Jan
31

Report: Miami among top cities to snag foreclosed homes

Six Florida cities rank among the best places to buy foreclosures in 2013, according to a report by RealtyTrac. Topping a list of 20 metropolitan areas is Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, the Irvine, Calif.-based real estate data firm said. RealtyTrac looked at four criteria in tallying the “best places:” the supply of foreclosure inventory; foreclosure sales as a percentage...
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Jan
30

FBI raids West Palm Beach office of doctor tied to U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez

FBI agents late Tuesday night raided the West Palm Beach business of an eye doctor suspected of providing free trips and even underage Dominican Republic prostitutes to U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. — who has denied what he calls the “fallacious allegations.”Agents gathered at the medical-office complex of Dr. Salomon Melgen, a contributor to Menendez and other prominent...
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Facebook Graph Search Still Doesn’t Speak Human

Despite hiring a couple of linguists to get its new search engine to move “beyond ‘Robospeak” and actually understand how people talk, Facebook hasn’t actually taught Graph Search how to do that very well just yet. And that’s a problem, no matter which way the social network spins it. Unlike Google‘s pattern-matching search engine, Facebook’s new recommendation-based social search platform tries to...
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Entourage Movie Gets The Green Light From Warner Brothers

The boys are coming back!Warner Brothers has officially given the go-ahead to the feature film sequel of HBO's hit-series Entourage, Deadline reports.Pics: TV's 10 Most Divisive Love TrianglesAccording to the site, the show's creator, Doug Ellin, has already written the screenplay and will direct the movie. The studio is reportedly in the process of making deals with principal cast members Adrian...
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A subway announcement: Finalists for voice of Second Avenue line video

The voice of the Second Avenue Subway might have an Australian accent. The MTA named six finalists in its search for narrators of the Second Avenue Subway video, a motley mix of Upper East Siders that includes native New Yorkers, a transplanted Midwesterner and one Aussie. The six finalists were chosen from dozens of applicants who hoped to narrate the...
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Tablets take their screen tests

Screen quality is critical to a great tablet, and in 2012 we saw the quality of tablet screens advance in leaps and bounds, especially in terms of clarity. Here are our favorites. Barnes & Noble Nook HD Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 (Very good) The good: A light, comfortable design with a sharp screen and a well-implemented user profiles feature. Books,...
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Jan
29

Lauderhill police investigating homicide, searching for suspect

Lauderhill police Monday night were investigating an apparent homicide.Details were sketchy, but police said just before 9 p.m. a woman was shot and killed in the 2800 block of Northwest 55th Avenue.The victim was dead at the scene. K-9 units were in the area searching for a possible suspect. This article will be updated as more details are available. ...
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Yahoo sees revenue climb this year, but long road ahead

(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc forecast a modest uptick in revenue for the current year as it revamps its family of websites but Chief Executive Marissa Mayer warned it would be a long journey to revive the Internet company‘s fortunes.In Yahoo‘s first financial outlook since Mayer became CEO in July, the company outlined a plan to trigger a “chain reaction of growth” by overhauling a dozen of its online services...
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Oprah Winfrey Fashion Flashback

She can afford the best stylist money can buy, but that's not to say Oprah Winfrey hasn't had her fair share of fashion misses (along with a great deal of hits) over her extensive career. Pics: Two Looks, One Star! Join us as we look back at Lady O's changing styles through the yea...
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Ex-NYCiSchool principal in Regents test cheat

The former principal of the high-performing NYCiSchool improperly allowed one of her teachers to re-grade and raise scores on high school Regents exams, school investigators found.She was among nearly 100 educators — including 17 principals, 61 teachers, seven assistant principals and nine other staffers — who have been implicated in cheating probes by...
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