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href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Health' rel='tag'>Health</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary1730638475611770078'><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <br /> <p>Call it evil, call it insanity, call it whatever you will — yesterday’s slaughter of the innocents in Connecticut was an act of such unfathomable horror that it defies both explanation and understanding.</p><p>There are no adequate answers, there is no meaningful comfort to be given — and there are no reasonable preventive measures to be taken.</p><p>A lunatic gunman made his way into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and opened fire.</p><p>In the blink of an eye, 26 innocent people, 20 of them small children, lay dead — as did the shooter, who took his own life.</p><br /><br /> <br /><p>Thus did the soul-scouring search for answers begin.</p><p> It will not soon end.</p><p><em>Twenty innocent children</em> — all between the ages of 5 and 10.</p><p>Six adults were mercilessly gunned down, as well.</p><p>And at least one other victim, possibly the mother of the gunman, identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, appears to have been killed at another location.</p><p>A search for “underlying” answers, of course, is well under way.</p><p>And, to no one’s surprise, much blame is falling on the means used to carry out yesterday’s evil: guns.</p><p>The atrocity quickly ignited yet another deeply passionate debate, reflecting the nation’s complex relationship with firearms.</p><p>Much of the country, indisputably, holds dear the right to bear arms — clearly enunciated in the Constitution’s Second Amendment and upheld by the US Supreme Court as recently as last year.</p><p>Moreover, efforts by gun-control advocates over the years have demonstrated — if nothing else — how strongly attached to its guns America really is. </p><p>Still, given the mass shootings of recent years — from Columbine to Virginia Tech to Aurora to the Oregon mall nightmare just last Tuesday — it’s hard not to wonder whether the nation’s patience with powerful firearms isn’t wearing thin.</p><p>How weapons capable of extinguishing 26 lives <em>in a matter of minutes</em> routinely end up in the hands of madmen is something even the gun lobby will need to reckon with — if for no other reason than its own self-interest.</p><p>We fully understand the issues.</p><p>We know that there are hundreds of millions of privately held firearms in America — and that for the most part they are beyond “control.”</p><p>We know that guns don’t kill, people do.</p><p>But we also know that it is extremely difficult to justify the presence of high-volume-of-fire, military-style weaponry in modern society.</p><p>Yes, those who would disarm America must contend with the Constitution.</p><p>But now those who defend the Second Amendment have to do so in the context of the Sandy Hook slaughter.</p><p>As a matter of conscience, it’s going to be a very tough case to make.</p><br /> <div class="story_link_box" readability="23.6712328767"><br /> <p><strong><em>Have an opinion on this Post editorial? Send it in to</em> LETTERS@NYPOST.COM!</strong></p><br /> </div><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary1730638475611770078");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-sandy-hook-horror.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='5408186793118396445'></a> <div id='fecha'> <script>remplaza_fecha('13 December, 2012');</script> </div> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/wynwood-co-working-center-funded-by.html'>Wynwood co-working center funded by Knight Foundation, angel investors</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Business' rel='tag'>Business</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary5408186793118396445'><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p><br /> <br /> The LAB Miami announced Thursday it will open a 10,000-square-foot co-working center in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and local angel investors are investing $650,000.</p><p>As Miami’s startup community continues to grow, The LAB Miami said its “work-learn campus” will offer an in-house mentor network that will include investors and serial entrepreneurs, said Wifredo Fernandez, co-founder of The LAB Miami with Danny Lafuente and Elisa Rodriguez-Vila. </p><p>The LAB Miami, now in a 720-square-foot space in the same neighborhood, turned a Goldman building at 400 NW 26th Street into an artsy, modern space that can support 300 members, including tech startups, programmers, designers, investors, nonprofits, artists and academics. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <p><br /> In addition to offering space to work, the new co-working space plans to offer courses and workshops in business and technology — including a startup school and code school — as well as art, design and education, Fernandez said. It will be a welcoming space for traveling Latin Americans, too. “We want this to be a community center for entrepreneurs,” said Fernandez, explaining that the mix of activities and workshops will be structured by the needs of the LAB’s members. </p><p> While the Knight Foundation’s Miami office has sponsored many entrepreneurship events in the past four months, this is the foundation’s largest investment announced so far in its efforts to help accelerate entrepreneurship in Miami, said the Knight Foundation’s Miami program director, Matt Haggman. The Knight Foundation’s Miami office, which made accelerating entrepreneurship one of its key areas of focus this year, is investing $250,000 with the rest of the funding coming from a group of investors lead by Marco Giberti, Faquiry Diaz-Cala, Boris Hirmas Said and Daniel Echavarria.</p><p> “This is an important part of our strategy,” said Haggman. “Entrepreneurs need places to gather, connect and learn.” </p><p>The LAB Miami has already hosted several events, including HackDay and Wayra DemoDay earlier this week, and the co-working space plans to open for membership in January.</p><p>Co-working space will start at $200 a month to use the communal tables, and private offices that will accommodate up to six are also available. The LAB will also offer “Connect” memberships for $40 a month, which allows members who do not need co-working space to participate in events. In addition, there will be phone booths, classrooms, flexible meeting spaces, a lounge area, a kitchen, a “pop-up shop” for local fashion, art or technology products, a shower for those who bike to work and an outside garden with native landscaping. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary5408186793118396445");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/wynwood-co-working-center-funded-by.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='7783303925438554572'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/clemency-board-grants-full-pardon-to.html'>Clemency board grants full pardon to wrongfully convicted man</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/World' rel='tag'>World</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary7783303925438554572'><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p><br /> <span class="dateline">TALLAHASSEE -- </span> <br /> After a wrongful murder conviction that put him behind bars for 27 years, William Michael Dillon received formal forgiveness from the state Thursday.</p><p>Dillon, who was awarded a $1.3 million settlement by the state in March, stood before Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet and recounted how far his life has come since he was released from a maximum security prison four years ago, exonerated by DNA evidence.</p><p>Clemency hearings, in which elected officials grant pardons and rule on whether to restore civil rights for convicted felons, are usually somber, even tearful. But Dillon’s testimony was upbeat, drawing smiles from an audience of freed felons waiting for their own opportunity to ask for the legal system’s fullest measure of forgiveness. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <p><br /> In Dillon’s case, his civil rights — the ability to sit on a jury, own guns, hold public office and vote — were returned after he was exonerated. But for him, the pardon he was granted Thursday was the real vindication.</p><p>“It’s a great, great, great day to be here...” Dillon said, a silver necklace of a soaring bald eagle draped over his blue tie. “Now my life is good, I’m moving on, and I’m definitely going to make a positive impact from here on out.”</p><p>Dillon was 21 years old in 1981 when law enforcement officers approached him at a Brevard County gas station to ask him about James Dvorak, who had been beaten to death in a wooded area nearby.</p><p>Dillon worked two jobs — as a bowling alley mechanic and construction worker. And he spent his free time chasing pretty girls and trying to figure out what to do with his life. Innocent and unconcerned, he answered officers’ questions.</p><p>But the interrogation resulted in an arrest and a deeply flawed investigation that was later discredited.</p><p>Dillon’s full pardon Thursday was a foregone conclusion.</p><p>Scott apologized on behalf of the state when he signed a claims bill during an emotional March ceremony. Attorney General Pam Bondi, after Thursday’s hearing, said she was pleased to give the pardon.</p><p>“I hope he can go on with his life and be a productive citizen,” she said.</p><p>Dillon has big plans for the rest of his life, many of them colored by his desire to fix a flawed justice system.</p><p>He the focus of a documentary on the Discovery Channel’s I Didn’t Do It, which first aired Monday and is scheduled for another run Sunday.</p><p> He’s written 600 pages for a book about his life. And he performs in an all-exoneree band. </p><p>He recently joined the board of the Innocence Project of Florida, which advocates for the exoneration of wrongfully convicted inmates. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary7783303925438554572");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/clemency-board-grants-full-pardon-to.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='6929075981428873766'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/obamacare-cuomo-christie-you.html'>ObamaCare: Cuomo, Christie & you</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Health' rel='tag'>Health</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary6929075981428873766'><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <div id="intext_area_top" class="intext_area"><br /> <div class="intext_headshot "><br /> <img alt="headshot" src="http://www.nypost.com/rw/SysConfig/WebPortal/nypost/images/columnist_headshots/michael_tanner.png"/><p>Michael Tanner</p><br /> <br /> </div></div><br /> <br /> <p>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have taken their states in opposite directions when it comes to implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a k a ObamaCare.</p><p>Last week, Christie vetoed a measure to have New Jersey set up a state health-insurance exchange, joining 21 other governors in rejecting the idea. Cuomo earlier used an executive order to move ahead with establishing an exchange in New York, despite the Legislature’s refusal to pass a law doing so. New Jersey taxpayers, businesses and consumers are likely to get the better end of the deal.</p><br /><br /> <br /><p>An exchange is a new bureaucracy that theoretically will make it easier for consumers to shop for insurance. Health plans for individuals and small groups (not, initially, for large employers) will be grouped together in four categories of nearly identical plans — bronze, silver, gold and platinum.</p><p> The difference, even between a bronze or platinum plan, is mostly a matter of copayments, premiums and deductibles rather than benefits. This could make it easier for consumers to compare plans — but will also likely limit the options available and therefore restrict consumer choice. The ObamaCare calls for every state to have an exchange running by Jan. 1, 2014.</p><p>We don’t yet know what rules these exchanges will operate under, so we can’t know what insurance plans will eventually be sold there. But chances are good that you might not be able to find the combination of benefits, deductibles and so on that best meets your needs.</p><p>The exchanges also provide a mechanism through which Washington can funnel subsidies. That is, individuals who buy insurance through an exchange may be eligible for subsidies designed to reduce the cost of that insurance. </p><p>No one will <i>have</i> to purchase a policy through an exchange — but subsidies are only available for insurance bought through one, so the non-exchange insurance market may find it difficult to survive. Plus, many businesses may find it advantageous to stop offering the health insurance that they now provide, leaving their employees with no choice but to buy on the exchange.</p><p>The experience of exchanges already operating in Massachusetts and Utah suggests that, in practice, they’ll be fraught with problems, including high premiums and an unwillingness of insurers to participate. They’ll also face “adverse selection” issues: An exchange tends to attract the sickest and most costly patients, driving up premiums and leaving people trying to get insurance through it facing high costs and problems getting care.</p><p>Cuomo and Christie took the steps they did because, while ObamaCare requires every state to <i>have</i> an exchange, it doesn’t force a state to set up or operate it. If a state fails to establish one (as in Jersey), the federal government will step in and set up the exchange itself. </p><p>At least, it’s <i>supposed</i> to step in. Whether the feds actually <i>can</i> set up exchanges in more than 20 states is an open question. Certainly, Congress seems unlikely to appropriate money for them to do so.</p><p>In some ways, there’s not much difference between a federal and a state exchange. The law authorizes the feds to “ensure that states with exchanges are enforcing federal standards.” In other words, each state is free to set up an exchange, as long as it does so exactly as the federal government wants it to. In fact, in establishing its exchange, New York may find that it has actually outsourced control over state insurance laws to the feds. </p><p>By setting up its exchange, New York also wins the dubious privilege of paying the full cost for operating it. If the feds set up an exchange in New Jersey, they’ll have to pay for it. Thus, Cuomo has imposed about $100 million a year in costs on New York taxpayers. Christie, by contrast, may well have saved Jersey taxpayers from that burden.</p><p>And, by rejecting a state-run exchange, Christie has potentially freed New Jersey businesses from ObamaCare’s mandate that all employers with 50 or more workers provide health insurance or pay a tax of $2,000 per worker.</p><p>Potentially, because that mandate only kicks in if at least one employee qualifies for subsidies under the exchange — and, under explicit language of the ObamaCare law, subsidies aren’t available through a federally run exchange. </p><p>The Obama administration has claimed the authority to unilaterally rewrite the law in order to offer subsidies through a federal exchange. The issue is surely headed to the Supreme Court; it’s anyone’s guess how the justices will rule. But if the courts uphold the plain language of the statute, New Jersey and other “refusenik” states will find themselves at a significant competitive advantage when it comes to attracting businesses.</p><p>Come 2016, Cuomo and Christie may well face off in a race for the presidency. For now, their contrasting approaches to ObamaCare are a pretty clear indication of that debate. </p><p><em>Michael Tanner is a Cato Institute senior fellow. </em><br /></p><br /> <div class="story_link_box" readability="24"><br /> <p><strong><em>Have a comment on this PostOpinion column? Send it in to</em> LETTERS@NYPOST.COM!</strong></p><br /> </div><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary6929075981428873766");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/obamacare-cuomo-christie-you.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='932545489035794772'></a> <div id='fecha'> <script>remplaza_fecha('12 December, 2012');</script> </div> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/lennar-to-borrow-17-billion-from.html'>Lennar to borrow $1.7 billion from Chinese bank</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Business' rel='tag'>Business</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary932545489035794772'><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p><br /> <br /> Miami-based Lennar Corp. has gotten approval on $1.7 billion in loans from China Development Bank to fund the development and construction of two major projects in San Francisco, according to a person familiar with the transaction.</p><p>The contract, set to close by Dec. 31 subject to various conditions, would mark the first U.S. loan by the big state-owned Chinese bank. One condition — tagged the “Chinese component”— is that China Railway Construction Corp. be included as a general contracting partner in the project, the person said. </p><p>Closing by year’s end is crucial because of new tax rules set to take effect, the person added. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <p><br /> The agreement, first reported in The Wall Street Journal, would provide funding for the first six years of what is envisioned to be a 20-year project. </p><p>The loan agreement, reached Dec. 7 after Lennar officials met in China with bank officials, provides for $1 billion in financing to a partnership led by Lennar to redevelop Hunters Point Shipyard-Candlestick Point, a site in southeast San Francisco spanning more than 700 acres, the person said. Plans for the mixed-use community call for nearly 12,000 residential units on the site. Construction is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2013.</p><p>Under the pact, the Chinese bank would provide another $700 million to a partnership of Lennar, Stockbridge Capital Group and Wilson Meany, a real estate investment and development firm, to redevelop Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Islands in San Francisco Bay. Some 8,000 units of housing are planned for the mixed-use project on 535 acres. The U.S. Navy is set to turn over the first parcel of land to the development company in late 2013. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary932545489035794772");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/lennar-to-borrow-17-billion-from.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='6131422009522095591'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/wisteria-island-tussle-for-wild-isle-in.html'>Wisteria Island: A tussle for a wild isle in the Florida Keys</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/World' rel='tag'>World</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary6131422009522095591'><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p><br /> <br /> In the middle of Key West Harbor, there’s a modern-day Gilligan’s Island just a short dinghy ride from Schooner’s Wharf. It’s 21 acres of wild green space with a rusting barbecue grill and an empty beer keg swinging from a tree. </p><p>And if you thought the fictional island on the 1960s TV show harbored a quirky assortment of characters, get a load of the ones who’ve figured in Wisteria Island history:</p><p>There was Key West luxury developer Pritam Singh, who lived on the rent-free paradise as a hippie. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <p><br /> There were the pot-smokers, partiers, poets and picnickers — as well as artists, vagrants and nature-seekers — who used it to get away from civilization for hours, days or even weeks at a time.</p><p>Navy SEALs trained for secret missions on its terrain. Thieves used it, too, as a chop shop for stolen outboard motors. </p><p>And don’t forget Dennis Walsh, a guy who sold dirty jokes for $1 to tourists on Duval Street and enjoyed walking his dog on the island’s beach. </p><p>Over the past four decades, it seems like just about everyone has used the island except its acknowledged owners: the Bernsteins, a well-to-do family with New York roots who developed most of nearby Stock Island. “We kind of ignored it,” Roger Bernstein said. </p><p>But in 2007, Bernstein and his brother, Jordan, decided it was time to turn their “trophy property” into a luxury resort. Those who loved the scruffy island — created during a Navy channel-dredging project around the turn of the last century — had other ideas. </p><p>Among them were Naja and Arnaud Girard, who own a Key West marine assistance and boat salvage company. The couple have fond memories of their two children playing on the island with kids from other live-aboard families who grew up on boats anchored off its shore. </p><p>The Girards started poking around Washington, D.C., archives and online databases, trying to find a way to keep at least some of the island undeveloped. They hit the jackpot: documents that suggested the Bernsteins could not own the island because the Navy had not given up title to Wisteria until 1982. And, when it did, it transferred it to the U.S. Department of the Interior, not the state of Florida.</p><p>“This came out of nowhere,” said Barry Richard, an attorney with Greenberg Traurig, which is representing the Bernsteins. “I have to say it came out of a relatively low administrative level . . . and may well be, at some point, reversed administratively. But it is not a risk we can take.”</p><p>As a result, Key West’s local drama has turned into a federal case: F.E.B. Corp. vs. the United States of America.</p><p>The ownership controversy prompted the Monroe County property appraiser to slash the island’s valuation to $17,900 (it once was $700,000), and it has brought to a halt the Bernsteins’ effort to turn Wisteria into a resort that mirrors its twin spoil island, Sunset Key.</p><p>The Bernstein brothers are shocked that the feds are disregarding the warranty deed their late father, Ben, obtained for $155,000 in 1967, the four decades worth of property taxes they’ve paid and the Submerged Lands Act of 1953, which they believe confirms their ownership.</p><p>“This is a land grab by the federal government of epic proportions,” Roger Bernstein said.</p><p>But according to Naja Girard, the “real land grab” occurred in 1951, when the state auctioned off the island. She dug up documents that showed the Navy claimed ownership at the time and objected to the auction. The state went ahead anyway. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary6131422009522095591");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/wisteria-island-tussle-for-wild-isle-in.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='2789761563477647410'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-flickr-iphone-app-to-compete-with.html'>New Flickr iPhone app to compete with Instagram and Twitter with 16 filters</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Technology' rel='tag'>Technology</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary2789761563477647410'><br /><div class="home-content-ad"><br /><div class="ad-code"><br /><br /></div></div><br /><p class="first">Hot on the heels of its email redesign, Yahoo (YHOO) announced on Wednesday that it has completely redesigned the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355367256_2">Flickr</span> iPhone app. The new app borrows heavily from Instagram and focuses on what makes Flickr special: photos and communities. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355367256_0">Yahoo</span>’s new Flickr app also includes 16 filters with their own fancy names to go head-on with Instagram and Twitter’s recently updated app that added eight filters. Users can now access the Flickr app with numerous accounts including Facebook (FB) and Google (GOOG) and photos can be shared to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or via email. The new Flickr app is available for free on iPhone but to our disappointment, there isn’t an iPad-optimized version.<span id="more-245492"></span></p><br /><p>Ellis Hamburger from <em>The Verge </em>penned an interesting editorial on how Twitter misses the mark by simply adding filters to its app without having the close community that makes Instagram so addictive. Led by CEO <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355367256_1">Marissa Mayer</span>, Yahoo seems aware that mobile apps thrive on the communities that sprout up. The new Flickr app’s emphasis on how the images are displayed and shared in visually appealing and digestible thumbnails suggests Yahoo finally understands mobile.</p><div class="home-content-ad"><br /><div class="ad-code"><br /><br /></div></div><br /><br /><p><strong class="c6">Get more from BGR.com</strong>: Follow us on Twitter, Facebook</p><br /><p>Social Media News Headlines – Yahoo! News</p><br /></div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary2789761563477647410");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-flickr-iphone-app-to-compete-with.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='8860669965568517096'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/12-rounds.html'>’12 rounds</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Health' rel='tag'>Health</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary8860669965568517096'><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <br /> <p>The year 2012 will go down in real estate history as the year of the 100-year storm — and the $100 million apartment.</p><p>From a housing perspective, the biggest story by far was Hurricane Sandy. Millions of New Yorkers were left without power. Neighborhoods like Breezy Point and Red Hook experienced crippling damage. Thousands of residents still have not returned to their apartments in the Financial District, and dozens of buildings in that neighborhood were flooded.</p><p>“From a personal standpoint, I was homeless,” says Shermon Peters, the owner of Rosetta Wines, at 40 Exchange Place in FiDi, who was living at 2 Gold St.</p><br /><div id="intext_area_middle" class="intext_area" readability="59"><br /> <br /><div class="intext_object intext_photo" readability="34"><br /> <img alt="Hurricane Sandy hasn’t stopped downtown development, which will include conversions like the Woolworth." height="350" src="http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2012/12/13/home/web_photos/13R.CoverWool.c--300x350.jpg" title="Hurricane Sandy hasn’t stopped downtown development, which will include conversions like the Woolworth." width="300"/><p>Lorenzo Ciniglio(2)</p><br /> <p><br />Hurricane Sandy hasn’t stopped downtown development, which will include conversions like the Woolworth.</p><br /> </div><br /> <div class="intext_object intext_photo" readability="34"><br /> <img alt="Shermon Peters had to leave his 2 Gold St. pad, but he’s staying in FiDi at this William Beaver House rental." height="300" src="http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2012/12/13/home/web_photos/13R.CoverPeters.c--300x300.jpg" title="Shermon Peters had to leave his 2 Gold St. pad, but he’s staying in FiDi at this William Beaver House rental." width="300"/><br /> <p><br /><credits/>Shermon Peters had to leave his 2 Gold St. pad, but he’s staying in FiDi at this William Beaver House rental.</p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> <br /><p>Peters stayed with his parents in Queens, and then camped out in his van parked outside Rosetta Wines (mercifully spared from the storm). “Several businesses were looted, so I decided to stay in front of my store each night, just to keep an eye on it.”</p><p>Move-back dates for the 2 Gold rental building are not scheduled until March, so Peters asked one of his customers, Cyrus Eyn, of Platinum Properties, if he knew of any nearby apartments. Eyn found him a one-bedroom at William Beaver House. For about two weeks, Peters would climb 20 stories to get bags of clothing out of his old apartment while wearing a gas mask. (A boiler had exploded during the storm, and the hallways reeked of fuel.)</p><p>And 2 Gold (which also suffered a rash of robberies in the ensuing chaos) was only one of the luxury apartment buildings — which included 88 Greenwich St., 201 Pearl St., 95 Wall St. and others — damaged by Sandy. According to the appraisal firm Miller Samuel, rental transactions are down a jaw-dropping 70 percent from last year in lower Manhattan.</p><p>But the fact that Peters is still living in FiDi says something about the area’s staying power. </p><p>“In the last couple of weeks, we have rented to a number of people from 2 Gold and 88 Greenwich,” says Kristen Risko of LCOR, whose building, 25 Broad, is offering displaced residents six-month leases, or three free months on an 18-month lease. “We’ve probably gotten 12 residents — and I have two pending applications.”</p><p>“People are still renting and still looking down there,” says Platinum Properties President Daniel Hedaya, who sells and leases apartments all over FiDi.</p><p>And developers aren’t shying away from the area, either.</p><p>Ken Horn, the head of Alchemy Properties, is moving full speed ahead with plans to turn the top 30 floors of the 58-story Woolworth Building into 36 to 42 condos. (Exact numbers haven’t been set.) “Our goal is to hit the market in the fourth quarter of 2013,” Horn says. The building will feature a 6,000- to 7,000-square-foot cupola penthouse, which will almost certainly be one of the city’s top trophy properties. </p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary8860669965568517096");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/12-rounds.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='5197452226927239338'></a> <div id='fecha'> <script>remplaza_fecha('11 December, 2012');</script> </div> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/with-spam-it-better-not-to-give-or.html'>With spam, it’s better not to give or receive</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Business' rel='tag'>Business</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary5197452226927239338'><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p><br /> <br /> Q. Recently I’ve been unable to send emails from my home email address. In addition, my incoming email contains several notices of undeliverable emails that I didn’t send that are addressed to people I don’t know. I suspect that my computer is infected by some malicious software and is being used to send spam email — and that those that are undeliverable are being returned. What should I do?</p><p><span class="signature">Joseph Campbell <span class="signature_credit">Burnsville, Minn.</span></span></p><p>I agree that your PC has been taken over by hackers and is being used to send spam. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <p><br /> The fact that you aren’t able to send emails from your home account supports this theory, since it indicates that your Internet service provider believes you are spamming and has temporarily blocked your ability to send email to anyone.</p><p>I suggest you download and run the free version of security program Malwarebytes (go to www.tinyurl.com/cwbd73f and click “free download.”) If that doesn’t work, try Windows System Restore to eliminate recently installed software (see www.tinyurl.com/y9q9apj and www.tinyurl.com/ykgps6.) Then call your Internet service provider; explain what happened and what you’ve done to fix it. If your PC is clean, you’ll be allowed to send email again.Q. I’ve recently received a lot of spam, including some that appear to be from people I know — except that the messages come from the wrong email address. How does a spammer use a familiar name with a fake email address and send it to me?</p><p>Also, is there a way to find out the identity of the people who send spam emails? I’ve read that the email address of the sender is not always accurate.</p><p>Ginger Bramlett <span class="signature_credit">Rockwall, Texas</span></p><p> The bogus email that appeared to be from your friend, but came from the wrong email address, is from a spammer who is trying to trick you into opening the email.</p><p>Why did this happen? Your friend’s email may have been hacked and his or her address book stolen, providing the spammer with a host of addresses where an email bearing your friend’s name might be opened by the recipient.</p><p>It’s hard to find out who actually sent spam, because originating email addresses are easy to fake.</p><p>I suggest you send these emails to your spam filter so that you and others may be spared at least some spam in the future. In addition, your Internet service provider allows you to block spam that comes from a specific domain name — the part of the email address that follows the symbol, such as Yahoo.com. See www.tinyurl.com/cxmq4m7. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary5197452226927239338");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/with-spam-it-better-not-to-give-or.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='1650365408953567129'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/parents-of-students-at-broward-school.html'>Parents of students at Broward school warned of Legionnaires’ Disease exposure</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/World' rel='tag'>World</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary1650365408953567129'><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p><br /> <br /> Parents of students at Olsen Middle School in Dania Beach were being informed on Tuesday that their children may have been exposed to someone diagnosed with Legionnaires’ Disease, Broward School District officials said.</p><p> The person with Legionnaires’ Disease was not a student, district spokeswoman Nadine Drew said. They did not say if the infected person was a teacher.</p><p> Automated ‘robo-calls’ were made to the telephones of Olsen Middle School parents that explained how the district was working with the Broward Health Department </p><br /><br /> <br /> <p><br /> To read the entire Sun Sentinel story click here. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary1650365408953567129");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/parents-of-students-at-broward-school.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='317314776634944286'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/facebook-helps-fbi-bust-cybercriminals.html'>Facebook helps FBI bust cybercriminals blamed for $850 million losses</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Technology' rel='tag'>Technology</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary317314776634944286'><br /><div class="home-content-ad"><br /><div class="ad-code"><br /><br /></div></div><br /><p class="first">SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Investigators led by the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355277489_0">Federal Bureau of Investigation</span> and aided by <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355277489_1">Facebook Inc</span>, have busted an international criminal ring that infected 11 million computers around the world and caused more than $ 850 million in total losses in one of the largest cybercrime hauls in history.</p><br /><p>The <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355277489_2">FBI</span>, working in concert with the world’s largest <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355277489_4">social network</span> and several <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355277489_3">international law enforcement</span> agencies, arrested 10 people it says infected computers with “Yahos” malicious software, then stole credit card, bank and other personal information.</p><div class="home-content-ad"><br /><div class="ad-code"><br /><br /></div></div><br /><br /><p>Facebook’s security team assisted the FBI after “Yahos” targeted its users from 2010 to October 2012, the U.S. federal agency said in a statement on its website. The <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355277489_7">social network</span> helped identify the criminals and spot affected accounts, it said.</p><br /><p>Its “security systems were able to detect affected accounts and provide tools to remove these threats,” the FBI said.</p><br /><p>According to the agency, which worked also with the U.S. Department of Justice, the accused hackers employed the “Butterfly Botnet”. Botnets are networks of compromised computers that can be used in a variety of cyberattacks on <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355277489_5">personal computers</span>.</p><br /><p>The FBI said it nabbed 10 people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Peru, the United Kingdom, and the United States, executed numerous search warrants and conducted a raft of interviews.</p><br /><p>It estimated the total losses from their activities at more than $ 850 million, without elaborating.</p><br /><p>Hard data is tough to come by, but experts say cybercrime is on the rise around the world as PC and mobile computing become more prevalent and as more and more financial transactions shift online, leaving <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355277489_6">law enforcement</span>, cybersecurity professionals and targeted corporations increasingly hard-pressed to spot and ward off attacks.</p><br /><p>(Reporting By Edwin Chan; Editing by Matt Driskill)</p><br /><p>Social Media News Headlines – Yahoo! News</p><br /></div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary317314776634944286");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/facebook-helps-fbi-bust-cybercriminals.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='4094463403271578746'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/jessica-chastain-on-top-secret-zero.html'>Jessica Chastain on Top Secret Zero Dark Thirty Shoot</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Lifestyle' rel='tag'>Lifestyle</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary4094463403271578746'><p>The black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden was as top secret as they come and, as it turns out, so was the feature film adaptation of the true-life story. </p><p>In fact, <em>Zero Dark Thirty</em>'s cast, headlined by Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke and Kyle Chandler were forbidden to speak a word of the hush-hush project to the press which caused a few problems for one cast member in particular.</p><p>Video: 'Zero Dark' Stars on Emotional 9/11 Connection <br /></p><p>"As soon as I was cast I wanted to just scream it from the rooftops," revealed Chastain of the moment she found out she'd nabbed the part of Maya, a CIA analyst who anchors the film's hunt for bin Laden.</p><p>Speaking with ET at the Los Angeles Premiere, the much-buzzed-about star says, along with wanting to share her accomplishment, she longed to correct the misinformation being circulated about the flick.</p><p>Video: How 'Zero Dark Thirty' Copied Bin Laden's Compound <br /></p><p>"I had to keep it a secret for a whole year and press was coming out saying that they were speculating that I was playing the wife of a SEAL, which just sort of made me more mad," she explained. "But I had to keep my tongue."</p><p><em>Zero Dark Thirty</em>, helmed by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, is out in limited release December 19.</p></div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary4094463403271578746");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/jessica-chastain-on-top-secret-zero.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='4598861127985662452'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/irans-panic-obamas-opportunity.html'>Iran’s panic = Obama’s opportunity</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Health' rel='tag'>Health</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary4598861127985662452'><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <div id="intext_area_top" class="intext_area"><br /> <div class="intext_headshot pointer" onclick="href('/columnists/amirtaheri')"><br /> <img alt="headshot" src="http://www.nypost.com/rw/SysConfig/WebPortal/nypost/images/columnist_headshots/amir_taheri.png"/><p>Amir Taheri</p><br /> <br /> </div></div><br /> <br /> <p>For the past few months, Iran’s rulers have shown growing signs of panic. </p><p>Transformed into pulpits, the state-owned media showcase one mullah after another in a campaign of “stiffening Islamic resistance.” The regime’s various military arms are organizing rival exercises with the claim that the Islamic Republic is “ready for all eventualities.” </p><p>Meanwhile, people are selling whatever they can, and emptying their savings, to dump the rial, the national currency, and buy dollars and/or gold.</p><p>For his part, “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei has broken his tradition of remaining in seclusion to embark on tours of several provinces. Yet his message of “don’t panic” sounds hollower each time.</p><br /><br /> <br /><p>Observers agree that the Tehran rulers haven’t manifested such panic since 2003, when they believed that the American “Great Satan,” having deposed the despot Saddam Hussein, would turn on them next. </p><p>This time, no one fears a US invasion. If anything, the mullahs hope to save themselves by leading the Obama administration down the garden path.</p><p>The somber mood in Tehran is prompted by several factors.</p><p>The first is deepening divisions within the regime as it prepares for another tricky presidential election in June. Though every such election is stage-managed, none has passed smoothly. The 2009 election provoked uprisings that were crushed with massive brutality. </p><p>This time, the regime faces a split: One faction, led by outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is trying to retain power by fielding a candidate and “arranging” a victory. Its candidate is Esfandiar Rahim Masha’i, a homespun philosopher believed to be Ahmadinejad’s guru. Khamenei loyalists fear that Masha’i plans to push the mullahs out of politics in the name of Iranian nationalism.</p><p>The second source of panic is the economic crisis prompted by continued drop in the value of the rial. This has led to mass unemployment and flight of capital on an unprecedented scale.</p><p>The regional political landscape is also changing against the regime. The Arab Spring has led to the emergence of new Arab regimes dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood — a Sunni Muslim movement hostile to Shiism, the majority faith in Iran.</p><p>Tehran is also near the point of losing its chief Arab ally, Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad, as rebels pursue their thrust into Damascus. And loss of Syria could also mean the end of the Lebanese branch of Hezbollah — and thus the loss to Tehran of an instrument of terror against Israel and the United States.</p><p>The Iranian regime is also contemplating the erosion of its influence with Hamas, the group controlling Gaza. In recent weeks, a coalition of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia has persuaded Hamas’ leaders to distance themselves from Tehran. </p><p>Last month, Iran’s foreign minister asked to visit Gaza to celebrate what he termed “the success of Fajr 5 missile” supplied by Tehran and used by Hamas against Israel. He got no invitation because Hamas, already promised $400 million by Qatar, feels its bread is buttered more thickly by the oil-rich Arab states than by an Iran whose economy is in free fall.</p><p>Tehran is also losing influence in Iraq. One sign is Baghdad’s decision to challenge Iran by fielding a candidate for OPEC secretary-general. Coveting the post, Iran has worked hard to win it with help from Venezuela.</p><p>But then Tehran may soon also lose Venezuela, its staunchest ally, as President Hugo Chavez faces yet another round of cancer treatments. The rest of the Chavista establishment has never shared “El Loco’s” enthusiasm for alliance with Tehran.</p><p>But the “Great Satan” might ride to the regime’s rescue. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have hinted at such a possibility by offering “direct and unconditional talks” with Tehran. </p><p>Such talks could torpedo negotiations with the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany). The argument would be to put off 5+1 negotiations, which focus on the nuclear issue, pending the outcome of Iran-US talks. </p><p>That, in turn, would mean putting five Security Council resolutions on the backburner for an unknown period — since Tehran could drag talks with America as it’s done under every US administration (except that of George W. Bush) since 1979.</p><p>The perception that tension is easing with the United States would immediately boost Iran’s economy, relieving pressure on the rial and slowing the capital haemorrhage. </p><p>And, as with previous talks with America, regime factions would close ranks pending the outcome of the high-stakes negotiations.</p><p>Obama could put the panic in Tehran to better use. He should throw his weight behind the 5+1 negotiations by making his offer of “direct talks” conditional on success on the nuclear issue, where Iran faces the whole United Nations and not America alone. Talks on bilateral Iran-US issues could start once Tehran has at last complied with the five Security Council resolutions. </p><p>The offer of direct talks should be used as an incentive to Iran to stop its defiance of the United Nations. Otherwise, Tehran will see the offer as another sign of US weakness, and be encouraged to continue thumbing its nose at the 5+1.</p><br /> <div class="story_link_box" readability="24"><br /> <p><strong><em>Have a comment on this PostOpinion column? Send it in to</em> LETTERS@NYPOST.COM!</strong></p><br /> </div><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary4598861127985662452");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/irans-panic-obamas-opportunity.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='9009240594390940162'></a> <div id='fecha'> <script>remplaza_fecha('10 December, 2012');</script> </div> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/autonation-back-in-fast-lane-with.html'>AutoNation: Back in the fast lane with expansion, higher sales</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Business' rel='tag'>Business</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary9009240594390940162'><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p><br /> <br /> Despite an agonizingly slow economic recovery, the country’s largest auto retailer, Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation, is thriving again as demand for vehicles expands. </p><p>The company, one of Florida’s largest, is posting increasingly strong profits and revenues. Just last week, in a sign of confidence, Autonation announced a major acquisition — buying six large auto stores in Texas — that will add about 700 employees to its national payroll of 19,400.</p><p> In announcing the deal Tuesday, which is expected to provide AutoNation with $575 million in additional revenues next year, the company’s CEO and chairman, Mike Jackson, expressed optimism about the prospects for continued growth in vehicle sales. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <p><br /> “You want to know what I’m thinking, look at what I do,” Jackson told viewers on CNBC’s Squawk Box program. </p><p>No information was released on the cost of the transactions, but in recent years auto dealerships sometimes sold for three to five times revenue, which would represent a significant investment for the company.</p><p><span class="subhead">Tough times</span></p><p>To be sure, AutoNation has struggled through some tough times. It was battered by the Great Recession, which depressed sales and pushed the company into a $1.2 billion loss four years ago. As sales began to improve in 2010 and 2011, it was blindsided by a shortage of Japanese-made cars last year after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 shut down Japanese manufacturers of some essential components.</p><p>Since then, however, AutoNation has rebounded. Unit sales, revenues and profits all performed well in the first three quarters of this year, and the company expects new vehicle sales to continue their recovery nationwide, rising to the mid-14 million units this year, up from about 12.7 million in 2011. In the third quarter of 2012, AutoNation’s new car unit sales grew by 21 percent over the same period in 2011, doing better than an estimated 15 percent increase industry wide. November’s sales of new vehicles increased by 21 percent over November 2011 .</p><p>The big dealerships acquired sell Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen and Chrysler products in the Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth markets. They are expected to sell 14,000 new and used autos this year, and will add substantially to AutoNation’s future sales.</p><p>“We are in the right industry at the right time,” Jackson said during an interview. “The recovery in new vehicle sales is being driven by replacement demand,” added Jackson, who has 42 years of experience in the auto business. “The average age of the light vehicle fleet in the country has increased to 11 years, and even though cars and trucks last longer today, they can’t go on forever. About 12 to 13 million vehicles are scrapped every year and need to be replaced.”</p><p>Other factors are contributing to stronger demand for vehicles. “The population is growing, interest rates are low, there is ample credit available and manufacturers are producing a wide range of new models that offer attractive styling, power and greatly improved gas mileage,” said Jackson, who took over as AutoNation’s CEO in 1999. “Auto financing is more available than it has been in recent years. A little known fact is that people are more likely to default on a mortgage than on a vehicle loan.” </p><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary9009240594390940162");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/autonation-back-in-fast-lane-with.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='7911468079951429616'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/bal-harbour-police-chief-suspended-amid.html'>Bal Harbour police chief suspended amid new allegations of misconduct</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/World' rel='tag'>World</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary7911468079951429616'><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p><br /> <br /> Bal Harbour Police Chief Thomas Hunker has been suspended with pay following the release of a U.S. Justice Department report that slams the small police agency for allegedly misspending millions in drug money seized from criminals. The report also fingers Hunker for professional misconduct.</p><p>Hunker, 61, was sidelined with pay while an outside law enforcement agency investigates the allegations, according to a written statement issued by Jay Smith, the village’s human resources director.</p><p> “Chief Hunker requested that an investigation be conducted, and requested to be placed on leave to ensure the integrity of the investigation,’’ the statement said. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <p><br /> Treppeda and Bal Harbour Mayor Jean Rosenfield did not return repeated calls for comment. </p><p>The Justice Department also is looking into Bal Harbour’s handling of millions earned from laundering the money of drug dealers as part of ongoing, undercover investigations of criminal networks around the country.</p><p>Hunker, who has been chief since 2003, is about to complete the third year of a four-year employment contract that pays him a base salary of $141,959.80 a year, and provides him with a car, health insurance and a pension plan. In Hunker’s absence, Capt. Michael Daddario has been named acting chief.</p><p>In October, The Miami Herald reported that the village police department — a small-town force previously known for writing traffic tickets — conducts undercover operations all over the country targeting drug dealers. Records show the agency doled out $624,558 in payments to informants in less than four years, and ran up $23,704 in one month for cross-country trips with first-class flights and luxury car rentals.</p><p>In a rare move, federal agents froze millions that Bal Harbour helped confiscate under the program, and the Justice Department now wants the village to return more than $4 million.</p><p>The latest allegations against Hunker are outlined in an investigative report by the Justice Department Office of Inspector General. Among the specifics: </p><p>• Hunker conducted unauthorized checks of national criminal records databases for individuals who did not have access to those systems;</p><p>• Hunker provided individuals with honorary BHPD badges and identification and has influenced potential arrests and prosecutions;</p><p>• Hunker received multiple gifts from people who may have benefitted from the chief’s influence;</p><p>• Hunker ordered a police officer out of a marked vehicle and allowed an intoxicated individual to drive the vehicle on the beach;</p><p>• Hunker’s wife received a “deal’’ on her personal Jeep after BHPD purchased several police vehicles from the dealership;</p><p>• Hunker hired the son of a personal friend who was dismissed from the Miami-Dade Police Academy for cheating;</p><p>• BHPD-documented overtime related to money laundering investigations was inflated and abused. Specifically, that [a BHPD sergeant] inflated his overtime so that his pension is currently approximately $130,000 per year;</p><p>• BHPD improperly paid its informants.</p><p>Hunker referred all questions to his criminal defense attorney, Richard Sharpstein, who said the report reads like an irresponsible work of fiction, and that all the charges against the chief will be disproven.</p><p>“It’s shocking and extremely disappointing to think that the Justice Department would release these allegations, which are nothing more than the misdirected and misguided ranting of some obviously disgruntled individuals,’’ Sharpstein said. “They’re going to have egg on their face.’’ </p><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary7911468079951429616");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/bal-harbour-police-chief-suspended-amid.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='1632985572873003866'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/massive-hp-conference-draws-10000.html'>Massive HP conference draws 10,000 attendees to ogle products, speakers, presentations</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Technology' rel='tag'>Technology</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary1632985572873003866'><br /><div class="home-content-ad"><br /><div class="ad-code"><br /><br /></div></div><br /><p class="first"><strong>By Suzy Hansen</strong></p><br /><p>More than 10,000 customers, partners and attendees flocked to the Hewlett-Packard Discover <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355162124_3">conference</span> in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355162124_1">Frankfurt, Germany</span>, this week to learn about HP’s latest products, exchange ideas, swap business cards and basically examine whether HP can improve the way their companies are run. The event was held at <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355162124_2">Messe Frankfurt</span>, one of the world’s largest trade exhibition sites.</p><div class="home-content-ad"><br /><div class="ad-code"><br /><br /></div></div><br /><br /><p>CEO <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355162124_0">Meg Whitman</span> acknowledged in her speech on Tuesday that HP has gone through some rough times this past year. HP’s stock price has been nearly halved during her tenure. Whitman, however, pointed out that HP has $ 120 billion in revenue and is the 10th-largest company in the United States. In Q4, HP has generated $ 4.1 billion in cash flow.</p><br /><p>“We are the No. 1 or No. 2 provider in almost every market,” Whitman told the crowd in Frankfurt.</p><br /><p>Whitman emphasized executives’ increasing concerns about security and said that it will be addressed by “a new approach”: HP’s security portfolio, with Autonomy and Vertica, which helps “analyze and understand the context of these events.” Executive Vice President of Enterprise Dave Donatelli spoke about converged infrastructure, or bringing together server, network and storage; their software-defined data centers; and their new servers, which “change the way servers have been defined.” George Kadifa, executive vice president of software, said 94 of the top 100 companies use HP software. HP is the sixth-largest software company in the world, with 16,000 employees in 70 countries, Kadifa added.</p><br /><p>Also at the conference was <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355162124_4">Jeffrey Katzenberg</span>, CEO of DreamWorks and an old friend of Whitman’s from their Disney days, who roused the crowd with a fun speech about his long relationship with HP. Katzenberg showed an old video of himself onstage with a lion, which nearly mauled him. This time, he appeared onstage with a guy in a lion suit. The lesson was to learn from past mistakes and move on.</p><br /><p>“If I am smart enough to say ‘scalable multicorps processing,’ I am smart enough to not put myself onstage with a real lion again,” he joked.</p><br /><p>The <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355162124_5">Discover conference</span> is a key vehicle for HP to show off products it’s offering in the coming year. Among them were the latest ProLiant and Integrity servers, the 3PAR StoreServ 7000 and the StoreAll and StoreOnce storage systems. At the HP Labs section of the conference, attendees could learn about the cloud infrastructure or test HP’s new ElitePad 900.</p><br /><p>Throughout the three-day event, which saw attendance grow by 30 percent this year, attendees wandered the enormous halls, milling around displays, watching videos, listening to speeches and participating in workshops. People gathered on clustered couches and chatted with new acquaintances, frequently stopping to plug in their various devices and recharge themselves with coffee. With people coming from all over the world, you could hear many languages spoken, from Arabic to French to the most bewildering of them all: the language of technology. Despite the large crowds, it was hard not to notice there were very few women among the thousands in attendance. In fact, when asked about this phenomenon, one female HP employee said, “Trust me, you aren’t the first person who has come up to me asking about this.”</p><br /><p>Indeed, the Discover conference was like a forest of men in suits. The few women stood out like rays of sunlight. </p><br /><p>Regardless of their presence at this conference, women are making big strides in information technology. Among the leaders are HP CEO Whitman, who also led eBay; Carly Fiorina, who ran HP before Whitman; <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355162124_6">Yahoo!</span> CEO Marissa Mayer; and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Were the women at the Discover conference surprised by the low female turnout?</p><br /><p>“No, for IT this is standard,” said Stefanie, a 30-year-old product manager from Germany. “Many are afraid of all the technical stuff, and you have to prove that you are capable of it. You get more women in retail and distribution but not in high-tech areas, at least not in Europe. In America there are more women in management positions and in general.”</p><br /><p>Americans might assume that Europe, with its generous social programs that include free daycare, enables more women to ascend the corporate ladder. But that still doesn’t mean that a woman trying to balance a high-tech career and a family is always accepted in European society.</p><br /><p>“There is still a lot of emphasis on the family,” Stefanie said. “It’s easier to move up in the U.S., where there is a culture of ‘having it all.’ It’s quite a fight to get there here.”</p><br /><p>Still, the IT industry might seem inhospitable to women. Could this male-dominated profession be male-dominant because women have a hard time breaking in?</p><br /><p>Stefanie disagreed. “No, they actually like working with women,” she said. “They want to.”</p><br /><p>One male conference attendee, who asked not to be named, was less certain.</p><br /><p>“There’s a lot of ego and testosterone,” he said. “It can’t be easy” for women.</p><br /><p>Tech News Headlines – Yahoo! News</p><br /></div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary1632985572873003866");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/massive-hp-conference-draws-10000.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='5175555795768533658'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/ariel-winter-mom-sues-for-alleged.html'>Ariel Winter's Mom Sues for Alleged Defamation</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Lifestyle' rel='tag'>Lifestyle</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary5175555795768533658'><p>Chrisoula 'Crystal' Workman, the mother of <em>Modern Family</em>'s Ariel Winter, has sued one of her daughter's associates for alleged defamation, according to <em>The Associated Press</em>.</p><p>RELATED: Ariel Winter's Sister Continues Temporary Custody</p><p>The news source reports that the defamation suit cites an online comment that actor Matthew Borlenghi allegedly made, referring to Workman as an "abusive monster."</p><p>Winter, 14, is currently under the temporary custody of her sister Shanelle Gray, 34. The trial to determine whether Gray will gain permanent custody of her sister is set to begin Wednesday.</p><p>Workman lost custody of Ariel in October after court documents were filed, claiming that Ariel "has been the victim of ongoing physical abuse (slapping, hitting, pushing) and emotional abuse (vile name calling, personal insults about minor and minor's height, attempts to 'sexualize' minor, deprivation of food, etc.) for an extended period of time by the minor's mother ..."</p><p>Crystal denies the allegations, telling ET, "I love my daughter. I want to reunite our family. All allegations are false. Please pray for my family."</p><p>Earlier today, the <em>AP</em> reported that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas added more days of testimony (January 8 and 9), saying that he was doing so to "allow time for the testimony of a witness, [Jonathan Hay]."</p></div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary5175555795768533658");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/ariel-winter-mom-sues-for-alleged.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='2074448413328135351'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/cops-hunting-bronx-rape-suspect.html'>Cops hunting Bronx rape suspect</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Health' rel='tag'>Health</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary2074448413328135351'><p>A sicko followed a young woman into a Bronx apartment building and brutally raped her, cops said today.</p><p>The creep stalked the 21-year-old woman as she walked on East 143rd Street in Mott Haven around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, cops said.</p><p>He forced the woman into a stairwell, where he raped her.</p><p>The suspect is described by cops as a black man in his 20s, about 5’7” tall and has a bump on his left cheek.</p><p>He was wearing black sweatpants, a black hooded sweatshirt and a Yankees cap.</p><div id="intext_area_middle" readability="56"><br /> <br /><div class="intext_object intext_photo" readability="32"><br /> <img alt=" " height="450" src="http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2012/12/10/news/web_photos/rape202024--300x450.jpg" title=" " width="300"/><br /> <p><br /><credits></credits>Sketch of Bronx rape suspect.</p><br /> </div><br /> </div></div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary2074448413328135351");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/cops-hunting-bronx-rape-suspect.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='439945823368301597'></a> <div id='fecha'> <script>remplaza_fecha('09 December, 2012');</script> </div> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/back-in-fast-lane-autonation-expanding.html'>Back in the fast lane: AutoNation expanding again</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Business' rel='tag'>Business</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary439945823368301597'><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p><br /> <br /> Despite an agonizingly slow economic recovery, the country’s largest auto retailer, Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation, is thriving again as demand for vehicles expands. </p><p>The company, one of Florida’s largest, is posting increasingly strong profits and revenues. Just last week, in a sign of confidence, Autonation announced a major acquisition — buying six large auto stores in Texas — that will add about 700 employees to its national payroll of 19,400.</p><p> In announcing the deal Tuesday, which is expected to provide AutoNation with $575 million in additional revenues next year, the company’s CEO and chairman, Mike Jackson, expressed optimism about the prospects for continued growth in vehicle sales. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <p><br /> “You want to know what I’m thinking, look at what I do,” Jackson told viewers on CNBC’s Squawk Box program. </p><p>No information was released on the cost of the transactions, but in recent years auto dealerships sometimes sold for three to five times revenue, which would represent a significant investment for the company.</p><p><span class="subhead">Tough times</span></p><p>To be sure, AutoNation has struggled through some tough times. It was battered by the Great Recession, which depressed sales and pushed the company into a $1.2 billion loss four years ago. As sales began to improve in 2010 and 2011, it was blindsided by a shortage of Japanese-made cars last year after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 shut down Japanese manufacturers of some essential components.</p><p>Since then, however, AutoNation has rebounded. Unit sales, revenues and profits all performed well in the first three quarters of this year, and the company expects new vehicle sales to continue their recovery nationwide, rising to the mid-14 million units this year, up from about 12.7 million in 2011. In the third quarter of 2012, AutoNation’s new car unit sales grew by 21 percent over the same period in 2011, doing better than an estimated 15 percent increase industry wide. November’s sales of new vehicles increased by 21 percent over November 2011 .</p><p>The big dealerships acquired sell Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen and Chrysler products in the Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth markets. They are expected to sell 14,000 new and used autos this year, and will add substantially to AutoNation’s future sales.</p><p>“We are in the right industry at the right time,” Jackson said during an interview. “The recovery in new vehicle sales is being driven by replacement demand,” added Jackson, who has 42 years of experience in the auto business. “The average age of the light vehicle fleet in the country has increased to 11 years, and even though cars and trucks last longer today, they can’t go on forever. About 12 to 13 million vehicles are scrapped every year and need to be replaced.”</p><p>Other factors are contributing to stronger demand for vehicles. “The population is growing, interest rates are low, there is ample credit available and manufacturers are producing a wide range of new models that offer attractive styling, power and greatly improved gas mileage,” said Jackson, who took over as AutoNation’s CEO in 1999. “Auto financing is more available than it has been in recent years. A little known fact is that people are more likely to default on a mortgage than on a vehicle loan.” </p><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary439945823368301597");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/back-in-fast-lane-autonation-expanding.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='6942460667375206503'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/u-haul-chase-suspect-appears-in-miami.html'>U-Haul chase suspect appears in Miami-Dade court on Sunday</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/World' rel='tag'>World</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary6942460667375206503'><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p><br /> <br /> The suspect arrested in connection with Friday’s chase through the streets of Miami-Dade in a rental U-Haul truck appeared in front of judge Sunday morning.</p><p> Darrell Conyers, 45, made his first appearance in bond court.</p><p> Conyers faces a number of charges including grand theft, fraud and resisting arrest with violence. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <p><br /> During the hearing, the judge noted that the only charge before her was driving with a suspended license. For that she set bond at $2,000. Conyers will return to bond court at a later time for the additional charges.</p><p> Conyers was scheduled to appear in court on Saturday but was unable to do so because he was still in the hospital being treated for injuries he sustained at the end of the chase which apparently started as an attempted robbery at a tool shop on South Dixie Highway.</p><p> For 45-minutes the U-Haul truck weaved in and out of city streets, jumping on and off the Palmetto Expressway and headed in different directions along Southwest Eighth Street and Flagler Street.</p><p> The chase finally came to an end 12:45 p.m. next to Miami Senior High in Little Havana on Flagler Street and 26th Avenue.</p><p> When officers moved in to apprehend the driver, an unidentified Miami-Dade Police officer was injured when he was pinned between the U-Haul truck and a police vehicle. He was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he was treated for a broken leg.</p><p> Another Miami officer cut his hand from broken glass. Police say that happened when officers had to break the glass on the U-Haul truck to get the suspect out of it.</p><p> Police said Conyers has had previous run-ins with the law and has convictions for firearm violations, fleeing police and carjacking. </p><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary6942460667375206503");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/u-haul-chase-suspect-appears-in-miami.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='5693923223920182101'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/singer-jenni-rivera-feared-dead-in.html'>Singer Jenni Rivera Feared Dead in Plane Crash</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Lifestyle' rel='tag'>Lifestyle</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary5693923223920182101'><p>The remains of a private plane carrying singer Jenni Rivera have been found in Mexico with no survivors following a suspected crash. </p><p>Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, Mexico's Secretary of Communications and Transportation, confirmed to <em>The Hollywood Reporter </em>that, on Sunday, officials found the remains of an airplane that was carrying the Mexican-American superstar and her entourage who were traveling from Monterrey to Toluca, Mexico.</p><p>Video: Remembering the Tragic Loss of Aaliyah <br /></p><p>The small jet had been carrying seven passengers (Rivera included) and lost radio contact with the airport a few minutes after departing in the early hours of the morning following a concert, reports <em>THR</em>.</p><p>The singer's father and brother later confirmed to Telemundo that Rivera died in the crash.</p><p>With the sad news, Latin artists all over the world took to Twitter to express their heartbreak.</p><p>Gloria Estefan mourns, "Our deepest sympathy to the family & fans of @jennirivera & those that accompanied her on what was to be her last voyage. Rest in peace."</p><p>Ricky Martin says, "This is sad. A bit in shock. Much peace to your family." (Translated from Spanish)</p><p>Eva Longoria writes, "My heart breaks for the loss of Jenni Rivera & everyone on the plane. My prayers go out to her family. We lost a legend today."</p><p>William Levy tweets, "My heart goes out to the families. I wish them all the strength in the world." (Translated from Spanish)</p><p>Rivera, 43, was currently a featured coach on <em>The Voice Mexico</em>. A California native, the singer earned several Latin Grammy nominations and recently signed on to star in an American sitcom with ABC titled <em>Jenni</em>.</p></div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary5693923223920182101");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/singer-jenni-rivera-feared-dead-in.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div> <div class='post uncustomized-post-template'> <a name='5602963384931875471'></a> <h3 class='post-title'> <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/saved-us-troops-rescue-colo-doc-from.html'>Saved! US troops rescue Colo. doc from Taliban — Special Ops soldier dies in effort</a> </h3> <span class='post-labels'> Label: <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search/label/Health' rel='tag'>Health</a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> <div class='post-body'> <div id='summary5602963384931875471'><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <br /> <p><img alt="" class="blogImage ctr" src="http://www.nypost.com/r/nypost/2012/12/09/news/web_photos/joseph1191215--525x300.jpg" title=""/></p><p class="photo_credit">Morning Star Development</p><p class="photo_caption"><br /><strong>Colorado doctor Dilip Joseph was rescued from his Taliban captors in Afghanistan. </strong><br /></p><br /><br /><p>A doctor from Colorado who was kidnapped by Taliban thugs during a humanitarian mission in eastern Afghanistan was rescued over the weekend by US Special Forces, the White House said today.</p><p>But the raid to free Dr. Dilip Joseph, a medical advisor with the Colorado Springs-based Morning Star Development charity, sadly cost the life of one member of the elite team that got him out, according to President Obama.</p><p>“Yesterday, our special operators in Afghanistan rescued an American citizen in a mission that was characteristic of the extraordinary courage, skill and patriotism that our troops show every day,” he said in a statement. “Tragically, we lost one of our special operators in this effort.”</p><br /><br /> <br /><p>Joseph was rescued early yesterday after intelligence showed he was in danger of death or injury, officials said.</p><p>“This was a combined operation of U.S. and Afghan forces,” said 1st Lt. Joseph Alonso, a spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan. “Information was collected through multiple intelligence sources, which allowed Afghan and coalition forces to identify the location of Joseph and the criminals responsible for his captivity.”</p><p>He had been taken about 50 miles from the Pakistan border.</p><p>At least six of his captors, believed to be Taliban fighters, were killed in the raid and two suspected ring leaders were captured.</p><p>Joseph, 39, was approximately an hour’s drive of east of Kabul last Wednesday with two Afghan colleagues overseeing a medical clinic project when they were abducted, said Lars Peterson, executive director of Morning Star Development.</p><p>The two Afghan nationals were released on Saturday after long negotiations, but the abductors held onto Joseph, according to Peterson. </p><p>Eleven hours later the US and Afghan forces launched their raid.</p><p>Gen. John Allen, the top commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said the joint-force planned, rehearsed and successfully conducted the operation.</p><p>“Thanks to them, Dr. Joseph will soon be rejoining his family and loved ones,” Allen said.</p><p>Kidnap for ransom plots are common throughout the region by criminal gangs and the Taliban.</p><p>“Morning Star Development does state categorically that we paid no ransom, money or other consideration to the captors or anyone else to secure the release of these hostages,” Peterson said.</p><p>Joseph is due to return to the US in a few days and will be reunited with his family. </p><p><em>With Post Wire Services</em><br /></p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary5602963384931875471");</script> <span style='float:right'><a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/2012/12/saved-us-troops-rescue-colo-doc-from.html'>Read More..</a></span> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> </span> <span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> </p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'></p> <p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'></p> </div> </div>  </div> <div class='blog-pager' id='blog-pager'> <span id='blog-pager-newer-link'> <a class='blog-pager-newer-link' href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-12-18T20:10:00-08:00&max-results=10&reverse-paginate=true' id='Blog1_blog-pager-newer-link' title='Newer Posts'>Newer Posts</a> </span> <span id='blog-pager-older-link'> <a class='blog-pager-older-link' href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-12-09T20:04:00-08:00&max-results=10' id='Blog1_blog-pager-older-link' title='Older Posts'>Older Posts</a> </span> <a class='home-link' href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/'>Home</a> </div> <div class='clear'></div> <div class='blog-feeds'> <div class='feed-links'> Subscribe to: <a class='feed-link' href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default' target='_blank' type='application/atom+xml'>Posts (Atom)</a> </div> </div> </div></div> <div id='footer-wrapper'><center> <p class='links'>Copyright © <a href='http://wastedednews.blogspot.com/'>Wasted News</a>. 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