Early this morning around 2 o’clock, police discovered the naked, lifeless body of an unidentified man in his 20s on the sands of Miami Beach near 25th Street. Police say there were no signs of trauma, and because no beat cops recognized the body, they don’t believe the man was…
Last night the Miami Heat racked up its 20th straight win, which now puts the team in a tie for the NBA’s third-longest winning streak. They’re just two wins away from taking second place, but can the Heat own the record outright?It’s a tough task. They’d have to win their…
Excited about the first pope from Latin America? Well, apparently you have recently deceased Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez to thank. At least that’s according to his handpicked successor and interim president, Nicolas Maduro.Maduro is theorizing that Chávez went up to Heaven and made arrangements with Jesus himself to ensure the…
Jennifer Carroll resigned yesterday amid scandal. Gov. Rick Scott has announced he will hold off on choosing a replacement until after the current legislative session, at which point the Cardinals of the Republican Party of Florida will convene at the governor’s mansion and meet in secret. Florida will know it…
Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected today as the 266th Pope and the first from the Americas. Taking the name Pope Francis I, church watchers expect his election to reaffirm Catholicism’s place in Latin America and its role as a missionary church.But Bergoglio’s failed effort in 2010 to stop…
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In a scoop that will surely rival the significance of famed investigative reportage like “Blunts Found at Reggae Festival” and “Cocaine Use Suspected at Studio 54,” the Miami Herald ran a front-page story today informing the community of something that just about everyone already knows: People do drugs at Ultra…
Florida may have a reputation for being the weirdest state in the nation, but apparently our collective taste in porn is pretty damn boring.Porn search engine PornMD.com collected its most-used search terms over the past six months and broke them down geographically by American states and international countries. As it…
John Eugene Enabnit may be homeless, but apparently he found a way to match Ivanka Trump’s jet-setter lifestyle.Enabnit was arrested Sunday at the Trump Doral Golf Resort & Spa after trying to contact the Donald’s daughter. He had just been arrested in February for harassing Trump at a perfume launch…
It’s a particularly strange time for the Democratic Party of Florida, considering that two of the bigger names considering a run for the party’s 2014 gubernatorial nomination have never held office as a Democrat before. Now one of them, former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, may pull out of the race…
On March 1, students who tried to log on to the Internet using the free Wi-Fi network on Florida State University’s Panama City campus found themselves automatically redirected to an infamous Internet shock site called Meatspin.com. In case you’re unfamiliar, the site does not feature a 24-ounce porterhouse steak on…
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While several other states are grappling with the idea of same-sex marriage, down here in Florida, we still have problems passing a statewide domestic partnership bill. One would think it wouldn’t be quite so controversial considering more than a third of Floridians already live in counties that have established local…
Sure, no one wants to visit one of Florida’s beaches to find it littered with trash, but lately we think tourists might be more wary of getting their face bitten off than encountering garbage.So while we’re glad 20-year-old Keys resident Cassi Lyn Stanton was trying to keep her beach clean,…
It’s not uncommon to see people getting blitzed on the sands of South Beach, but it’s technically illegal. City Attorney Jose Smith decided in 2010 that even the practice of hotels serving cocktails to their guests on the beach was illegal.Well, after apparently realizing that everyone does it anyway, the…
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If regular mosquitoes are like chihuahuas, small ankle-biting little buggers, then gallinippers would be pit bulls. They’re twenty times the size of a regular mosquito, and have mouthparts so strong they can pierce through clothing. Their eggs can lie dormant for years, but scientists warn that weather conditions over the…
Do you ever find yourself wondering about the personal life of Miami Heat coach Erik Spolestra? Surely, you’ve thought, “I bet he’s got a wife. Maybe married his college sweetheart or something. Probably got a couple of cute, young cerubric young children.” Clearly someone has, because when you type his…
Miami police are searching for a butt bandit who made Calle Ocho a real pain in the ass this weekend.Yes, America’s biggest Latin block party was disturbed Sunday after a brawl broke out and a man ended up taking a bullet in the butt cheek…
Nancy Brewer decided to take a page out of the Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes school of couples counseling, by dealing with her relationship problems with a City of Miami police officer by setting his Lauderhill home on fire…
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After pleading guilty to possession of child porn, a judge allowed Nelson Carrizo to spend one last holiday season at home before heading to the big house. It’s a pretty common practice for nonviolent criminals who strike plea deals, but Carrizo spent his final months of freedom trolling around on…
