Are Miami Beach Police planning to arrest 2,000 people during the notorious Memorial Day weekend parties on South Beach? As in they’ve actually set a quota regardless of whether or not 2,000 deserve to be arrested. To put that in prospective, the record number of arrests over Memorial Day weekend…
We demand a recount. The INRIX Traffic Scorecard says that Miami only has the 12th worst traffic congestion in the country. Anyone who has ever been stuck in Miami traffic knows it’s the worst thing ever. No, literally the worst thing ever. The official ranks of worst things ever might as…
Less than six months after a penthouse at the Setai sold for $21.5 and set a new record for the highest price ever paid in Miami-Dade for an apartment, that record has been smashed. A penthouse in South Beach’s exclusive Continuum towers has been sold for $25 million according to…
A kindergarten classroom in St. Petersburg had an interesting yet unplanned show and tell recently after a six-year-old student pulled three ounces of marijuana and a scale from their backpack and proclaimed to the classes’ teacher, “Look what I got.”How’d it get there? Apparently the student’s father put it in…
South Beach Tow must be one of those shows that is so unbelievably stupid that the only reason people watch it is because they mindlessly stare at their own television screen wondering how crap like this is actually broadcast before falling into a deep depression while mulling over the current…
The Sunlight Foundation has noticed an interesting and perhaps even troubling trend about the people who make our laws: the grade level that members of Congress speak at has taken a noticeable dip since 2005. The average member of Congress spoke at an 11.5 grade level in 2005, but now…
Ready for your unsubstantiated sports mega-rumor of the day? The University of Miami has informally contacted the Big 12 conference to gauge the interest in the possibility of ditching the ACC and joining the Texas-centric conference, according to one report at least. Of course, there are already rumors swirling that…
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Danny Granger’s attitude during the Indiana Pacers series against the Miami Heat has been somewhere between that of an angry junkyard dog and a spoiled two-year-old throwing a tantrum because his mom wouldn’t buy him any more Bob the Builder toys. Granger has done his best to try to provoke…
Amanda Kaye Logue pleaded guilty Monday to her part in a bizarre 2010 Florida murder, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Logue, who had worked as a porn actress, had been hired as a prostitute to attend a sex party thrown by Dennis “Scooter” Abrahamsen. Though beforehand she conspired with…
Transportation in the City of Miami is about to become more of a shared experience. Following the lead of Miami Beach, the City announced that they’ll launch a car sharing program this summer and the Miami Herald reports the city also is looking into the possibility of a bike sharing…
Less than two years after Burger King was sold to private investors, another Miami-Dade-based national restaurant chain is going private. It was announced today that Angelo, Gordon & Co.’s Private Equity Group will pay $296 million for Benihana, Inc. and take the chain private…
Quarterback U? Not anymore. It seems Jacory Harris’ NFL fate is starting to look like a lot of other recent former University of Miami quarterbacks, as Harris was cut from the Philadelphia Eagles’ roster just ten days after having been signed by the team…
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Does anyone know how to make a good political ad in this state? We mean, between Connie Mack IV’s monkeys on cocaine ad and Dave Weldon’s weird running video, we are starting to wonder. Turns out Democrats can’t do much better. The web attack ad they released connecting Senator Marco…
What can you get a girl to do for five dollars? Apparently, stage a fake relationship with you on Facebook, send you flirty texts or leave comments on all your Instagram photos. That’s the idea behind a new Florida-based website called GirlfriendHire.com. The site allows real girls to sell their…
Good thing we’re all so used to warm temperatures, because apparently a lot of Miamians are going to Hell. According to data just released by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies and the Association of Religious Data Archives, Miami is America’s 10th least religious city…
The GOP primary for the Senate nomination has been nothing short of tumultuous this year, with several candidates jumping in and out of the race. For a while there, it seemed Rep. Connie Mack IV was about to cruise to victory thanks largely to the name he shares with his…
Its a sad, sad day in the Miami sports world. The Marlins got stomped last night. Longtime Dolphin Yeremiah Bell is now a Jet. And, well, the less said about the Heat the better. So, lets try and focus on a tiny bit of good news for the only team…
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Marco Rubio’s wife Jeanette has kept a relatively low profile despite her husbands growing national profile. While he’s in Washington, Jeanette Rubio usually stays behind in West Miami raising the couple’s four children. Though, she just gave her first extended interview in conjunction with her hubby to Politico. The timing…
Christopher P. Gunn has been indicted by federal prosecutors in North Florida for posing as pop star Justin Bieber online and pressuring under-aged girls into sending him graphic videos and pictures. If convicted, he could face up to 50 years in prison…
