You might not call your grandparents nearly enough, but Robert Attias, a Canadian citizen whose last known address was in Miami, might have. Attias is charged with ripping off seniors in Minnesota and pretending to be their grandson asking for money. He’s believed to have swindled more than $15,525…
Bill Nelson is now Florida’s longest serving state-wide elected politician, and yet a surprising amount of Floridians don’t think much of him one way or another. The guy has sat in the Senate for 11 years, and mastered a brand of bland Democratic moderation that doesn’t piss off Republicans too…
Three Miami men were arrested after their van was pulled over in the Keys and police found the vehicle stuffed with tons of cocks and nuts. Not only had the men stolen about 4,000 coconuts, they also had two roosters that appeared to be used for cockfighting locked in crates…
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The Miami Heat may be in danger of losing one of their hometown players. James Jones has informed the organization that he won’t be exercising the player option in his contract and will instead chose to become a free agent, reports The Miami Herald…
A modern-day nightmare swept greater Miami-Dade yesterday afternoon. AT&T’s 3G cell service completely ceased to work, leaving thousands of iPhone and other smartphone addicts without on-the-go access to their precious, precious Twitters, Foursquare and Words With Friends. The unimaginable horror was almost too much to bear. We’re frankly just relieved…
It’s quite a human rights paradox. Next month, the Cuban parliament will discuss a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage on the Communist isle, yet GLBT citizens are, like all Cubans, discouraged from gathering and expressing any sort of political message that doesn’t toe the party line. Though, efforts to…
Despite the fact he may have already gotten legally married, Chris Bosh is officially walking down the aisle with Adrienne Williams next month. Like any respectable sports star, Bosh had to have one hell of a bachelor party. A four-day trip to Las Vegas that Bosh dubbed “The Hangover 3″…
Elisha Dawkins immigrated to Miami from the Bahamas as a young boy. It was only until after he served in both the Army and Navy and found himself in jail on a passport flap that he discovered that he was not a legal citizen. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami…
Dirk Nowitzki may have walked away with the finals MVP award after the Dallas Maverick’s drubbing of the Miami Heat, but he couldn’t have done it without the explosive play of J.J. Barea. That fact was made all the more painful because Barea is a graduate of Miami Christian and…
By a surprisingly slim margin, Miami-Dade voters have picked Carlos Gimenez to serve as the county’s next mayor. Gimenez received just 51 percent of the vote in the special runoff election triggered by the recall of former mayor Carlos Alvarez. Opponent Julio Robaina has offered his concession.Though it was a…
We don’t believe a guy as politically ambitious as Charlie Crist would be happy for long at an ambulance-chasing law firm. Though, now that he’s left the Republican party there are few clear paths for him to get back into any office. Unless, of course, he becomes a full-fledged Democrat…
You just want to zen out and listen to the waves crash against the sand as the sun’s rays shine down on you. Don’t count on it in Miami Beach. There’s the asshole from Kendall blasting Power 96 from his radio, the guy playing bongos, and the idiot who gets…
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The City of Orlando’s days are numbered. The loosely organized online group Anonymous has threatened to wage war on the city. Well, the city’s website. Following the arrests of members of non-profit group Food Not Bombs for feeding homeless people in a city park without a permit, the “hacktivist” group…
Rick Scott wants to be known as the job creation governor, but almost seven months into office he’s become more known for what he’s destroyed, or tried to. After killing Florida’s federally funded high-speed rail program, and reports that he attempted to do away with Citizens Property Insurance, a new…
Well, Katy Perry, for your information Florida does feel like a paper bag. A dry, worn out paper bag that could catch fire at any moment and cause millions of acres of forest to go up in smoke thanks to the drought.According to The Palm Beach Post, while firework sales…
Eugene Hickman, 54, of DeFuniak Springs, Florida, may become one of the first people prosecuted under Florida’s new anti-bestiality laws. Though, whatever punishment he gets is probably nothing compared to the years of therapy his poor grandson is going to have to go through. Yeah, Hickman was caught after his…
In a miscalculated move to try and boast public support, Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s website asked his fervent supporters, all five of them, to sign their name to a pre-written letter and send them off to Florida’s newspapers letter to the editor section.Well, at least one fake conservative pundit is…
A four-foot long spinner shark jumped over a surfer off of Panama City Beach and it was caught on video. We don’t really know what else to say about that except maybe a lame joke about “jumping the shark.” Why are you even still reading this? Why aren’t you watching…
Up in New York State they’ve finally passed a bill legalizing same sex marriage. Meanwhile, down in Miami-Dade we’ve got a mayoral candidate who can’t even decided if he’s for or against domestic partnership laws and seems to have wildly flip-flopped between stances. Julio Robaina says he believes in the…
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