Miami’s book fair ‘Evening With…’ series ends on easy note

A bit of fiction and a bit of philosophy, both seasoned with a touch of the historical, rounded out the final night of Miami Book Fair International’s “Evenings With…” programs Friday.Emma Donoghue read from her Astray, new book of short stories inspired by old newspaper accounts, and historian Alan Ryan talked about his weighty new two-volume work On Politics: A History...

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Buzzmakers: Lindsay Lohan Comes Clean & Janeane Marries

What had ET readers buzzing this week?1. Janeane Garofalo: I Didn't Know I was Married!Sometimes what happens in Vegas actually does stay in Vegas -- at least for two decades. Funny girl Janeane Garofalo is claiming she's been married for 20 years, and didn't even know it!The Reality Bites actress told the New York Post that she and Big Bang Theory producer Rob Cohen decided to wed at a Las Vegas...

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B'klyn man dies after starting a fire while smoking in bed

A man was killed in a Brooklyn blaze early today, authorities said.The 39-year-old accidentally started the fire while smoking in bed at a second-floor Midwood residence on Ocean Avenue near Avenue I, police sources said.Sixty firefighters rushed to the scene, extinguishing the flames shortly before 1:15 a.m., according to an FDNY spokesman.The man, whose...

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Jolly holiday shopping season already underway

Lilian Stoppa and Renata Rosa stepped out of Target in Midtown Miami with a cart piled high with holiday gifts.Landing in Miami on Thursday morning for a five-day shopping spree, they already had spent $800 by mid-afternoon on presents for family members: toys for Rosa’s daughter, beauty items for Stoppa’s mother, plus lots of other stuff.“This is just the start,” giggled...

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Weather alert: Cool temperatures will stay into the weekend

Mild temperatures will continue into the weekend, with highs in the low-80s and lows in the mid-60s.The weekend will remain partly cloudy, with a low chance of showers at 20 percent.No advisories have been announced and wind will be low at 10 to 15 miles per hour each day. ...

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Sarah Jessica Parker & Gerard Butler to Host Nobel Peace Prize Concert

Sarah Jessica Parker and Gerard Butler have been announced as hosts for this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert, held December 11 in Oslo, Norway to honor the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the European Union.The EU was awarded the prize "for having over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe."VIDEO: On the Obama Campaign Trail...

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B'klyn tot 'slayer' told girlfriend he would kill girl: court papers

A Brooklyn man accused of beating his girlfriend’s four-year-old daughter to death told his gal pal that he was going to kill the child, according to court papers revealed today.Chris Marshall, 23, allegedly beat both Alicia McLauglin and her daughter, Halii McCord, in her East New York apartment on November 6, prosecutors said at his Brooklyn Criminal...

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South Florida’s hiring comeback hits a setback

Shrinking government payrolls slammed hiring in South Florida last month, with Broward losing jobs overall and Miami-Dade expanding payrolls at the slowest pace in more than two years.The anemic job-growth figures are preliminary, and could turn around in a moment if next month’s revisions find more hiring in Florida’s largest regional economy. But they also could signal...

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Miami City Commission slams administration over surprise $45 million budget surplus

Union leaders asked the city of Miami to reopen contract negotiations Thursday, one day after the city’s budget team announced it had discovered a surprise $45 million surplus.“You told us to dig into our pockets and we did — for four consecutive years,” Fraternal Order of Police Vice President Javier Ortiz told the city commission, noting that the unions had agreed to millions...

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Justin Bieber & Channing Tatum Lead People's Choice Nominees

Nominations for the 2013 People's Choice Awards were announced on Thursday, with Justin Bieber, Adam Levine and Channing Tatum leading the pack with multiple nods.Maroon 5 frontman Levine received four music nominations -- for Favorite Band, Favorite Song, Favorite Album, Favorite Music Video -- as well as two in the TV category for his work on The Voice, Favorite Celebrity Judge and Favorite Competition...

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