to make sure these things don’t happen again.”

As Budwig did five days earlier, Telli blamed the scandal on the Broward House CEO whose departure led to McGuigan’s promotion: Pembroke Pines Commissioner Angelo Castillo. Telli said Castillo had told her in confidence about the allegations swirling around McGuigan, but he also assured her “there was no problem; the allegations were unfounded.”

Castillo refused repeatedly to discuss McGuigan with a reporter Friday. But Saturday morning, he commented on The Herald’s website, blaming the controversy on two state agencies — the Department of Children & Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration — which, he said, told him “no action was required until and unless charges were brought, and even then, [the] proper response would depend on the nature of the charge brought.”

Both state agencies say they are looking into Castillo’s claims.

Commissioner Kristin Jacobs called Broward House’s failure to act for two years “shocking.”

Jacobs said the allegations surrounding McGuigan were a red flag that “was not just waving in your face, but draped over your head. You need to get out and do something long before he moves up the ladder.”

Particularly “alarming,” Jacobs said, was the attitude of board members that “Oh, we knew about it, but they were only allegations, and we didn’t know if they were real or not. There wasn’t even an investigation.”

One commissioner, Stacy Ritter, said commissioners did not have the authority to tell groups they fund who they can hire and fire. Though, as CEO, McGuigan had unfettered access to the HIV agency and its clients — some of whom are children — Ritter said she was unconcerned because he wasn’t a “caseworker.”

“Quite frankly,” Ritter said, “I’m not sure why we’re discussing it.”

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Zynga CFO leaves for Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Zynga Inc‘s chief financial officer, David Wehner, will leave the company for an executive position at Facebook Inc, the gaming company announced Tuesday as it reshuffled its upper ranks.

David Ko, chief mobile officer, has been elevated to become Zynga‘s new chief operations officer.

Mark Vranesh, Zynga’s top accounting executive, will replace Wehner as CFO, Zynga said.

(Reporting By Gerry Shih; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)

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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 I think in her real life," he said. "She's very funny and her timing in incredible, she's very off-the-cuff and you never really know what to expect, in a wonderful way."

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Bradley responded to comments made by Jennifer that he actually picked up the film's dance routines faster than she did. "Well, I had a lot easier time because the woman usually has the brunt of all the hard moves, so she really worked her tail off.' He also laughed off Jennifer's suggestion that he could someday win Dancing with the Stars.

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Silver Linings Playbook -- hitting theaters November 21 -- stars Bradley as Pat Solatano, a grown man living with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father (Robert De Niro) after losing his house, job and wife -- and spending eight months in a state institution on a plea bargain. Determined to rebuild his life and reunite with his wife, Pat meets a mysterious girl named Tiffany (Jennifer), who has her own set of issues, but offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he'll do something very important in return.

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Watch the video to also learn about Julia Stiles' role and to hear Chris Tucker talk about working with the film's talented cast.

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A Queens thug's charges were upgraded by a grand jury today for allegedly killing a man who testified against him in an earlier robbery case.
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SYRACUSE, NY — Two brothers from central New York who claimed a $5 million lottery ticket sold at their family's store have been accused of scamming the winning ticket from a customer.
Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick says 34-year-old Andy Ashkar and 36-year-old Nayel Ashkar are charged with attempted...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:10:28 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ticket_scam_two_brothers_tricked_gXKpPuIhR9CaD7pNhUs6OO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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Former hedge-fund hotshots Anthony Chiasson and Todd Newman “crossed a criminal line” by knowingly swapping confidential stock tips in order to pocket millions in illegal profits, prosecutors charged.
“They had something honest investors did not have, something honest investors could not get,” Richard Tarlowe, a prosecutor with the Manhattan US...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:48:31 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/feds_hedgies_knew_stock_tips_were_sxsbCoDbesJDtJLf8DbY2N?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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sxsbCoDbesJDtJLf8DbY2NBy JAMIE SCHRAM and DAN MANGAN
Manhattan
The young woman seen in this recently released surveillance video swiped a beloved pooch from a Manhattan real estate investor on Sept. 11.
Detectives are asking anyone with information on the sticky-fingered thief to immediately call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
In the footage from an...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:32:12 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/cops_hunt_for_dog_thief_2SWReSfLQBAJb4ktQp7gkL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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2SWReSfLQBAJb4ktQp7gkLBy JENNIFER FERMINO
Brooklyn
The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel -- which was flooded with millions of gallons of water during superstorm Sandy — will be reopened soon, according to a government source.
Gov. Cuomo, MTA chairman Joseph Lhota and US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood are expected to make the announcement later today.
The source said it...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:23:28 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/brooklyn_battery_tunnerl_to_be_reopened_CO5J82H1fKvdCHwOoZE9IK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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CO5J82H1fKvdCHwOoZE9IKBy LAURA ITALIANO
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She just got out of jail for pocketing $2 million in donations from her bogus "Hope for Disabled Kids" car-donation charity -- and now scammer Tirnawati Shoba Bakhsh is back behind bars, accused of collecting Medicaid and food stamps while running the scam.
The slippery Bakhsh, 46, gallingly claimed she...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:23:45 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/fraud_charity_scammer_back_stamp_ewvbCKLsGr6dZ6dmqGoaUI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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Superstorm Sandy has caused damage to thousands of cars in the Port of New York and New Jersey that were heading to vehicle sales lots around the region.
Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman says 16,000 cars were damaged in the storm.
The New York Shipping Association says Toyota and...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:55:20 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/more_than_fender_bender_sandy_damaged_uy87gXFdBHWvkZQdrWy1vI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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uy87gXFdBHWvkZQdrWy1vIBy MICHAEL BLAUSTEIN
International
Wanted for murder and on the run from the police in Belize, tech pioneer John McAfee says that he didn’t kill his neighbor and that whoever did might have been gunning for him.
“I thought maybe they were coming for me,” McAfee told Wired. “They mistook him for me...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:20:21 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/wanted_for_murder_antivirus_software_WorgPrRewd0t4eB4n853xN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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WorgPrRewd0t4eB4n853xNBy LAURA ITALIANO
Manhattan
She's at the top of the charts -- and now she's cleaning up her rap sheet, too.
Songbird actress Taryn Manning, who played Eminem's dysfunctional girlfriend in the 2002 movie "8 Mile," agreed in a Manhattan courtroom this morning to serve a day of community service to...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:23:28 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/singer_actress_agrees_to_community_GSS5Q9eTIhHhno2hHeQA4N?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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GSS5Q9eTIhHhno2hHeQA4NBy DAREH GREGORIAN
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Steven Hirsch
Raul Barrera in court today. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.




A fashion publicist who butchered his ex-girlfriend in her Lower East Side apartment for trying to move on without him was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison this morning - and...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:05:48 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/butcher_girlfriend_boyfriend_sentenced_YtzT3LEiQNLfZKNsEEXOOK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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A New York attorney has filed a lawsuit claiming negligence by two Long Island power companies after Superstorm Sandy and the nor'easter.
Kenneth Mollins said the lawsuit filed Tuesday in state Supreme Court seeks unspecified damages.
The Long Island Power Authority has restored power to more than 1.1...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:26:04 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ny_attorney_files_lawsuit_over_lipa_kZ8G1yTvYJP3mLAYYxFndL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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A utility worker from Lakeland, Fla., was punched in the face while walking outside a restaurant on New York's Long Island.
The Lakeland Ledger reports that John Applewhite suffered a broken jaw and several face fractures.
A Nassau County police press release said a man was punched in the...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:41:38 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/fla_utility_worker_attacked_on_long_q6v2uVNVYUfRT3KqDDIkSN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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On last night's episode of "The Daily Show," host Jon Stewart mocked his own lack of journalistic instinct when it came to the interview he did with David Petraeus' mistress Paula Broadwell earlier this year.
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mI1zpJ6Qils04m144HmSGIBy GEOFF EARLE and DAN MANGANNationalBoth Gen. David Petraeus and Gen. John Allen intervened in the same nasty child custody battle involving Natalie Khawam, the “psychologically unstable” twin sister of Jill Kelley, whose bombshell claims of being threatened by Petraeus' lover led to the top spy’s resignation last week, the Post has learned.
Allen...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:48:31 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/battle_john_allen_also_helped_jill_YjkEYUNY2INC4smBMEYqUI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Nationalhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/battle_john_allen_also_helped_jill_YjkEYUNY2INC4smBMEYqUI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=National
YjkEYUNY2INC4smBMEYqUIBy MICHAEL BLAUSTEIN
National
Even though disgraced former CIA director David Petraeus' real career is over, his virtual career continues apace seeing as he is the Secretary of Defense in the new 'Call of Duty' video game which is expected to be the highest grossing game of all time.
Released today, the new game...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:56:05 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/david_patraeus_gets_big_promotion_kp2VKLDYcp7ZWU1xQND1bO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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kp2VKLDYcp7ZWU1xQND1bOBy DAREH GREGORIANLocalElmo’s real-life persona, Kevin Clash, once professed his carnal “love” for a man, who is now accusing the famed puppeteer of an underaged hookup, according to published reports this morning.
"I'm sorry that I keep talking about sex with you, its driving me insane,” Clash allegedly wrote in...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:23:30 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/elmo_voice_sorry_for_sex_talk_report_KKzUUtI0gpWh5dRfX2NmlK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Localhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/elmo_voice_sorry_for_sex_talk_report_KKzUUtI0gpWh5dRfX2NmlK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local
KKzUUtI0gpWh5dRfX2NmlKBy DOUG AUER
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The husband of a city schoolteacher mysteriously found dead inside their Staten Island home this summer was arrested this morning for murder, The Post has learned.
Jonathan Crupi was collared at his mother’s home where he had been staying since the July 5 slaying of Simeonette Mapes-Crupi, law enforcement...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:05:48 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/staten_island/hubby_busted_in_si_teacher_wife_QNdHj5TsooUdfwoMoJ3byO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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New York City says it's launching "one-stop restoration centers" that will provide recovery services and disaster relief.
The offices will be located in Far Rockaway and Breezy Point, Queens; Coney Island, Red Hook and Gravesend, Brooklyn; and on Staten Island.
Both state and federal disaster relief will be offered...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:08:04 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_launching_stop_restoration_oZP2SbzGacdQv57DjMoAYL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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MOUNT OLIVE, NJ — The Christmas tree that will dominate New York's Rockefeller Center survived the winds of Superstorm Sandy that left a path of destruction in a New Jersey town and even its donor without electricity for weeks.
Joe Balku, 76, learned that the 80-foot Norway spruce had been...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:29:41 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/rockefeller_center_christmas_tree_wX0kNadkF0hY3BlPx1KZHM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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A 4-year-old girl from Kansas City has been delivering toys to New York City children affected by Superstorm Sandy.
Katherine Schell tells WCBS-TV that she was worried about other kids who "lost their animals."
Her mom, Katie Schell, says it was Katherine's idea to bring the toys to New...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:28:37 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/missouri_girl_brings_toys_to_ny_UZYqtyYNArKTgMY2xgev7N?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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UZYqtyYNArKTgMY2xgev7NNationalCLEVELAND — In a highly public sentence, a woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to avoid a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children stood in the cold at an intersection holding a sign warning people about idiots.
A Cleveland Municipal Court judge ordered 32-year-old Shena Hardin to serve...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:22:19 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/judge_shames_woman_public_drove_yCxEVHQNzaPBOwjSwG5I0H?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Nationalhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/judge_shames_woman_public_drove_yCxEVHQNzaPBOwjSwG5I0H?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=National
yCxEVHQNzaPBOwjSwG5I0HBy ERIK KRISS and JOSH MARGOLINLocalGov. Cuomo has launched investigations into every state-licensed power utility in the region to determine how they performed after Hurricane Sandy.
“I’m going to do a thorough review/investigation, and they will be held accountable for past performance, and we have to make sure we are prepared for when...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:25:51 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/gov_we_ll_probe_lipa_and_others_GwPqryDNzdEhQyCbKtz6JP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Localhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/gov_we_ll_probe_lipa_and_others_GwPqryDNzdEhQyCbKtz6JP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local
GwPqryDNzdEhQyCbKtz6JPBy ANDY SOLTISInternational









Take them down and box them up, Lance.
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong tweeted a brazen photo of himself on Saturday lying next to his seven ill-gained Tour de France victory jerseys — tokens of titles that were ultimately stripped from him due to doping allegations.
“Back in Austin and just layin...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:21:09 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/lance_is_livingwrong_UFQJSLBg7LTJz00PURwHDK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Internationalhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/lance_is_livingwrong_UFQJSLBg7LTJz00PURwHDK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=International
UFQJSLBg7LTJz00PURwHDKBy LORENA MONGELLI and JESSICA SIMEONE
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An elderly churchgoing woman was killed yesterday by a fire that swept through her Brooklyn apartment building, authorities said.Olga Bates, 91, a widow who relatives said was “very religious,” was found unconscious on the second floor of the Prospect Heights building and later died, cops said.“She was super...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:24:04 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/apt_fire_kills_woman_MPr5HITDOrfa70gCuynMqN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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MPr5HITDOrfa70gCuynMqNBy JENNIFER FERMINO, KENNETH GARGER and LEONARD GREENELocal



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GIVING IT A WHIRL: The Marine chopper scheduled to shuttle President Obama around the city Thursday takes off during a test run yesterday in Miller Field on Staten Island, where he'll meet Mayor Bloomberg.




Count your monthly MetroCard as a casualty of Hurricane Sandy...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:00:30 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mta_bigs_dirty_card_trick_8Z2yJTgvJw4cllnhSgr5sO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Localhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mta_bigs_dirty_card_trick_8Z2yJTgvJw4cllnhSgr5sO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local
8Z2yJTgvJw4cllnhSgr5sOBy GEOFF EARLE, JEANE MACINTOSH and DAN MANGANNationalGen. David Petraeus sure loved helping his lady friends.
While he was director of the CIA, Petraeus wrote a letter supporting the child-custody fight of the “psychologically unstable” twin sister of his close friend Jill Kelley — whose bombshell claims of being threatened by his lover led to the top spy...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:41:56 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/twisted_sister_wPCTY0kcH9xu9DPh8RN7yL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Nationalhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/twisted_sister_wPCTY0kcH9xu9DPh8RN7yL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=National
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One Direction member Louis Tomlinson, left, performs on NBC's "Today" show.




The boys of One Direction are banking that their remarkable journey to fame has at least one more year of glory.
Moviegoers will get a 3D eyeful of the the wildly popular UK boy...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:37:35 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/teenage_waitland_0jtMM2zHcxbMcRg1eoN0jO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Localhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/teenage_waitland_0jtMM2zHcxbMcRg1eoN0jO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local
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Now all they have to do is kiss.
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson looked as if they had made up last night for the premiere of “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II.”
It was the former — and possibly current — couple’s first red-carpet appearance together since they split...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:22:42 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/you_cheat_heart_yUwHbs2aMTVFIR6fON1usI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Nationalhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/you_cheat_heart_yUwHbs2aMTVFIR6fON1usI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=National
yUwHbs2aMTVFIR6fON1usIBy DAVID SEIFMANLocalIt’s victims helping victims.
Families that lost loved ones when Flight 587 crashed in the Rockaways in 2001 are taking up a collection for residents of the battered shorefront community still struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.
The poignant gesture will raise thousands, not millions. Most...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:44:44 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/friends_in_grief_mQNtNL8c4I8DviPiTjNVZP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Localhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/friends_in_grief_mQNtNL8c4I8DviPiTjNVZP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local
mQNtNL8c4I8DviPiTjNVZPBy YOAV GONEN and LIZ SADLERQueens



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Debris from damaged homes lies piled up across the street from the shuttered PS 114 in Belle Harbor.





Hurricane Sandy scattered hundreds of students from one Queens school — to locales as far away as Nashville.
At least 230 students from Belle Harbor’s PS 114 have enrolled in public...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:34:45 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/queens_school_student_exodus_aSJ7CNcOEKjtHNuMK34jdN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Queenshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/queens_school_student_exodus_aSJ7CNcOEKjtHNuMK34jdN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Queens
aSJ7CNcOEKjtHNuMK34jdNBy TIM PERONE
National
In a shocking twist, the top US military commander in Afghanistan been caught up in the Petraeus sex scandal.
Marine Gen. John Allen is being investigated for “inappropriate communications” with Jill Kelley — the woman harassed by e-mails allegedly sent by David Petraeus’ mistress.
Allen, 58, who succeeded Petraeus as top...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:12:50 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/scandal_scorches_gen_allen_AZHta5ka2gdzNJoiTRBonL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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AZHta5ka2gdzNJoiTRBonLBy GERRY SHIELDS in DC and ERIK KRISS in AlbanyNational



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BIG HIT: Gov. Chris Christie’s political aspirations are taking a hit over his warm embrace of President Obama after Hurricane Sandy ravaged New Jersey.





Fat chance for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s White House aspirations in the wake of his post-Sandy bromance with President Obama...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:12:50 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/chris_facing_gop_storm_IjetvGo3QU89DQzrJ4JIKJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Nationalhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/chris_facing_gop_storm_IjetvGo3QU89DQzrJ4JIKJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=National
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NICK OF TIME: Rescuers aid Evelyn Ross yesterday after she was saved from her burning Long Island home by John Curley.





A Long Island firefighter who’s also one of the FDNY’s Bravest smashed a window of a burning Bellmore home with his bare hands and dragged...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:12:50 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hero_blaze_of_glory_amTN98lpBniq27eyuKSBvJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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DON'T TICKLE ME! Kevin Clash, with Muppet, Elmo, insists that his young accuser was of legal age when their “relationship” began.




Say it ain’t so, Elmo!
Kevin Clash — the puppeteer who transformed a furry red Muppet named Elmo into an international sensation — has...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:12:50 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/red_devil_A7am2HfVcojV0taES8KkoL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Localhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/red_devil_A7am2HfVcojV0taES8KkoL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local
A7am2HfVcojV0taES8KkoLBy BETSY McCAUGHEYOped ColumnistsPresident Obama’s re-election and Democratic gains in the US Senate end any possibility of repealing the Obama health law. It will roll out as written, imposing major changes soon on you and your family. If you are uninsured because you can’t afford it, help may be on the...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:44:05 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/beware_obamacare_now_reality_YT42eCrsbtZC3KbDONGm4O?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Oped Columnistshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/beware_obamacare_now_reality_YT42eCrsbtZC3KbDONGm4O?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Oped Columnists
YT42eCrsbtZC3KbDONGm4OBy MITCHEL MADDUX
Staten Island
They say he’s too dumb to die for his heinous crimes.
A federal judge has scheduled a series of hearings later this month for testimony about whether a man convicted of the execution-style murder of two undercover NYPD officers is mentally competent to face the death penalty — again.
Ronell...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:43:37 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/staten_island/si_cops_killer_eyed_as_too_dumb_WSogpvSy1UnYg77JlpaXfK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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WSogpvSy1UnYg77JlpaXfKBy ANDY SOLTISLocalIt’s official: The Rolling Stones are coming to Brooklyn.
The band added a show on Dec. 8, a Saturday, at Barclays Center, to their new tour.
Tickets will go on sale Monday at 10 a.m.
The show will be the first US date of their “The Stones — 50...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:42:18 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/stones_start_up_in_yn_4dhEExM5GcJR2YdALH6iIP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Localhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/stones_start_up_in_yn_4dhEExM5GcJR2YdALH6iIP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local
4dhEExM5GcJR2YdALH6iIPBy ANDY SOLTISLocalThe perfect single New York City woman is a brown-eyed, nonsmoking, social-drinking brunette — with a master’s degree.And Gotham guys would be willing to spend $266.25 on a first date with their dream girl, according to a new survey by a sugar-daddy dating Web site.Some 5,000...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:42:16 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/meet_the_perfect_nyc_gal_S6fL2vGSXseb87CkvlC5ZK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Localhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/meet_the_perfect_nyc_gal_S6fL2vGSXseb87CkvlC5ZK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local
S6fL2vGSXseb87CkvlC5ZKBy GERRY SHIELDS and JOSH MARGOLIN
National
Whatever you do, don’t tell the boss.
White House aides appear to have gone out of their way to avoid informing President Obama about the Petraeus affair, and people in Washington want to know why.
“It’s way too convenient,” said Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), a member of the...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:14:13 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/critics_rankled_by_dicey_timing_maChd2L4XxBsZpsdfMZCnK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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maChd2L4XxBsZpsdfMZCnKBy JOSH MARGOLINNationalPresident Obama is holding on to Eric Holder as the nation’s top law-enforcement official, The Post has learned.
The newly re-elected president asked his controversial attorney general to stay for the second term, and Holder has agreed despite enduring a firestorm of criticism from Republican lawmakers.
“I don’t...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:04:09 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/keeps_holder_as_ag_KiFdPvjU8lAh00dkcJNTZN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Nationalhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/keeps_holder_as_ag_KiFdPvjU8lAh00dkcJNTZN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=National
KiFdPvjU8lAh00dkcJNTZNBy JOSEF FEDERMANInternationalJERUSALEM — An Israeli tank scored “direct hits” yesterday on a Syrian army vehicle after a mortar shell landed on Israeli-held territory, the military said, in the first direct confrontation between the countries since the Syrian uprising broke out.
Israel has tried to avoid getting sucked into the bloody Syrian conflict...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:03:16 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/in_syria_crossfire_YruhvtNFOtjXmjEQ834W6O?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Internationalhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/in_syria_crossfire_YruhvtNFOtjXmjEQ834W6O?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=International
YruhvtNFOtjXmjEQ834W6OBy RITA DELFINER
International
John McAfee, founder of the anti-virus software company, that bears his name, is being sought for questioning in the murder of a neighbor in Belize, local police said yesterday.
Cops want to talk to McAfee, 67 — who sold the company to Intel in 2010 for $7.7 billion — in connection...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:03:16 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/tech_mogul_slay_suspect_iAGbIjPQXeABPtkuRKVEMP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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iAGbIjPQXeABPtkuRKVEMPBy SALLY GOLDENBERG
Local
When it comes to new development projects, the Bloomberg administration is closed for business.
That’s because the mayor’s people — with an eye toward his legacy — have carefully crafted a special list of high-profile priority projects to fast-track before Bloomberg’s third term ends in 14 months, putting all...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:53:50 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mike_legacy_list_is_priority_for_AXU2H9VADBBMOVQMOV7MtJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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AXU2H9VADBBMOVQMOV7MtJBy BRUCE GOLDINGManhattanSeptember 11 changed everything for this hardhat — including his sex life.
A construction worker who breathed “toxic smoke and fumes” while working five weeks at Ground Zero said he was left with a litany of ailments, including erectile dysfunction.
Steven O’Hara of upstate Wingdale clocked 12-hour days monitoring the...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:53:50 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/hardhat_downer_Gm4Du1U2iB5HZka7RYcVmO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Manhattanhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/hardhat_downer_Gm4Du1U2iB5HZka7RYcVmO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Manhattan
Gm4Du1U2iB5HZka7RYcVmOBy GERRY SHIELDS, Post CorrespondentNationalWASHINGTON — President Obama will have to give to get.
Opponents of Obama’s signature health-care law are pushing for costs of the plan to be part of the negotiations over preventing the so-called fiscal cliff, while supporters are trying to keep cuts off the table.
Obama will begin a series...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:53:50 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/surgical_trike_Mnxmnw34jnZXTlJTOKSUnL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Nationalhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/surgical_trike_Mnxmnw34jnZXTlJTOKSUnL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=National
Mnxmnw34jnZXTlJTOKSUnLBy DOUG AUER, KIRSTAN CONLEY, JESSICA SIMONENYPD BlotterManhattan

A serial bank robber was done in when a detective recognized his mug from a prior arrest, law-enforcement sources said.
Robert Connolly, 54, allegedly scored $3,495 from the Valley National Bank on Fourth Avenue near East 12th Street on Oct. 10 by handing a teller a demand note...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:10:54 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_Qd7KReLrQOOYBsktG8wwyN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=NYPD Blotterhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_Qd7KReLrQOOYBsktG8wwyN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=NYPD Blotter
Qd7KReLrQOOYBsktG8wwyNBy SALLY GOLDENBERG
Local
This parking rule must be from the age of horse and buggy.
A city councilman is looking to revamp a law that allows cars to park 15 feet from hydrants in a no-standing zone while dropping off or picking up a passenger, as long as the driver is in the...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:05:29 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hydrant_rule_is_all_wet_pol_yqzV0eB6scl7xZ8aRayl7N?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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ALDEN, NY — Mourners overflowed a church in western New York on Veterans Day to pay tribute to a US Army reservist killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.The funeral for Sgt. Brett Gornewicz, 27, of Alden, 20 miles east of Buffalo, was standing room only at St. John’s...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:05:29 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/sad_last_salute_for_upstate_gi_CivnYogagaWX1drAnFdpaP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — A man stole a car used to deliver Chinese food — then continued dropping off orders so he could keep the customers’ money, police said.Keith Hinds, 45, was charged Friday with larceny and other charges.West Hartford police received a call from a Chinese-food delivery driver reporting...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:58:37 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/wanton_thief_wonton_thief_MLLQG0w6ZKfABUZ2r1DLEI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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MLLQG0w6ZKfABUZ2r1DLEIBy LEONARD GREENELocalFill ’er up!New Jersey will end its gas-rationing policy today now that pressure at the pump has been eased. Gov. Chris Christie says that gas supplies are plentiful throughout the Garden State and that there are no more lines of cars waiting for fuel.Christie imposed the odd-even restrictions...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:54:36 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nj_has_had_fill_of_rationing_4vOcrLiDuB4zPGPTdp7ArM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Localhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nj_has_had_fill_of_rationing_4vOcrLiDuB4zPGPTdp7ArM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local
4vOcrLiDuB4zPGPTdp7ArMBy ANTHONY MCCARTNEYNationalLOS ANGELES — A judge has cut by more than half the $40 million jury verdict that casino mogul Steve Wynn was recently awarded against “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis.
The ruling by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joanne O’Donnell on Friday eliminates $20 million in punitive damages the...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:53:55 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/wy_er_is_now_lo_er_4pZLlwFHlm3dJSa8ZHO5qN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Nationalhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/wy_er_is_now_lo_er_4pZLlwFHlm3dJSa8ZHO5qN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=National
4pZLlwFHlm3dJSa8ZHO5qNBy JOSH SAULLocalThis “long shot” fell way short.
Embattled city Comptroller John Liu suffered another setback yesterday when two of his key fund-raisers charged with fraud saw their motions to suppress certain evidence and dismiss the case slapped down by a federal judge.
Liu campaign treasurer Jia “Jenny” Hou moved to suppress...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:53:46 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/comptroller_cronies_liu_sers_in_ADg5pOQydLF6q7lmBuihuM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Localhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/comptroller_cronies_liu_sers_in_ADg5pOQydLF6q7lmBuihuM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local
ADg5pOQydLF6q7lmBuihuMBy DAVID SEIFMANLocalFormer Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión (pictured) is planning to enter the 2013 mayoral race — but as a Republican, not a Democrat, according to political sources.
Carrión, 51, who served briefly in the Obama administration, has quietly changed his voter registration from Democrat to independent and hopes to run on...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:53:43 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/carrion_to_run_for_mayor_as_goper_m2sLp5ZAhE6OUPfZ9slrbN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Localhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/carrion_to_run_for_mayor_as_goper_m2sLp5ZAhE6OUPfZ9slrbN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local
m2sLp5ZAhE6OUPfZ9slrbNEditorialsDavid Petraeus served the United States of America with honor and distinction for nearly four decades.
Then he stumbled. That much is clear.
But everything else about L’affaire Petraeus is a jumbled mess, and the best advice for anyone trying to make sense of it is really quite simple...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:20:44 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/time_to_tell_the_truth_4ZXE6ZPjLyGSwZTudiwPON?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Editorialshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/time_to_tell_the_truth_4ZXE6ZPjLyGSwZTudiwPON?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Editorials
4ZXE6ZPjLyGSwZTudiwPONEditorials“The power restoration and fuel-delivery efforts of the past two weeks have allowed lines to subside, lessening the need for this type of rationing system. Now is an appropriate time to end it.” — Kevin Roberts, spokesman forGov. Chris Christie, announcing that post-Sandy
gas rationing would end in New Jersey at...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:20:44 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/good_gas_news_in_jersey_igaBAYc0cD2rE2eC1VtUgJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Editorialshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/good_gas_news_in_jersey_igaBAYc0cD2rE2eC1VtUgJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Editorials
igaBAYc0cD2rE2eC1VtUgJEditorialsFormer state Comptroller Alan Hevesi comes up for his initial parole hearing this week, perhaps today, having served 18 months of a one-to-four-year sentence for a “pay-to-play” scheme involving state pension-fund investments.
Hevesi’s corruption conviction ended his three-decade service on the public payroll, including membership in the state Assembly...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:20:44 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/keep_alan_on_ice_0zvvJjrxh8bgkYC8EtuEpL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Editorialshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/keep_alan_on_ice_0zvvJjrxh8bgkYC8EtuEpL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Editorials
0zvvJjrxh8bgkYC8EtuEpLBy LAURA ITALIANO
Manhattan
The man charged with fatally stabbing his mother and slashing and trying to incinerate his brother in their East Harlem apartment was held without bail at his arraignment yesterday. David Elias, 31, was led from Manhattan Criminal Court to jail yesterday, staggering and swaying in his handcuffs and leg chains...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:18:25 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/no_bail_for_son_in_mom_slay_horror_CG5djb2vLZivpXDfriPyaN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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CG5djb2vLZivpXDfriPyaNBy JOSH MARGOLIN
Local
The most touchdowns at the first Super Bowl hosted at the Meadowlands will be scored by rich fans flying in via private jet.An $11 million private air terminal is quietly being constructed at Newark Airport to lure the jet set that is sure to converge for the 2014 Super...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:16:40 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/super_bowl_vip_air_game_SAahfvJHkTT6AQScwrXzgL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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SAahfvJHkTT6AQScwrXzgLBy DAREH GREGORIANNationalBeyoncé might be summoned to a command performance — singing under oath.A state appeals court has given a $100 million lawsuit against the “Single Ladies” singer the green light, paving the way for the superstar to testify at a deposition.In a unanimous decision, the Appellate Division denied a bid...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:16:04 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/suit_vs_beyonce_ok_sLXAJWL9NJGcBAUlSFRD2K?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Nationalhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/suit_vs_beyonce_ok_sLXAJWL9NJGcBAUlSFRD2K?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=National
sLXAJWL9NJGcBAUlSFRD2KBy KAJA WHITEHOUSEBusinessThe Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday suffered yet another defeat in its efforts to hold Wall Street accountable for losses stemming from the financial meltdown after a Manhattan jury cleared a father-son team of misleading investors to avoid a run on the bank in 2008.
After more than two days...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:14:19 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/mary_fails_again_KgoxA14IEAPz1lLE2HDHMK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/mary_fails_again_KgoxA14IEAPz1lLE2HDHMK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
KgoxA14IEAPz1lLE2HDHMKBy MARK DECAMBREBusinessWall Street’s damsels are turning to white knights.
In the latest move, Jefferies Group yesterday agreed to be scooped up by investing conglomerate Leucadia National Corp. for nearly $4 billion.
The acquisition will place Jefferies CEO Rich Handler, 51, in the unique position at the helm of his firm...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:14:19 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/mon_re_cue_me_6wM9WMvVTepefDY8lJwRYJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/mon_re_cue_me_6wM9WMvVTepefDY8lJwRYJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
6wM9WMvVTepefDY8lJwRYJBy JOSH KOSMANBusinessThe Philadelphia Hostess plant that supplies New York City is running again after a strike by the bakers’ union temporarily halted production.
Hostess pulled in management from other areas to restart the plant, which came to a halt when workers refused to cross a picket line, according to a source...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:14:19 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/hostess_reprieve_in_philly_kFwx3WiDEDiisTHM4BoXqI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/hostess_reprieve_in_philly_kFwx3WiDEDiisTHM4BoXqI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
kFwx3WiDEDiisTHM4BoXqIBusinessMicrosoft said that Steven Sinofsky, president of its Windows and Windows Live operations, is leaving the company.
Company veteran Julie Larson-Green has been promoted to lead all Windows software and hardware engineering.
The company did not say why Sinofsky is leaving...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:14:19 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/windows_boss_exits_maSZXz375PEVYZgwS6Ew7M?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/windows_boss_exits_maSZXz375PEVYZgwS6Ew7M?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
maSZXz375PEVYZgwS6Ew7MBusiness Nyse Euronext yesterday suspended trading in more than 200 stocks on the New York Stock Exchange due to a technical problem with a server, though the stocks in question were still trading actively on other markets. There will be no closing auctions in the affected stocks, and a list of...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:14:19 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/glitch_kos_nyse_stox_OC2YgVD59Vn5NWlwPETvWM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/glitch_kos_nyse_stox_OC2YgVD59Vn5NWlwPETvWM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
OC2YgVD59Vn5NWlwPETvWMBy JAMES COVERTBusinessThere’s a sale at JCPenney — on its stock, that is.Shares of the struggling department-store chain plunged 13 percent to their lowest levels since 2009, as Wall Street grew increasingly anxious about CEO Ron Johnson’s controversial turnaround strategy.Analysts cut their ratings on Penney shares and slashed profit...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:14:19 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jcpenney_shares_pummeled_O2WHoiBpD42vaH714T88IJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jcpenney_shares_pummeled_O2WHoiBpD42vaH714T88IJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
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A US House of Representatives panel will release a long-awaited report that will dissect the collapse of failed commodities brokerage MF Global. The House Financial Services Committee said its Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will post the report online Thursday...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:14:19 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/mf_report_coming_ANHcEBtjU2dT4U78XqNbZI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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ANHcEBtjU2dT4U78XqNbZIBy CLAIRE ATKINSONBusinessWarner Music Group has joined the bidders for a Sony/ATV music publishing catalog with the rights to some 30,000 songs, The Post has learned. The Rosetta catalog, which is heavy on ’80s hits from artists like Bryan Ferry, Devo and Tears for Fears, has already attracted attention from...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:14:19 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/warner_makes_sony_atv_move_eofTPxpJrrddMlsREtTjCI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/warner_makes_sony_atv_move_eofTPxpJrrddMlsREtTjCI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
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When people say it’s a pain to figure out a budget or decide how big a tip to leave in a restaurant, they may be telling the truth.
Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that doing math can cause physical pain.
Solving a tough math problem activates...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:14:13 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/weird_but_true/weird_but_true_oDgGnfQJmvjJjiZzJv1D2I?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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oDgGnfQJmvjJjiZzJv1D2IBy KEITH J. KELLYBusinessThere was no warm welcome for New York Times CEO Mark Thompson.
The former BBC director general and editor-in-chief spent his first day on the job dealing with the fallout from a deepening crisis at his former employer and turmoil within the Times.
Thompson, who declined to be interviewed by...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:12:25 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/rough_landing_AtDov5VVAuHq8qOxO6gynO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/rough_landing_AtDov5VVAuHq8qOxO6gynO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
AtDov5VVAuHq8qOxO6gynOLettersThe Issue: Gov. Cuomo’s responsibility for LIPA’s efficiency after Hurricanes Irene and Sandy.
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The Post documents Gov. Cuomo’s failure to fix the Long Island Power Authority after Hurricane Irene very well (“Cuomo’s LIPA Fail,” Editorial, Nov. 10).
The governor has been publicly critical of LIPA, which...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:09:16 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/letters/long_island_short_temper_and_cuomo_6Qumsn1RZx92gkezY0Ti0I?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Lettershttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/letters/long_island_short_temper_and_cuomo_6Qumsn1RZx92gkezY0Ti0I?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Letters
6Qumsn1RZx92gkezY0Ti0IBy RICH LOWRYOped ColumnistsNo sooner had the electoral thundercloud arrived last Tuesday than some Republicans began searching it for a silver lining. It is an understandable impulse after a defeat to want to minimize its magnitude and rationalize away its causes.
But there are no comforting augurs for Republicans in President Obama’s...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:08:43 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/gop_self_delusion_eq6wROHRDLJz1TITCnPnsM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Oped Columnistshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/gop_self_delusion_eq6wROHRDLJz1TITCnPnsM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Oped Columnists
eq6wROHRDLJz1TITCnPnsMBy JOHN PODHORETZOped ColumnistsDavid Petraeus, who might have been the most respected man in America, has resigned due to a personal scandal that threatens to turn into a national-security scandal.
Kevin Clash, who took a piece of red cloth and with mysterious alchemy turned it into the most popular character for small children...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:08:43 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/when_our_role_models_let_us_down_Kq1rDnpcercJIfoUNZxsVL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Oped Columnistshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/when_our_role_models_let_us_down_Kq1rDnpcercJIfoUNZxsVL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Oped Columnists
Kq1rDnpcercJIfoUNZxsVLBy ARTHUR HERMANOped ColumnistsEven Brad Thor couldn’t come up with a juicier storyline.FBI agents discover secret e-mails proving that the CIA director, a revered war hero and possible future presidential candidate, is having an affair with his biographer-turned- femme fatale. He then resigns just days before he’s supposed to give...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:08:43 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/king_david_big_fall_wPoodkvEhZ2FezjP0sJwhK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Oped Columnistshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/king_david_big_fall_wPoodkvEhZ2FezjP0sJwhK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Oped Columnists
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The United States yesterday joined Germany and Ireland in winning re-election to the UN Human Rights Council.There were three seats available to represent the council’s Western Group. The other two contestants, Greece and Sweden, failed to garner sufficient votes from the General Assembly’s 193 members.US Ambassador...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:57:47 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/us_holds_on_to_un_panel_seat_07BsIBdLr4c6kpmbl0ShVO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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07BsIBdLr4c6kpmbl0ShVOBy LARRY CELONA and NATASHA VELEZ
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A deranged man yesterday attacked a Manhattan psychiatrist with a sledgehammer and knife in his home office, police said.Michael Weiss, 38, was meeting with Jacob Nolan in his 12th-floor office on West 57th Street at about 10.25 a.m. when Nolan apparently snapped and bashed him with the...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:54:01 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hammer_attack_on_shrink_gXQKMf5fqqCz3pM9GUsSPK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=
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gXQKMf5fqqCz3pM9GUsSPKBusinessBUENOS AIRES — Argentina will ask a UN court to order the release of a navy sailing ship seized in Ghana unless the African country releases today, officials announced.The ARA Libertad training ship was seized on Oct. 2 in the port of Tema as collateral for unpaid bonds dating from...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:27:57 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/un_asked_to_free_bond_boat_iQcg18IyPj1GXHDp0vBUPL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/un_asked_to_free_bond_boat_iQcg18IyPj1GXHDp0vBUPL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
iQcg18IyPj1GXHDp0vBUPLBusiness Greece’s lenders agreed to give the debt-ridden country two more years to make the cuts demanded of it, but the euro zone and IMF clashed over a longer-term target date to shrink debt. Euro zone finance ministers did not disburse more aid and by granting a request for more...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:27:55 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/greece_gets_reprieve_WSgm4SzzLWMAvhwc0qRMxJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/greece_gets_reprieve_WSgm4SzzLWMAvhwc0qRMxJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
WSgm4SzzLWMAvhwc0qRMxJBusiness Google is being pressed by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jonathan Leibowitz to offer to resolve the agency’s antitrust investigation in the next few days or face a lawsuit, two people familiar with the matter said.
Google has been in discussions with the agency for about two weeks and hasn...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:27:53 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/google_facing_ftc_ultimatum_6yZRnNFKmKWTvokbzVwxRK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/google_facing_ftc_ultimatum_6yZRnNFKmKWTvokbzVwxRK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
6yZRnNFKmKWTvokbzVwxRKBy CLAIRE ATKINSONBusinessComcast’s NBCUniversal is laying off hundreds of staff in another round of belt-tightening.
The pink slips will take place across the board and will affect about 450 employees, or 1.5 percent of the total staff, according to insiders.
Earlier this year, NBC cut about two dozen staffers on...Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:27:05 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/nbcu_lays_off_shakes_up_today_wxJULsc78DowCQReG59MfK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/nbcu_lays_off_shakes_up_today_wxJULsc78DowCQReG59MfK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
wxJULsc78DowCQReG59MfKBy STEVE CUOZZOCommercialSavanna is adding two loft-style Chelsea office buildings to its growing collection — 245 and 249 W. 17th St.
The aggressive real estate private-equity and asset management firm just bought the properties from the Pressman family for a price not yet disclosed. The buildings have a combined 284,000 square feet...Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:54:12 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/commercial/savanna_th_st_sojourn_i08BYDET6bPnLtVduGlO4M?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Commercialhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/commercial/savanna_th_st_sojourn_i08BYDET6bPnLtVduGlO4M?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Commercial
i08BYDET6bPnLtVduGlO4MBy JOHN CRUDELEBusinessIn my column last Thursday I wrote you an upbeat, patriotic song to make you feel better. Today, I’m going to make you feel lousy again.And I’m going to bore you as well. (Hey, no need to thank me.)This column is about the stock market and...Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:32:53 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/traders_limber_up_for_their_race_ALiKcXCkrRkcqFvXsmJGbP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/traders_limber_up_for_their_race_ALiKcXCkrRkcqFvXsmJGbP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
ALiKcXCkrRkcqFvXsmJGbPBusinessDown on oilHedge funds trimmed bullish bets on crude to the lowest in more than two years as demand fell in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, production increased to the highest since 1994 and President Barack Obama won re-election.BB10 dateResearch in Motion plans to introduce its new BlackBerry 10...Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:28:02 -0500http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/business_briefs_U7VcZrzblc0F7nAITqBuJK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Businesshttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/business_briefs_U7VcZrzblc0F7nAITqBuJK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business
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