Judge orders state to pay attorney fees in drug test case

TALLAHASSEE -- Florida’s attempt to drug test employees will cost taxpayers $190,589.74 after a federal judge in Miami on Friday ordered the state to pay attorney fees in a case challenging an executive order issued by Gov. Rick Scott last year. U.S. District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro ordered the payment to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees...

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China tightens Internet controls, legalizes post deletion

BEIJING (Reuters) – China unveiled tighter Internet controls on Friday, legalizing the deletion of posts or pages which are deemed to contain “illegal” information and requiring service providers to hand over such information to the authorities for punishment.The rules signal that the new leadership headed by Communist Party chief Xi Jinping will continue muzzling the often scathing, raucous online...

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NYPD recruits sworn in at graduation ceremony

They came from all corners of the globe to join their brothers in blue.The NYPD recruits sworn in at a graduation ceremony in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center today were born in countries like Nigeria, South Korea, China, Albania, Pakistan, and Somalia — and speak 59 languages. Others came from less exotic locales like Brooklyn and Queens.The new class of 1,159...

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Resources for South Florida small businesses

•  Florida Small Business Development Centers. Counseling and training at centers in South Florida and around the state, www.floridasbdc.org.•  SCORE Workshops, online training and free coaching at local branches, www.score.org, miamidade.score.org, browardscore.org, southbroward.score.org• Florida Women’s Business Center. Provides training, mentoring and...

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Drug overuse in cattle imperils human health

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two children seriously injured in the Joplin, Mo., tornado in May 2011 showed up at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City suffering from antibiotic-resistant infections from dirt and debris in their wounds.Physicians tried different drugs, but at first nothing seemed to work.Blame the overuse of antibiotics in livestock, according to the doctors familiar...

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Katie Holmes' Broadway Play to Close Early

Katie Holmes' new Broadway play Dead Accounts is cutting short it's run by more than a month. The limited engagement show had originally been scheduled to run through February 24, but will now stage its final performance on Sunday January 6 at New York's Music Box Theater. When it ends, the show will have played 27 preview and 44 regular performances.VIDEO: Katie Holmes Beams on Broadway Opening NightIn...

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TSA has taken more than 1,500 guns from airline passengers

Security screeners have taken more than 1,500 guns from airline passengers so far this year, far ahead of last year’s tally, the Transportation Security Administration said today.If the trend holds through Dec. 31, the number of TSA gun seizures will be more than 15 percent ahead of last year’s tally of 1,320 guns.During the week that ended Dec. 21 — the...

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Drug overuse in cattle imperils human health

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two children seriously injured in the Joplin, Mo., tornado in May 2011 showed up at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City suffering from antibiotic-resistant infections from dirt and debris in their wounds.Physicians tried different drugs, but at first nothing seemed to work.Blame the overuse of antibiotics in livestock, according to the doctors familiar...

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Kwanzaa kicks off 7-day celebration

For average yuletide festivities, this was a different kind of affirmation: “Help us to celebrate our African spirituality.”At the African American Research Library and Cultural Center in Fort Lauderdale Wednesday afternoon, about 100 were celebrating the first day of Kwanzaa with drumming, libations and story telling.And like many a celebration before, participants each...

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Ex-President George H.W. Bush in ICU

Former President George H.W. Bush has been transferred to the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital as he continues to recover from a fever and a persistent cough. A spokesman for the 88-year-old Bush told ET that the former president has been in the ICU of Methodist Hospital since Sunday.RELATED: Jenna Bush Hager: I'm Pregnant"Following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever, President...

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