The NBA has released its 2012 schedule (assuming the lockout doesn’t delay play), and the Miami Heat will kick off its season at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks. The team will also be working on Christmas Day this year in an NBA Finals rematch against the Dallas Mavericks in…
Ten people have been arrested and two others are wanted in a case involving the abduction of a 15-year-old girl from the Universal Studios area in Orlando who was then forced into prostitution in Miami. The girl had run away from a group home with a friend and, after meeting…
Shortly after promising to love, cherish, and obey, a Florida woman had to agree that she had the right to remain silent. Tammy Lee Hinton — who was living in New Port Richey, Florida — was a wanted woman in Michigan. Michigan cops, acting on a tip that she’d be returning to…
Dwyane Wade has a message for all his hackers out there: He’s going to sue you. He just has to figure out who you are first. In a lawsuit filed in Texas last Friday, Wade claims hackers have routinely logged into his personal email and social media accounts since 2007…
The Miami television market usually leads the nation in viewership of the men’s World Cup, but apparently couldn’t be bothered on Sunday to tune into the final of the ladies’ version. The Miami market only ranked 25th in viewership…
Could the Miami Dolphins have one of the most elite receiving corps in the NFL year with Plaxico Burress and Brandon Marshall? Well, that’s certainly a recipe for one of the most controversial receiving corps, and we also have to wonder if the Fins will have a QB reliable enough…
Despite a rocky beginning with those weird Jerry Seinfeld commercials, locally based agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky has continued to handle advertising for tech giant Microsoft. You might remember last year’s ads peddling Microsoft’s Windows 7 line of phones by highlighting Americans’ addiction to their smartphones. Particularly, you might remember one in…
Despite the fact that he may have gotten legally married to Adrienne Williams shortly before the playoffs, Chris Bosh made it official this weekend with a lavish ceremony at the Fontainebleau on Miami Beach. (Yes, the same place where the Mavs celebrated their finals win.) Unlike his bachelor party, both…
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In 1997, the Florida Legislature passed a law that made it a felony for a person with any STD, including HIV, to have sexual intercourse without informing their partner of their status beforehand. Problem is the only thing legally considered “sexual intercourse” in the State of Florida is your standard…
The hunt for a Mercedes-Benz that was carjacked Sunday ended today when the car crashed through a wall after a police chase. The story began yesterday when a man, traveling with his 2-year-old son, was carjacked at gunpoint and ended with a police officer shooting one of the suspects in…
hether you love or hate this city, you might be around a few more years than average to either enjoy it or endure it. If you’re a lady at least. The Daily Beast ranked America’s top 20 cities with the greatest life expectancy, and Miami made the cut. But the news isn’t…
In 2009, Miami-Dade Police arrested Randy Jerome Pozdol after they found video of him sexually assaulting a woman and two children who all appeared to have been drugged and unconscious. However, as the investigation continued, police discovered that the woman in the video had died of a drug overdose in…
Two drive-by shootings in Miami this weekend that occurred just block and hours from each other resulted in the death of two people, and the injury of three others. The first critically injured a teenager, while the second claimed two lives and left two others injured…
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Homicide detectives had no immediate answers in the mysterious death of 22-month-old Dominicue Andrews yesterday afternoon at a day-care center in Homestead. However, NBC Miami is now reporting the boy likely died after being forgotten in a hot van…
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News of Hugo Chávez’s mysterious cancer diagnosis has Miami’s exile community buzzing over the possibility that the Venezuelan president, and one of Fidel Castro’s biggest allies, will not be in office much longer. In an interview today with the BCC, however, Chávez admitted he might need further chemotherapy but still intends…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: a millionaire business mogul with little name recognition is using his vast fortune to jumpstart a surprising campaign for a statewide office in Florida. Yep, after the mixed results of Rick Scott and Jeff Greene is 2010, Craig Miller, the former CEO…
Members of Florida Tea Party groups are so upset with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s efforts to save manatees that they are claiming that new rules to possibly be imposed in famous Kings Bay would not only go against the Bible, but also are part of a vast United Nations conspiracy…
The Democratically aligned Public Policy Polling and the nonpartisan Quinnipiac University polling service have both shown that Rick Scott’s approval ratings are about the worst of any governor in the nation. But some of Rick Scott’s fervent supporters might be the type to doubt the accuracy of “the lamestream media.”…
