LeBron James will be taking his talents to the Far East in August in what Nike was calling a tour of China. Problem is his schedule starts in Taiwan, and that government really, really doesn’t like even the slightest implication that it’s actually part of China. So now officials are…
It’s almost too crass to state, but it remains obvious that nothing mixes worse than kids and guns. Forget oil and water.A 4-year-old boy in Little Havana was accidentally shot in the groin after his 17-year-old half-brother found and then began playing with a rifle…
Florida’s particular method of sentencing prisoners to death has been deemed unconstitutional by Miami U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez today. The decision will not immediately strike down the law and didn’t find the death penalty in and of itself unconstitutional. Though, it will guarantee convicted murderer Paul H. Evans will…
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Gov. Rick Scott delivered terrific news for the state’s horny and technologically advanced teenagers today. He’s signed a bill that lowers the penalties for minors sending pictures of their junk to each other. Used to be kids could get charged with big-time felonies like distribution of child pornography. Problem was…
The only thing worse than your boat breaking down 25 miles offshore is having a drunk man show up to rescue it. It doesn’t end well. Just ask Lionel Casey and Lewis Dames of Fort Lauderdale.Their boat overheated off of Delray Beach Thursday night, so they radioed for help. Four…
Perhaps the solution to Miami’s economic problems is the same as your abuela’s solution to boredom: telenovelas! Telemundo plans to shoot about 1,100 hours of telenovelas in Miami-Dade this year. That represents an investment of about $35 million and 550 new jobs…
Walter Chesnut just wanted to feed his family. So, since about February, he’s been on a unique stealing spree: he’s been taking manhole covers from the Wynwood neighborhood and selling them for about $25 each…
Newsweek has taken up the hard work of finding America’s 500 best high schools, and eight are in Miami-Dade County. According to the list, the appropriately named School for Advanced Studies is the best high school in Miami-Dade and the 28th best in the nation…
The Dallas Mavericks may have snatched another NBA championship away from Dwyane Wade, but they will never take away his reign as the league’s leading style MVP. The fashion-forward guard is in Italy for Milan Fashion Week, taking in the men’s shows by Versace, DSquared2, and Armani. Maybe he’s scouting…
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Would you like to own a yacht that once hosted the likes of Lindsay Lohan and Mike Tyson? Would you like to to be the captain of a boat that was described as something like a Studio 54 of the seas for dorks complete with allegations of hosting “hired” party…
Apple might be one of the most powerful companies in the world, but it’s no match for the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board.Apple already has quaint little digs at 720 Lincoln Rd. but plans to move farther up the pedestrian mall to a location currently occupied only by the Gap…
No one but sports gossips really believed the Miami Heat would completely retool itself this summer, but team president Pat Riley’s comments today should put all rumors to rest. No, he’s not coming back to coach. Yes, Erik Spoelstra’s job is safe. No, neither LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, nor Chris…
President Obama’s foreign policy perhaps deserves a closer look than the media is giving it. However, it might not have been the best idea for the Miami Herald’s TV critic and occasional libertarian columnist Glenn Garvin to open his column today about Obama’s “four wars” with a weird joke about the president’s…
Former Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington isn’t ready to accept that his playing career is over just yet, but he’s already accepted a job on the other side. He’s just signed with Fox Sports to provide analysis during NFL football games. Though he still hopes to return to playing one day…
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Florida’s Rick Scott is the most unpopular governor in the nation, and while his administration is sticking to a Bush-like refrain that poll numbers don’t matter, it sure seems that deep down he realizes that his basement-level approval ratings spell trouble. So in an effort to turn public perception around,…
You can get a counterfeit version of almost anything in Miami. Apparently even cigarettes. Tobacco giant Philip Morris has filed suit against 17 Miami-area retailers for stocking fake cigarettes. We all know that the stuff in the name-brand smokes will kill you. We can’t imagine what kind of stuff is…
Terrence Malick’s latest wandering epic The Tree of Life may very well lend itself to some chemically altered viewing. It is not however the kind of film that benefits from some sort of crackhead breaking into a screening and starting to shout things like “Tupac’s back!” Welcome to life in…
In a dramatic, albeit not totally surprising development, a poll conducted by the Miami Herald shows that former county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez leads former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina in the county mayoral race by a healthy 11 points. Kudos to the Herald for printing a quote from a 21-year-old voter explaining his reasoning…
As Miami continues to emerge as a serious art center, the city’s infatuation with the colorful yet shallow work of pop artist Romero Britto continues to be a source of embarrassment and frustration for some. Usually that frustration emerges in derogatory jokes or blog comments, but an unknown vandal has taken…
