HIMYM Star Alyson Hannigan Files Restraining Order

Paul A. Hebert/ ETONLINEHow I Met Your Mother and American Pie star Alyson Hannigan filed a temporary restraining order on Wednesday against a man she claims has threatened to kill her.PICS: How I Met Your Mother Set Stills In the filings, John Hobbs is accused of harassing Hannigan, 38, on the Internet via Facebook and MySpace posts.The papers go on to claim that Hobbs is "mentally unstable and...

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Bloomberg plans pilot program to collect and compost food waste

In an ambitious and dramatic move to boost a dismal recycling rate, the Bloomberg Administration intends for the first time to collect and compost food waste starting with a pilot program on Staten Island.Officials said Mayor Bloomberg will announce the initiative tomorrow in his 12th and final State of the City address at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.If...

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AP Sources: American Airlines, US Airways to merge

DALLAS (AP) – American Airlines and US Airways will merge and create the world's biggest airline. The boards of both companies approved the merger late Wednesday, according to four people close to the situation. The carrier keeps the American Airlines name but will be run by US Airways CEO Doug Parker. American's CEO, Tom Horton, will become chairman of the new company, these...

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‘Tony Montana’ pleads guilty to millions in jewel thefts

Eight months after his arrest in a South Beach hotel, the jeweler who called himself “Tony Montana” pleaded guilty Tuesday to organizing the thefts of and later reselling millions of dollars worth of diamonds and other jewels.Juan Guardarrama, 49, received a reduced prison sentence of 10 years in exchange for cooperating with authorities on other cases related to the criminal...

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Brooklyn perp shot after pulling gun on cops

A man was shot by police today in Brooklyn after he turned a gun on the officers, cops said.The man, 31, tried to flee when police responded to a call at 5:45 in East New York, police said.Police had surrounded the building when the man tried to escape out the back door.After being told to drop the weapon he turned and pointed the gun at the officers. A...

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Disabled Carnival ship limping toward land

Carnival Cruise Lines President and CEO Gerry Cahill on Tuesday apologized to passengers stranded after an engine room fire left 4,229 people adrift on one of the cruise giant’s ships in the Gulf of Mexico. “No one here from Carnival is happy about the conditions on board the ship and we obviously are very, very sorry about what’s taken place,” Cahill said at a press conference...

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Papal transition won’t lead to big changes in South Florida parishes, archbishop says

Like millions of other Roman Catholics, when Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski woke up Monday morning and heard the news that Pope Benedict XVI had announced his resignation, he thought it was just rumor.When he realized it wasn’t, Wenski called Mary Ross Agosta, the Archdiocese’s communications director, and told her: “ ‘Get ready for a busy day.’ ’’And so it was, as he gave...

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Harold and Kumar Star John Cho Becomes a Dad Again

Harold & Kumar star John Cho has welcomed his second child with wife Kerri Higuchi, People reports.PICS: Celebs and Their Cute Kids A rep for Cho confirmed to the news source that the couple now has a baby girl in addition to their infant son, but no further details were immediately available.Cho, who currently stars on NBC's Go On, wed Higuchi in 2006. They announced that they were expecting...

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Adweek publisher gets the ax

Adweek Publisher Erica Bartman is out in the first major shake-up at the magazine since investment firm Guggenheim Partners took over ownership last month of its parent.The parent of Billboard, Adweek and The Hollywood Reporter is now known as Guggenheim Digital Media following the buyout of minority owner Pluribus Capital Partners, an investment firm headed...

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Green cards for sale at a South Beach hotel: Competition is on for EB5 investment visas

If David Hart gets his way, South Beach’s 42-room Astor Hotel will be on a hiring spree this year as it adds concierge service, a roof-top pool, an all-night diner, spa and private-car service available 24 hours a day. New hires will be crucial to Hart’s business plan, since foreign investors have agreed to pay about $50,000 for each job created by the Art Deco boutique....

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