Dear fellow Floridians, 911 is not a prostitution service, a Facebook checker, a dream analysis hotline, or a urination location service.As Alvaro Francisco found out over the weekend, it is also not a Mexican travel agency…
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Hopefully you don’t have a midnight massage habit, because the state of Florida may limit the hours massage therapists can work from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The bill recently passed a state House subcommittee, and if the whole House passes the law, it could go into effect as soon…
So, Shane Battier’s annual celebrity karaoke event went down this weekend at the Eden Roc Hotel, and if you couldn’t afford the $250 tickets to the charity event, don’t worry. Of course some video evidence has leaked…
We’re sure it’s an honor just to sit on the steps of the Capitol at the inauguration, but let’s be honest, the hottest seat was next to Beyonce. Which, well, obviously was taken by Jay-Z, but seated directly next to them was South Florida congresswoman and DNC chief Debbie Wasserman…
Though, the NCAA still has not delivered the official notice of allegations to the University of Miami, several details have started to leak out.Frank Haith, the former men’s basketball coach who is now at the Missouri, in particular is said to be charged with “unethical conduct and failure to promote…
South Beach may be a beautiful, expansive stretch of sand along the aqua waters of the Atlantic, but it really doesn’t hold a candle to the hotties that come to sun beach on it. So its really no surprise that Travel + Leisure has named South Beach as the best…
In yet another bittersweet reminder that despite not having much success lately on the college level, the Miami Hurricanes are still a major NFL pipeline, it turns out that more former ‘Canes will playing in the AFC and NFC championship games this weekend than any other school. Which shouldn’t be…
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Well, the week has come and almost gone, and despite reports that the NCAA could deliver its Notice of Allegations to the University of Miami this week, it doesn’t appear that that’s happening.However, the general feeling inside the school is that the football program could avoid major institutional sanctions, and…
In January 2011, Renan Rico bought a home for $25,000 and moved his family in. Then, after completing tens of thousands of dollars of renovations, he started receiving notices that the home was owned by a bank and under foreclosure. Turns out the realtor they bought it from, Ricardo Ribas,…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Another day, another poll that shows that while Marco Rubio is the clear early frontrunner for the Republican nomination in 2016, he can’t quite match up to Hillary Clinton in a general election yet.The latest poll from Public Policy Polling was only of Florida voters, and shows that Rubio would…
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When Yahoo! Sports reporter Charles Robinson first hinted to the world that he was working on a story that became the Miami Hurricane’s scandal, he promised on ESPN Radio that on the outrage meter, it would merit a ten.Yeah, in retrospect he might have wanted to dial that back to…
So remember when we pointed you to a press release touting members of a Satanic church rallying for Gov. Rick Scott and wondered if it was a real or some high level trolling? Turns out it was the later. Florida’s Satanic Temple is only slightly less real than Manti Te’o’s…
Congratulations, Miami-Dade! You’re home to two of the five worst-run cities in the country.The rankings come from 247WallSt.com which used a number of factors to determine the list. Gross metropolitan product, public debt, unemployment rates, violent crime, poverty, home prices, the number of insured people, graduation rates, credit ratings and…
Is DecoBike finally going to cross the causeways from Miami Beach into the City of Miami? Possibly.The City of Miami Commission is slated to vote on a proposal to bring the popular bike sharing program to Miami on January 24…
Technically it is actually the middle of winter, but Miami has had temperatures in the 80s for 15 straight days now. That’s matched a record for the most days above 80 degrees in winter since records have been kept, according to CBS Miami. The previous stretch was in 2002, and…
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If recent Democrat convert Charlie Crist decides to run for governor, as he’s widely rumored to do, he’d wipe the floor with incumbent Republican Rick Scott 53 percent to 49 percent. Though, several other possible Democratic candidates also beat Scott in head-to-head match-ups, Crist leads Scott by the widest margin…
Rep. Trey Radel, the former improv actor and conservative radio host who won Connie Mack IV’s seat in Southwest Florida, is not impressed with the executive order President Obama unveiled today concerning gun control. In fact, he’s already hinting at impeachment…
