BoNY wants out of Elliott’s battle with Argentina

Leave us out of it! Caught in a legal crossfire, Bank of New York Mellon is arguing that it should not be forced to help Paul Singer’s Elliott Management collect as much as $1.3 billion from Argentina.An appeals court recently upheld a ruling requiring Argentina to pay the New York hedge fund each time it pays other bondholders, which, unlike Elliott, agreed...

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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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Florida tourist numbers keep going up

Summer brought more tourists to Florida this year than last, according to preliminary numbers from Visit Florida.The state’s official tourism marketing corporation said 21.9 million people visited the state in the third quarter of the year, 3.5 percent more than last summer.The number of domestic travelers, which make up the vast majority of visitors, increased 3.2 percent....

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Dina Lohan Cried For Weeks After Lindsay Fight

"It just hurt me so bad," reveals Dina Lohan of daughter Lindsay's accusation she was high on cocaine during a heated altercation that later went viral on the internet.Video: I'm Proud Lindsay Came Clean After Lying, Says Dina Lohan Although the Lohan matriarch assures ET that all is well now between the two, she admits it took her quite a while to put the painful scuffle behind her."I cried for weeks,"...

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City to reinstate alternate side parking rules for five Brooklyn neighborhoods

Bad news for residents of some of Brooklyn's trendiest neighborhoods. The city is reinstating alternate side parking rules in Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Gowanus, Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill. The rules had been eased "indefinitely" due to the storm in Community Board 6, which covers all of the neighborhoods. Although those neighborhoods weren't badly hit...

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Norwegian Cruise Line testing drinks package

Norwegian Cruise Line confirmed it is testing an all-inclusive drink package on three ships.The Miami-based cruise operator is offering the package on Norwegian Sun, which is sailing from Miami; Norwegian Gem, which departs from New York and Norwegian Jade in Europe. The package costs $49 per person per day, plus gratuity. Online cruise magazine CruiseCritic.com posted a...

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Doubters debate Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria’s intentions after player purge

If Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria goes against his word and sells the ballclub, the sooner the better for Miami-Dade County taxpayers. That’s because the 2009 contract negotiated among the Marlins, the city of Miami and Miami-Dade County says the percentage of profits the governments would pocket if the team is sold is greatly reduced — and grinds to zero — over the next...

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First 9 Minutes of 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Revealed in IMAX

Ready to Star Trek Into Darkness in IMAX? Trek fans, film fans and sci-fi geeks alike will get a special treat starting next month when Paramount Pictures will release the first 9 minutes from J.J. Abrams' eagerly-awaited Star Trek sequel exclusively in IMAX 3D, which doesn't beam into theaters until next May.Video: ET Flashback -- 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' The first-look at the movie – which...

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Truck driver who allegedly hauled pot busted over Facebook threats

A truck driver charged with secretly hauling huge loads of pot for a major drug ring was busted for allegedly using Facebook to threaten the family of a co-worker who stole $30,000 in drug proceeds from him.Edgar Encarnacion-Lafontaine is accused of sending online messages in Spanish warning that his ex-driving partner’s relatives were “in great danger”...

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Stand Your Ground task force has little to show for six months of work

TALLAHASSEE -- Created in the wake of national uproar over Trayvon Martin’s shooting death, a 19-member task force spent six months traveling the state and taking public testimony about Florida’s most controversial self-defense law. The result? Little, if anything, will change.The task force commissioned by Gov. Rick Scott to review the Stand Your Ground law prepared its...

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