Rapper Brisco is wanted for knocking a teenager unconscious and then fleeing in his white Range Rover last Thursday. North Miami Police though say they have no idea where the man born British Alexander Mitchell is. Right now he’s more elusive than his debut album. …
Florida is no longer the preeminent launch pad to the stars. Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off into space from the Kennedy Space Center today for the final time, marking the end of NASA’s historic space shuttle program. The event leaves both the future of American space exploration and Florida’s Space Coast in question. View…
Just months after Miami Shores residents elected their first openly gay councilman, village council has unanimously voted to offer domestic partnership benefits to its gay employees. Miami Shores is now the sixth municipal government in Miami-Dade to offer such benefits, following Miami, Miami Beach, North Miami, South Miami, Palmetto Bay, and…
Happy first anniversary, LeBron James! It was exactly one year ago today when you got down on one knee sat on one seriously uncomfortable-looking wooden chair and announced before God and the entire ESPN-watching world your intention to enter an unholy union with Miami and our professional basketball franchise. Well, actually…
Republican leaders are still eager to host Florida’s presidential primary election earlier than most states, but they’re hoping to avoid a repeat of 2008’s fiasco. Leaders plan to set the primary in early March, just days before the traditional Super Tuesday — even if that means holding the election on a…
A trial date has finally been set for the 2009 murder of Juan Rivera at Coral Gables High. Beginning July 19, 19-year-old Andy Rodriguez will face a judge and jury for second-degree murder charges. …
If you’ve gotten married in Miami Beach and you haven’t had Lil Wayne drop by your ceremony to pose in your wedding pictures, it’s almost like you haven’t gotten married at all. A promo for an upcoming MTV2 series follows Wayne as he walks through the streets of Miami Beach…
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Floridians have packed on the pounds in the past 15 years, with 62.6 percent of Floridians now considered overweight or obese. That’s up from just 49.1 percent in 1995. Not exactly a pretty picture for a state where swimsuits are considered customary growth. Though, Florida’s rank among states has actually…
In its seemingly random sports poll released today, Public Policy Polling did sneak in a few poll questions about actual public policy. Though a majority of Americans now support gay marriage, Floridians aren’t quite ready for it. Though, they do, by a large majority, support civil unions for same-sex couple. It…
Jaded Hipster bible Vice has no love for the Sunshine state. Blogger Sam McPheeters unleashed on our peninsula in a recent blog post, casting the state as “a violent, dong-shaped netherworld of grifters, drug smugglers, gun runners, swamp nazis, hobo killers, killer hobos, elder abusers, kidnappers, skinhead tweakers, sex maniacs,…
Not all shoppers in Miami-Dade are feeling the heat of the area’s crappy economy. The Village of Merrick Park, the poshest shopping mall south of Bal Harbour, lately has been doing gangbusters. Sales are up 10 percent from last year, with figures rising over the past 11 months. Good to know…
Finally a political polling firm has decided to poll on something other than politics. Public Policy Polling surveyed Floridians on another contentious topic: sports. The poll shows LeBron James isn’t exactly that popular in his new state, while Florida’s favorite pro team is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the favorite college…
Not very many people in Florida like Governor Rick Scott, so we really didn’t expect former democratic President Bill Clinton to like the guy much either. While speaking at a conference for young progressive activists in D.C. today, Clinton called out Scott’s effort to strip voting rights from convicted felons…
Over in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry supported a law that would have made TSA agents subject to arrest for pat downs of passengers. That bill ultimately died, but the Libertarian Party of Florida hopes to bring that idea to Florida. Members of the fringe party sent letters to Sheriffs in…
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Casey Anthony may walk away with little punishment stemming from the strange death of her daughter Caylee after yesterday’s stunning verdict, but the case may still have legal repercussions in Florida. State Representative Bill Hager, a Republican from Boca Raton, has announced that he will file a bill dubbed “Caylee’s Law” during…
The NFL recently unveiled its list of the top 100 players for the 2011 season, and at least one football team in town is really, uncontrollably, super excited about it. No, it’s not the one that actually plays in the NFL. The Dolphins placed three players on the list, but the Miami…
Adam Hasner, the Tea Party favorite in the fledgling fight for the GOP’s 2012 nomination to take on Senator Bill Nelson, sent out a not-so-cherry Fourth of July message to his supporters in which he compared the national debt to Hitler. Apparently a man bent on world domination, widespread warfare and the…
According to stereotypical romantic comedies and sitcoms, one of the worst crimes a straight man can commit is not noticing that his lady friend did something new with her hair. However, a far greater crime seems to be noticing the hair modifications and making fun of them. A man in the…
As much as city officials try to talk a good game about installing pesky red-light cameras for public safety, most were really swayed by extra money generated by tickets. City of Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado pretty much admitted as much, and the city hoped red-light cameras would bring in $10…
A man and a woman traveling in a black Nissan Maxima were pulled over early this morning in Opa-Locka near 140th Street and Northwest 26th Avenue. Instead of complying with the officer, though, they tried to run him over with the car. The incident lead to a police chase that…
