It will be up to a jury to decide if Janepsy Carballo was justified in the killing of the man she said killed her husband. The Stand Your Ground motion filed by her defense was denied on Friday, based largely on Carballo’s inadvertent confession to a confidential informant who was wearing a police wire to investigate an unrelated drug charge at the pain management clinic...
Nokia, RIM settle old disputes in new patent pact
Label: TechnologyHELSINKI (AP) — Nokia Corp. and Canadian smartphone rival Research In Motion have agreed on a new patent licensing pact which will end all existing litigation between the two struggling companies, the Finnish firm said Friday.The agreement includes a “one-time payment and on-going payments, all from RIM to Nokia,” Nokia said, but did not disclose “confidential” terms.Last month, Nokia sued the Blackberry...
The Words Exclusive DVD Bonus Features Clip
Label: LifestyleBradley Cooper has built his career on playing men stuck between a rock and a hard place -- from The Hangover to Limitless, audiences simply adore watching the actor wriggle out of sticky situations.
RELATED - Bradley Cooper Talks The Words
The Words promises to elate his fans once again as Cooper plays Rory Jansen, a struggling writer who finally achieves literary success after publishing what is...
Oreo cookie maker Mondelez gives CEO $10M stock award
Label: Health The company that makes Oreo cookies is sweetening the pay for its CEO with a special stock award valued at $10 million.Mondelez Inc. says in a regulatory filing that the reward recognizes Irene Rosenfeld for "top-tier performance," including the recent "highly successful" spinoff of its Kraft Foods grocery business.Mondelez, which also makes Cadbury chocolates...
Miami-Dade jobless rate drops to 8.4 percent; Florida rate drops to 8.1 percent
Label: Business Florida’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent for November, down .4 percent over the previous month, bring it to November 2008 levels. It was the largest drop in month over month rates since October 1992, reported the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity. In Miami-Dade County, the unemployment rate dropped to 8.4 percent when adjusted for seasonality; that represents...
Dec
20
Religious leaders, students in South Florida remember Newtown tragedy with observances
Label: World South Florida religious leaders will be remembering the 20 children and six adults killed in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. On Friday, all Archdiocese of Miami schools will have a moment of prayer at 9:32 a.m. The archdiocese’s churches also will ring their bells 26 times in observance of those killed.On Sunday, Temple Judea in Coral Gables...
Who Is Miss Universe Olivia Culpo?
Label: LifestyleIt was an exciting Wednesday night for Americans as Miss USA Olivia Culpo became Miss Universe. But how well do we know this New England beauty?Here are five little-known facts about the beauty queen:5. The 2012 Miss Rhode Island USA pageant was the first beauty contest Culpo had ever entered.4. Culpo is the first winner from the U.S. to become Miss Universe since Brook Lee in 1997.3. Miss Universe...
BMG nears $90M deal for Sony/ATV song catalog
Label: Health BMG Rights is close to a deal for Sony/ATV’s Rosetta music publishing catalog, several sources told The Post.One executive said the music publishing firm had offered around $90 million for the rights to some 30,000 songs. Rosetta is packed with ’80s hits from acts such as Tears for Fears, Culture Club and Devo, along with British songstress Duffy’s “Mercy.”Sony/ATV,...
Carnival fourth-quarter profits tumble
Label: Business MIAMI (AP) – Cruise operator Carnival Corp. said Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter net income tumbled 57 percent, hurt by lower ticket prices and higher fuel costs. Despite the drop, the results beat Wall Street predictions. But the Miami-based company issued a lower-than-expected profit prediction for the full year, and its shares fell 6 percent in morning trading....
Dec
19
New poll: Many Florida voters say they wouldn’t re-elect Scott as governor
Label: World TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott continues to suffer from poor approval ratings despite an improving economy and lowering unemployment, and a majority of voters say they wouldn’t vote to re-elect him, a new poll shows.The poll found, among other things, that many voters are crediting the Obama administration with an improving economy, rather than Scott. A Quinnipiac University...
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