Miami police union challenges officer’s firing for fatal shooting

The Fraternal Order of Police filed a lawsuit against the city of Miami on Friday, asserting that an officer who fatally shot an unarmed motorist in 2011 was improperly fired from the police department.Officer Reynaldo Goyos shot and killed Travis McNeil as he sat in a car at a Little Haiti intersection. It was one of a string of seven deadly shootings of black men in the...

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Buzzmakers: Prince Michael Reports for ET and Mindy McCready Dies

What had ETOnline readers buzzing this week?1. Prince Michael Jackson is New ET Correspondent Having grown up in show business, Prince Michael proved to be a gifted interviewer as he conducted his first sit-down as an ET correspondent.Michael Jackson's 16-year-old son impressed Oz the Great and Powerful stars James Franco and Zach Braff as well as director Sam Raimi with his confidence and competence...

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Off-duty transit worker busted for drunk driving

An off-duty transit worker was busted for drunk driving in Brooklyn early today, authorities saidCops spotted MTA employee Rosario Luis, 49, sleeping in a black 2010 Acura in Bedford Stuyvesant shortly before 1:30 a.m. today.Half of his car was on the sidewalk at the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Vernon Avenue, police sources said.The vehicle was still...

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South Florida hospitals could lose $368 million from sequestration

A detailed survey shows that South Florida hospitals could lose $368 million over 10 years in federal budget cuts starting next Friday, if the sequestration program kicks in as scheduled.The Florida Hospital Association, using data from the American Hospital Association, estimates that over the next decade, sequestration would cause Miami-Dade hospitals to lose $223.9 million...

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Spring Breakers Threesome Scene

Vanessa Hudgens' new role in Spring Breakers is a far (very far) cry from her squeaky clean breakout role in High School Musical. In the latest, NSFW red-band trailer for the film, we get a sneak peek into the threesome that occurs between Hudgens, Pretty Little Liars star Ashley Benson and James Franco's characters -- and it rivals that infamous pool scene in the 1998 flick Wild Things. A little...

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'Latin American Idol' winner busted smuggling 2.9 lbs of heroin stuffed into high heels

REUTERSA combination photo shows (clockwise top L) Martha Heredia , 22, the drugs which were found on her possession, the shoes in which the drugs were hidden in, Heredia's luggage and other personal items.SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A winner of the TV talent show "Latin American Idol" who was once loved by thousands in her native Dominican Republic...

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National Hotel nears end of long renovation

A panel of frosted glass puts everything in perspective for Delphine Dray as she oversees a years-long, multi-million dollar renovation project at the National Hotel on Miami Beach.“Chez Claude and Simone,” says the piece of glass stationed between the lobby and restaurant, a reference to Dray’s parents, who bought the hotel in 2007. “Every time I am exhausted and I pass...

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Miami-Dade drug felon makes quick buck in $12 million tax-refund ID-theft scam

A convicted Miami-Dade drug trafficker unemployed for the past decade discovered how to make a quick buck, cashing $12 million in fraudulent tax-refund checks over five months last year, authorities say. Frankie Jermaine Anderson skimmed 20 percent of the take for himself, gave 30 percent to a Perrine check-cashing store owner and delivered the other half of the proceeds...

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Diane Lane and Josh Brolin to Divorce

Diane Lane, 48, and Josh Brolin, 45, are divorcing after eight years of marriage."Diane Lane and Josh Brolin have decided to end their marriage," reps for the couple confirm to ET.Pics: Top 10 Biggest Divorce Payouts According to Us Weekly, the divorce "was a mutual decision. It is very amicable. It's not ugly, it's just over."The two reportedly already split a couple of months ago, and have no children...

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Brooklyn Heights woman steals $33K from child

A Brooklyn Heights woman stole $33,000 meant for a child whose grandmother had died, authorities said. Katrina Perry, 56, took benefits meant to support her own niece who had been adopted by Perry’s mother and the child’s grandmother, investigators said. The grandmother received checks to support her granddaughter, who is also Perry’s niece, but she died...

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