You thought the Marlins’ rumored new logo could cause eye cancer? Well, if you value your sense of sight, you might not want to take a peek at the absolutely insane robotic structure the Marlins plan to install in their new stadium. It’s like someone vomited a bunch of cliché South…
Justina Threadgill, the owner of an assisted living facility in Daytona Beach, Florida, found herself the victim of a vicious, near-fatal attack all because she talked with an accent and refused to fix the cable TV in one of her client’s rooms. 49-year-old Thomas Clifton Wilkes now faces charges of…
New details are coming out about the investigation that lead to the arrest of Anthony V. Mangione, South Florida’s top immigration cop. The Sun-Sentinel reports that AOL e-mail accounts registered to Mangione regularly sent nude and pornographic images of children, including several images of nude children being spanked. Miami’s chief of…
While serving on the jury of a federal criminal trial, Italo Campagna tried to bribe the defendant’s family for $20,000 to convince other jurors to deliver a not guilty verdict and keep the man out of jail. Instead, now Campagna likely faces a jury of his own…
Who’s Florida’s political golden boy? Well, based on all the fawning press and attention he’s received, you might believe it’s our first-time Republican Senator Marco Rubio. Well, apparently the honeymoon is coming to end. Now more Floridians disapprove of the way Rubio is handling his job than disapprove of the milquetoast Democratic Senator…
Charges have been dropped against Carlos King, the suspect involved in the second police shooting during the hectic Monday, May 20th Miami Beach morning during Urban Beach Week. King, a 45-year-old fire captain from South Carolina, was driving his car at a high speed, seemingly uncontrollably, at a female Miami…
Two indigenous Florida species may have gone extinct sometime in the past few decades according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. No one has seen any fairy shrimps or rainbow snakes in years. We don’t want to make any assumptions based on their names, but, you know, Florida unfortunately isn’t exactly…
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Be careful what you wish for Dolphins fans. Sure, a lot of us had hoped to have a Henne-less season, we just dreamed it would be because the team brought in someone better. Now we just have a gaping Quarterback void, because anonymous sources snitching to the Associated Press say…
Amanda Brumfield, the estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thorton, has been sentenced to 20-years in a Florida prison after being convicted of aggravated manslaughter of a child. The 1-year-old daughter of a friend mysteriously died while in Brumfield’s care back in 2008 near Orlando. …
Genting’s Resorts World Miami may have the most concrete and eye popping plans, but if the Florida legislature approves resort-style casinos don’t expect it to be the only mega gambling venue to pop up in our community. Two South Florida Republicans are preparing to unveil their gambling bill as early as this…
Rep. Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne, is tired of Florida’s Big Brother government standing in the way of people getting jobs. Jobs that include being tossed around by drunk dudes specifically, so he’s on a mission to repeal the state’s two-decade-old ban on dwarf tossing. …
Bears, we will let you get away with a lot. You can paw through our trash. You can sneak into our yards. But when you come into our houses and steal our delicious, frosted, high fat birthday cakes you’ve simply crossed a line, and it means only one thing: death. …
Hialeah police shot two armed robbery suspects last night after the pair tried to ram officers with their Cadillac SUV. A police officer is also in the hospital after being hit by the car. The incident occurred near West 29th Street and 12th Avenue around 9:30 p.m…
Rick Scott’s pledge that he’d create 700,000 new jobs for Floridians in addition to expected job growth was perhaps one of the least controversial themes of his election campaign. Yeah, well, sorry — he’s flip-flopped on that. He’s no longer promising 700,000 jobs in addition to the jobs the state…
Despite the weekly disaster show on the field, the Miami Dolphins are at their highest level of popularity in years. That’s according to a Harris Interactive poll that ranks the 32 NFL teams from America’s most favorite to least. The Dolphins are America’s 13th favorite team. Unlucky number as it might…
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I never really knew that she could serve on presidential advisory boards like this. She makes Obama wants to speak Spanish. Como se llama? Bonita! Mi Casa Blanca es tu Casa Blanca!In a hip-shaking move surely aimed to help his Hispanic outreach efforts, Barack Obama has appointed international pop star Shakira to his…
Media Take Out is basically the wild, wild West of Internet gossip. “The most visited urban website in the world” trades freely in outrageous claims. OK, its top headlines right now include questioning Tupac’s heterosexuality, praising Kanye’s oral sex technique, and implying that Busta Rhymes has herpes. Miami reality star Evelyn Lozada…
With Chad Henne probably out because of his injury, someone else will become the Dolphins’ 16th starting quarterback in the 13 years since Dan Marino’s retirement. The job will most likely go Matt Moore, barring a miraculous Henne recovery, but the Fins are still on the hunt for other backups. ESPN…
Despite being a common practice in developed countries for nearly 70 years and dubbed “one of the greatest public health achievements of the century” by the CDC, water fluoridation has joined the likes of Charlie Crist and Barack Obama as the latest enemy of the Tea Party in Florida. Tea Party…
With the eventual aim of shortening screening lines and easing some security procedures, the TSA unveiled a new program today at four airports across the country, including Miami International, that allows passengers to go through security checkpoints without taking off their shoes and belts and removing certain items from baggage. However, not everyone…
