LOS ANGELES — Google reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to make voluntary changes to its search practices to put an end to a 19-month antitrust probe, the FTC announced Thursday. Google also has settled an investigation into its handling of mobile technology patents that it acquired when it bought Motorola Mobility. The settlement brings to a close one...
Jan
02
Naked man arrested after choking family dog
Label: World A barking dog woke a homeowner out of his early morning sleep Wednesday. When he grabbed his gun and went to check, he found a naked man choking the family pet.When the victim tried to intercede, the culprit quickly turned around and began biting the man, according to Miami Police.Fearing for his life, the victim shot the man, while family members called police. ...
Jennie Garth Talks Excruciating Pain of Peter Facinelli divorce
Label: LifestyleIt's been nine months since Jennie Garth separated from Twilight star Peter Facinelli after 11 years of marriage, and in a new interview with Health magazine, Jennie reveals that she went through "excruciating pain" from the split, calling certain moments "immobilizing.""When I'm in excruciating pain, like with what I've been through with my breakup and that grief and loss that's just immobilizing,...
Cops shoot man outside Brooklyn Technical High School
Label: Health Police shot and seriously wounded a man today just outside Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene, according to authorities.The gunfire broke out just before 3:22 p.m. across the street from the school near or inside the brownstone at 48 Fort Greene Place, between Lafayette and DeKalb avenues, authorities said.Emergency services workers are taking...
Portion of Macy’s Flagler Street property sold
Label: Business In a deal that could have implications for the future of Downtown Miami’s anchor retail tenant, a New York real estate investment firm paid $15.5 million to acquire about 60 percent of the property that now houses Macy’s Flagler Street store.The acquisition by Aetna Realty Group includes the 48,000-square-feet of land that was first leased to R.W. Burdine back in 1917 for...
Jan
01
South Florida starts the year on the right foot
Label: World Eating healthier. Quitting smoking. Saving money. Common New Year’s resolutions, all.But none may be more popular than the decision to hit the gym and finally get into shape.Tuesday morning, Dana Todd and her mother Donna Dardeen were two of the 130 people who got up early to attend a 90-minute Zumba class at the YMCA in their Pembroke Pines neighborhood. ...
Four Android productivity apps you should use in 2013
Label: TechnologyHappy New Year! Like most folks, I am working on some resolutions for 2013. One resolution I have is to be more productive. One way I am going to do this is by using my Android phone better. Now there are apps that I have, but really have not used to their fullest. As I work on this resolution, I might discover even better apps. For now I will focus on these impressive apps that can make anyone more...
Taylor Swift Harry Styles New Years Eve Kiss
Label: LifestyleTaylor Swift and Harry Styles had equally amazing 2012's, and they kissed good-bye to the preceding 365 days together in Times Square last night.After singing on ABC's New Year's Rocking Eve, Swift and Styles braved the crowds to watch the ball drop. And to the hordes of fans who'd gathered to count down to midnight, "Haylor's" ensuing smooch ended up being more captivating than all the twinkling...
World's largest Ferris wheel to go forward in Superstorm Sandy devestated SI
Label: HealthWhile New York City grapples with rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy, developers are pressing ahead with plans to build the world's largest Ferris wheel on the shoreline of storm-torn Staten Island.Sandy's flooding spurred some changes to the nearly $500 million project, which includes an outlet mall and hotel. But developers haven't slowed it or scaled it back.Supporters say Staten Island needs the...
Housing, jobs key to lifting S&P toward record
Label: Business NEW YORK -- With it appearing that Washington lawmakers are working their way past the “fiscal cliff,” many analysts say that the outlook for stocks in 2013 is good, as a recovering housing market and an improving jobs outlook helps the economy maintain a slow, but steady recovery. Reasonable returns in 2013 would send the S&P 500 toward, and possibly past, its record...
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