Police are looking for the thieves who took off in nine Mercedes-Benz vehicles from the parking lot of a suburban New York dealership.
New Rochelle police say the cars were worth a total of $800,000.
They say the suspects entered the lot after breaking the lock on a fence of Pepe Luxury Cars. They then allegedly found the keys to the cars and drove off.
Police believe the vehicles were stolen sometime between Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
FORT WORTH --
A merger between American Airlines and US Airways could be announced as early as next week as the two companies move closer to finalizing details of a deal, sources familiar with the negotiations say.
Neither airline's board has met to formally approve a union, however. The AMR Corp. board is expected to meet early next week.
US Airways Chief Executive Doug Parker is likely to lead the merged carrier, while AMR Chief Executive Tom Horton may serve as chairman for a specific period before departing, according to one source, who declined to be identified because the talks are private.
Discussions are also ongoing over the financial aspects. Creditors and bondholders at AMR have agreed on an equity split, sources said, though they cautioned that details could change.
Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that American creditors would own about 72 percent of the airline and US Airways shareholders about 28 percent, although those figures are tentative.
Both American and US Airways, which have signed a nondisclosure agreement, declined to comment.
The management plan being discussed is similar to what happened when United Airlines merged with Continental Airlines in 2010.
United CEO Glenn Tilton was named chairman while Continental Chief Executive Jeff Smisek kept the CEO and president titles. Tilton stepped down as chairman at the end of 2012.
An American-US Airways merger would create the largest airline in the U.S., with over $38.7 billion in revenue and more than 100,000 employees. The combined company is expected to retain the American Airlines name and be based in Fort Worth.
Wall Street analysts began speculating about a merger as soon as AMR filed for bankruptcy in November 2011. In April, Parker negotiated conditional labor agreements with American's three major unions and began to publicly advocate for a merger.
Until midsummer, Horton insisted that American would emerge from bankruptcy as a stand-alone carrier and evaluate possible partners afterward.
But pressure from creditors rose and merger discussions intensified when US Airways signed a nondisclosure agreement with American in August.
That allowed the two companies to share financial information and discuss the benefits and challenges of a merger.
Horton began to publicly discuss a possible merger within bankruptcy in the fall. After American's pilots union ratified a new contract in December and agreed to a memorandum of understanding on terms for a merger, a deal with US Airways has become increasingly more likely, analysts have said.
Executives at both companies, along with American's unsecured creditors committee and an ad hoc bondholder group, have been meeting in recent weeks to discuss a possible merger.
Previous media reports said the bondholders had signed a nondisclosure agreement that expires Feb. 15.
The agreement gives debt owners access to the discussions but restricts them from trading AMR or US Airways debt, giving them incentive to push for a quick deal.
On Friday, the US Airways pilots union is scheduled to release the results of a vote to approve or reject a memorandum of understanding with the carriers. Like the agreements signed by American's three major unions, it would outline details such as pay and seniority integration in a merger.
If the US Airways pilots reject the memorandum, it could delay a possible merger announcement. The airlines and the creditors committee had invited several unions into merger discussions to get a clearer picture of the labor costs that a combined airline may incur.
Last week, American asked the Bankruptcy Court to extend its exclusivity period to file a reorganization plan until April 15 from its current deadline of March 11.
If the carriers and the creditors committee work out a merger deal, the Bankruptcy Court would need to give other creditors time to examine it before approving a merger agreement.
The Miami Heat is offering South Florida high school seniors college scholarships for the 2013-2014 school year.
Four scholarships of $2,500 each will go to seniors who excel in academics and community service.
One of the four scholarships is reserved for a student who plays sports.
Applicants must have at least a 3.2 grade point average by their final semester in high school, attend school in Miami-Dade, Broward or Palm Beach counties, be accepted to an accredited four-year college or university and demonstrate financial need.
Applications are available at nba.com/heat/community/community_education_scholarships.html and must be submitted by April 6.
Though Miley Cyrus' super-short 'do definitely has its fair share of haters, according to Miley herself, she has no intentions of growing it out -- ever.
"You will never see me with long hair again!," she tells E! News. "My fiancé [Liam Hemsworth] loves it…It's so easy and [I] don't need to wash it. It looks better grungy and not washing it."
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And clearly, she doesn't miss her formerly long locks "in any way."
"I feel like I had bun every day of my life," she says, referring to her often-copied topknot. "I hated the extensions hair -- that's sewn into your head. It's creepy."
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Miley first debuted the drastic cut in August, and seems to be cutting her hair even shorter progressively.
…Could a completely shaved head be in her future?!
NEWINGTON, Conn. — A Connecticut mother has posted bail after being charged with pulling a gun and threatening another woman at a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant.
Police say 30-year-old Tawana Bourne brandished a .380-caliber handgun and chambered a round during an argument at the children's game and pizza restaurant in Newington on Monday night. Police say both women were at the restaurant with their children.
Restaurant workers called police, who charged Bourne with reckless endangerment, risk of injury to children, threatening and breach of peace. She was freed after posting $50,000 bail and was ordered to appear in New Britain Superior Court on Feb. 19.
Bourne declined to comment.
Chuck E. Cheese's released a statement saying weapons are banned in its restaurants and managers are evaluating security.'
Newington is about 45 miles from Newtown, Conn., the site of the Sandy Hook School massacre that left six educators and 20 students dead.
After waiting for what seemed like an eternity for Android Jelly Bean phones to ship, we’re glad to see a flood of handsets with the coveted software. Some older phones, like the Samsung Galaxy S3 and Motorola Droid Razr HD Maxx, also have received this significant upgrade, but these smartphones rolled straight off the assembly line boasting Google’s most modern OS. From the pure flavor only a true Nexus device can bring, to the tricked-out tweaks phone designers like to bring to the table, chances are good there’s a Jelly Bean handset here that will suit your tastes.
HTC Droid DNA
Rating: 4 stars out of 5 (Excellent)
The good: This beautifully designed phone features a quad-core processor, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, 4G LTE, a sharp 5-inch screen, an excellent camera and long battery life.
The bad: Its large size makes it tricky to fit in tight pockets, and it lacks both an SD card slot and a removable battery.
The cost: $99.99 to $199.99
The bottom line: With quad-core power, 4G LTE, a lovely 5-inch screen and a stunning design, the $199.99 HTC Droid DNA may be Verizon’s best Android deal.
HTC One X+
Rating: 4 stars out of 5 (Excellent)
The good: Has a quad-core processor, 64GB of storage and Android Jelly Bean, plus a great camera, all for $199.99.
The bad: The battery life is short. The phone also lacks an SD card slot, and its battery can’t be removed.
The cost: $169.99 to $509
The bottom line: Although it does have some flaws, the $199.99 HTC One X+ is currently the best Android buy on AT&T.
LG Nexus 4
Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 (Very good)
The good: The competitively priced phone delivers a pure and polished experience with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, it’s powered by a snappy quad-core processor, and it’s packed with new photo-editing and camera features.
The bad: Construction is solid but uninspiring, its call volume is too low, and it lacks 4G LTE.
The cost: $299 (currently sold out)
The bottom line: While the LG Nexus 4 wins on internal performance and user experience, anyone shopping for an unlocked phone should consider a comparable LTE handset first.
Samsung Galaxy Note 2
Rating: 4 stars out of 5 (Excellent)
The good: Oodles of screen real estate make this phone terrific for videos, games, and reading; and its improved stylus aids productivity. A blazing quad-core processor, a great camera and strong battery life round out the advantages of this Android 4.1 phone.
The bad: The huge display makes it unwieldy to carry, and hiccups in the S Pen stylus and apps can slow you down. The pricey Note 2 isn’t a suitable tablet replacement across all categories.
The cost: $139.99 to $299.99
The bottom line: In the Galaxy Note 2, Samsung delivers a powerful, boundary-pushing device that gets a lot right. Yet its complicated features and high price raise questions about its purpose.
Frank Falestra is standing at the backyard bar of Churchill’s Pub, tinkering with a lighting board that has a broken switch.
It’s an urgent repair because the switch controls red light.
“Red is important at a rock bar,” he says.
Falestra, better known as Rat Bastard, is hailed as the godfather of Miami’s noise scene and the founder of International Noise Conference, an annual festival celebrating musical nonconformity.
Every year, the festival draws hundreds to three-decades-old Churchill’s Pub, where noise fans and other revelers gather to sing, dance, screech and, sometimes, bloody each other’s noses.
International Noise Conference will kick off its 10th year starting 10 p.m. Wednesday at Churchill’s, 5501 NE Second Ave. The festival continues at 9 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday.
Falestra, 54, expects more than 100 bands to show up. That number is about the same as the last few years, but the fourth night of the festival is new, thanks to funding from the Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge.
Admission to the festival, as always, is free.
“We keep the money thing completely out of it,” Falestra said. “That’s probably why it’s still going.”
There are only two hard-and-fast rules for musicians performing at INC: no laptops, and get off the stage in 15 minutes or less.
The laptop rule is to prevent the show from getting boring, Falestra says.
But the time limit? Artists have flown all the way from France and Australia to perform at INC. And they only get 15 minutes?
According to Falestra, a 30-year veteran of the Miami music scene, that’s all you need to get the point across.
“Usually 20 minutes of anybody is too much,” he said. “Like the Foo Fighters. You wouldn’t want to see them for 20 minutes. Ten minutes would kill you.”
Page 27, a Denver-based noise band, has one of the farthest commutes on the set list this year. Like most of the other bands, INC is the only show pulling Page 27 away from its hometown this time of year.
But member John Gross, 35, said the band is looking forward to the networking opportunities as much as the brief set. The best part for him, he said, is going to the tables in the back of the bar to trade CDs, tapes and records with other bands. “You end up finding a lot of music that you don’t see anywhere else,” Gross said.
The first two days of the festival, which feature local bands almost exclusively, are heavy on different music genres. Thursday is usually the most outrageous night. Sometimes, Falestra says, people get naked.
Many of the bands will play noise sets regardless of their typical musical style. This might include an avant-garde mix of improvisational drumming, playing non-musical objects such as sheets of glass or screaming into a microphone.
Novice noise fans shouldn’t be afraid, though. In spite of its name, INC doesn’t require that every set consist of noise. It’s possible to hear something approaching listenable music at the show.
Although he disdains the pop-punk bands that flood college radio stations these days (he has a particular distaste for Green Day), Falestra said he’s not averse to tossing more mainstream acts into the lineup to keep things from getting predictable.
He took on the real-life role of Dr. Jack Kevorkian in 2010 for an HBO biopic, and now Al Pacino is taking on another controversial, headline-grabbing character, acclaimed music producer and convicted killer Phil Spector.
Starring alongside Helen Mirren, the film centers around the drama between Phil Spector (Pacino) and his defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden (Mirren) during the music legend's first trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson.
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The movie has sparked a bit of controversy with some saying that it's sympathetic to Spector. Mirren has come out in defense of the film and her character, saying, "Lana was obviously a really, really lovely woman and, quite rightly, her friends are worried that she will be dissed and she is certainly not dissed in our story at all."
Phil Spector premieres Sunday, March 24 at 9/8c on HBO. Will you be watching?
An American tiger trainer was killed at a circus in northern Mexico Saturday when one of the tigers he was performing with mauled him.
Alexander Crispin, 35, was circling two tigers as part his act for the Circo Suarez when one of the two tigers he was working with leaped off its perch and attacked him.
The tiger pulled Crispin to the ground and attacked his neck, according to SDPnoticias.com.
Crispin was taken to a local Red Cross hospital where he received treatment but later died after going into hypovolemic shock due to extreme blood loss.
Tiger attacks against humans are extremely rare in the wild, although their have been a number of high profile attacks involving stage tigers and their trainers.
The most famous of these occurred in October 2003 when Roy Horn, of the famous Siegfried & Roy Las Vegas show, was attacked by a 7-year-old white tiger named Montecore during one of the duo's performances.
Horn was in critical condition for several weeks after he suffered massive blood loss and a stroke, but eventually recovered.
The Victorinox Swiss Army Jetsetter looks like a traditional pocket knife the company is famous for, but instead of the knife you get a pocket full of storage.
A foldout and detachable USB 2.0 flash drive is among the features in the mini tool kit, which includes a ball point pen, bottle opener, Phillips screwdriver, tweezers and scissors in the 16 GB model I tested out.
The detachable flash drive is Windows- and Mac-friendly, although it comes loaded with Mac-friendly security software to protect your data stored on the device.
It’s available in capacities of 8 GB black ($39.95), 16 GB red ($49.99) and 32 GB silver ($99.99). There are a few different features in each, with the 32 GB model having a LED mini light, for example.
Details: www.swissarmy.com
A great find
Kensington’s Proximo Fob and Tag Kit creates a wireless (Bluetooth) monitoring system between your keys, accessories and an iPhone (4S or 5) that will alert you if they are separated.
I tried the starter kit ($59.99), which includes a fob, tag, keyring and has a screen driver to open the hardware and insert the included CR2032 lithium coin batteries, along with a key ring.
The fob attaches to the key ring and after you have it linked with the free Kensington Proximo app, anytime the devices are separated an alarm sounds. If your phone is within range but you can’t find it, press a button.
It’s easy to think of this as a monitoring device for your expensive smartphone but it also works in reverse once everything is linked up. With your phone in your pocket or purse, it can alert you that you have left your keys behind.
can be placed in a computer bag or attached to anything (or anyone) that you want alarmed. But unlike the fob, it’s only one direction; the app will find it but you can’t use it to find your phone.
The Proximo App Dashboard tracks up to five items with a single fob and up to four tags. Additional tags cost $24.99 each.
If you get out of range between the devices, an app lets you tap a button to let you know where your device was last seen and even pulls up a map with a specific address.
Details: www.Kensington.com
Sound investment
RadioShack’s Auvio expanding Bluetooth speaker ($39.99) is as simple and useful as a gadget can be. Just twist open the speaker, pair it with your device via Bluetooth and you’ll be amazed at how much better the sound is than the built-in speaker on your smartphone or tablet.
A rechargeable battery is built in for up to eight hours of use and can be powered up in two hours with a USB charge using the included cable.
It is 2.5 inches in diameter, just over 3-inches tall when expanded and about 2.5 inches when closed.
Another choice, with a bigger size (2.8-by-6.5-by-2.9 inches) but much better sound is the brick-shaped Auvio Portable Speaker ($79.99).
Both speakers have aux-in ports to connect to non-Bluetooth devices.
Details: www.radioshack.com
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