305 Photo of the Day: Cast a Wide Net
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Miami Not Likely to Follow If FSU Moves to Big 12
Could all three of Florida’s traditional football powerhouses end up in separate conferences? News broke this weekend that Florida State University could be entertaining a move to the Big 12. That lead to some rumbling in the sports rumor-sphere that the Big 12 could also end up targeting some other…
Florida Woman Wanted for Attack Found Covered in Blood, Claims It’s From Her Period
A Florida woman alleged to have attacked a man after he refused to give her money for crack cocaine was found by police shortly after the incident. Authorities found her covered in blood, but the woman wasn’t about to let that be taken as proof that she was behind the…
FAMU Band’s Suspension Extends to Next Academic Year
The famed Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 will remain on suspension for the entirety of the 2012-13 school year. The announcement comes just a week after longtime band director Dr. Julian White announced his retirement, and months after the hazing death of member Robert Champion. Eleven band members now face…
Mitt Romney Not Seriously Interested in Marco Rubio as Running Mate, Politico Says
Speculation that Marco Rubio could be the GOP’s 2012 vice presidential nominee dates back to pretty much his first day in office as senator, and even Mitt Romney has mentioned Rubio as a possible candidate. Politico, however, reports that Senator Rubio is not being seriously considered as a potential running…
Jacory Harris Signs with Philadelphia Eagles But Will He Ever Make It?
Detractors could point to the saga of Jacory Harris as a prime example of why prospective players shouldn’t sign with the Miami Hurricanes. At one point he was a buzzed about potential superstar in the making. No one blinked an eye when terms like “Heisman dark horse” and “Future NFL QB”…
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305 Photo of the Day: Night Cruising
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Boring Moderate Bill Nelson’s Stance on Gay Marriage is Vaguely Boring and Moderate
There are worse things for politicians to be than boring moderates, sure, but Bill Nelson is a boring moderate through and through. So, it’s really no surprise that his stance on gay marriage is predictably off in some vague, boring, moderate middle land…
Trayvon Martin Gun Target Being Sold Because the World is Horrible
Here is a story about capitalism and humanity at its most vile and disgusting. Orlando news station WKMG discovered that Trayvon Martin gun range targets are for sale. They tracked down the unidentified seller who said, “My main motivation was to make money off the controversy.” Excuse us while we…
Marlins’ Brett Hayes Witnessed the Lead Up To Yesterday’s Turnpike Shooting
Yesterday’s bizarre and tragic shooting on the Florida Turnpike left two officers wounded, and Miami Marlins catcher Brett Hayes happened to be on the road just as the incident unfolded.”Sitting in traffic on the turnpike and a man with a gun just walked by our car … Not good,” he…
Key West Man Secretly Recorded His Roommate Having Sex
There’s annoying roommate behavior: playing music too loudly, never doing the dishes, leaving the toilet seat up. Then there’s creepy roommate behavior: secretly recording you having sex with a hidden webcam installed in your room.Edward Raymond Mathis is a creepy roommate…
Heat Apologize For Announcement that Amar’e Stoudemire Was “Extinguished” From Game
You might have missed it if you were watching the game on television last night, but the arena announcer at the AAA got in a pretty A+ zinger when Amar’e Stoudemire fouled out of last night’s game.”He has been extinguished from the game,” shouted announcer Michael Baiamonte…
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Strip Club Company Sues North Bay Village Over Their First Amendment Right to Naked Dancing
Isle of Dreams, a company that hopes to put a strip club in North Bay Village, just wants to pay some girls to shake their tatas, but the city keeps cock-blocking them at every turn. So now the company has filed a lawsuit against North Bay Village, and claims the…
305 Photo of the Day: Original Gangsta
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Hialeah Firefighter Under Investigation for Making Insensitive Jokes About Hialeah on Facebook
Lets be honest, poking fun at Hialeah is a great tradition among the rest of Miami-Dade citizens. It’s basically akin to New Yorkers who wisecrack about Staten Island. That doesn’t mean, however, that the jokes can’t go too far. And Eric Johnson, a non-Hispanic, white Hialeah firefighter, may have gone…
Obama’s Florida Pastor Is “Disappointed” in Gay Marriage Endorsement
Not everyone is happy with President Barack Obama’s announcement yesterday that he personally supports the idea of gay marriage, least of all the evangelical Florida pastor who is an important adviser to the president. Rev. Joel Hunter, leader of an Orlando-area megachurch, says he is “disappointed” by Obama’s decision…
Florida Teacher Makes Students Wear Dog Cone Collars as Punishment
A Florida teacher could face serious punishment of her own after doling out a unique brand of strange punishment to her students. After showing the Pixar movie Up in her class, Laurie Bailey-Cutkomp, a science teacher at Zephyrhills High School in Pasco County, decided the best way to deal with…
305 Photo of the Day: Masked Man
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Miami-Dade Life Expectancy Has Skyrocketed: Women Will Live Six Years Longer Than Men
The average life expectancy of Miami-Dade citizens has skyrocketed in the past 20 years according to new data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. While, Miami women are expected to live six years longer than their male counterparts, men in the county have actually seen their life expectancy…
600 Pounds of Pot and Hash Intercepted From Boat Off Coast of Miami
A 15-foot boat carrying roughly 600 pounds of marijuana and hashish was oh so close to smuggling the product into Miami on Sunday. The boat was cruising westbound toward our coast when it was spotted by a Coast Guard Air Station Miami helicopter crew…
Jungle Island’s iPad Using Orangutans Mean Apes are Probably Taking Over the World Soon
Oh, sure, the story of orangutans at Miami’s famed Jungle Island learning to use iPads may seem cute to you. “Ah, the monkeys think they’re peoples!” But be wary, folks. We’re pretty sure this is exactly how one of the Planet of the Apes movies started out. First the apes learned how to…
Mitt Romney’s Miami Fundraiser Is at the Home of Man Who Makes “Abortive Pill”
Plan B is not actually an “abortion pill.” It’s an emergency contraceptive intended to be taken within three days after intercourse to prevent pregnancy. However, many Republicans aren’t deterred from referring to it as a form of abortion. Mitt Romney, in fact, has referred to medicines like Plan B as…