For most of my life, every time I’ve walked into a gas station or a grocery store I’ve been greeted one way or another by the delightfully ’80s logo of the Florida Lottery. Most things have changed since 1988. That logo has remained a constant.Until now. The Florida Lottery logo…
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…
Sorry recent University of Miami Alums, The Onion really doesn’t understand why even though you owe the school at least five figures in student debt, you still love it so much.In traditional satirical style, the paper introduced us to “Mark Felder,” a fictional ’07 grad who owes the school $50,000,…
Always careful to take up practical, non-partisan causes instead of throwing partisan bombs, Sen. Bill Nelson has made Florida’s invasive python problem one of his key issues. So now the man we’ve dubbed Senator Spacesnakes is actually taking on the problem directly. He’s joining Florida’s controversial python hunting challenge, and…
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It’s not exactly news that Republicans have such a deep politi-crush on Marco Rubio that they’d like nothing more than to make him their 2016 nominee. Once again, Public Policy Polling has found that he’s Republicans top choice.However, PPP also ran a head-to-head poll matching up Rubio against Democratic favorite…
Mario Cristobal isn’t going far after his surprising firing as FIU’s head coach. He’s just headed to Coral Gables.According to reports, Cristobal will join Al Golden’s Miami Hurricanes staff as an associate head coach…
Loco Joe is back, baby.One of the City of Miami’s most infamous ex-mayors was shockingly appointed as the new city manager of Doral last night. He was nominated by Mayor Luigi Boria, and unanimously confirmed by the entire council after the briefest of discussions…
Unfortunately in Miami we’re all too familiar with bad service, ridiculous pricing and shady business practices, so to become Miami’s most hated industry you really, really have to go out of your way to be terrible.So congratulations vehicle repair shops of Miami-Dade County. You truly are the worst…
If there was one silver lining to the NFL season for Dolphins fans this year, it was the fact that while our team might have been mediocre at best, at least we weren’t the laughing stock the New York Jets became this year.They’ve fired their General Manager Mike Tannenbaum, and…
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The animals at Zoo Miami were reminded of their own mortality in a big way on Monday; once again warned that every second that ticks by is a second closer to their own unavoidable death.Reminded that one day they too will end up like Mohan the rhino and Tevy the…
Yesterday it was confirmed that 2012 was indeed the hottest year on record in the Lower 48, and yes maybe global warming may mean doom and gloom for the future of humanity.But don’t worry. There’s a cute side to the story. Thanks to a warmer winter, fewer manatees died in…
Florida Republicans are perhaps the most loyal lapdogs of the National Rifle Association. So maybe it’s not much of a surprise that Rick Scott gave a gun manufacturer a “sweetheart” $1.6 million tax subsidy back in 2011…
Who knew Fidel Castro and the Kardashians had anything in common?Turns out few things are actually less popular than the United State Congress right now. According to a poll by Public Policy Polling, Americans find head lice, Brussels sprouts, traffic jams and cockroaches more preferable than Congress right now.Though, Americans…
Nick Saban won his third BCS championship with Alabama in four years last night by steamrolling through Notre Dame is a mind numbingly boring game, but, because the game was held in Miami, the local press corp gon the chance to grill him once again on his controversial stint as…
Vultures have never had a particularly good reputation, despite providing an important ecological service. So, apparently vultures in the Everglades have gotten together and decided, “Hell, we might as well give humans a reason to really hate us.”Now they will eat your cars…
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Looking for the perfect date this weekend? Apparently you can’t go wrong with taking your date to an Italian joint on Lincoln Road and ordering a bottle of chianti. According to an analysis of data from dating website HowAboutWe.com, that’s most Miamians idea of a perfect date…
Last night’s BCS game is in the history books, but Las Vegas never sleeps. Two odds makers are already out with betting lines for next year’s championship, and they’ve both given the Miami Hurricanes 25-1 odds. Those are by no means spectacular odds, but better than one might expect for…
Brenda Schumann found her husband, a man almost a decade younger, in a bed with a naked woman who in turn was his junior by almost a decade. So what did she decide to do? She decided to relieve herself all around their apartment and pull out a rifle…
Violence once again erupted in Liberty City last night as a pregnant woman was gunned down in the streets at 10 p.m. last night. The incident happened in the 1200 block of Northwest 53rd Street.It’s unknown if the woman was an innocent bystander or the intended target of the attack…
