Nicaragua-born musician Luis Enrique, hailed as the Prince of Salsa, returned to his Miami home earlier this week after promoting his latest album in Puerto Rico only to find that his home had been ransacked and burglarized. A window had been broken, and furniture in the home had been moved.”It’s…
According to police, 29-year-old Waleska Velasquez, a teacher at Miami Jackson Senior High, was involved in a yearlong sexual tryst with a 16-year-old male student. Velasquez apparently lavished the boy with cash and gifts. She was arrested today and charged with three counts of unlawful sexual contact with a minor…
Well, Dolphins fans have been hoping all summer that the team would add a proven veteran quarterback. Sometimes you better be careful what you wish for. Sure, this Sun-Sentinel report is more of a “what if…” hypothesis shallowly designed for shock and page views, but the odd thing is that…
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Well, flappy mouthed TV anchor Rick Sanchez is not only back living in Miami, but he may be back on your TV screen next year. You can blame Gloria and Emilio Estefan. The power-couple is reportedly involved in a plan to launch a bi-lingual syndicated talk show shot in South…
Could Dwyane Wade be taking his talents to the Middle Kingdom? Reports suggest that MV3 has been offered an appealing $2 million-a-month salary to play for a Chinese team during the NBA lockout. It doesn’t appear Wade is ready to take the offer, which should make Heat fans sigh in…
If you prick Chad Henne does he not bleed? If you tickle him does he not laugh? If you stand outside practice and openly boo him does he not get all butthurt about it? Of course, from Henne’s on-the-field inconsistencies we should know that the man is very much human,…
No matter our differences, most Miamians can usually agree on one thing: we hate having to deal with Miami International Airport. Yet, as can be said in many cases, at least we’re not New Jersey. Newark Airport has 40 of the nations one hundred most-delayed flights flying into or out…
Miami has a reputation as a big sprawling city with little in the way of public transportation. A proposed new trolley system may change that, somewhat, someday, supposedly. According to Open Media Miami, the City Commission voted last week to allow City Manager Johnny Martinez to start contract negotiations with…
We’re still in that uncertain season of the 2012 election cycle where every poll will show some different and somewhat surprising result. Quinnipiac is the latest to crunch the numbers and shows that Mitt Romney is the favorite to get the presidential nod from Republican voters in Florida. Meanwhile, a…
Last week, 23-year-old Julian Soler and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Kennia Duran, were shot and killed outside a Mobile gas station near Miami Gardens after an attempted car-jacking involving a group of three men. Now police have made an arrest in the case, and they believe one of the perpetrators is…
Breaking news: Florida college students don’t like to study. Oh, wait, everybody already knew that? Uh, well, in case you need evidence, Florida’s supposed top four public universities are all featured on Princeton Review’s list of schools where students don’t study.Princeton Review also released rankings based on other criteria as…
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Maybe Benjamin Gilbert Kennedy doesn’t understand that a panty raid involves stealing used ladies’ underwear. Maybe he has a thing for wearing panties himself and just didn’t want to face the embarrassment of purchasing them. Maybe he’s some sort of underwear Robin Hood, taking from the rich corporations to give…
It wasn’t looking good, but some Dolphins faithful were still holding out hope that the team would make a trade for Denver Broncos QB Kyle Orton. It seems that any remaining flicker of hope was blown out today by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. He says Orton will remain with the Broncos…
Rick Scott spent his entire morning today serving doughnuts at a shop in Tampa in an effort to paint himself as a creator-of-jobs governor and score some publicity points. Of course, directly after, he got on a talk radio show to talk all about it.Scott was chatting on WFTL 850…
Here’s the good news: as of right now, we only have a 30 percent chance of rain on Saturday, which is less than today’s 50 percent chance. Here’s the bad news: Tropical Storm Emily’s path is inching ever closer toward Florida and continues to threaten your beach time…
Last week, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Kevin Love, perhaps eager to have anyone pay attention to him, said that pretty much every player in the NBA was celebrating the Miami Heat’s NBA Finals loss and LeBron’s collapse. Well, turns out that LeBron still has at least one defender in the league…
Four years after Modern Family star Sofia Vergara immigrated to Miami from Colombia, she moved the rest of her family, including her mother, sister, and younger brother Julio, to the country. However, after nearly 30 arrests during his time in the States, Star magazine reports that Julio was deported earlier…
Al Cardenas, the Miami mega-lobbyist and lawyer who once headed the Republican Party of Florida and now head of the influential American Conservative Union, has exercised his right to be married to a woman named Diana for the past 32 years. Though, it seems Diana is dead set against extending…
Two people, including pregnant business owner Celeste Gaitan, were killed today after an SUV apparently lost control and slammed through the wall of a Kendall clothing boutique. The incident happened at Gaitan’s store, Celeste & Co. Boutique, at 13357 SW 42nd St., around noon…
Just when we thought we could forever forget Mike “the Situation” Sorrentino, a lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade court this week presents us with the painful situation of having to remember or care about whatever the Jersey Shore star’s life has become.Last year, Sorrentino teamed with a clothing company to produce…
