Don’t get too personal on LinkedIn

Have you ever received a request to connect on LinkedIn from someone you didn’t know or couldn’t remember?A few weeks ago, Josh Turner encountered this situation. The online request to connect came from a businessman on the opposite coast of the United States. It came with a short introduction that ended with “Let’s go Blues!” a reference to Turner’s favorite hockey team...

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Miami police to enforce teen curfew

Miami police began enforcing a teen curfew Wednesday, although they insisted this was not in response to a recent series of shootings in the city..According to the Juvenile Curfew Ordinance, it is against the law for children younger than 17 to be out on their own in Miami-Dade County between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. from Sunday through Thursday. On Friday and Saturday, curfew...

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Bieber's Mom on Son's Tattoos and Her New Movie

Many tweets and Facebook posts have been made regarding Justin Bieber's tattoos, but how does the pop star's mom Pattie Mallette feel about the new ink? ET found out in a new sit-down.PICS: Regrettable Celebrity Tattoos "That's one of those things that I don't necessarily have to like," said Mallette, acknowledging that, at 18, her son is legally an adult. "He's going to make his own decisions."Mallette...

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Ex-con who shot parole officer was having 'a terrible month': lawyer

The Brooklyn ex-con who blasted his parole officer only attacked because he was “in the grips of extreme emotional distress,” his defense attorney said during the trial’s opening yesterday.Robert Morales, 52, shot his parole officer Sam Salters in the shoulder in 2010 because he said his new parole officer’s demands were ruining his life.“It was a terrible,...

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Would-be convention center developers make pitches to Miami Beach residents

Developers on Wednesday presented Miami Beach residents with competing ideas for what the city’s Convention Center could look like after an overhaul. It was the public’s first glimpse of what could become of the 52-acre site. Two heavy-hitting teams are competing for the project, which could cost up to $1 billion.Both teams – Portman-CMC and South Beach ACE – stressed that...

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Little Havana condo owners get little help as units collapse

When a group of Little Havana condominium owners realized in 2009 that there were serious structural problems in the properties they had just bought, they sought help from several local officials. They called Miami building inspectors. They wrote letters to the directors of the city and county programs that helped finance their purchases with nearly $1 million in public funds....

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Carpet Countdown: Oscar After-Parties

George Clooney, Jennifer Lawrence and Hugh Jackman were just some of the stars that ET caught up with on their way into the hottest Oscar after-parties on Sunday night. Watch the video to see how they felt about the show.PICS: Inside Vanity Fair's Oscar Party ...

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Top view

Forget the Top of the Rock. You can have a view of NYC just as ridiculously awesome from a much more acrophobic-friendly height at the Walker Tower condo conversion, where units range from $4.2 million to $55 million. The 24-story fun-size Chelsea skyscraper — located at 212 W. 18th St. — is the 1929 Art Deco brick-y brainchild of architect Ralph Walker.Because...

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Don’t get too personal on LinkedIn

Have you ever received a request to connect on LinkedIn from someone you didn’t know or couldn’t remember?A few weeks ago, Josh Turner encountered this situation. The online request to connect came from a businessman on the opposite coast of the United States. It came with a short introduction that ended with “Let’s go Blues!” a reference to Turner’s favorite hockey team...

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Miami Marlins hold ballpark organist tryouts

For the first time since the team's inception in 1993, the Miami Marlins held open auditions for an organist Monday night at their new stadium.Several local musicians showed up to vie for the special gig.The chosen organist will be responsible for performing songs such as Take Me Out to the Ballgame, Let's Go Fish and Clap and Stomp at all 81 home games next season. ...

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