New ‘ultra definition' TV sets come into focus at CES

LAS VEGAS — Think an HD TV looks sharp? Get ready for UD — or “ultra definition.”The groundwork to replace standard HD channels with a format four times as sharp is being laid here at 2013’s consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And this year electronics giants are aiming for the mainstream.LG kicked off today’s CES press day with two new ultra-definition...

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Florida company provides electrical power for the world

More than 4,000 miles from its home base in Doral, Energy International is helping keep the lights on and the power grid humming in Gibraltar, the British territory on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.Energy International, a global provider of power plants and energy solutions, sent a temporary plant that will provide power for at least the next two years while a...

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For Canes fans, BCS national title game is like the Pick Your Poison Bowl

The college football national championship game might as well be the “Pick Your Poison Bowl” for Miami Hurricanes fans.It’s tough for many to decide who they dislike more playing for all the glory on their team’s home turf: The Alabama Crimson Tide or the Notre Dame Fighting Irish?Notre Dame, a long-hated rival, whipped the struggling Hurricanes this year. Alabama, which...

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Kuwaiti gets two years for insulting emir on Twitter

KUWAIT (Reuters) – A Kuwaiti court sentenced a man to two years in prison for insulting the country’s ruler on Twitter, a lawyer following the case said, as the Gulf Arab state cracks down on criticism of the authorities on social media.According to the verdict on Sunday, published by online newspaper Alaan, a tweet written by Rashid Saleh al-Anzi in October “stabbed the rights and powers of the Emir”...

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Michael J Fox NBC Comedy 2013

NBC brought their new and returning hits to The Television Critics Association Tour in Pasadena, CA this morning and one of the biggest headlines involved the content of Michael J. Fox's TV comeback.Earlier this year, it was announced that the TV icon had his half-hour comedy pitch greenlit to series based solely off an idea (a rarity in this industry). This morning, Jennifer Salke, President of NBC...

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Dead woman found naked in Marine Park

Benny J. StumboA dead woman was found in Marine Park this morningThe naked body of a dead woman was found in Marine Park in Brooklyn this morning, law-enforcement sources said. A 911 caller reported finding the woman’s body in the nature preserve near Gerritsen and Lois avenues around 7:15 a.m., police said.Responders found the victim in a sandy clearing...

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Billionaire Phillip Frost an ‘entrepreneur’s entrepreneur’

For that blind first date, a half-century ago, the young doctor, Phillip Frost, showed up at Patricia Orr’s family house in suburban New York, with an unusual gift: a miniature mushroom garden.In the 50 years since, Frost, the son of a shoe store owner, has gone on to amass a fortune of $2.4 billion, according to Forbes magazine, becoming the 188th wealthiest man in the United...

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In Miami’s Wynwood district, the party has overtaken the art

First there was the woman who sat down in the middle of the gallery and spilled her drink on the floor. Then there was another woman who snuck into the gallery’s parking garage, her pants halfway pulled down, desperately looking for a bathroom.But what made Pan American Art Projects Director Janda Wetherington decide to stop participating in Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art...

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5 Predictions for Mobile Tech in 2013

If denial isn’t just a river in Egypt, then mobile isn’t just a city in Alabama. And if 2012 proved one thing, it’s that there’s no denying mobile is the present and future of technology.Sales figures for mobile devices reached new heights in 2012. Market research firm Gartner predicted tablet sales would near 120 million, about doubling the total sold in 2011.[More from Mashable: Would You Make Your...

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Justin Bieber Weed Controversy Statement

After a photo of Justin Bieber allegedly holding a marijuana joint went viral on Friday, the singer took to Twitter in an attempt to clear the smoke. RELATED - Justin Bieber Confronts Paparazzi "Everyday growing and learning. Trying to be better. U get knocked down, u get up," he posted on January 5. "I see all of u. I hear all of u. I never want to let any of you down. I love u." RELATED - Bieber's...

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