Jan
13

Iowa man, sister reunite thanks to Facebook, boy

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man has been reunited with his sister 65 years after the siblings were separated in foster care thanks to a 7-year-old friend who searched Facebook.Clifford Boyson of Davenport met his sister, Betty Billadeau, in person on Saturday. Billadeau drove up from her home in Florissant, Mo., with her daughter and granddaughter for the reunion at a hotel in Davenport.Boyson,...
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Jennifer Lawrence on Bradley Cooper Romance Rumors

Silver Linings Playbook stars Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper arrived separately at the Golden Globes red carpet on Sunday amid gossip that they might be romantically involved -- rumors that they both claimed to ET's Nancy O'Dell are completely false.RELATED: 2013 Golden Globes Winners"We've done two movies together," said Bradley, who also stars alongside J.Law in the upcoming film Serena. "If...
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Go to Greg

I’m 28, single and work at a small company. One of my bosses is lazy, holds grudges and can be vengeful — and he just crossed the line: He asked me last week if I would do him a favor and have first-time sex with his 16-year-old son. The way I handled it was a laugh and quick, ‘Sorry, I can’t.’ If I report him to our parent company, I’ll get fired,...
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Jan
12

Miami Beach builder Robert Turchin looks back — and ahead

If former Miami Beach vice mayor Robert Turchin had been a Miami decision maker during the recent vote that decided the fate of The Miami Herald building, he would probably have voted with the ‘nays’ allowing its demolition. “There’s nothing special about it,” says the 90-year-old Turchin as he cruises Collins Avenue between 63rd and 48th streets, a strip dense with buildings...
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Miami International Airport hotel operator under criminal investigation

The company that runs the hotel at Miami International Airport is under criminal investigation by the Miami-Dade state attorney’s office and the Office of the Inspector General for allegedly fraudulently billing the county.In a Jan. 2 memo outlining the joint investigation to Jose Abreu, director of the county’s aviation department, Inspector General Christopher Mazzella...
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Microsoft taps Krikorian to help run its Xbox business

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it hired technology entrepreneur Blake Krikorian to help run its Interactive Entertainment Business as the world’s largest software company plans bigger things for its Xbox gaming console.Krikorian will be corporate vice president for the Interactive Entertainment Business, reporting to Marc Whitten, chief product officer for the division,...
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Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis Engaged

Olivia Wilde, 28, and Saturday Night Live star Jason Sudeikis, 38, are engaged, ET can confirm.The pair, who went public in December of 2011, moved in together last year and have been seemingly inseparable since.Related: Olivia Wilde Divorces Italian RoyalAccording to People, Sudeikis proposed to the Tron: Legacy star shortly after the holidays."They are so excited," says a source. "And very, very...
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Required reading

MastermindHow to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova (Viking)In the BBC show “Sherlock,” the camera follows Holmes’ observations by filming exactly where his eyes go. Author Konnikova (a fan of the show) takes this one step further in her first book, a treatise on how the Watsons of the world can smarten up. The how-to guide gives us “brain attics,”...
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Jan
11

What the week’s big mortgage moves mean for consumers

This week brought three big developments to the nation’s beleaguered mortgage landscape. For consumers, the complex moves have been mostly mystifying, but experts say they all aim at turning the page.“There is a strong desire to put behind us all this period of time — the aftermath of the darkest period in American finance. All these things [announced this week] are intended...
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Jurors hear secret tape recording in Miami police corruption trial as feds rest their case

As rain began to fall on a June evening, Miami Police Sgt. Raul Iglesias told an undercover detective in his drug-fighting squad to turn off his cell phone and take out the battery as both officers stood outside the boss’s home.Iglesias, already relieved of duty on suspicions of being a dirty cop, feared Roberto Asanza’s phone could be recording him. And his instincts were...
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