Kat Stacks, a former South Florida stripper and infamous hip-hop groupie, is now facing deportation. Stacks, whose real name is Andrea Herrera, has been ordered by a judge to return to her native Venezuela.Stacks came to prominence a few years ago with a Twitter account and YouTube channel on which…
David Caton, the founder and sole employee of the Florida Family Association, seems to be an in-joke among journalists. Need a ridiculous quote for your story from someone associated with the Christian right? Contact Caton and he’ll certainly supply you with one.Regarding the hullabaloo over Barbie’s new limited-edition “drag queen”…
No longer will Miamians have to drive to the far western reaches of Broward County to get our fix of cheap Swedish-designed furniture. IKEA is finally coming to Miami-Dade, with plans for a store in Sweetwater, next door to the Dolphin Mall, to open as early as fall 2014…
Well, that didn’t take long. The bizarre campaign of Justin Lamar Sternad in the District 26 Democratic primary is under investigation by the FBI and Miami-Dade Police Department, according to the Miami Herald. His campaign’s deep connections to Republican Rep. David Rivera definitely appear to be more than coincidental. The whole campaign…
Tropical Storm Isaac now has the vast majority of Florida in its cone of concern, with most models having it creep up the west coast early next week. Of course, there’s already a disaster planned for that are next week: the Republican National Convention in Tampa.However, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn…
You might think you’re a hard-core Miami Dolphins fan, but do you have the team’s logo tattooed across the back of your head? No. No, you probably do not. Unless you are Emmett Dove, who on Twitter today shared his mark of the aquatic beast…
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Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr., the 20-year-old local musician who fantasized on social media about killing Barack Obama, will avoid jail time after his threats caught the attention of the Secret Service. Instead, Serrapio will face home confinement, probation, and community service. He’ll also be forced to speak to high school…
Miami’s hottest new barbecue joint is Brother Jimmy’s BBQ in Brickell. New Times’ food blog, Short Order, seems to love it, and it’s owned by three former Miami Hurricanes players, including Jonathan Vilma. Everyone is welcome to try a bit of their Carolina-style barbecue. Everyone, that is, except NFL commissioner Roger…
Sure, you can judge a city by its local music, food, and other cultural references, but you’re really missing out on the heart of the town if you don’t take into account their most enduringly odd local advertising icons. Here’s some of our favorites from South Florida, the ones that…
If you were Republican Rep. David Rivera, and you were dodging investigations by both the FBI and IRS, you’d think you’d try and keep your nose clean and avoid any controversy while running for reelection. Yet evidence continues to mount that Rivera and his associates helped run the campaign of…
Samuel Woodside, a custodian at Liberty City Elementary School, was arrested after allegedly making plans to transport a 14-year-old girl he met online from Louisiana to work as a prostitute in South Florida. That 14-year-old girl turned out to be an undercover cop.However, a parent at the school says Woodside…
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How drunk was 19-year-old Michael Rexford when he got popped for a DUI earlier this month in Palm City, Florida? Apparently drunk enough to tell the arresting deputy that his father was an “Autobot.”As Wikipedia informs us, Autobots “a faction of sentient robots from the planet Cybertron, are usually the…
Both Newsweek and The Princeton Review have released their college rankings in the past week, and they paint Florida’s academic institutions as little more than drunken, sports-happy party plazas where no one really cares about school work. Except for the University of Miami, however, which is apparently only notable as…
So, the Republican are having their National Convention in Florida, which is slightly uncomfortable for conservatives as Florida has one of the least popular Republican governors in the country. Despite some early speculation to the contrary, however, the Romney campaign has given Gov. Rick Scott a tiny little speaking spot…
LeBron James’ latest sneaker line will go where no Nike sneaker has ever gone before: above the $300 price point.James debuted his new kicks in the Olympic’s gold medal game, and now Nike has announced they can soon be yours for $315. For comparison, the LeBron 9s sold for only…
Miami Beach is home to some of the world’s most luxurious resorts and chicest boutique hotels, so it makes sense that it would be home to a designer hostel.Once the domain of backpackers and college kids on a budget (and designed as such), the Freehand Miami, which will open in…
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Wednesday night’s episode of Showtime’s baseball docudrama The Franchise, which this season is following the Miami Marlins, will be its last. At least two more episodes were originally planned, with the option for others, but the Marlins and Showtime have decided to pull the plug early, because, well, this team…
Nails done. Hair done. Everything did. But apparently not everything’s paid for.Three teen girls, aged between 15 and 17, decided to skip out on the bill after getting manicures at an Orlando-area nail salon. A nail tech chased after them, but one of the girls pulled a pink Taser out…
Rep. Connie Mack is now officially the Republicans’ nominee for Florida’s senate race, but his easy win in last week’s primary didn’t give him much of a boost in the polls. A new Rasmussen Reports poll, a firm that’s independent but tends to produce results that are kinder to Republicans,…
