Marco Rubio may be South Florida’s star Cuban-American politician, but he’s not endorsing anyone in the presidential primary. So, the Republican endorsement prize in these parts is, as it’s been for quite some time, picking up the backing of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart and retired Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart. Mitt Romney…
Say good bye to Mike Miller Heat fans. He’ll likely be the team’s biggest casualty following the new deal reached between players and owners. Miller made headlines earlier this month by putting his South Florida home on the market, and it’s looking like that wasn’t such hasty move. …
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Just in time for Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Dade Police have taken Jorge Gonzalez, an alleged art thief, out of the galleries and into the slammer. Police believe more of Gonzalez’s victims may be out there, however, and that the total amount of his fraud and theft could have…
“Take your child to work day” is not recommended for prostitutes. Thirty-year-old Leah Wiley of Volusia County found that out the hard way. Wiley was allegedly paid to have sex with a man, 23-year-old Carlos Rivera, at a party, but didn’t finish the act. Rivera got so angry that he…
Miami Gardens police were following a stolen car last night when one of the suspects pulled out a gun and began firing at a police cruiser. Police are now searching for the gunman, but have not released a description…
Art Basel Miami Beach and the surrounding bacchanal kicks off this week, and on the tenth anniversary of the festivities we’ve realized the entire week comes down to two factors: expensive artwork and free booze. So it’s about time that an artist fully combines the two into one work. Austrian…
Maybe police officers need to take sensitivity training to better understand the time honored traditions of the noble redneck people. That’s what Mark Thomas Wach seems to think.After the Palm City man was arrested for shooting a lawnmower and pointing a gun at his son, he told police, “Fighting is…
It’s a holiday miracle! NBA players and owners have reached a tentative deal to save the NBA season. Training camp and the free agency period will begin on December 9, with the first games to start on Christmas day. That means that the previously scheduled December 25 match up of…
Last year the Miami Hurricanes finished a pathetically mediocre season with an embarrassing home loss to an inferior opponent and fired their head coach. This year they finished yet another pathetically mediocre season with an embarrassing home loss to an inferior opponent and gave their head coach a four year…
The unsung victims of the bizarre display of capitalism we call Black Friday? The hundreds of thousands of retail workers who have their Thanksgiving marred by having to get show up to work later that night to prepare.A worker at a Target in Palm Beach was so exhausted after working…
Want to know what a man with a multi-million dollar Miami Heat contract serves his family on Thanksgiving? It probably wasn’t all that different from what you ate yesterday. LeBron James, an occasional over-sharer, decided to tweet a video of his family’s Turkey Day spread yesterday…
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Back when Jerry Powers agreed to take the reigns as CEO of Plum TV, he had to pay Niche Media, the luxury publishing company he sold Ocean Drive magazine to, $3.5 million to get out of a non-compete clause in his contract. Now that he’s resigned from Plum TV after…
For years Miami’s most exclusive enclave, Fisher Island, reigned as the country’s most expensive zip code. Falling real estate prices have knocked it down a few pegs on that list in recent years, but the people who call the insular island home, many of whom probably bought their homes at…
Dr. Julian White, the longtime and highly decorated band director of the Florida A&M University Marching 100, has been effectively fired following the hazing-related death of 26-year-old drum major Robert Champion. Champion’s family now also plans to file a lawsuit against the university…
Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade has filmed a dancing cameo in an upcoming ensemble comedy based on What To Expect When You’re Expecting. Yes, an NBA star is dancing in a Love Actually-style ensemble movie based on a popular non-fiction pregnancy guide because Hollywood is horrible and out of ideas…
In terms of effectiveness, ramming a front-end loader into a rental trailer home is certainly a good way to evict your tenants. In terms of legality, not so much. Especially if there are children in the trailer…
We’re not sure if we should be flattered or slightly afraid that Xiamen, a major city in China, has decided to model its future growth after our humble little town.”Xiamen and Miami are at the same altitude, and I believe Xiamen has the potential to be a global tourist destination…
Yesterday, while most of us were busy making our asses fat the traditional way — with lots and lots of delicious stuffing and turkey — police were still busy dealing with the saga of Oneal Ron Morris, the fake doctor accused of injecting patients’ butts with a mix of cement…
Getting scantily clad women to play basketball while wearing stripper heels is either a shrewd business move in the face of the NBA lockout or a recipe for some very disastrous ankle injuries.Regardless, the girls of Tootsie’s Cabaret in Miami Gardens are going to give it a shot as part…
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