Commissioner raises specter of bid-rigging in Miami Beach convention center project

In the latest odd twist in the saga of Miami Beach’s oft-delayed convention center redevelopment, a city commissioner on Wednesday alleged that a project bidder may have had improper “contact’’ for possible bid-rigging with the city’s former procurement director, who is facing unrelated public-corruption charges.Commissioner Deede Weithorn, who raised the allegation in a...

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BlackBerry maker plans local skate, publicity in Waterloo to celebrate new phone

WATERLOO, Ont. – Call it BlackBerry Town, even if the name isn’t official.In the lead up to the BlackBerry smartphone unveiling later this month, creator Research In Motion is turning its Waterloo, Ont., home base into a celebration of the device.The company plans to decorate light poles in areas of Waterloo and neighbouring Kitchener with banners that promote its latest smartphone and thank the community...

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The Wanted Teases I Found You Video

The Wanted aren't releasing their new I Found You music video until next week, but we have a special preview for fans today!The single, from The Wanted's upcoming album Third Strike, is already gaining traction on the web and -- according to the band's Twitter feed -- fans are in for a "massive treat."RELATED: Wanted Singer Wears 'Free Lindsay' ShirtThe full music video premieres Tuesday, January...

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Gay-bashing B'klyn cops attacked me: lawsuit

A Brooklyn man says a gang of gay-bashing cops savagely beat him and hurled nasty slurs after responding to a noise complaint at a gay pride party at his home early Sunday. “They were yelling ‘you f---ing fag!’ and ‘homo!’”, Jabbar Cambell, told The Post, recounting how a group of nine NYPD officers allegedly joined in the beatdown. “I couldn’t block the...

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Miami Dolphins bill would bring state money to aging stadiums

A bill drafted by the Miami Dolphins would give Florida sports teams $3 million a year in state money to improve older stadiums, provided the owner pays for at least half the cost of a major renovation. Under the law, the stadium would need to be 20 years old and the team willing to put in at least $125 million for a $250 million renovation. That’s less than the $400 million...

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Support mounts to allow unlimited political contributions in Florida

TALLAHASSEE -- Florida’s campaign finance system is so riddled with holes that a state ethics watchdog group will urge lawmakers Wednesday to open the spigot and let an unlimited amount of campaign cash gush into campaign coffers.Integrity Florida, a non-profit, independent ethics advocacy organization, will tell the Houses Ethics and Elections Committee that the state should...

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Tablet shipments in 2013 could be lower than previously expected

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Affleck: Storytelling 'Saves Lives'

The Cinema for Peace Foundation awarded writer/actor/director Ben Affleck on Friday with its Cinema for Peace Humanitarian Award for his work with the Eastern Congo Initiative, an organization he founded in 2010 to raise awareness for and bring assistance to regions of eastern Congo stricken with violence and disease. Affleck told ET, "My cause, the Eastern Congo Initiative, is about the place in...

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Accused subway shover: I 'shouldn't have let this happen'

Now that’s an understatement.Accused subway pusher Naeem Davis said he was in a bad mood and “shouldn’t have let this happen” when he clashed with a drunk man on a subway platform before allegedly pushing him onto the tracks, according to court papers.“Yes, for the sake of argument, I could have walked away,” Davis told cops after he was arrested the next...

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Coral Gables culinary students learn the art of sushi making

Christian Rivas is still years away from becoming a professional sushi chef, but his hand-crafted California roll looks good enough to serve professionally.“The hard part was getting the roll to be in good shape,” Christian, a 16-year-old junior at Coral Gables Senior High, said of his first attempt. The Gables student was one of about 30 who stood in rapt attention inside...

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