Frank Cairo is used to being on camera. He currently works for TV Azteca, but has had hosting stints on Univision, Telemundo and Mega TV. Though, his latest on-camera work shows him stealing two lawn chairs and a rug from his neighbors apartment in Doral. Cairo, whose real name is…
Mitt Romney may preach smaller government, but he doesn’t mind the government getting all up in your body fluids. The Republican presidential candidate said today that he “doesn’t disagree” with Florida Governor Rick Scott’s controversial plan to drug test state workers…
Is one of baseball’s biggest Twitter addicts calling it quits? Ozzie Guillen just posted a cryptic Tweet suggesting it was his last one ever. If true, it suggests that it really is a new era for Ozzie. One in which he’ll be keeping his mouth closed more often and most…
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Joaquin Serrapio Jr., the 20-year-old Miami college student who threatened to kill President Barack Obama in messages posted on Facebook and Twitter, will now plead guilty in the case. Serrapio, a local bar band musician who also went by the name of Jay Valor, wrote on Facebook back in February…
Only in a country like Venezuela with such tight and ridiculous controls on press freedom could a crossword writer be accused of embedding a call to kill the president’s brother in a puzzle. Perez Pirela, a TV pundit who is something like a pro-Chavez Glenn Beck, made the accusation against veteran crossword…
If you’re a government worker claiming to have been injured on the job and seeking workers’ comp benefits, it’s a good idea to at least pretend to be injured. Jacquelyn V. Myers, a 55-year-old postal worker stationed in Tallahassee, was caught running in the world’s most famous marathon — all…
A United States District Judge based in Miami has disqualified two attorneys from the Morgan & Morgan law firm from a case after the opposing counsel complained, among other things, that one of the lawyers drew pictures of male genitalia and openly played Angry Birds during depositions…
Are you a Miami sports fan who sometimes like to get high and look at weird things online (because if you come to Riptide for sports news, then you very well might be)? Well, it’s been a good few weeks for you. Just after some weird “Dolphinception” video hit the…
The 14,000-person, Miami-Dade town of Sweetwater doesn’t find itself in the news often, but it did get some headlines for being the first city in the entire nation to ban “fake marijuana,” and boy do they love to brag about. In fact, apparently Miami-Dade is mulling over the possibility of…
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Last night’s playoff game between the Heat and Pacers was more tense than a Basketball Wives reunion episode, and Dwyane Wade exhibited some very un-Wade like sportsmanship when he got called on a flagrant foul for colliding with the Pacers’ Darren Collison. Some are calling for a suspension, but an…
Most of us would expect to get fired for sucking at our jobs, and Isiah Thomas’s 26-65 record as head coach of Florida International University’s men’s basketball program makes a strong case that he sort of sucked at his job. Thomas, however, had a contract, and the contract didn’t mention…
Meteorologists at the National Weather Service have confirmed what your often used umbrella and wet shoes already knew: it’s officially rainy season in South Florida, and it has been since last Tuesday. Uh, thanks for the heads up science.Mother Nature seemed to be impatient this year however, since the start…
Today, Rep. Connie Mack IV announced his “Social Conservatives for Mack Coalition” in a bid to shore up some far-right-wing support for his troubled Senate campaign. In the press release, his campaign declares that Mack “is one of the most conservative and hard-working members in the United States Congress.”Well, that’s…
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For the second year in a row, Amazon.com has compiled a list of America’s best-read cities. And for the second year in a row, Miami has come in sixth on the list. It’s a ranking that leaves us feeling proud but perplexed…
Thanks to the Heat, Amar’e Stoudemire won’t be playing much basketball for the next few months. So what will he do with his free time? Apparently, he’ll continue his college education. The Knicks center and Florida native was taking classes at Florida International University during the lockout, but announced on…
It seems that second-degree murder charges might not be the only legal trouble George Zimmerman faces for shooting unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. An Orlando-area news station reports that the FBI may move forward on charging Zimmerman with a hate crime. Currently, the toughest sentence Zimmerman could face is life in…
When it comes to little vices, Miami-Dade is notoriously lax. Depending on where you are in the county, you can order a drink at a bar till 5 a.m. and smoke inside the whole night. You can also stop by a liquor store until 1 a.m. But the Miami-Dade County…
Give Hialeah a break. Fisher Island is actually Miami-Dade’s most insufferable neighborhood. Sure, Forbes crowned it America’s #1 Millionaire Capital, but that doesn’t mean it’s not an insular and dysfunctional hellhole that turns its nose up even at guests who pay to stay there. New Yorks Times scribe Alessandra Stanley recently…
Did you hear the news? CSI: Miami has been canceled. Dramatically remove your sunglasses in silence to pay your respects.The series’ execution puts a temporary end to one of our favorite Hollywood hack practices: take a successful movie or television show, and for a lazy sequel or spin-off transport the…
