Commissioner raises specter of bid-rigging in Miami Beach convention center project

In the latest odd twist in the saga of Miami Beach’s oft-delayed convention center redevelopment, a city commissioner on Wednesday alleged that a project bidder may have had improper “contact’’ for possible bid-rigging with the city’s former procurement director, who is facing unrelated public-corruption charges.Commissioner Deede Weithorn, who raised the allegation in a...

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Miami Dolphins bill would bring state money to aging stadiums

A bill drafted by the Miami Dolphins would give Florida sports teams $3 million a year in state money to improve older stadiums, provided the owner pays for at least half the cost of a major renovation. Under the law, the stadium would need to be 20 years old and the team willing to put in at least $125 million for a $250 million renovation. That’s less than the $400 million...

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NVIDIA’s ‘Project SHIELD’ Console Faces Three Challenges

Despite being announced at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, NVIDIA’s Project SHIELD isn’t the first game-console-in-a-controller to be announced this year. That honor goes to the GameStick, an indie project being funded on Kickstarter. As relative newcomers to the gaming scene, GameStick‘s creators face an uphill battle for acceptance, from both potential buyers and game developers.But despite...

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Khloe Kardashian Slams Divorce Rumors

Given their immense popularity, The Kardashian family constantly finds themselves at the center of countless rumors -- and while Khloe Kardashian-Odom typically chooses to ignore the lies, this time she can not hold her tongue!VIDEO - Khloe Shares Childhood Singing VideoIn a new blog post, titled Enough is Enough, Kardashian-Odom takes aim at two new tabloid covers: InTouch's, that claims the "devastated"...

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Gay-bashing B'klyn cops attacked me: lawsuit

A Brooklyn man says a gang of gay-bashing cops savagely beat him and hurled nasty slurs after responding to a noise complaint at a gay pride party at his home early Sunday. “They were yelling ‘you f---ing fag!’ and ‘homo!’”, Jabbar Cambell, told The Post, recounting how a group of nine NYPD officers allegedly joined in the beatdown. “I couldn’t block the...

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Coral Gables culinary students learn the art of sushi making

Christian Rivas is still years away from becoming a professional sushi chef, but his hand-crafted California roll looks good enough to serve professionally.“The hard part was getting the roll to be in good shape,” Christian, a 16-year-old junior at Coral Gables Senior High, said of his first attempt. The Gables student was one of about 30 who stood in rapt attention inside...

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Senator vows revive ALF reform efforts

TALLAHASSEE -- The head of the Senate committee in charge of elder affairs vowed Tuesday to revive efforts to toughen the rules for assisted living facilities — and close the most dangerous ALFs.As the state Legislature met Tuesday for the first time in 2013, Sen. Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood, chair of the Committee on Children, Families and Elder Affairs, said she plans to...

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Why the Atlantic removed the Scientology advertorial

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – The Atlantic apologized on Tuesday for posting a sponsored advertorial from the Church of Scientology, celebrating its leader David Miscavige.The sponsored post, which went live Monday at 9:25 a.m. PT, touted 2012 as “milestone year” for the secretive church, which has been steeped in controversy throughout the years.It was taken down about 8:30 p.m. and replaced by a message...

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Washington Heights Exclusive Sneak Peek

Emotions are running high in The Heights this week as Ludwin struggles to keep it together in the face of family drama while his needy girlfriend Diana demands attention he can no longer give. Video: Is 'Buckwild' the New 'Jersey Shore'? Check out an exclusive sneak peek of the drama-filled episode in the player above!Washington Heights airs Wednesday at 10:00 p.m. on M...

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LI drunk driver who crashed through elderly woman's house gets 1 1/2 years

A Long Island drunk driver was sentenced today for blasting his parents’ Mercedes into an elderly woman’s house — but his lawyer claimed that he only plead guilty to the crime to protect his ex-girlfriend, who was really behind the wheel. “I’m telling you that my client wasn’t the one driving that night,” said William Keahon, the lawyer for Dan Sajewski,...

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