Florida A&M University has announced they’ve dismissed four students in the wake of the death of marching band member Robert Champion. The news comes on the same day that the Associated Press obtained a call made to 911 shortly before Champion’s death in which the caller says the band member…
Even the dramas of Tallahassee seem enviable to the bizarre family court case ex-Gov. Charlie Crist now finds himself in the center of. Crist married the then-Carole Rome during his term as Governor, and the two made plans to integrate Carol’s two daughters into their lives. Now however, the girl’s father, Todd Rome,…
John Timoney, the former Miami Police Chief most notable for his violent handling of the FTAA Protests in 2003, is now packing his bags and heading to the Middle East. Bahrain’s Interior Ministry has hired Timoney to handle training of police.The kingdom has decided it needs to reform its police…
Oneal Ron Morris, the transgendered woman accused of performing back alley surgeries and injecting substances like Fix-a-Flat tire sealant and cement into a woman’s butt, gave her first, and she says last, interview to Entertainment Tonight last night, and wants you to know “I really am innocent or whatever.”…
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall has found himself on the wrong side of the law yet again. This time, it’s for allegedly not paying a hefty cab fair. Marshall was not arrested in the incident, but was handcuffed and put in the back of a Broward County Sheriff’s deputy…
Rep. Connie Mack IV has only been in the race for the GOP senate nomination for two days and he already has a monster lead. He’s ahead of the rest of the field by double digits in one-on-one match ups, and seems to have a wide base of support among…
A few weeks ago, we told you that Miami Marlins mascot Billy the Marlin would return with a new color scheme, and lamented, “Hopefully we don’t have to worry about an 8-foot tall orange sports fish walking around the stadium.”Well, the new Billy is finally here, and its not quite…
Sure, during Art Basel Miami Beach our fair city is the art capital of the world for one week, but the rest of the year we can’t even make it onto The Atlantic’s list of “The Most Artistic Cities.” We’re apparently less artistic then cultural hot spots like Danbury, Connecticut,…
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Congratulations! You survived Emily, Irene, Rina, and all those other storms that threatened to come near us, yet never did. Yes, we’ve endured another hurricane season, and we won’t even have to think about any possible category fives until next June. …
Will Art Basel Miami Beach get a Wall Street-style occupation this week? The art fair warned gallerists of the possibility, and rumors are swirling. Now OccupyArtBasel.com is live, but right now it’s just a Tumblr blog filled with a mini-manifesto and a Occupy movement related pictures and links. There’s also…
How far has Herman Cain fallen? Even controversial South Florida congressman Allen West is kicking him when he’s down. About murmurs that Cain is “reassessing” his campaign and thinking about pulling out despite having been the front-runner not so long ago, West went on a Washington, D.C. radio station this…
Some criminals are just dumb. Others have incredibly bad luck. Thirty-three-year-old Nathaniel Coleman of Immokalee, Florida is the latter. He pulled off what seemed like a successful home robbery and made off with thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, but then made the cosmically doomed accident of trying to pawn…
One of the largest pharmacy chains in the state has decided to fight Florida’s prescription pill abuse epidemic head on. CVS Pharmacy sent out an email to certain Florida doctors this week to inform them that they will no longer fill any pain pill prescriptions they write. Authorities recently have…
Maybe the gallerists at Design Miami/ had Don Drapper on their mind. What other way to explain the seemingly unending parade of mid-century style work on display at just about every other both? And if the booths didn’t seem like sets from Mad Men, many took cues from the arts…
New Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen hasn’t been in town for that long, but is it possible he’s been looking through past Miami New Times covers for photo shoots? He’s pictured on the cover of the newest edition of ESPN The Magazine in a full on kiss with his pet…
The members of the ’72 Miami Dolphins haven’t gotten a chance yet to pop champagne, as the Green Bay Packers have remained undefeated with little signs of slowing down. Could Perfectville soon have a population of two?These are dark days in Dolphinland, as they have been for much of the…
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After being convicted of second-degree murder for stabbing a classmate during school at Coral Gables High School, Andy Rodriguez, 19, has avoided life in prison, but was sentenced to 40 years in jail this morning. Following his release, at the age of 59 if he serves his full term, he…
Where will the one percent be this week? Glugging down free champagne and writing checks for million dollar art works during Art Basel Miami Beach, of course. Naturally, rumors of the 99 percenters staging an Occupy Wall Street related protest at the ritzy art fair are swirling, and ABMB is…
With the exact makeup of NBA’s post-lock out rosters unknown, making any super informed predictions about the upcoming abbreviated season is sort of a shot in the dark. Though, with Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh on the Heat, picking them to win the NBA championship is likely your…
Oneal Ron Morris, the amateur plastic surgeon who’s alleged to have performed bizarre procedures on numerous patients, including injecting a mixture including fix-a-flat tire repair material in the behind of one victim, bonded out of jail yesterday on the same day that one of her alleged victims went public. Rajee…
