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The numbers are out for the amount of arrests made during Urban Beach Weekend. According to Miami Beach Police, a total of 344 arrests were made during the weekend holiday. Here is the breakdown. On day 1, 54 people were arrested. On day 2, 82 arrests were made. Police arrested 102 people on day 3, and 106 arrests were made on Day 4. So far, no arrests have been made today. In 2012, 373 arrests were made during Memorial day Weekend. Thousands arrived on Miami Beach on Saturday as Urban Beach Week continues into the holiday weekend. Urban Beach Week kicked into high gear Friday as the first real night of partying brought out large crowds spending big money to play on the beach. Sunday evening, Miami Beach Police Det. Vivian Hernandez said this weekend was a success and "so far, so good." No sooner had the sun set when Ocean Drive came to life. Thousands took in the sights

Co-signer, joint account holder, guarantor: Know the difference If you're thinking about sharing a credit card account with someone, take heed. All shared accounts aren't the same. There are different policies with different names and your charging rights and liability for debt could vary greatly depending upon the type of account you choose. There are a number of reasons why people share credit card accounts. Some share a credit card account with their college-bound children to give the kids access to emergency cash. Others do it to help out family members and friends who would not qualify for a credit card on their own.  Some married couples prefer to share a credit card account to handle household expenses. Most consumer advocates advise against sharing credit card accounts. Not only can you be stuck having to pay for a debt you did not incur, but a shared debt could cause a lender to think your debt load is too high, hurting your credit score. "You may no

Dana Loesh has the details : My producer, Kevin, was just contacted by someone with Conners’s legal team. KMOV just terminated his [employment] on the basis of, according to them, his Facebook post… And here’s the official statement from the station : (KMOV) — We regret to announce that Larry Conners is no longer a KMOV news reporter. Larry was a valued member of KMOV for a long time, and we will miss him. For KMOV, there is no higher cause than unbiased, objective news reporting. It is what our viewers expect and it is what we work very hard to deliver. We can accept no less. Larry is certainly entitled to his opinion, but taking a personal political position on one of the Station’s Facebook pages creates an appearance of bias that is inconsistent with important journalistic standards. Larry’s departure has nothing to do with the particular position he took, but it does have to do with our belief that his actions made it impossible for him to report for KMOV on c

LAKELAND, Minn. (AP) — When high school student Zach Sobiech learned he didn't have much longer to live, his mother suggested he write letters to tell his loved ones goodbye. Instead, the Minnesota teenager turned to writing music — and his farewell song , "Clouds," became a YouTube sensation that has attracted more than 4 million views. Other musicians have covered the tune, and it inspired a celebrity video on YouTube. "Clouds" was even listed No. 1 on the iTunes Top 10 list on Wednesday — two days after Sobiech died after battling bone cancer. His mother, Laura Sobiech , said on the CaringBridge website that her son was surrounded by family and his girlfriend when he died at his home in Lakeland, an eastern suburb of St. Paul. He had recently turned 18. Sobiech was being remembered not only for his music, but also for the way he lived. John Hallberg , the chief executive of the Children's Cancer Research Fund, said Wednesday that So

President Obama on Sunday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to “transform the way we think about manhood,” urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility for their families and their communities. Delivering a commencement address at the all-male private liberal arts college in Atlanta, Obama spoke in deeply personal terms about the “special obligation” he feels as a black man to help those left behind. “There but for the grace of God, I might be in their shoes,” Obama said. “I might have been in prison. I might have been unemployed. I might not have been able to support a family — and that motivates me.” GALLERY Obama addresses Morehouse College graduates: President Obama gets personal about race and manhood in a speech to graduates of historically black Morehouse College. The president also reflected on the absence of his father growing up, noting that he was raised by a “heroic single mother” and urged the young gr

The Internal Revenue Service's watchdog told top Treasury officials around June 2012 he was investigating allegations the tax agency had targeted conservative groups, for the first time indicating that Obama administration officials were aware of the explosive matter in the midst of the president's re-election campaign. The disclosure to the Treasury general counsel and the deputy secretary was a cursory one, according to J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration. He said he didn't reveal conclusions of the probe, which was in its early stages, and his disclosure came as part of a routine update to Treasury leaders. At the time, Republican lawmakers were complaining publicly about alleged IRS targeting of tea-party groups. The revelation nonetheless raised a fresh set of questions about who was aware of the problem within the Obama administration. It was one of several new details that emerged during a contentious four-hour House committee hea

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department’s inspector general told senior Treasury officials in June 2012 he was auditing the Internal Revenue Service’s screening of politically active organizations seeking tax exemptions, disclosing for the first time on Friday that Obama administration officials were aware of the matter during the presidential campaign year. At the first Congressional hearing into the I.R.S. scandal, J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, told members of the House Ways and Means Committee that he informed the Treasury’s general counsel of his audit  on June 4 , and Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin “shortly thereafter.” It remained unclear how much the disclosure would affect the broader debate over the I.R.S.'s problems. Complaints from Tea Party groups that the I.R.S. was singling them out became public in 2012, through media accounts. Mr. George told Treasury officials about the allegation as part of a routine briefing about on

TAMPA BAY, Florida -- A subtle, but significant tweak to Florida's rules regarding traffic signals has allowed local cities and counties to shorten yellow light intervals, resulting in millions of dollars in additional red light camera fines. The 10 News Investigators discovered the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) quietly changed the state's policy on yellow intervals in 2011, reducing the minimum below federal recommendations. The rule change was followed by engineers, both from FDOT and local municipalities, collaborating to shorten the length of yellow lights at key intersections, specifically those with red light cameras (RLCs). While yellow light times were reduced by mere fractions of a second, research indicates a half-second reduction in the interval can double the number of RLC citations -- and the revenue they create. The 10 News investigation stemmed from a December discovery of a dangerously short yellow light in Hernando County. After the story aired, t