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Latin Recording Academy names Bose person of year
Singer Miguel Bose has been named the 2013 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. The Latin Recording Academy announced the Spanish singer's selection Wednesday. He will be honored with a tribute gala and concert in November before the Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas. President and CEO of the ...
Universal announces new Harry Potter expansion
Fans of Harry Potter and magic, rejoice: Universal Orlando is expanding its Wizarding World of Harry Potter with a new area based on the books' fictional scenes in Diagon Alley and London. Universal Orlando announced Wednesday the new area will open in 2014. "For Harry Potter fans, this is an ...
3 people removed from plane bound for Providence
A Southwest Airlines flight from Orlando to Providence made an unscheduled stop in South Carolina. Southwest spokeswoman Whitney Eichinger says that flight 3814 made an emergency landing at Charleston International Airport Tuesday night after what she called a misunderstanding between a flight attendant and a passenger over where to put ...
Woods goes from red carpet to TPC Sawgrass
One night after making his red carpet debut in New York, Tiger Woods was on a golf course that hasn't treated him very well over the years. Woods said it took him a week to get over his tie for fourth at the Masters. Next up is The Players Championship, ...
Items from Hemingway's Cuba home go to JFK Library
While most Americans have never seen Ernest Hemingway's home in Cuba where he wrote some of his most famous books, a set of 2,000 recently digitized records delivered to the United States will give scholars and the public a fuller view of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist's life. A private U.S. ...
BP to pay $18M for Texas Gulf restoration work
BP PLC has agreed to finance five Gulf restoration projects in Texas expected to cost a total of $18 million. In a statement issued Thursday, BP said the projects are part of its commitment to provide up to $1 billion in early restoration funding to repair the damage from the ...
Daughter voices anger at mom found after 11 years
The teenage daughter of a woman who just revealed she abandoned her family 11 years ago said Thursday the disclosure has angered her and she is not eager to restart their relationship. Morgan Heist, who learned last week Brenda Heist had surfaced in the Florida Keys, said the news has ...
Itsmyluckyday cedes spotlight at Kentucky Derby
In the Kentucky Derby conversation dominated by Orb, Verrazano and Goldencents, Itsmyluckyday has become a forgotten horse. That could be a mistake on Saturday in the 1¼-mile Run for the Roses. Barely a month ago, Itsmyluckyday was the 8-5 favorite for the Florida Derby. He ran a big race there, ...
Fla. man calls 911 demanding 'Kool-Aid, burgers and weed' delivered
A St. Petersburg man is accused of misusing the 911 system to request that he wanted "Kool-Aid, burgers and weed to be delivered to him." The Tampa Bay Times (http://bit.ly/11WSR2U ) reports 34-year-old Jarvis Sutton dialed 911 about 80 times on Sunday. Police say Sutton admitted to making the calls. ...
Artist replaces paintbrush with jet engine thrust
The hurricane-force thrust from a jet engine pushes Tarinan von Anhalt into the air as she splatters an array of colors into the wind and onto a blank canvas to create the abstract designs she has become known for. Instead of paintbrushes, she uses $10 million jet engines from a ...
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