Miami loves its bold faced names almost as much as it hates its traffic, and today the sheer amount of star power in town may very well overwhelm our roadways. Not only is the leader of the free world making a visit to Coral Gables today, but Linsanity comes to…
After last night’s game against the Kings, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra joked that Udonis Haslem will “eventually …be mayor of this town.” Turns out that Haslem has actually given some thought to a political future, and may someday actually run for mayor of Miami. Watch out, Tomas Regalado…
According to polls Rep. Connie Mack IV is currently “#Winning!” when it comes to Florida’s Republican Senate primary, but his campaign has hit quite a few snags this week. Sensing an opportunity to pounce, Mack’s last serious remaining challenger, ex-Senator George LeMieux, called Mack the “Charlie Sheen of Florida Politics” this morning. …
Reporter Adrienne Pedersen was doing a boring little segment this morning on gas prices when more exciting news happened directly behind her. A car and a cab collided on camera as Pedersen gave her report, and the news reporter didn’t even blink. Watch the video below…
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For years the Bal Harbour Shops have not only reigned as the premier point for designer shopping in Florida, but as one of chicest in the world. But now a new challenger is about to emerge in Miami-Dade. Developer Craig Robins is quickly making his dreams of turning the Design…
What ultimately sets man apart from the rest of the animal kingdom is our ability to attract mates in ways others than hooting, hollering and making other loud noises. We have highly evolved strategies like pick up lines, paying for drinks, and buying fancy cars and clothes to impress women.Apparently…
Most bracketologists had been expecting the Miami Hurricane’s men’s basketball team to sneak into the NCAA tournament as a lower seed, perhaps even tasked with the fate of having to win a play-in game. Still, it would have been the ‘Canes first appearance in the NCAA tourney since 2008, and…
Apparently, Hugo Chavez is a landlord’s nightmare. The controversial Venezuelan prez recently announced that he was closing his country’s consulate in Miami for good. Problem is, the consulate had just agreed to a ten-year lease for its Brickell office and hasn’t even bothered to pay rent for the last two…
Florida Governor Rick Scott sunk about $70 million of his own money in his successful bid for election in 2010. He won’t be up for election again for more than two years, but he’s already gearing up his campaign. However, this go-around he won’t be paying for it all out…
Well, looks like someone is going to need the cool, smooth, relaxing taste of a Bud Light after this accident.An 18-wheeler branded with Bud Light logos is currently floating in a canal way down in Florida City…
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The Miami Dolphins will have no more Chads hanging around next season. According to the Sun-Sentinel, the Dolphins are expected to part ways with quarterback Chad Henne officially next month. He now joins the long list of Dolphins QBs who’ve failed to live up to the legend of Dan Marino…
The Lord may be forgiving. Sex offender laws? Not so much.A Baptist church in Jacksonville has hired a registered sex offender as its new pastor, but because a court has ruled the he’s not allowed to have “unsupervised contact with children under 18 years old,” the church has decided to…
Though it was more than ten years ago now, the September 11th terrorist attacks still seem fresh in the minds of most Americans, but now there are kids in school who weren’t even alive during the attacks. So, Sen. Thad Altman, R-Melbourne, has introduced a bill in the Florida Senate…
There are only a handful of jobs where working under the influence of alcohol may be a benefit: stripper, news blogger, game show host. High school teacher certainly isn’t one of them, as Bayshore High School’s Anne Wampole has found out the hard way…
Marco Rubio has certainly been mentioned several times by Republican candidates as a possible running mate, and it appears that GOP voters agree. Fairleigh Dickinson University released the findings of a poll today in which they asked 799 registered Republicans across the country who they’d like to see be their…
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The Republican primary is officially in chaos now with Rick Santorum surging and topping Mitt Romney in some national polls. The former Pennsylvania senator is even leading in Romney’s home state of Michigan, but some in the GOP establishment aren’t quite sure Santorum is presidential material. One anonymous GOP senator…
In what should be good news for the local tourism industry, Miami International Airport was the fastest growing major American airport in terms of passenger growth this year. That makes MIA the 12th busiest airport in the country with 38.3 million passengers passing through its gates last year…
Mark Loescher tried to tell police he couldn’t go to jail. See, Loescher is actually half orangutan and needed to get to the “Fusion Center” as soon as possible to check on his monkey blood. All of this is actually a matter of national importance too, since Loescher also claims…
Tip Drill, perhaps Miami’s most famous stripper, was reportedly hospitalized after some sort of accident during her death-defying act at King at Diamonds last night. Few details are available right now, but the news has so shaken Miami that Tip Drill’s name is trending locally on Twitter right now…
