New York Athletes Use Twitter to Gain Cult Hero Status

If you’re one of the over 20.6 million Americans who has a Twitter account, chances are you’ve stumbled across the official SoccerGirlProblems Twitter handle, @SoccerGrlProbs, at least once while using the popular social media networking site.SoccerGirlProblems, a feed spawned by three New York-based athletes, is a Twitter handle dedicated to the true-life...

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Selena Gomez Misbehaves in New Adidas Ad

Most of the recent headlines about Selena Gomez have speculated on the status of her relationship with Justin Bieber. But the former Disney darling also debuted a new music video for Adidas this week in which she portrays one member of a mischievous tagger gang.Gomez is not shy about whipping out the spray can to plaster a wall with graffiti as she runs through the streets with her crew in the ad...

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Hostess has received a 'flood of inquiries' from potential buyers for several brands

Hostess Brands Inc on Wednesday appeared headed toward a liquidation, though its lawyers and advisers expressed optimism that they will find new homes for many of its iconic brands, which include Twinkies, Drake's cakes and Wonder Bread.US Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain in White Plains, New York, held a hearing to consider initial approval of the 82-year-old...

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Shopping 411: How to survive the rush and get the deals for Black Friday

EARLY BIRDS GET THE DEALS:If you’re willing to brave the masses, here’s where you can go:•  Open all day Thursday: Walmart; •  6 a.m. on Thursday: Kmart opens;•  8 a.m. Thursday: Bass Pro Shops opens;•  8 p.m. Thursday: Sears and Toys “R”Us open;•  9 p.m. Thursday: Dolphin Mall, Sawgrass Mills and Target stores everywhere open....

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Case against ailing former Broward commissioner is delayed

Seated in a wheelchair, her hands wrapped in white bandages, former Broward Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin waited in a hallway of the Broward County Courthouse Tuesday for a hearing that never took place.Wasserman-Rubin, 65, had expected to appear before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Spencer Eig at noon for a status report on her pending criminal trial for public corruption...

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Amazing Race's James & Abba Talk Moscow Misfortune

The Amazing Race bid farewell to long-haired music industry veterans James LoMenzo and Mark "Abba" Abbatista on Sunday night, and ETonline caught up with the pair to find out how hard it was to have their bags stolen in Moscow, if they ever made it out of Russia, and what they thought of two other teams taking their cash, in an interview filled with lots of laughs.James: (Plays the ET theme song on...

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Skateboarder in fatal collision with truck near Union Square

A 24-year-old skateboarder who had fallen and was bending down to pick up his ride from the middle of the street was run over by a delivery truck near Union Square Park this morning, cops and witnesses said. The man was declared dead at Beth Israel Hospital. The gruesome accident happened around 11:15 a.m. at the intersection of Broadway and E. 17th street....

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Startups take the stage at South Florida events

NewME brought its first Popup Accelerator to Miami last week, and together with the Knight Foundation and LAB Miami, gave 65 South Florida participants a two-night pitch workshop, a one-on-one mentoring session with a Silicon Valley venture capitalist or NewME expert and the opportunity to present their ventures at Demo Night.On Wednesday evening, 38 startup teams pitched...

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Opa-locka may give businesses four years to eliminate pole signs

Opa-locka businesses may soon have to replace giant pole signs with discreet, ground-hugging “monument” signs if the city passes a new law as part of an effort to make the community look better.According to Howard Brown, the city’s community development director, the ordinance would mainly affect pole signs, wall signs and window signs. “We’re trying to bring about a uniform...

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Hitchcock Exclusive Featurette

More than 30 years after his passing, Alfred Hitchcock is once the rage, once again.VIDEO - Tippi Hedren's Notorious Birds Screentest2012 has already seen the premiere of one biopic, HBO's The Girl, and November brings a second as Hitchcock hits the silver screen.RELATED -  Toby Jones' Hitchcock Hang UpsStarring a dazzling cast of A-list talent (Sir Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson,...

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