Turns out Xavier Suarez and Joe Carollo can actually agree on something: they like Newt Gingrich. They’ve both been announced as members of Gingrich’s Florida Steering Committee. Then again, it only makes sense that two guys who saw their political careers take embarrassing stumbles in the ’90s would line up…
When reports surfaced Saturday that Florida Panthers enforcer Krys Barch was ejected from the game for using a racial slur against Montreal Canadiens player P.K. Subban, a Canadian-native with Jamaican parents, everyone just sort of assumed Barch had dropped a N-bomb or something equally vile. Barch quickly defended himself though,…
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Congratulations Miami-Dade County! We’re home to not one, but two of the ten worst-run cities in the entire United States of America. The City of Miami came first on 24/7 Wall Street’s list. That would be bad enough, but citizens of Miami proper may be even more devastated ;to find…
When trying to get revenge on someone, it’s best that your plan doesn’t end up getting you arrested for child pornography charges.Take Rashad Hannibal Jackson for example. He wanted to get back at an ex for “disrespecting” him, so he decided to upload a tape he had secretly made while…
When police found 36-year-old Clifford Ellison dead inside an overturned car in Lakeland, Florida, they at first assumed he had died in the accident. Turns out that wasn’t the case. He actually died because the man in his passenger seat set off a mini-explosions while trying to mix meth in…
Scott Rothstein, the ego-drive man-child of a mega-lawyer who is now serving 50 years in prison for running a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme in Fort Lauderdale, has now admitted to shelling out in the neighborhood of $50,000 to $60,000 a month on prostitutes alone.Oh, sure, some of the hookers were…
Every year when the temperatures dip below 50 degrees Miamians freak out. Every year we collectively empty out the space heater isles of our local stores. Every year someone inadvertently ends up burning the house down with that space heater. 2012 is no different.A 96-year-old woman is now without her…
Gaston Canten, a prominent Cuban-American businessman who used his ties in the community to bilk victims out of their hard earned money, has officially been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to his part in running a $135 million Ponzi scheme. Canten’s scheme went so far that even Belen…
Oh, those poor, poor white folks, always the victims of racism. Just ask Ohio State linebacker Tyler Moeller. He’s busy whining about being called a “cracker” by University of Florida players during the Gator Bowl…
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The Miami Dolphins are ready to go all in on hiring former Titans coach Jeff Fisher. However, he has attracted the interest of other teams searching for a coach, including the St. Louis Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Fins owner Stephen Ross is ready to outbid any team for Fisher’s…
It’s not often you see Republican politicians filing bills to raise taxes, but that’s exactly what Rep. Fred Costello of Ormond Beach has done. He has introduced a bill that would add a 3 percent surtax to Florida’s sales tax. The bill also supports the idea of added taxes to…
Apparently Jerry Power wasn’t joking about Plum TV’s sad financial state. The company, which produces local television in luxury markets such as Miami Beach and the Hamptons and for a short while was in the magazine business, announced it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Meanwhile, a group of…
An unidentified homeless man knocked over a grill and ended up losing his head early Tuesday morning in Sarasota.Ricky L. Leer, 48, another homeless resident of Sarasota, now stands charged of second-degree murder after allegedly lopping off the man’s head with a machete-like knife…
Jason Feifer, an editor at Fast Company and a lifelong Heat fan (despite, you know, being older than the franchise), had tickets to the Heat’s home opener December 27 against the Boston Celtics. Unfortunately for him, those tickets were for seats next to an overzealous and, from his perspective, annoying…
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It figures that one of the first babies born in 2012 in Miami-Dade came into the world three weeks early because of a petty theft.Ana Johana Irias, 26, was using an ATM near Northwest 36th Street and 13th Avenue when a teenager drove by on a bike and snatched her…
Maybe he should have tried to sweeten the deal with Heat tickets?Eric Scott Topalian, 23, of Boca Raton, was charged with possession of a controlled substance on Saturday, but tried to get out of the charges by bribing the arresting officer with a pair of tickets to Sunday’s Jets vs…
Want to know what the biggest celebrity hotspot in Miami was on New Year’s Eve? Sean “Diddy” Comb’s Star Island mansion, of course. Everyone was there, including Rihanna, Vivica Fox, Nelly, Matt Kemp, Robin Thicke and Paula Patton. Everyone that is except for Rosie O’Donnell. She got turned away at…
With John Gruden and Bill Cowher expected to stay off the NFL sidelines for at least another season, that leaves Jeff Fisher as just about the only experienced and somewhat proven former head coach up for grabs this offseason, and the Dolphins are expected to interview the former Tennessee Titans…
2011 is over in 31 hours. It would be really nice, actually, if those last 31 hours weren’t your last on earth. (Remember, the world doesn’t end for another 12 months.) Of course, this is Miami, and New Year’s Eve can be quite dangerous. Frankly, Riptide really wants to make…
