Priest to plead guilty Monday in underage sex case

One of South Florida’s most notorious priests — accused by multiple men of molesting them as youth — is expected to accept plead guilty to criminal charges Monday morning in Broward Circuit Court.The Rev. Neil Doherty is scheduled to appear before Circuit Judge Kenneth Gillespie, where he will accept a plea deal, according to his lawyer, David Bogenschutz. The details of...

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HTC seeks Myanmar edge with local font phones

YANGON (Reuters) – Peter Chou, CEO of Taiwan smartphone company HTC Corp, will on Monday launch what he hopes will be a major boost to both a backward tech sector in Myanmar, his country of birth, and to his company’s share of one of the few untapped mobile markets: a phone that locals can use out of the box.Until now, Chou says, Myanmarese users of mobile phones and computers must install fonts in...

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2013 Golden Globes Winners List

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association celebrates the best and brightest in Tinseltown -- find out who won a Golden Globe below. (Winners underlined.) GALLERY - Best & Worst Golden Globe Gowns, Ever! Best Picture, Drama Argo Django Unchained Life of Pi Lincoln Zero Dark Thirty Best Picture, Musical or Comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Les Miserables Moonrise Kingdom Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Silver...

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NRA says Congress will not pass assault weapons ban

WASHINGTON — The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers to make such a measure a reality.Senators plan to introduce a bill that would ban assault weapons and limit the size of ammunition magazines, like the one used in the December...

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Miami Dolphins worry Marlins stand between them and a tax-funded roof for Sun Life Stadium

The Miami Dolphins are reviving their failed bid to win tax dollars for a football stadium. But team executives want no comparisons to a successful bid to win tax dollars for a baseball stadium. Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has called a press conference for Monday to unveil a plan for an improved Sun Life Stadium. Sources say the plan will include asking state and local governments...

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Woman dies after boat crashes in Biscayne Bay

A woman died after the boat her husband was piloting crashed into a concrete piling underneath the McArthur Causeway bridge late Saturday, officials said.The woman, who has not been identified, tried to push the red and white 18-foot boat in another direction when they began to veer toward a piling underneath the bridge, said Jorge Pino, spokesman for the Florida Fish and...

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RIM shares climb as investors bet on new BlackBerry

TORONTO (Reuters) – Shares of Research In Motion rallied on Friday as investors positioned themselves ahead of the launch of its new make-or-break BlackBerry 10 smartphones at the end of the month.Morningstar analyst Brian Colello did not see any one news story driving the stock, which climbed steadily through much of the day. The new phones are to be formally unveiled on January 30.“The stock has...

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Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis Engaged

Olivia Wilde, 28, and Saturday Night Live star Jason Sudeikis, 38, are engaged, ET can confirm.The pair, who went public in December of 2011, moved in together last year and have been seemingly inseparable since.Related: Olivia Wilde Divorces Italian RoyalAccording to People, Sudeikis proposed to the Tron: Legacy star shortly after the holidays."They are so excited," says a source. "And very, very...

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Everybody off! City school bus strike is likely to happen Wednesday

A school bus strike that threatens to strand 152,000 children is likely to begin on Wednesday — and could be announced as early as tomorrow, sources told The Post. The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 has already printed strike posters, assigned members to future picket lines at bus yards across the city, and distributed a list of “do’s and don’ts”...

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Miami Beach builder Robert Turchin looks back — and ahead

If former Miami Beach vice mayor Robert Turchin had been a Miami decision maker during the recent vote that decided the fate of The Miami Herald building, he would probably have voted with the ‘nays’ allowing its demolition. “There’s nothing special about it,” says the 90-year-old Turchin as he cruises Collins Avenue between 63rd and 48th streets, a strip dense with buildings...

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