Former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz pens book about reinventing the city

Former Miami mayors don’t usually write books anyone would want to publish, much less read.Then there’s Manny Diaz. Whether you admire him like many in Miami and across the country do, or excoriate him as some at home did, Diaz was hardly shy about embracing big plans and notions. And few would disagree that the city was a far different place when he exited City Hall in 2009...

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Xbox Live Celebrates 10 Years of Connecting Gamers

Thursday marks the tenth anniversary of Xbox Live, Microsoft’s online gaming platform for the Xbox and the Xbox 360.[More from Mashable: Steve Ballmer Hints at Microsoft Building More Hardware] For the last decade, Xbox Live has offered both a marketplace and online play space for gamers. It started in 2002 on Microsoft‘s...

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Lily Collins Battles Creatures of the Underworld in 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'

Mirror Mirror star Lily Collins faces a variety of decidedly nasty demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures in the upcoming thriller The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and we have a look at the action-packed trailer!Pics: More 'Twilight' Photos! Based on Cassandra Clare's best-selling book series, City of Bones casts Collins as Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager...

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Pure self-defense

Benny Avni After launching Israel’s first major military campaign of the Arab Spring era, Jerusalem is watching closely for reactions around the region — and in Washington.President Obama, who has so far admirably backed Israel’s right to defend its citizens, will play a major role in this unfolding drama. How long will his support last?To...

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Steve Wozniak, Chris Hughes share tales with Coconut Grove audience

Co-founders from two of Silicon Valley’s most innovative companies gave a South Florida audience a glimpse into the early days of developing the technology that would reshape the world.Steve Wozniak, of Apple, and Chris Hughes, of Facebook, were back-to-back speakers for the three-day Americas Business Council’s Continuity Forum that wrapped up Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton...

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More I-595 ramp changes coming to Hiatus, Flamingo exits

A major ramp change beginning Friday morning will affect how drivers get off westbound Interstate 595 at Hiatus and Flamingo roads. At 5 a.m. Friday, the combined off-ramp will open, and the current ramps will permanently close.Drivers trying to enter westbound I-595 from Nob Hill or Hiatus roads will find those on-ramps closed. Instead, they’ll travel west on State Road...

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Soros Ex-tra

Jennifer Gould Keil Susan Weber Soros (pictured), ex-wife of billionaire George Soros, can easily afford to buy a new trophy home even though she’s still trying to find a deep-pocketed buyer for her current residence.She just purchased an East 70th Street townhouse near Park Avenue for its full $22.5 million asking price. The five-floor...

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How to make the time for giving back

Erin McHugh had been working as a book seller during the day and author at night. Her jammed packed work schedule left her little time for volunteering. Feeling unfulfilled, she decided to try an approach she could squeeze into her routine — one small good deed every day for a year.Her deeds ranged from taking a senior out for ice cream to donating books to the local library....

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Parkland pot grower guilty of murder

WEST PALM BEACH -- For five years, Edwin Febonio has been waiting for his son’s murderer to be brought to justice.When a jury Tuesday convicted former Parkland pot-grower Jose Alfaro of second-degree murder for shooting Stephen Febonio in the back of the head, stuffing his body in a freezer and burying it in a Delray Beach yard, the dead man’s 78-year-old father wiped tears...

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RIM to release new BlackBerrys soon after Jan. 30

TORONTO (AP) — Research In Motion Ltd. will release its much-delayed BlackBerry 10 smartphones “not too long” after a launch event on Jan. 30, a senior executive said Tuesday.Chief Operating Officer Kristian Tear said the company is still fine-tuning the new phones. The new phones are seen as critical to RIM‘s survival...

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