LONDON (Reuters) – A British magazine distributed by a joint venture of Conde Nast and Hearst Corporation and aimed at primary school children has been featuring images of adult-rated video games.The most recent issue of Cool Kidz, which is published by privately-owned LCD Publishing, contained images of five games that carried age ratings of 18 years, under the European gaming industry’s PEGI rating...
Soldier describes Afghan firefight against Taliban after helmet cam video goes viral
Label: Health The gripping video has been seen by more than 23 million people on YouTube and the soldier behind the helmet cam is speaking out.Pfc. Ted Daniels was fighting Taliban forces in Kunar, Afghanistan when his team came under fire in the remote province, according to CBS News. On the video, Daniels can be heard telling his team that he was "moving down."WARNING:...
Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge opens for entries
Label: Business Entrepreneurs, please don’t let the name of our contest scare you.As we launch our 15th annual Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge today, we are putting out our annual call for entries. But we aren’t looking for long, laboriously detailed business plans. Quite the contrary.More and more, today’s investors in very early stage companies want to see a succinct presentation...
Jan
28
Power suit: Monroe County sued by Keys residents for $10 million over no electricity to island
Label: World Four No Name Key residents filed a $10 million discrimination lawsuit against Monroe County Thursday in Circuit Court.Jim and Ruth Newton, along with Robert and Julianne Reynolds, allege the county has for years willfully denied the Lower Keys island commercial power without proper cause. Currently homes there are powered by solar and generators."The county has a long history...
NY, NJ face light snow, sleet and freezing rain
Label: Health Wear the snow boots and bring the umbrella!Winter Storm Luna is expected to bring steady snow that will change over to mixed sleet and freezing rain today as temps rise following last week's bitter blast.The city could see up to an inch of storm by this afternoon.Temps are expected to be in the low- to mid-30s today but it will only feel like 22 in most...
Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge opens for entries
Label: Business Entrepreneurs, please don’t let the name of our contest scare you.As we launch our 15th annual Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge today, we are putting out our annual call for entries. But we aren’t looking for long, laboriously detailed business plans. Quite the contrary.More and more, today’s investors in very early stage companies want to see a succinct presentation...
Jan
27
Woman’s Club member earns another well-deserved honor
Label: World Warm congratulations to my friend and Miami Woman’s Club sister Dolly MacIntyre, who will be honored as the club’s Historian of the Year for 2013 on Tuesday at the monthly luncheon meeting. Dolly has been a resident of Miami for 56 years. She began her involvement with local history and historic preservation in 1966. She is a kind and unassuming woman who goes about doing...
Ohio rape trial of football players should be closed: prosecutor
Label: Technology(Reuters) – The trial of two Ohio high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl should be closed to the public to protect the accuser in a case that has received national attention, the state’s attorney general said on Thursday.The case caused a national sensation earlier this month when the hacker activist group Anonymous publicized a picture of two young men carrying the girl...
245 people dead in Brazil nightclub fire
Label: Health BRASILIA, Brazil — A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving at least 200 injured, police and firefighters said.Police Maj. Cleberson Braida told local news media that the 245 bodies were brought for identification to a gymnasium in the city of Santa Maria.That toll would make it one...
Miami Lakes company growing its brand of skin care products
Label: Business For decades, Vivant Skin Care has formulated creams, serums, cleansers and tonics to treat such dermatological conditions as acne, aging and hyperpigmentation.Family owned and linked to Dr. James E. Fulton, who co-developed the anti-aging formula Retin-A, the company built its reputation with medically tested therapies aimed at improving skin.Now, like a complexion that has...
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