U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say they haven’t made a huge pot bust at the Port of Miami for months, but sometimes you just have to wait. Authorities report they discovered 3,837 pounds of marijuana, nearly two tons, stuffed inside shipping containers at the port last Friday…
It seemed like a reasonable enough criminal master plan: Break into a bagel shop and make off with the cash register and all of that precious, green money inside. Well, now Erica Denise Phillips sits behind bars for a crime that wasn’t worth it. There was only a single, shiny…
The Miami Heat’s big three are reportedly ready to pack their bags and head on a six-city international tour with a host of other NBA superstars during what would have been the first two weeks of the NBA season. Plans are still being worked out, but between October 30 and…
We’re not sure what’s hurting worse: Miami’s already depleted defense or North Carolina receiver Dwight Jones’ groin after he got punched in his nether regions by Miami starting defensive tackle Micanor Regis during Saturday’s game. As a result, Regis will be suspended for the next match against Georgia Tech, which…
If Occupy Miami protesters are angry about out-of-control banks taking and mismanaging money from the public coffers, then perhaps they should move their protest to the parking lot of U.S. Century Bank’s headquarters out in Doral. The bank received $50.2 million in TARP assets in 2009, but ProPublica reports that…
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Someone call up Pixar, because boy do we have a situation definitively calling out for some sort of animated movie treatment here in Florida.You see, a female wolf has been hanging around the yard of Panama City resident Nathan Didier. The reason? Didier suspects the lady wolf is lonely, and…
Jose Campos, a local pastor more comfortable behind the pulpit, finds himself behind bars this morning. Campos stands accused of sexual battery of a minor after an 11-year-old girl told a teacher about the abuse. Campos has admitted as much to police, but says that the touching happened by accident…
Central Florida’s newest amusement park, Legoland Florida, officially opened its bricked doors on Saturday on the former site of Cypress Gardens. One of the main attractions includes massive displays of iconic skylines rebuilt with Legos, and obviously Legoland Florida’s has an entire section devoted to Miami. Everything from the Miami…
It’s like Republican voters don’t know what’s good for them. Poll after poll shows that Mitt Romney is the most viable candidate against Barack Obama, but they keep jumping around to the more conservative icon of the moment.The latest poll of Florida voters from NBC News and Marist [PDF] shows…
At the end of the day, jails have one job: to keep prisoners on the inside. Miami-Dade County Jail has pretty much failed its basic duty today by letting a man convicted of attempted murder walk free. He didn’t even try to escape. They just let him go.Dexter A. Davis,…
Remember Scott Raab? The lifetime Cleveland sports fan who set out to chronicle LeBron James’ first season for Esquire only to get banned from American Airlines Arena by the Heat for calling the star “the whore of Akron”? Well, he’s been busy at work penning a book entitled, obviously, The…
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Along with news that a homerun nightmare-scape will be built at the new Marlins stadium comes this: the place will include a branch of South Beach’s “sophisticated and classy” Clevelander…
Every year the ACC asks a cadre of local and national media members and representatives from member schools to make their preseason pick for who will win the Woman’s Basketball title. Every year since 1995 either Duke, North Carolina or Maryland has won. Well, not this year.The University of Miami…
We’re just surprised it took Stephen Colbert so long to give his opinion on Florida’s dwarf tossing ban. You might remember state Rep. Ritch Workman caused a hubbub by suggesting the ban should be repealed because it’s an example of “Big Brother government” that prevents “dwarfs from getting jobs they…
Even though the Occupy Wall Street movement entering its second month, and similar protests popping up around the globe, most politicians are remaining mum. Those of the Republican variety, in most cases, have been pretty flippant. Take Herman Cain’s “if you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame…
Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz wants “Pot Pops” out of local stores before Halloween. Though, the only high the candy provides is of a sugar variety. The controversial candy contains no THC, but comes in either lollipop or ring pop form candy shaped like a marijuana leave, while a cartoon…
Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night would deter Postal Service workers from their appointed rounds, but thugs will. Three times in the past two weeks, mail carriers have been robbed with two incidents in North Miami, and a third in Miami Gardens. Two of the incidents involved beatings,…
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Isiah Thomas is no longer the only NBA legend shuffling around Florida International University. New York Knicks star Amar’e Stoudemire is spending his free time during the NBA lockout attending classes at the school…
The Occupy Wall Street movement hit Florida in full force this week, with protests taking place from big cities like Miami to one-percenter retirement meccas like Naples. Naturally, college town Gainesville got in on the action, and held a demonstration in Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Bo Diddley’s son was actually…
