Mompreneur jumps into the ‘Shark Tank’

It all started with a 4 a.m. email nearly a year ago: “Do you think a baby bib could change the world? I do...”Then Susie Taylor included a link to her website, bibbitec.com, and off it went to Shark Tank, the popular ABC television show where entrepreneurs pitch their companies to investors on the show — and by extension, 7 million viewers.Four months later, as the “mompreneur”...

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Police search for suspect who robbed Lauderhill Babies R’ Us

Lauderhill police are searching for the suspect who held up a Babies R’ Us department store two weeks ago. Police said on Jan. 14 around 8:30 p.m., a gunman entered the Babies R’ Us at 7350 W. Commercial Blvd. In the course of the robbery, the suspect jumped over the cash register, pointed a gun at the cashier and demanded money. No one was injured during...

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Are Weak Wii U Sales a Bellwether of Shifting Game Demographics?

Nintendo expects to sell fewer Wii U and 3DS units than originally claimed, according to reports this morning. The company says it sold three million Wii U units through December, but slashed its forecast of 5.5 million Wii U units sold by the end of March to just four million in all. On the Wii U software side, Nintendo is now forecasting 16 million units in the same timeframe, a number that’s...

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After the crash, Manhattan home prices still sky high

Even after the economic crash, you still can’t afford to buy a home in Manhattan.The average sale price of apartments of all types soared 66 percent in the past decade, from $850,340 in 2003 to $1,417,080 last year, a new Douglas Elliman study found.It was actually worse back in 2008 when the economy was tanking — and the average sales price was just under...

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Cruise industry group announces additional expansion, marketing initiatives

The newly expanded Cruise Lines International Association on Wednesday announced even more global growth as well as fresh promotional tools.At a press conference in New York City, Christine Duffy, the trade group’s president and CEO, said the number of people who cruised globally last year is estimated at 20.3 million. That number is expected to reach almost 21 million in...

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South Miami police supplier hires chief's son

The Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics said last week that the South Miami Police Department can continue to purchase equipment from Lou’s Police Distributors, a company that recently hired the police chief’s son. “The son has no direct or indirect financial ownership in the company and will not be involved in the local contract, or profit from it,” the commission on ethics...

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RIM faces its day of reckoning with BlackBerry 10 launch

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The innovative line of BlackBerry smartphones that Research In Motion Ltd will formally unveil on Wednesday has already succeeded on one crucial count – getting RIM back in the conversation.The new BlackBerry 10 has created a buzz among technology watchers and financial analysts, thanks to nifty features that may set it apart in an overcrowded smartphone market. RIM stock has...

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EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Phil on the Manti Hoax Perpetrator

ET sat down exclusively with Dr. Phil to discuss his interview with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the mastermind behind the Manti Te'o dating hoax.RELATED: Te'o Breaks His Silence About 'Fake' Girlfriend Dr. Phil believes that for Tuiasosopo, "This was a deep, romantic connection that was two-way between Ronaiah and Manti and between Manti and Ronaiah with the understanding that Manti did not know this was...

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Long Island huband and wife in murder-suicide; man was upset about her social life & killed her

A Long Island man upset about his lawyer wife’s new social life after she lost weight fatally shot her in their bedroom yesterday — then turned the gun on himself, family members said. Police identified the Elmont couple as Karen Rodgers Dennis, 46 – a mother of three grown children -- and her husband, Audley Dennis, 58, who worked in shipping. “Basically,...

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Jackson Health System board approves union deal by 4-2 vote

After a testy discussion, the board of the Jackson Health System approved by a vote of 4-2 a global agreement intended to resolve several major tensions between management and SEIU Local 1991.The deal now goes to the Miami-Dade Board of County of Commissioners for final approval.The agreement, reached earlier this month, means management will stop exploring outsourcing physician...

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