A Miami-Dade police officer, who routinely stopped women drivers without cause and engaged in lewd conversations, was convicted in federal court Friday.Prabhainjana Dwivedi, a seven-year veteran, was found guilty on six of seven counts of depriving people of their civil rights. He was found not guilty on the seventh count involving an undercover police officer.Following the...
City recovering from snowstorm that dumped roughly a foot of powder on NY, NJ
Label: Health REUTERSA man operates a snow plow in New York on Saturday.New Yorkers have started digging themselves out from the blizzard that hit the city overnight. The snow had stopped in Manhattan by early Saturday morning, but other areas saw more than two feet of powder and significant power outages.Some spots on eastern Long Island got as much as 30 inches. FOLLOW...
IRS dealt a setback on tax preparer regulations
Label: Business To help combat fraud by tax preparers, the Internal Revenue Service created the “Registered Tax Return Preparer” program. Then just before the tax season got under way, the agency was told by a federal judge that it doesn’t have the authority to regulate the hundreds of thousands of tax preparers covered under the program.Although some tax-return preparers are licensed by...
Feb
08
Squatter Lokiboy evicted from Boca Raton mansion
Label: World BOCA RATON -- Infamous squatter Andre Barbosa has been evicted from a Boca Raton mansion, police said.Bank of America retook possession of a $2.5 million home where the 23-year-old Brazilian national had been staying since December.Bank representatives, with the assistance of police, cleared out the foreclosed home at 580 Gold Harbor Dr. at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday. ...
City Council to probe rising school bus costs at hearing
Label: Health The City Council is set to tackle skyrocketing school bus costs at a hearing today in a bid to explain why the number of routes has ballooned over the past decade — even though ridership plunged dramatically.Since 2000, the number of students getting yellow bus service plummeted by nearly 30,000 — to 139,000 last year.Yet the number of routes jumped from...
Need a copy of your home’s deed? It’s cheaper to do it yourself
Label: Business Homeowners who received letters recently from a company offering to sell them a copy of the deed on their home might want to think twice before writing a check.The official-looking letters from Florida Certified Record Retrieval state that the government recommends having a certified copy of their home’s deed.The letter offers to provide such a copy for a fee of $50, plus...
Feb
07
Jury awards girl sexually assaulted on school district bus $1.7 million
Label: World WEST PALM BEACH -- Minutes after a jury late Wednesday awarded a mentally challenged Pahokee girl $1.7 million for the trauma she suffered when she was raped on a Palm Beach County school bus when she was 3, the girl’s mother rushed toward those who had given her daughter a second chance.“Wait,” she called out just before they filed out the door. “I want to thank all of you.”In...
9 luxury cars stolen from NY dealership
Label: Health Police are looking for the thieves who took off in nine Mercedes-Benz vehicles from the parking lot of a suburban New York dealership.New Rochelle police say the cars were worth a total of $800,000.They say the suspects entered the lot after breaking the lock on a fence of Pepe Luxury Cars. They then allegedly found the keys to the cars and drove off.Police...
American Airlines-US Airways merger may be announced soon
Label: Business FORT WORTH -- A merger between American Airlines and US Airways could be announced as early as next week as the two companies move closer to finalizing details of a deal, sources familiar with the negotiations say.Neither airline's board has met to formally approve a union, however. The AMR Corp. board is expected to meet early next week.US Airways Chief Executive Doug Parker...
Feb
06
Miami Heat has scholarships for graduation high school seniors
Label: World The Miami Heat is offering South Florida high school seniors college scholarships for the 2013-2014 school year.Four scholarships of $2,500 each will go to seniors who excel in academics and community service.One of the four scholarships is reserved for a student who plays sports. Applicants must have at least a 3.2 grade point average by their final semester...
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