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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Pembroke Pines hosts winter camp for special needs kids

The City of Pembroke Pines is accepting registration for its two-week Winter Camp for special needs children ages 6 through 14.Participants will engage in indoor and outdoor activities, games, arts and crafts, and other activities.Participants must be independent in toileting skills and be able to administer, with supervision, their own medications. The...

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In Our Nature Clip Exclusive

With family reunions in the forefront of everyone's minds with Thanksgiving looming, we couldn't think of a better time to bring you an exclusive clip from the new drama, In Our Nature.RELATED - Jenna Malone Catches Hunger Games Sequel RoleStarring John Slattery, Zach Gilford, Gabrielle Union and Jenna Malone, In Our Nature focuses on a tense father-son reunion orchestrated by the women in their lives.VIDEO...

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WATCH: Anderson Cooper reacts to explosion live on-air

CNNAnderson Cooper got jumpy on live TV after a bomb exploded near his report in Gaza.Anderson Cooper had good reason to get jumpy during a weekend newscast.The CNN journalist was broadcasting from Gaza City, when a bomb exploded nearby – lighting up the darkness around him and punctuating its presence with a loud boom.As the bomb exploded, Cooper ducked...

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Growing middle class feeds spirits business in Latin America

Diageo executive Randy Millian is proud of the fact that eight out of every 12 times someone pours a standard or premium whiskey in the Latin American and Caribbean region, they’re drinking one of his company’s brands.That kind of dominance is why the spirits giant is bullish on its future in Latin America, which recently has been the fastest growing region for Diageo worldwide....

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Interfaith Thanksgiving service planned for Wednesday night

Members of various faiths in Coral Gables will come together at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a spirit of unity for the annual Thanksgiving Eve Interfaith Worship Service hosted by Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ, 3010 De Soto Blvd., across the street from the Biltmore Hotel.The Rev. Dr. Laurinda Hafner, senior pastor of the church said, "We invite everyone - no...

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So, Here’s That ‘Big Bang Theory’ Flashmob You Wanted

We realize there’s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:RELATED: Beating Novak Djokovic: Never Forget Three-Fingered...

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Buzzmakers: Lindsay Lohan Comes Clean & Janeane Marries

What had ET readers buzzing this week?1. Janeane Garofalo: I Didn't Know I was Married!Sometimes what happens in Vegas actually does stay in Vegas -- at least for two decades. Funny girl Janeane Garofalo is claiming she's been married for 20 years, and didn't even know it!The Reality Bites actress told the New York Post that she and Big Bang Theory producer Rob Cohen decided to wed at a Las Vegas...

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Biden to tour storm-damaged New Jersey today

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ — Vice President Joe Biden is the latest White House official to visit New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy.Biden is scheduled to tour Seaside Heights and Hoboken on Sunday.President Obama visited storm-wrecked Atlantic City with Gov. Chris Christie before the election. Two Obama Cabinet officers toured a Federal Emergency Management Agency...

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Panama Canal’s $5 billion makeover could be boon for South Florida

PANAMA CITY, Panama -- Huge yellow dump trucks resemble Tonka toys in a sand pile as they haul tons of rust-colored dirt and basalt rock from a 56-foot gash in the earth that will become a new access channel in the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal.The trucks keep rumbling up muddy terraced slopes as a quick-moving storm blurs the horizon. The rain chases away workers...

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