Sign up for Feb. 21 Miami Herald Small Business Forum

Prepare your best pitch for the Miami Herald’s Small Business Forum, Feb. 21 at the south campus of our sponsor, Florida International University.In addition to how-to panels and inspirational stories from successful entrepreneurs, our annual small business forum will include interactive opportunities with experts to learn about financing options and polish your personal...

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Brooklyn teacher's aide pleads guilty to producing child porn

A teacher’s aide pleaded guilty today to producing a homemade child porn film inside a New York City grammar school.Taleek Brooks, who worked at PS 243 in Crown Heights, admitted that he had produced a video of a student entrusted to his care while the child was engaged in explicit sexual activity."I was responsible for the filming of a minor masturbating,"...

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Murder charge dropped in Miami Gardens self-defense case

Prosecutors on Thursday dropped a murder charge against a man who claimed self-defense in fatally shooting an armed teen during a June 2010 brawl in Miami Gardens.Travis Cooper, 28, had been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Gregory Gant, 16.The men were part of two groups of fighting men. Cooper claimed Gant pistol-whipped a friend of his, then “pointed...

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Pat Houston Says She will Be Attending Clive Davis' Grammy Party

Though Whitney Houston tragically passed away just hours before Clive Davis' Grammy party last year -- which she had planned on attending -- Whitney's sister-in-law Pat Houston tells ET that she and Whitney's brother Gary will in fact be attending Davis' annual Grammy party on February 9.Pics: Remembering Whitney on Her Birthday "You know what, we're actually going to California to support Clive,...

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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano charged with illegal solicitation and expenditure of campaign funds

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano's political opposition has submitted a criminal complaint to the state Attorney General and the Board of Elections - charging Mangano with illegal solicitation and expenditure of campaign funds.Nassau County Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs filed the complaint saying Mangano's campaign collected more than $70,000 in corporate...

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Miami startup that turns text to video receives $1 million in seed funding

Guide, a new technology startup based in Miami, announced Tuesday it has closed a $1 million round of seed funding from investors including the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Sapient Corp., MTV founder Bob Pitman, actor and producer Omar Epps, and early Google employee Steve Schimmel. The Knight Foundation is supporting Guide through its new early-stage venture...

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Judge OK’s plan for gay man, lesbian couple to be legal parents of young daughter

A Miami-Dade circuit judge has approved a private adoption allowing three people — a gay man and a married lesbian couple — to be the legal parents of their 23-month-old daughter.“We’re creating entirely new concepts of families. If you have two women seeking to be listed as Parent One and Parent Two, that does not exclude listing a man as father,” said Miami family lawyer...

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Jennifer Lawrence's Long Lost Monk Appearance

Though she's already been nominated for two Academy Awards at just 22 years old, Jennifer Lawrence hasn't always had her pick of the best roles in Hollywood -- which she hilariously displayed by revealing to Conan O'Brien the major letdown she received earlier in her career when she thought she was getting a plum guest starring role on USA hit Monk."For the Monk episode there was Emily J. and Emily...

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Can’t find time for play? Try scheduling it

If your resolutions for 2013 include achieving a better work-life balance, your calendar holds the key to your success.But, to pull off your goals, you’re going to need to turn the traditional way of thinking upside down.Most people schedule their work commitments on their calendars and squeeze in family, friends and fun around it. Instead, schedule your work around your...

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Divorced parents in legal battle over Autumn Pasquale's gravestone

Three months after a 12-year-old New Jersey girl was killed, her divorced parents are in a court battle over control of a memorial fund and headstone for the girl's grave.The lawsuit filed Tuesday is the latest publicly visible fissure in the family after Autumn Pasquale's disappearance that, at first, united the couple and an entire community in a search...

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