305 Photo of the Day: Casting a Wider Net
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University of Florida Threatened Students Not to Hang Out with Jersey Shore Cast
So after a brief flirtation with returning to Miami Beach for season four, the Jersey Shore-ites instead packed their bags and headed to Florence, Italy. It seemed that this time around, no Floridians would be harmed during filming. Actually, though, the University of Florida has a study abroad program in…
Jacksonville Elects First Democratic Mayor in 20 Years: What Does It Mean for Florida Politics?
Conservative Republican Mike Hogan was expected to walk away with the Jacksonville Mayoral race. He comes from a family so entrenched in the area, there’s several streets that bare the Hogan name. He ran on a campaign promising no new taxes, smaller government, support for small businesses, and solid conservative…
NOAA Predicts Up to 10 Hurricanes this Year, 18 Named Storms
Miami’s least favorite time of year, Hurricane Season, kicks off officially on June 1st, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above average Atlantic season with as many as 18 named storms, ten hurricanes and six major hurricanes…
Luther Campbell Gets Perfect Marks on Gay Voters Guide, Robaina and Gimenez Don’t
It’s 2011, and the only candidate running for Miami-Dade mayor who is polling in the double digits to get perfect marks from Equality Florida’s voting guide on GLBT issues happens to be former-2 Live Crew leader Luther Campbell. It’s odd indeed. The leading candidates Julio Robaina and Carlos Gimenez either…
Miami Man Dies Aboard Plane, Flight Diverted to Virginia
A New York-to-Miami flight was diverted to Virginia after a 73-year-old Miami man died aboard the American Airlines plane last night. The man had complained of feeling ill and died while in the air…
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LeBron James is the 10th Most Powerful Celebrity in the World According to Forbes
Forbes has tallied up the world’s most powerful celebrities, and the Miami Heat’s own LeBron James comes in at number three. Though he’s not that most powerful athlete (Tiger Woods somehow still takes that one), he is the most powerful celebrity athlete from a team sport. Besides Woods, only A-listers…
Fake Modeling Reps Kidnap, Rob Woman on South Beach
Myles Watkins spotted 25-year-old Lacramioara Laslau last month poolside at the Roney Plaza, the swanky condominiums in the same building as the Gansevoort Miami Beach. They approached the 5’10” woman and told her she could make it big in modeling. What they really had their eyes on was her $15,000…
305 Photo of the Day: Hole in the Gate
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Florida Principal Suspended After Hypnotizing Student Who Committed Suicide The Next Day
Dr George Kenney, a high school principal in Florida, hypnotized Wesley McKinley, a 16-year-old student, in his office. The next day the male student was found dead, the victim of an apparent suicide by means of drug overdose. Now Kenney has been suspended as police and the school board attempt…
Skyboxx, Magazine Devoted to Miami Heat, Fails Miserably
The story of the circus surrounding the Miami Heat was as much about the media as it was about actual basketball. ESPN gave LeBron James an entire hour to announce his “decision,” and then devoted an entire section to his team. Esquire launched an entire blog about James. Every pageview-hungry…
Florida Catholic Church to Pray for Osama bin Laden
When parishioners gather for mass this Sunday at the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in West Palm Beach, they’ll be asked to pray for terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. The prayer is at the behest of a parishioner who paid ten dollars to have his name added to the…
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Elizabeth Palomino Murdered by Homeless Man She Tried to Help
Percy Palomino came home to his West Kendall house last month to find his 50-year-old wife Elizabeth dead in a pool of her own blood. Now, Reynerio Alonso Rivero has pleaded guilty to her murder. Alonso Rivero was not some random criminal. The Palominos knew him quite well. They had…
Female Teacher Accused of Trying to Sext with 12-Year-Old Girl
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is investigating an incident involving a female teacher allegedly sending an inappropriate text message to a 12-year-old female student. The message allegedly read “Show me a picture of your p****” according to WSVN. The incident happened at Jose de Diego Middle School in Miami…
Bernie Madoff’s Liquor Cabinet is Going Up for Auction in Miami
Convicted Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff wasn’t a cheap man. Even though he was far from a booze enthusiast, apparently having a well-stocked and extensive stash of wine and fine liquor is just a byproduct of having way too much money (other people’s, in this case) than one knows what to do…
Relatives of Taliban-linked Miami Imam Detained in Pakistan
Three family members of Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, the 76-year-old Imam of the Flagler Mosque who was arrested along with his American-based sons and charged with providing material support to the Pakistani Taliban, have been detained by official in Pakistan. The three were also indicted in the charged by the…
Chlamydia and Syphilis on the Rise Amongst South Florida Seniors
News flash: old people still like to bone. Unsurprisingly, as people who came of age in the wild child, free love era of the ’60s and early ’70s start to near their golden years the rates of new STD infections amongst the old is skyrocketing. In fact, cases of chlamydia…
305 Photo of the Day: All of the Lights
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Poll: Florida Republicans Still Have No Idea Who They Want to Run for Senate
At this point the 2012 horse race the republican primary for the Florida senate seat sort of mirrors the party’s primary for the presidential nomination: a bunch of not-terribly-exciting politicians that no one seems to be all that excited about. The latest poll by Sunshine State Communications, a Republican polling…
Growing Number of Ob-Gyns Turn Away Obese Female Patients in South Florida
You wouldn’t expect an ob-gyn’s office to have the same admission policy as a frat house party: as in, “no fat chicks.” Yet, The Sun-Sentinel has discovered the a sizable amount of ob-gyns in South Florida have placed a weight limit on new patients they admit…
Jersey Shore‘s Situation Sues His Own Father in Miami Court
After the end of season two of Jersey Shore we never thought we thought we’d be done with everyone’s favorite guidos and guidettes. Despite a few brushes with the law they even managed to complete their tour of 305 duty with out clogging up our legal system. Well, Mike “The…
Pompano Beach Lesbian High School Students Say They Were Reprimanded for Holding Hands
Young couples holding hands in the hallway seems to be a normal part of high school life, including, according to students, at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach. Though, a lesbian student says that the principal specifically reprimanded her for holding hands with her girlfriend only because she was…