Skyfall Passes One Billion Mark at Box Office

Skyfall is not only the highest grossing Bond film of all-time, it has just become the 14th film ever to earn more than one billion dollars at the box office. RELATED - 12 Best Movies of 2012 The 23rd Bond film crossed this milestone on December 30, with Sony vice chairman Jeff Blake saying, "To see a film connect with audiences is always gratifying, but the success of this film is nothing short...

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Hillary Clinton admitted to hospital with blood clot following concussion

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month. Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines says her doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up exam Sunday. Reines says Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants....

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Week brings startup launches, social media advice for 2013

Jared Kleinert, a South Florida entrepreneur, plans to soon launch Synergist, a platform that allow social entrepreneurs to meet potential co-founders online, collaborate and crowdfund their new projects. He also just launched AliveNDead, a blog about risk-taking, and he interns for a Silicon Valley startup. And when he’s not doing all that, he’s going to class — he’s a...

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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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