The 20,000-square-foot Palm Island mansion that once belonged to fallen prince of hip hop Scott Storch is now rightfully back in the hands of rap royalty. Birdman, the guy everyone from Nicki Minaj to Drake calls “boss,” just scooped up the massive home for $14.5 million. …
This week saw the latest rumors circulating about the health of Fidel Castro, and the Cuban government remained suspiciously quiet. Though, now Fidel’s son Alex Castro has broken the silence and says that his father is doing “well.”…
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Jeremy Kaiser attacked an off-duty police officer who was working security at the Whole Foods in Aventura. Both Kaiser and the officer are recovering from their wounds, with Kaiser appearing in his mugshot with lacerations on his face and a turban of gauze around his head. Kaiser is being held…
For the past few months, most electoral maps have painted Florida a faint shade of blue, but ever since last week’s debate Mitt Romney has made a comeback in Florida and turned our peninsula into a speculative shade of light red…
Barack Obama may have left shortly after his address at the University of Miami yesterday, but not all of his Secret Service agents jetted off with him.Miami Police found one of those agents, Aaron Francis Engler, passed out drunk this morning along Brickell Avenue and 7th Street…
A man in Niceville, Florida told police that he was God, but then because he was God he was actually also science, and, much like Jesus, he needed to die in order to save mankind.It all went down last Sunday, when police responded to a man trespassing at the Crossroads…
Politics make strange Tweetfellows. While Mitt Romney has tried to claim Florida’s economy under Barack Obama has been lagging, Florida Governor Rick Scott has maintained, for his own political future, that the economy in the state is improving.So, while it might be strange that the Barack Obama campaign is highlighting…
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Do you hear that? It’s the sound of dongs flapping unencumbered; flapping for freedom; flapping for strip club nudity equality.Swinging Richard, the slyly named male strip club, has finally won its fight against the City of North Miami. Now, their beefcake dancers will be allowed to gyrate sans g-string…
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Cuba’s Fidel Castro are socialist brothers-in-arms, so the fact that Castro didn’t issue a public congratulations to Chavez on his win in Sunday’s election raised some eyebrows. Twitter took off with rumors of the dictator’s death, while others theorize that Castro’s health is failing and he’s…
Authorities have just confirmed that a third victim has died in yesterday’s garage collapse at Miami-Dade College’s West Campus in Doral.Samuel Perez, a 52-year-old construction worker, was trapped below his knees. Rescue workers had to amputate both of his legs in order to free him around 1 a.m. He was…
There’s nothing worse than looking at photos and videos from other people’s boring vacations, but those people usually aren’t the Miami Heat. The defending champs are in China right now to play two preseason games against the LA Clippers, and the team, coaches and dancers (yes, even the dancers!) took…
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It just got real for Peter Rosello, son of former Real Housewives of Miami star Alexia Echevarria. He has surrendered to police after he posted a video of himself online in which he assaults a sleeping homeless man by punching him in the groin and then running off…
A parking garage at Miami Dade College’s west campus in Doral collapsed unexpectedly today. The garage was under construction, and according to NBC Miami, no students were injured. However, several construction workers might be trapped under the rubble. At least one person was carted off on a stretcher. Update: One…
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard a bizarre tale of some crazy Floridian at a fast-food restaurant. We were beginning to get worried. So thank you, random Niceville, Florida, woman. According to the Northwest Florida Daily News, the unidentified woman called 911 on September 22. The woman was in tears…
Floridians worried about meningitis might have ended up calling a phone sex hotline thanks to Rick Scott. During a Florida cabinet meeting, the governor was giving an update on the fungal meningitis outbreak and told any concerned citizens to call an 866 number. Turns out he gave the wrong one…
There’s not that much to do over in Naples, Florida, so recording rain pouring down over your lanai seems like a fun idea. That’s what Rita Krill was doing recently when all the sudden the vengeful weather Gods sent a fireball of lightning down into her yard…
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Up in Tampa Bay the latest craze is to throw all sorts of baby wild animals in the pool and let kids swim with them. Sure, authorities may have put an end to venture that rented out baby alligators to swim at kids’ pool parties, but now a private zoo…
When Donnie McLendon’s friends brought him to the hospital, they originally told authorities that a criminal had busted in with a gun and shot McLendon in the head. Turns out the trio has just gotten drunk and high and decided to play a game of Russian roulette, a game that…
