Barack Obama’s reelection campaign hasn’t even hit full stride yet, and there’s already an e-book that supposedly explains all the campaign’s dirty secrets.Politico and Random House released “Obama’s Last Stand” this morning, an e-book that among other things claims that when speculation began that Marco Rubio might become Romney’s running…
Your pet canaries can sing a song of relief tonight. Two men allegedly responsible for stealing 500 canaries from the home of an elderly Miami man have turned themselves in after Miami-Dade Police asked for help identifying the suspects…
Well, Norman Braman’s quest to unseat incumbent Miami-Dade County Commissioners was far from a smashing success, but one of his candidates will live to see another electoral day. Incumbent Bruno Barreiro barely missed the 50 percent threshold to avoid a runoff by just nine votes. So now he’ll face off…
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It’s nearing the end of summer, which means it’s nearing that time when we finally stop hearing our office worker friends in New York bragging about how they get to stop slaving away at noon because their offices pretty much close up shop during Fridays in the summer. We’d like to…
Hey, the Florida unemployment numbers are in for July, and — oh no! What’s this? A rise? We haven’t seen one of these in 12 months.Yes, Florida’s unemployment rate rose from 8.6 percent in June to 8.8 percent in July, the first increase after a steady stream of declines in…
Dave Gordon thought a seat on the board of the Orlando International Airport was all but his. He’s the president of an aviation logistics company and has a master’s degree in airline administration from Embry-Riddle.However, Gordon claims that he was told by a prominent Republican fundraiser that in order to…
Most of the world has moved on from LeBron James’ decision to leave Cleveland and play for the Miami Heat, but at least one man is still mad about it. The lawyer for Muhammad Rahim, an Al-Qaeda member who served as a translator for Osama bin Laden and who is…
Several local candidates competing in Tuesday’s elections sought the endorsement of the controversial anti-gay group the Christian Family Coalition, but it turns out that the group’s endorsement isn’t worth much. Out of the dozens of candidates the group endorsed this cycle, only three of the non-incumbents they endorsed actually won…
Tampa’s strip club industry may be revving up for the Republican National Convention, but for those Republican dudes who aren’t exactly into the idea of seeing Sarah Palin’s porno double spread eagle, don’t worry, because GOProud, a gay Republican group, is hosting Homocon 2012.And of course, as every proper homosexual…
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Yes, there are people who don’t care so much for obeying the laws of our government, but who do wish to adhere to Jewish dietary laws.The Florida Department of Corrections was sued this week by the Federal Department of Justice for not offering Kosher meals to prisoners…
James Loftus, the director of the Miami-Dade Police Department, the largest police force in the southern United States, has announced his early retirement. The news comes just two days after Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez was re-elected, and might or might not reflect tension between the department and the mayor’s office…
There’s a good chance you’re an active Twitterer. Whether you’re Tweeting because the club you’re at is so boring there’s nothing else to do, or because your’re stuck in standstill traffic and decide to risk out a Tweet, Miamians like you Tweet a lot.A recent study of geotagged Tweets sent…
One day, all the big cities and luxury destinations of the world will have all the same hotels, outposts of the same five-star restaurants, and versions of the same clubs and boutiques. In fact, they practically do now. It’s like a McDonald’s and Starbucks for the high-end jet set.The Delano,…
Sometimes Riptide realizes how woefully white we are. Did you know papaya is basically the Cuban equivalent of pussy? We did not! Neither did Mitt Romney! So, perhaps that’s why he ended up declaring his love for “papaya” at his recent Miami stop and was greeted with a bunch of…
This is not your beautiful house. This is not your videogame business. These are not your beautiful cars. But they could be.Shane Butcher, a 29-year-old Tampa Bay man, is selling what basically amounts to his entire life and all of his possessions on eBay for the low, low price of…
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Proving that thieves in Miami will steal just about anything if given the chance, two suspects stole 500 canaries from the home of an 87-year-old man. Yes, those tiny, chirping little pet birds…
Until last night, Florida was the largest state in the union to have never elected an openly gay candidate to its state legislature. Yes, even Texans elected an openly gay representative all the way back in 1991.That changed last night as voters in Florida 113th House district, which encompasses parts…
Miami-Dade voters went to the polls today to vote on a long ballot filled with primary battles for both federal and state level legislative races, and the first (and in some cases, possibly final) rounds of the county mayor race, and several county commission seats. Longtime Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine…
Evelyn Lozada has officially filed for divorce from her husband Chad Johnson after he was arrested on domestic violence charges this weekend. The couple has only been married since July 4.Update: Johnson has released a statement about his arrest, offering his “sincerest apologies” to fans. Click through for the full…
