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...

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Honey Boo Boo Gets Trashy and Some Really Cute Dumb Ways to Die

We realize there’s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:RELATED: Catching Kangaroos Seems Pretty Easy; ‘The Dark Knight’...

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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...

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B'klyn man dies after starting a fire while smoking in bed

A man was killed in a Brooklyn blaze early today, authorities said.The 39-year-old accidentally started the fire while smoking in bed at a second-floor Midwood residence on Ocean Avenue near Avenue I, police sources said.Sixty firefighters rushed to the scene, extinguishing the flames shortly before 1:15 a.m., according to an FDNY spokesman.The man, whose...

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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...

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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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Final On the Road Trailer

Beatnik author Jack Kerouac's acclaimed novel On the Road comes to life on the big screen Dec. 21, and in the final trailer for the highly anticipated film we see Twilight leading lady Kristen Stewart in some compromising positions. Taking on the role of Dean Moriarty's wife Marylou, the trailer shows KStew sharing quite a few kisses with her co-stars Garett Hedlund (Dean) and Sam Riley (Sal Paradise)....

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Earth-destroying asteroids could be stopped with paintball guns

The next time a giant asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, we shouldn’t expect Bruce Willis and his nukes from “Armageddon” to save us.Instead, we should call the pocket-protector wearing scientists at MIT and their paintball guns.According to a new paper, the scientists and their paintball guns would blast an earth-bound asteroid with a ton of paintball...

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South Florida’s hiring comeback hits a setback

Shrinking government payrolls slammed hiring in South Florida last month, with Broward losing jobs overall and Miami-Dade expanding payrolls at the slowest pace in more than two years.The anemic job-growth figures are preliminary, and could turn around in a moment if next month’s revisions find more hiring in Florida’s largest regional economy. But they also could signal...

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Coral Gables firemen grow moustaches to raise money for cancer research

Keep a look out for the Mo-Bros around town. These are the guys of the Coral Gables Firefighter’s Benevolent Association who are competing to grow the best moustache, or “Mo.” It is the international month of “Movember” again and the local men are raising funds for prostate cancer research and men’s health awareness. “Last month we participated in October’s Breast Cancer...

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Sandra Bullock's Playdate with Camila Alves

Guess it really is possible to stay friends with your ex!Sandra Bullock proved that there's absolutely no harsh feelings between Mathew McConaughey -- who she dated back in the '90s -- and his wife Camila Alves, when the two mothers were snapped on a playdate Wednesday afternoon at Carousel Gardens Amusement Park and Storyland in New Orleans. Clad in a hat and sunglasses, Sandra cuddled baby Louis,...

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US Postal Service reports record loss of $15.9B for year

WASHINGTON — The struggling U.S. Postal Service is reporting a record annual loss of $15.9 billion.The financial losses for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 were nearly $11 billion more than the previous year.The numbers cap a tumultuous financial year in which the post office was forced for the first time to default on more than $11 billion in payments...

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Dream South Beach wins hotel design award

The Dream South Beach hotel, which opened in 2011, recently won an award for design at the New York International Hotel, Motel and Restaurant Show. The hotel at 1111 Collins Ave., formerly the Tudor House and Palmer hotels, won the Gold Key Award for Best Guest Room Design. The ceremony was held Monday.Designers were Kelly Ogden of Elk Collective and Michael Czysz of Architropolis....

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Police: 1 dead, 2 wounded in car shot up in Miami

One man was killed and two wounded in a shooting in Miami that left a car pocked with bullet holes. Miami police responded to a call reporting shots fired at about 11:50 p.m. Monday at the corner of Northwest 11th Place and 43rd Street where they found a Nissan Altima with three young males inside.The car was “shot up numerous times,” said Officer Kenia Reyes, Miami police...

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Elizabeth Banks Baby News

Elizabeth Banks has welcomed her second son with husband Max Handelman.The Hunger Games star announced the recent arrival of her baby boy, Magnus Mitchell Handelman, on her personal website. VIDEO: Elizabeth Banks' Parenting Approach"As 2012 winds down and Thanksgiving approaches, I have much for which to be thankful - personal, professional, and Presidential," Elizabeth wrote. "However, nothing...

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Feds bust huge shipment of knockoff luxe bags, belts at NY/NJ port, worth $20M in stores

CBPOne of the knockoff bags.Feds bagged a multi-million-dollar shipment of imported, knockoff accessories in New Jersey, authorities announced today.US Customs and Border Protection agents uncovered the shipment of contraband at the Port of New York/New Jersey in Elizabeth, NJ, on Oct. 11, officials said. Agents uncovered 537 cartons of handbags, belts...

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Job fair Thursday in Miami Lakes

One of the region’s most popular job fairs returns to Miami-Dade County on Thursday, Nov. 15, with more than 1,000 openings available. Job News, which sells employment ads and rents out space at job fairs to companies, will hold its last fair of 2012 at the Don Shula Hotel in Miami Lakes. The hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and both admission and parking are free. Job News says...

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Florida man describes being shot by police Taser as he sprayed fire with garden hose

PINELLAS PARK -- The fire was all around Dan Jensen.He could see it. He could smell it. He could hear it.It was close enough to touch. It was burning down his neighbor's house. It was creeping toward Jensen's own fence 10 feet away, and he started spraying the fire with his hose. Police ordered Jensen to get back, and he complied.But after a few minutes...

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At Mao-style conclave, China embraces Twitter age

BEIJING (AP) — During China’s last party congress, the cadres in charge of the world’s most populous nation didn’t know a hashtag from a hyperlink. But five years on, there’s a new message from Beijing: The political transition will be microblogged.Party officials have this fall embraced social media with unprecedented enthusiasm, hoping it can help guide...

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Cheryl Burke on Why She'd Be a Good 'Bachelorette'

Cheryl Burke has been heating up the dance floor as a fan favorite for years on Dancing with the Stars and now explains why she'd be eager to join another popular ABC reality show, The Bachelorette.Speaking to ET after last night's Dancing with the Stars episode, Burke, 28, confirmed that she's already been in talks with producers of The Bachelorette, but said that "nothing has been set in stone"...

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NY Post: News

NY Post: Newshttp://www.nypost.comLatest News from the New York Post Online Edition, which delivers the Post's world-renowned gossip, best sports in town, and more.http://www.nypost.com/rw/SysConfig/WebPortal/nypost/images/rss_nyp_logo.jpgNew York Post Online Edition logohttp://www.nypost.com12018NY attorney files lawsuit over LIPA power failures Local A New York attorney has...

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