A Monroe County Sheriff’s sergeant is fundraising for his non-profit with the help of a chicken nugget. Sgt. Dennis Coleman bought some chicken nuggets from a convenience store, and he noticed that one piece looked like a cowboy boot. So, he put it up for auction on eBay starting at $5 and will donate all the proceeds to Keys Cops For Kids, a non-profit organization that he set up. As of Monday afternoon it was at $20.50. “You’ve heard about the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich that sold for $28,000. Recently,here in the Florida Keys a Seahorse shaped Cheeto sold for $100. Here’s your chance to purchase a one of kind item,” the description said on eBay.

A Miami-Dade Fire Rescue captain, whose Facebook comment about the Trayvon Martin shooting spurred an investigation, was demoted two ranks to firefighter Monday in a letter from the fire chief. Brian Beckmann, who posted the comment April 11, must also complete a Fit for Duty evaluation and diversity and/or sensitivity training, the letter from Fire Chief William Bryson said. Beckmann may appeal the decision within 14 days. Rowan Taylor, president of International Association of Firefighters Local 1403 wrote in an email statement that said he disagrees with the demotion. “As union President, I believe this discipline is excessive. We will immediately file an appeal to an independent arbitrator,” Taylor said. A copy of Beckmann’s initial Facebook post was in the Finding of Fact Report released by the department. Besides having disparaging words for the prosecutor, the post also said: “I and my coworkers could rewrite the book on whether our urban youths are victims of racist profiling or products of their failed, (expletive), ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents, but like Mrs. Corey, we speak only the truth. They’re just misunderstood little church going angels and the ghetto hoodie look doesn’t have anything to do with why people wonder if they’re about to get jacked by a thug,” he posted. A disciplinary report said that the comment altered the reputation of the Fire Rescue department.

A ticket sold in Miami has won the $5 million jackpot, Florida Lottery officials aid. The winning numbers were 3-14-17-32-33-34. Thirty five tickets matched five numbers to win $5,481.00 each and 1,245 tickets matched four numbers for $67.00 each. In Powerball, no ticket matched all five numbers and the Powerball number to win the $80 million jackpot. That means it will rollover to $90 million for this Wednesday’s drawing. The winning numbers in Saturday night’s drawing were 10-24-35-53-58 and the Powerball number was 22.

South Florida has suffered through some dreary declines of late — home values, paychecks and the Miami Dolphins, for instance. But in the case of the public thirst for one precious commodity — fresh water — the decline has actually turned into a major money-saving plus. The 53 water utilities serving Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties pumped about 83 million fewer gallons a day in 2010 than they did in 2000 — despite a population that grew by some 600,000 over the decade — according to a new draft analysis produced by the South Florida Water Management District. Do the math and it adds up to South Floridians using about 20 percent less water each day for drinking, bathing and sprinkling yards per person than they did a decade ago. That’s about 30 billion gallons over the course of a year, enough unused water to fill 45,900 Olympic-sized swimming pools. It’s an unexpected but entirely welcome drop-off in public demand in a region that only a decade ago was worried about taps running dry in relentlessly sprawling suburbs. “It’s not a surprise that it went down,’’ said Mark Elsner, administrator of water supply development for the water management district. “It’s a surprise it went down so much.’’Miami Herald

Demi Lovato has officially signed her deal and will be a judge on the next season of “The X Factor”.  According to our sources, Demi will be in NYC tomorrow for the FOX Up Fronts to announce her joining the show. Demi is scheduled to tour this summer, but our sources say her “X Factor” schedule shouldn’t interfere with her touring. Lovato should have company tomorrow.

Even though “Desperate Housewives” (Sun., 9 p.m. ET on ABC) signed off with a two-hour series finale, it was very definitely two distinct episodes. The first hour wrapped Bree’s trial and set the stage for the long farewell to Wisteria Lane and the women that touched each other’s lives over the past eight seasons. Karen McCluskey accepted hospice care, as she prepared to live out her final moments at home. But she made sure she went out with an impact on the friends who’d embraced her after hearing Gaby and Carlos talking about what really happened. So she took to the stand and confessed to the murder herself. It was chaos, but it worked. Bree was let off, and because of her age and health, no charges were pressed against Karen. That left the women without that specter looming over them as they prepared to say goodbye to Susan, and what turned out to be this chapter in their lives for all four women. Within a few years, none of them would be living on Wisteria Lane. Lynette followed her dreams to New York and a huge job offer from Katherine. Susan was off to help raise her granddaughter. Bree marries her lawyer and winds up in the Kentucky state legislature. Gaby finds success with her own show on the Home Shopping Network. But before it all wound down, Susan took a final circle of the block, where she was watched by the ghosts of former residents — save for Nicolette Sheridan’s Edie — as Mary Alice sets up the next generation of secrets and intrigue with the woman who bought Susan’s house.

Cuando la vimos, no lo podíamos creer. Y es que ver a una súper estrella como Drew Barrymore probarse su vestido de novia, no es cosa sencilla. La adorable actriz fue vista en Nueva York haciendo justo lo que sospechábamos: ¡Ultimando los detalles de su próxima boda! Barrymore, quien está embarazada aunque todavía no lo ha confirmado, fue vista este viernes en la tienda Suzanne Couture Millinery en la gran manzana. Acompañada por su suegra y algunas amigas, Drew estuvo cerca de dos horas probándose trajes de velo y corona para llegar al altar y contraer matrimonio con su novio y padre del bebé que está esperando, Will Kopeman. La boda se llevará a cabo el próximo 2 de junio en Manhattan, aunque también serán anfitriones de una recepción más pequeña en su casa de Montecito, California, donde se espera que vivan. Aunque todavía no ha trascendido la lista de invitados, se cree que Cameron Díaz y Lucy Liu, antiguas compañeras de Barrymore en Ángeles de Charlie,  serán unas de las pocas celebridades invitadas a la ceremonia. E Online

“The Avengers” is taking a page out of Superman’s comic book — flying faster than a speeding bullet to the billion-dollar mark at the box office. The superhero blockbuster took in $103.2 million to lead for a second-straight weekend, raising its domestic total to $373.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. With $95.4 million more overseas, “The Avengers” lifted its international receipts to $628.9 million and a worldwide haul of just over $1 billion, only 19 days after it began rolling out in some markets. “You never think that it can happen this quickly,” said Dave Hollis, head of distribution for Disney, whose Marvel Studios unit produced the ensemble film after a long buildup in its solo superhero outings. “You hope you can get to this day, and the fact that it is happening this early is a testament to a lot of work that went in on the Marvel side over the last six years to get us to a place where people wanted to see the Avengers assemble.” “The Avengers” easily fended off Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s vampire romp “Dark Shadows,” which had a so-so domestic start of $28.8 million to finish a distant No. 2.That’s far below such past Depp-Burton collaborations as “Alice in Wonderland,” which opened with $116.1 million, and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” which debuted with $56.2 million.  “The Avengers” was the first movie ever to pull in more than $100 million domestically in its second weekend, passing the previous best of $75.6 million for “Avatar.” The film also topped $300 million domestically Saturday after just nine days in release, beating the previous record set by “The Dark Knight,” which hit that mark in 10 days.

Trayvon Martin’s mother will be able to take about eight months paid vacation after a generous donation by her fellow Miami-Dade County employees, according to reports. Sybrina Fulton, a 23-year veteran of the Miami-Dade County housing authority, received $40,825 of donated vacation time, The Miami Herald reported. The donations came after the county commission approved a resolution authorizing employees to donate their vacation time to Fulton or Yolanda Knight Evans, Trayvon’s aunt and a customer-service representative, the newspaper said. According to records, 192 employees donated their hours to Fulton and 70 employees donated to Evans. The money is in addition to the $100,000 raised at rallies and online that the family plans to use to form a criminal justice advocacy foundation in Martin’s name. George Zimmerman, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Martin, also raised more than $200,000 on a website to pay for his legal defense, according to his attorney. NBC Miami