Between 2009 and 2010 the American economy was slowly recovering from a serious crisis, but that didn’t quell America’s obsession with booty meat. Newsweek reports that in that time Americans were spending a lot on plastic surgery procedures, including 24.4 percent more on butt lifts even as we were cutting…
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Enteric bacteria belongs inside your intestinal track, not in your ocean water. Three beach areas in Miami-Dade have been hit with no-swim advisories after unsafe levels of the bacteria were found in the water. The Miami-Dade County Health Department is carrying out further tests…
As part of probe into the Florida A&M University marching band sparked by the hazing-linked death of member Robert Champion last month, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has announced they’ve uncovered possible fraud and misconduct at the school. Details on the allegations however have not been released…
Well, excuse our beauty. Apparently if you ask us we have tons to go around here in Miami. According to a new LivingSocial survey Miami is America’s vainest city.The survey asked respondents to rank how others perceived their attractiveness on a scale of 1 to 10, and Miamians apparently ranked…
Two years ago, New Times exclusively brought you the story of Bruno Diaz. Back in the ’90s Diaz appeared in a few hardcore gay porno flicks, but had then landed a job as the manager of the Miami Beach Police Athletic League gym in Flamingo Park. After board members complained…
Our feet are our most utilitarian and thankless body part. Laboring under the weight of our body to trudge us from place to place, all the while getting little love from anyone outside of foot fetish message boards. Sometimes you just have to pamper your paws. Though, as two dumb…
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U.S. News and World Reports has unleashed a top ten list of America’s drunkest cities. Florida dominates the list with whopping three cities on the top ten. Surely, Miami, America’s nightlife capital, would make the list? Or perhaps Fort Liquordale or Ernest Hemingway’s favorite booze-drenched isle of Key West?Nope. Apparently…
The investigation into the hazing activities of the Florida A&M University marching band following the death of member Robert Champion has uncovered more alleged instances of hazing in the storied program. Three band members have now been arrested for beating a woman, Bria Shante Hunter, during a hazing ritual unconnected…
Sure we’ve already had local police officers driving 120 mph to get to their second jobs and passing out drunk and half-naked in their squad cars. Now we’ve got a City of Miami officer who somehow managed to drive his police car up a pole this morning. No, literally, up…
There may not be an actual lost city of Atlantis, but there certainly is a lost (mostly underwater) city of Islandia.Incorporated as a city on a coral reef Island off the coast of southeast Miami-Dade in 1951, leaders hoped to one day turn the town into a resort destination, but…
Rumors were spiraling this morning that Tony Sparano’s fate was sealed as head coach with the Miami Dolphins, but the team isn’t taking any time to make it official. According to The Miami Herald, the team will officially announce his termination this afternoon. Defensive backs coach Todd Bowles will be…
Without a doubt, the highlight of the Miami Hurricanes’ otherwise mediocre season was the explosive play of running back Lamar Miller. As a redshirt sophomore, we figured he’d stay at least one more season in Coral Gables, but now CBS Sports reporter Bruce Feldman is reporting via Twitter that Miller…
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The Heat may not have a celebration quite like last year’s infamous pre-season pep rally planned to kick off the season — but maybe that’s because they want you to relive that welcoming party all over again. The Heat are about to unleash a documentary film, Into the Fire, and…
The number of students receiving a diploma four years after starting high school in Florida has hit an all time high, with a graduation rate of 80.1 percent in 2010-11. That’s up from only 70.3 percent of students who graduated in 2007. Hispanic students and Miami-Dade students in particular have…
We all know times are tough for Dolphins fans, but that’s no reason to turn against each other. A brutal sucker punch unleashed by one Dolphins fan against another was caught on video in the parking lot of Sun Life Stadium after yesterday’s loss against the Philadelphia Eagles. Way to…
All of us remember middle school gym class, some as the best part of the day, and some of us as a hellish daily ritual steeped in shame and failure. But now Republican state Rep. Larry Metz has introduced a bill that would no longer require all Florida middle school…
The best place to shop for Christmas decorations: a store. The best place to illegally “shop” for Christmas decorations: a neighborhood far, far away from yours. The worst place to illegally “shop” for Christmas decorations: a home down the block from your own.Two women in Sweetwater have been arrested for…
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Every year, America celebrates the birth of its own democracy with fireworks, so it only makes sense a pro-democracy group that helps newly arrived Cubans settle in Miami is on its way to put on a fireworks display off the coast of Cuba. Predictably, the Cuban government is none too…
