Deputies at the Okaloosa County Jail in Florida found a loaded .38 revolver hidden inside a jail cell. At first officials weren’t sure how the gun wound up inside the jail, but an investigation has found that two arresting deputies failed to properly search the body of a suspect when…
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One conspicuous absence from the Miami Marlin’s big celebration on Friday to officially unveil their new name, logo, uniforms, color scheme and stadium: Billy the Marlin. Usually a centerpiece of most team events, the world’s only fish with feet was nowhere to be seen, leaving some to wonder if the mascot wasn’t making the move…
While gang activity is nowhere near as prevalent in South Florida as it is in South California, it should come as little surprised that Miami-Dade has one of the highest gang populations in America, the highest in the Southeast, and the second highest on the entire East Coast. …
Bills filed in the Florida House and Senate would take direct action at the activities of the Westboro Baptist Church. The Kansas-based fringe church, classified by many experts as an active hate group, is well known for protesting military and other high profile funerals with signs reading “God Hates Fags,”…
According to a report from Fox Sports, the Marlins have extended a six-year contract to Jose Reyes worth $90 million. That would make him far and away the highest paid player in the franchise’s history, and if true is an indication that owner Jeffrey Loria really is willing to put…
You’d think local Fox affiliate WSVN, innovators of the “If it bleeds it leads” local news format, would thrive on having a strip club located right next door to its studios. Though, last night the station aired what basically amounted to an on-air editorial against plans to put a strip…
After beaching herself in the Florida Keys in May, a female pilot whale named “300” developed severe scoliosis during his rehabilitation at Sea World in Orlando. So, SeaWorld teamed with a Florida orthopedic surgery to create a special back brace for the whale…
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Will we have to wait until 2013 to see if LeBron James can make good on his promise of bringing back the NBA Championship to Miami? It’s looking more and more like that may be the case.Today, the NBA Players Union have rejected NBA Commissioner David Stern’s latest offering and…
Sure, this tragic tale took place in Switzerland, but Miami is home to almost as many dolphins as it is to techno DJs, and it’s a sad reminder that the two should never, ever be mixed.The Connyland aquarium and amusement park decided it would be a good idea to host…
With a belly full of pizza, Lauderhill Police Officer Kristopher John Bieger, 30, was taken into custody on charges of premeditated attempted murder after he shot 10 rounds at another officer who just so happened to be his ex-girlfriend. But, hey, at least Bieger managed to get two more slices…
Last year, George W. Bush headlined the Miami Book Fair International. While this year’s edition offers no presidential names on the bill, another former commander-in-chief is preparing for a literary visit to Miami this Fall. The Coral Gables location of Books & Books will be hosting Bill Clinton. He’ll stop…
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It’s almost that time of year again when race fans across the nation descend on Homestead for the last race of the NASCAR season. This year they’ll be joined by First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden, meaning that very likely Michelle Obama will become the first black…
The Marlins will officially unveil their new logo and uniforms tonight at 9. (That they didn’t hold the event at 11:11 this morning seems like a loss, but oh well.) The logo and alleged mockups of the uniforms have already leaked, but Uni-Watch apparently has the first actual picture of…
Don’t feel bad about not having much love for Dolphins coach Tony Sparano. NFL players don’t like him much either.The Sporting News polled 111 current players on which coach they’d least like to play for, and Sparano came in second, just one vote behind NY Giants coach Tom Coughlin…
Teachers looking for late homework are used to hearing the excuse “the dog ate it.” People looking to collect car payments, not so much. But in the case of one St. Augustine couple, it’s the truth.Tuity, a Labrador retriever/chow/bulldog mix, decided to chow down on the $1,000 in cash his…
All it took was word that Rep. Connie Mack IV was about to enter the GOP primary for the parties’ Senate nomination to finally heat up that sad race. Despite the fact that Mack hasn’t officially announced his candidacy, he now leads the latest Quinnipiac poll by 23 points. George LeMieux…
Remember Miami-teen Angie Varona? She was the girl who unwittingly became an internet sex symbol at the age of 14 after her Photobucket account was hacked and her scantily clad, though not explicit, photos made the rounds on some of the seedier parts of the internet. Well, ABC News’ Nightline…
DeQuan Jones, a University of Miami men’s basketball player, will sit out the entire 2011-2012 season as investigators look into Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro’s claims that he paid Jones’ family to secure his commitment. Jones was the only current basketball player named in the Yahoo! Sports investigation into Shapiro’s ties to…
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