The Secret iPad List to Bring Down Boehener

When the failed House Republican revolution came, it came by iPad. Now that House Speaker John Boehner has survived the rebellion, all of D.C. now knows which conservative House members were conspiring to mount a challenge, thanks to a list that one of the coup’s leaders brandished on the House floor during the vote.RELATED: United Nation Fights the ‘Asshole Factor’A Politico photographer captured...

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Justin Bieber Weed Controversy Statement

After a photo of Justin Bieber allegedly holding a marijuana joint went viral on Friday, the singer took to Twitter in an attempt to clear the smoke. RELATED - Justin Bieber Confronts Paparazzi "Everyday growing and learning. Trying to be better. U get knocked down, u get up," he posted on January 5. "I see all of u. I hear all of u. I never want to let any of you down. I love u." RELATED - Bieber's...

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Cop who took bullet while trying to stop robbery at Bronx auto mall leaves hospital

J.C. RiceOfficer Juan Pichardo leaving Jacobi Medical Center in The BronxShot cop Juan Pichardo emerged from Jacobi Medical Center today in a wheelchair to a chorus of bagpipes and about a hundred cheering colleagues and friends who greeted the hero just two days after he took a bullet at a Bronx auto mall. “I’m feeling good,” Pichardo, 34, said as he was...

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Needle reaches the inner groove for Spec’s

In the end, even the almighty Adele and Taylor Swift could not hold back the inevitable.Spec’s, one of the last great record stores, will close its flagship location in Coral Gables on U.S.1, thus joining once-favored chains like Virgin, Tower and Peaches, locally and abroad, that have withered from Internet shopping. With the closing, sometime in January after the merchandise...

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Miami police announce drug arrests, gun buybacks

With a vow to crack down on gun violence — in part by targeting gangs of drug dealers who are often involved in shootings — Miami leaders on Friday announced dozens of recent drug-related arrests, while also releasing plans for three gun buyback events in the coming weeks. The arrests, which police said led to the dismantling of three criminal drug-dealing organizations,...

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Did Microsoft Just Announce the Next Xbox with a Countdown? Probably.

Go countdowns, saving marketing departments untold piles of cash! Microsoft’s Larry Hryb, colloquially known by his Xbox LIVE handle “Major Nelson,” just threw one up on his blog, and it’s causing precisely the sort of speculative stir the company doubtless intended.“And it’s on…” reads the ultra-austere post, followed by a simple Flash-based timer titled “Counting down to E3 2013″ (cribbed from a...

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Stars Without Makeup!

Jessie J The usually dolled-up Jessie J went surprisingly bare-faced recently and shared the rare picture with her Twitter followers. "Holly taking pictures of me looking rough 'chillin with no makeup on,'" the Price Tag singer tweeted. ...

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Man charged with beating friend to death yells apology

A Long Island man today yelled "I'm sorry for what I did" after being charged with fatally beating his 56-year-old friend during an argument, and then hiding the corpse under a container in a neighbor's yard over the Christmas holidays."I'm extremely sorry," a handcuffed Edward Brown, 46, shouted to reporters after being arraigned in Nassau County First...

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New Florida bill would speed up the foreclosure process

TALLAHASSEE -- A “faster foreclosures” proposal that sparked consumer outcry and protest last year has resurfaced in a more moderate form, with a new bill filed this week by Rep. Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples.The bill, HB 87, offers a slew of changes to the civil procedures governing foreclosures in Florida, where home repossessions are on the rise again.Most of the provisions...

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No. 2 executive at UM medical school stepping down

Amid roiling faculty anger over drastic budget cuts, the University of Miami announced the number two executive at the Miller School of Medicine, Jack Lord, is “stepping down.” The change, announced by Dean Pascal Goldschmidt, comes as a petition circulates among tenured medical school faculty expressing no confidence in both Goldschmidt and Lord.In a statement Thursday,...

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