A Miami man has become the fourth to accuse Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash of sex abuse when he wasa teenager in the 1990s. The alleged victim, “John Doe,” now age 33, met Clash when the puppeteer vacationed in South Florida sometime about 1995 or ’96, said his attorney, Jeff Herman of Aventura.“He was on South Beach looking for a job when he met Kevin. He was going in and out...
China party chief stresses reform, censors relax grasp on internet
Label: TechnologyBEIJING (Reuters) – China must deepen reforms to perfect its market economy and strengthen rule of law, Communist Party chief Xi Jinping said in southern Guangdong, echoing groundbreaking comments by reformist senior leader Deng Xiaoping in the same province 20 years ago.Xi’s call for reform was reported on Monday, coinciding with an apparent easing of Internet search restrictions that the party has...
The Beekman Boys on their 'Amazing' Win
Label: LifestyleJosh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge pulled off a surprising upset in Sunday night's Amazing Race finale, winning the million dollar prize despite trailing the pack during much of the second half of the race, and narrowly avoiding elimination multiple times. ETonline catches up with the winners to talk about the finale and their perspective on the race.ETonline: Congrats on winning. Do you feel like...
Transsexual 'loves' FDNY ex accused of roughing her up
Label: Health "I do love you!" glamorous train-wreck tranny Claudia Charriez wailed on the witness stand to her hunky FDNY ex, Taylor Murphy, as the War of the Hoses waged again today in a Manhattan courtroom.Charriez, a rail-thin-with-implants pre-op transsexual, took the witness stand for the third day in the wacky assault trial, in which she's accusing the burly smoke-eater...
AutoNation: Back in the fast lane with expansion, higher sales
Label: Business Despite an agonizingly slow economic recovery, the country’s largest auto retailer, Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation, is thriving again as demand for vehicles expands. The company, one of Florida’s largest, is posting increasingly strong profits and revenues. Just last week, in a sign of confidence, Autonation announced a major acquisition — buying six large auto stores in...
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State scraps plan to have private vendors make license tags
Label: World TALLAHASSEE -- Backing away from a possible court fight, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced Friday that it will halt its attempt to bid license tag services to private vendors.Tax collectors — who distribute state tags — and two manufacturing groups tried to block the change by lobbying elected officials and filing legal action against...
U.S. judge names lead plaintiffs in Facebook litigation
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (Reuters) – A group of investors including state pension funds in North Carolina and Arkansas will be the lead plaintiffs in securities lawsuits arising out of Facebook Inc’s $ 16 billion initial public offering, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday.The investors, in a proposed class-action case, have accused Facebook of misrepresenting its financial condition in the run-up to the May stock offering....
How They Pulled Off 'The Impossible'
Label: LifestyleThe true story of the devastating 2004 tsunami that consumed the coast of Phuket, Thailand -- and how one family survived it -- is reenacted by Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor in The Impossible. Watch the video to go behind the scenes...Video: Tsunami Survivor Petra Nemcova Reacts to Latest Disaster in JapanIn theaters December 21, The Impossible finds Naomi as Maria and Ewan as her husband Henry, who...
'High' crime: NYPD traffic agent busted on pot, weapons charges
Label: Health An NYPD traffic-enforcement agent has been busted on gun and drug charges, police said today.Jannine Blake, 31, was arrested along with her boyfriend, Karim Watkins, 31, after police went to the couple's Fordham apartment to execute a search warrant and found pot out in the open, sources said.A search turned up more pot and two loaded weapons, cops said.Blake...
Events showcase Miami’s growth as tech center
Label: Business One by one, representatives from six startup companies walked onto the wooden stage and presented their products or services to a full house of about 200 investors, mentors, and other supporters Thursday at Incubate Miami’s DemoDay in the loft-like Grand Central in downtown Miami. With a large screen behind them projecting their graphs and charts, they set out to persuade...
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