The first phantom absentee ballot request hit the Miami-Dade elections website at 9:11 p.m. Saturday, July 7.The next one came at 9:14. Then 9:17. 9:22. 9:24. 9:25.Within 2½ weeks, 2,552 online requests arrived from voters who had not applied for absentee ballots. They streamed in much too quickly for real people to be filling them out. They originated from only a handful...
Creep teach keeps his job
Label: Health A lovesick Brooklyn teacher who stalked, assaulted and threatened another teacher for refusing to date him can keep his city job, The Post has learned. Salvatore Sparacino, 46, a gym teacher at It Takes a Village Academy HS in East Flatbush, vented his fury at a colleague when she spurned his romantic advances, according to testimony.“I’ll show you, you...
The faces of Florida’s Medicaid system
Label: Business The tea party governor now says he wants to expand Medicaid. The Republican Legislature isn’t as sure. Hanging in the balance? Access to health care for 1 million or more poor Floridians. Billions of dollars in federal money.The state budget, which — already — pumps $21 billion a year into care. Florida’s Medicaid system today serves more than 3 million...
Feb
22
Shots fired as Hialeah police attempt to stop a stolen vehicle, perimeter set up in search of suspects
Label: World A perimeter has been set up in Hialeah as police search for car thieves after shots were fired in an attempt to stop the vehicle.According to Hialeah police Sergeant Eddie Rodriguez, shots were fired as police approached a stolen blue mini-van in an attempt to make a stop. The occupants then fled and crashed into an occupied vehicle around the corner at East 6th Avenue. and...
2013 Oscars Preview
Label: LifestyleSecurity is airtight at the Dolby Theater in the days leading up to Oscar Sunday, but ET has your ticket inside the heavily guarded streets of Hollywood as the Academy preps for the big day!Our Brooke Anderson even snagged a moment aside with host Seth MacFarlane where the funnyman revealed that nine-time emcee Billy Crystal was kind enough to give the newbie a few pointers. Despite the pep talk,...
Pickup truck horror in Brooklyn: pedestrian crushed on cookie run
Label: Health William C Lopez/New York PostScene of the deadly accident in Brooklyn tonight.A Brooklyn woman was crushed to death by an out-of-control pickup tonight just seconds after she left a Brooklyn Heights cafe with a bag of cookies, cops and witnesses said.Martha Atwater, 48, had just paid for five horseshoe-shaped cookies and exited Bagel Cafe when the driver...
Ian Schrager joins forces with chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten for new Edition Hotel
Label: Business Two of the best-known names in their respective fields — hotelier Ian Schrager and chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten — have teamed up for the Edition Hotel in Miami Beach, they told The Miami Herald Friday.The partnership had not previously been officially announced, but the two were set to host a cocktail party Friday night at the site of the old Seville Beach hotel, 2901 Collins...
Feb
21
Gas leak in Lauderdale-by-the Sea causes evacuation near A1A
Label: World More than 25 residents along a section of A1A have been evacuated due to a propane natural gas tank leak in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.A town spokesman said the leak is from an old, abandoned underground tank that began leaking Thursday, sending a smell of gas into the Palm Bay Club development at 5555 N. Ocean Blvd.“The abandoned tank was supposed to have been emptied, but it...
2013 Oscar Preps
Label: LifestyleThe Academy Awards are just three days away, and we're behind the scenes with celebrity Chef Wolfgang Puck and other taste makers to see just how the pros are preparing for Hollywood's biggest night, from the delicious food to the Green Room "oasis," décor and more. Roll out the Oscar red carpet!Pics: 2013 Oscar Presenters CLICK HERE to see this year's Official Governors Ball Menu.In addition to...
Schools Fix Is In
Label: Health Bob McManus So now it’s up to state Education Commissioner John King and his band of Albany bureaucrats to chum up an effective New York City teacher-evaluation system?With all due respect to the commissioner: Not bloody likely.And Gov. Cuomo, the architect of this latest scheme to coerce the United Federation of Teachers into doing...
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