$100 million judgment in a civil lawsuit against Rev. Neil Dohetry, a former Catholic priest with the Archdiocese of Miami. Although the money might be impossible to collect, the judgment is the biggest ever levied in a case concerning the sexual abuse of children by a priest. …
The apparent ongoing fight between City of Miami Police officers and Florida Highway Patrol troopers is both sickening and pathetic. These are people paid with taxpayer money to protect Dade County. Not get into to pissing matches.The MPD has declared that no such rivalry exists, but just yesterday the department…
Few pastoral visits caused as much controversy as Pope John Paul II’s 1998 visit to Cuba. Catholic exiles worried that the Pope’s visit to the island would further legitimize Fidel Castro’s dictatorship, and images of the two shaking hands was not a welcome site for many in Miami.Now, the Vatican…
Yesterday we half-wondered if a poll that showed Herman Cain once again leading the GOP pack in Florida was something of an outlier. Well, now a new Quinnipiac poll released this morning and conducted from October 31st to November 7th shows that despite new news of Cain’s habit of settling…
So, you thought news of Herman Cain’s alleged sexual harassment past and his campaign’s subsequent bungling attempt to react to the news would doom the pizza man’s chance of winning the GOP nomination? Yeah, well, not in Florida at least. A new Rasmussen poll taken just yesterday shows that Cain…
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With a teary confession that he should have done more to investigate allegations that ex-defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky had molested a young boy in the team’s showers, legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno announced today he will stop down at the end of the season. Scandal aside, that means that…
Now, you may think that our tall, white, lanky, bald governor could be a horrible dancer, but we have to say he moves with such grace and enthusiasm it almost moved us to tears. His feet move like finely timed fireworks in slow motion, exploding with elegant energy. He’s a…
Lil Wayne’s block may be hot, but he’d appreciate it if his crazy fans would chill out and stay away from his Miami Beach crib.But two goofy looking Weezy fans recently got ahold of Wayne’s Miami address and did what any unreasonable person would do: grabbed their video camera and…
The threesome? The Holy Grail of any straight dude’s sexual desire. The mother-daughter threesome? A little strange, but we guess if everything remains legal and everyone is consenting, uh, OK. The mother-under-aged daughter threesome? Not only is that illegal and immoral, but it represents such a messed-up family dynamic of…
In order to keep food costs down, the Florida prison system routinely substitutes about half of the meat product in inmates’ meals with soy. But one inmate, Eric Harris, currently serving a life sentence for committing sexual battery on a young child, is suing the state, claiming that forcing him…
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Despite the fact you probably read about it online yesterday afternoon, The Miami Herald decided to go big on their front page with the story of Dr. Conrad Murray’s guilty verdict in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson. The Herald illustrated the story with a picture of fans outside the…
Lets do some real estate Jive Talkin’ about the nearly 10,000 square-foot mansion in South Miami where the Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb has been Stayin’ Alive for the past few years. Boogie Child, You Should Be Dancin’ at the thought of seeing the inside of this stunning home. You’ll be…
Jorge Daniel Silva was about to live a straight guy’s fantasy: his wife had agreed to let another woman into the bedroom mix for a threesome. But when the trio started kissing, something about the situation made Silva freak out. He then arranged a violent threesome between his wife and…
North Miami Beach residents aren’t so concerned that there’s a new gay strip joint in town. They’re more concerned about the club’s name: Swinging Richards. For you slow folk out there, that pretty much translates to “Swinging Dicks.” While it’s certainly an apt name for a male strip club, some…
Vontae Davis, the Dolphin’s 2009 first-round draft pick, didn’t play in Sunday’s game. Rumors sparks that that Davis was left back at home because he got into a fight with Brandon Marshall, but apparently that’s not true. Or at least it’s not the full truth. Apparently, Davis was actually sidelined…
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Before yesterday afternoon, the biggest danger Boucher Brothers posed to sunbathers on Miami Beach was charging them an arm and a leg for beach chairs and umbrellas. Now, the company is just cutting to the chase and actually running over sunbathers’ arms and legs.An employee of the beach concessionaire ran…
The paint has long dried on the victory signs declaring billionaire Norman Braman’s success in his drive to recall Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez, and yet it’s hard to discern any meaningful policy change that has occurred in Miami-Dade since then. So, it’s not surprising that Braman is now threatening further…
The Marlins don’t officially reveal the full details of their branding makeover until Friday, but on the heels of the leak of the new logo and hats, it appears that details of the new uniform have also found their way online early. And if they’re accurate, you can say goodbye…
Kelly Osbourne, a person who continues to remain relatively famous for reasons we’re not entirely sure of, cracked her head open in Miami this weekend and was sent to Mercy Hospital. The woman who helped pioneer the genre of “Hey, lets watch rich, famous families do inane things” television shows…
