There are certain things politicians just don’t say in South Florida. Somewhere between praising Fidel Castro and insulting our Key lime pie sits suggesting that we set up oil rigs in the middle of the Everglades. During her trip in Florida this weekend, Michele Bachmann said she was open to…
Some dudes might be worried about the TSA’s airport body-scanning devices uncovering their, um, “snake,” but last week at Miami International Airport, the imaging technology uncovered seven small snakes wrapped in ladies’ hosiery stuffed inside a man’s pants. Three turtles were also found…
University of Miami Hurricanes’ head football coach Al Golden expects to have an answer on whether eight players deemed ineligible will be reinstated by the NCAA in the next 48 hours. And it’s just in time. The season is a week away. …
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What the hell are the Miami Dolphins thinking? When the Denver Broncos come to town on October 23 with Tim Tebow in tow –assuming he isn’t cut or traded by then — they’re planing a celebratory reunion of the 2009 Gators team.Not only does this amount to basically a celebration…
The big news concerning the Knowles family this weekend was the confirmation of the imminent arrival of Baby Knowles-Carter at the VMAs last weekend. But Beyonce’s little sister, Solange, was apparently in town this weekend and claims a cop intimidated her by pulling a weapon on her for no reason…
An apparent bomb threat to the Sofitel Hotel has caused the evacuation of the luxury hotel near the airport. The threat was called in around 10 a.m., and guests began being evacuated sometime before 11:30 a.m…
When there are two massive systems of angry hot air traveling across the East Coast at the same time, they’re bound to interfere with each other.Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann spent her weekend in Florida and was supposed to leave today. However, the fallout from Hurricane Irene has made her…
A video tip sent to the Department of Children and Families led to the arrest of 19-year-old Elizabeth Garcia over the weekend in the Florida Keys. Investigators say they were sent a video of Garcia trying to beat her 2-month-old child with a slab of concrete…
Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s memoir In My Time, hits book stores on Tuesday and Cheney promises the book will pack tons of shocking revelations. Perhaps not the most jaw dropping, but interesting none the less is that it could have been former Florida Senator Connie Mack serving as Vice…
Thirty-eight kids at a Catholic school in Cocoa Beach appear to be the biggest Florida victims of Hurricane Irene. Strong winds caused by Irene swept through the sleepy beach town yesterday, knocking over a hive of possibly “Africanized” bees, who then attacked the schoolchildren…
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A good portion of the posts on the popular blog Coconut Grove Grapevine emanate from blogger Tom Falco walking around the streets, taking pictures of things he doesn’t like, and then complaining about them online.Apparently, Falco has run out of things to complain about, because now he’s angrily typing off…
Miami may have avoided Hurricane Irene, but its not a bad idea to watch how the Feds respond to hurricane disaster, considering we never know how soon we’ll be the next seeking help. So maybe we should be a little worried that Eric Cantor, the Republican House Majority leader, is trying…
We may have avoided a natural disaster, but it figures we’d be greeted with some sort of disaster this week. AT&T 3G service seems to be down in Miami right now, which means your iPhone is nothing more than a glorified paperweight at the moment unless you turn 3G off…
Despite the fact that the unemployment rate in Miami remains savagely high, there’s some emerging signs that certain segments of our economy are bouncing back. The tourism industry has been doing surprisingly well over the summer, leading some to wonder if tourist season now extends year round. Room booking rates…
A brief car chase on I-95 last night led to Miami-Dade Police shooting and injuring a suspect. The incident began when an erratic driver refused to stop for police near NE 79th Street and Second Avenue a little after 9 p.m. The driver tried to hit an officer with his…
eople tend to have hypocritical views about porn. Sure, it’s a billion-dollar industry and almost everyone has watched some (and a whole lot of people have attempted making their own for private use), but we have a tendency to disparage the people who actually produce it.Earlier this week, Riptide brought…
As reports earlier in the day suggested, ESPN is now confirming the University of Miami has officially declared 13 football players ineligible. Yahoo! Sports had reported earlier in the night that only 8 players faced ineligibility.That doesn’t mean the 13 players in question won’t play in the season opener against Maryland,…
Despite the recent surges of the more conservative Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney still seems like the man to beat. The latest Mason-Dixon Florida Poll shows that Romney not only has a healthy lead in the primary, but has taking a large lead over President Obama in a…
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Alicia Bouchard, 41, and her 26-year-old husband Matthew Bouchard are now both behind bars. Police recently uncovered a sickening scheme in which Mrs. Bouchard encouraged her husband to rape a 12-year-old girl, living in their household, with the intent of impregnating her. Mrs. Bouchard hoped the new child would provide…
