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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