Florida — and Broward County in particular — used to be America’s illicit pain pill capital until Florida politicians actually got around to drafting laws that effectively stamped out the problem. That hasn’t stopped the pill heads of the South from getting their fix, though. The problem has now just…
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Original Real Housewives of Miami cast member Alexia Echevarria, the self proclaimed “Cuban Barbie,” and her Hialeah powerbroker husband Herman have had a whirlwind year that has now been capped off by having a lien placed on their house for failing to pay nearly $100,000 in back taxes from 2009…
There are a lot of things that go down in Miami that, if we were sane, would make us ashamed to live here. Of course, true Miamians don’t really experience “shame” like other humans do. We prefer to fixate on the positive. You know, the things that we can brag…
The Miami Dolphins hinted earlier this year that they might soon change their logo, and at first we figured the change would only be minimal. After all, the team has been using variations of the same basic “jumping helmeted dolphins in the sun” motif for its entire existence, but then…
More than 14 months after the saga of Fausto Lopez, the City of Miami police officer who was stopped by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper while speeding 120 mph down the Florida Turnpike to an off-duty job, is still causing embarrassment for the department.Now the trooper, Donna “Jane” Watts, has…
Perhaps only the occasional horrors of AutoCorrect top the accidental pocket dial as the greatest nightmare of modern cellphone use. There’s nothing worse than calling a person without knowing it. Especially if you happen to be talking about that person at the time.For two thieves in Naples, Florida, a pocket…
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South Beach’s famous Raleigh Hotel has been sold for $55 million, and the new owners are already quite familiar with the area’s hospitality industry. They own some of the Raleigh’s rivals. Sam Nazarian, who just opened the SLS Hotel on the same block, and David Edelstein, owner of the W…
Welcome to the first annual WTF Florida Awards ceremony. It’s the only award show celebrating the special brand of bizarre depravity we excel at down here in the Sunshine State. Black tie isn’t required. In fact, jorts and a NASCAR cap are preferred.Earlier this week we handed out awards in…
Lets party like it’s November 2008. Yes, Florida’s unemployment has dropped to its lowest level since that month.The state released new unemployment figures for November 2012 today, and the rate now stands at 8.1 percent. That’s a drop of 0.4 percent from the previous month’s rate of 8.5 percent. It’s…
There’s no such thing as too much precaution following last week’s shooting in Connecticut.Two Miami-Dade schools were placed on lockdown today after a shooting occurred nearby…
After selling off just about every player with anything resembling major league talent, the Miami Marlins have actually signed someone. Yes, they’re bringing in two-time All-Star third baseman Placido Polanco, but the deal is only for a single season…
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Three defendants involved in the bonkers South Beach scam that involved sending hot Eastern European girls out on the town to lure men to what were basically fake nightclubs only to charge ridiculous sums to their credit cars have been convicted by a jury today. A fourth was acquitted.See also:-…
We could assemble the greatest minds the world has to offer, and we don’t think anyone could come up with a reasonable answer for what the hell Anthony Edward Warn thought he was doing.Warn, 32, apparently wandered into a middle school in Gainesville while sporting a tattoo that read “Sniper”…
A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot in Wynwood last night. The incident happened at about 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of NW First Avenue and 28th Street, just a block off of the art district’s main drag, and a few blocks from the Midtown shops…
Riptide used to live four blocks from the office and still sometimes drove to work just to sit in front of a computer. LeBron James lives in Coconut Grove and bikes to the American Airlines Arena for most home games, and then plays 40-plus minutes of high intensity basketball. Riptide…
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After a task force appointed by Gov. Rick Scott ultimately decided to make no substantial change to Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law after the Trayvon Martin shooting, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chris Smith has introduced his own changes to the law. The changes would ultimately give law enforcement more…
Welcome to the first annual WTF Florida Awards ceremony. It’s the only award show celebrating the special brand of bizarre depravity we excel at down here in the Sunshine State. Black tie isn’t required. In fact, jorts and a NASCAR cap are preferred.Yesterday we gave out awards for political fuckery…
A Boynton Beach family is recovering today after an elder daughter doused them in scalding oil.Dureno Saint Fort came home to his girlfriend and their 17-month-old daughter on Monday night. After greeting his girlfriend’s 20-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, he retired to his bedroom to relax with his girlfriend…
