What had ET readers buzzing this week?1. Kate Winslet Ties the Knot!Kate Winslet recently married her boyfriend Ned Rocknroll in a small, secret ceremony in New York.A rep for the 37-year-old Oscar winner tells ET, "I can confirm that Kate Winslet married Ned Rock'nRoll in NY earlier this month in a private ceremony attended by her two children and a very few friends and family." The rep added that...
Forced diet at eateries
Label: Health New York City’s restaurant industry slimmed down in 2012, ending the year with fewer openings and flat revenues, according to analysts and hospitality execs.“We had expected a better year coming out of the recession,” admitted a disappointed Jeremy Merrin, founder and president of Havana Central, the casual, full-service Cuban restaurants with Manhattan...
Resources for South Florida small businesses
Label: Business • Florida Small Business Development Centers. Counseling and training at centers in South Florida and around the state, www.floridasbdc.org.• SCORE Workshops, online training and free coaching at local branches, www.score.org, miamidade.score.org, browardscore.org, southbroward.score.org• Florida Women’s Business Center. Provides training, mentoring and...
Dec
28
Former Miami Beach resident may be next Israeli ambassador to U.S.
Label: World Ron Dermer, a top adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and who has family ties to two former Miami Beach mayors, may soon become the next Israeli ambassador to the United States, according to reports in an Israeli newspaper.The daily Makor Rishon reported late Friday that the current ambassador, Michael Oren, plans to step down from his post in the spring...
Makers of $99 Android-Powered Game Console Ship First 1,200 ‘Ouyas’
Label: TechnologyLike Nintendo’s Wii U game console, the Ouya (that’s “OOH-yuh”) has an unusual name and even more unusual hardware. The console is roughly the size of a Rubik’s cube, and is powered by Android, Google‘s open-source operating system that’s normally found on smartphones and tablets.Ouya’s makers, who are preparing the console for its commercial launch, encourage interested gamers to pop the case open...
NYPD recruits sworn in at graduation ceremony
Label: Health They came from all corners of the globe to join their brothers in blue.The NYPD recruits sworn in at a graduation ceremony in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center today were born in countries like Nigeria, South Korea, China, Albania, Pakistan, and Somalia — and speak 59 languages. Others came from less exotic locales like Brooklyn and Queens.The new class of 1,159...
Resources for South Florida small businesses
Label: Business • Florida Small Business Development Centers. Counseling and training at centers in South Florida and around the state, www.floridasbdc.org.• SCORE Workshops, online training and free coaching at local branches, www.score.org, miamidade.score.org, browardscore.org, southbroward.score.org• Florida Women’s Business Center. Provides training, mentoring and...
Dec
27
Drug overuse in cattle imperils human health
Label: World KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two children seriously injured in the Joplin, Mo., tornado in May 2011 showed up at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City suffering from antibiotic-resistant infections from dirt and debris in their wounds.Physicians tried different drugs, but at first nothing seemed to work.Blame the overuse of antibiotics in livestock, according to the doctors familiar...
Inside Kate Winslet's Secret Wedding
Label: LifestyleWe have new details about Kate Winslet's secret wedding to Ned Rocknroll! Who attended the nuptials? Did Kate's Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio give her away? Watch the video to find out…Pics: Celebrity Weddings of 2012 Kate made her third trip down the aisle earlier this month in a small, private New York ceremony, and her spokesperson tells ET that it was attended "by her two children and a very...
Over the cliff, cont’d
Label: Health With the approaching fiscal cliff less than 100 hours away, things are getting awfully personal on Capitol Hill.Which means that the chances of reaching a deal to avoid expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts are approaching slim to none.And if they’re allowed to expire, it would trigger the largest tax hike in US history — meaning lots of pain and suffering,...
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