Listen, if you’re going to be a parent who occasionally smoke a bit of pot that’s your business. Just never decide to get high while you should be actually parenting. Especially, when your toddler-aged kids are, say, sitting in a bathtub with the water running. Yes, Miami-Dade police have arrested…
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The theft of chicken nuggets should always be taken very seriously as those things are just ridiculously delicious, and depriving someone else of those precious fried meat bits is as an un-American petty crime as imaginable. Luckily, the devious criminal plan of two South Florida men, Sir Lawrence Scipio Dixon,…
Hot on the hells of an alleged $189,000 receipt racked up during a Cinco de Mayo party at the Tryst nightclub in the Wynn resort in Las Vegas comes rumors that LeBron James once racked up an even bigger bill at XS, one of the Wynn’s other nightclub. $171,973 to…
The indictment that lead to the arrests of Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, the Imam of a Miami mosque, and his two sons for allegedly providing material support to the Pakistani Taliban also named three other suspects that are believed to be at large in Pakistan. Amini Khan, Khan’s daughter…
A Bahamian hot tub death trap is at the center of a bizarre and tragic lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade court. The family of 33-year-old John Van Hoy Jr. is suing the Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort after they allege Van Hoy was sucked into the drain of the hotel’s whirlpool and…
A father and his two sons in South Florida have been arrested and charged with financially supporting the Pakistani Taliban. Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, 76, the Imam of the Flagler Mosque, was charged with providing “material support” to the terrorist organization by federal prosecutors. His son, Irfan Khan, 37,…
Michael Bueno, a mentally ill man who had become somewhat notorious in his North Miami neighborhood for always asking strangers who passed him by for 50 cents, has been shot and killed by a Miami-Dade Police officer. The force says that Bueno was seen brandishing a knife when he was…
Republicans up in Tallahassee are so used to giving money to things associated with Miami-based power lobbyist Ron Book that they ended up giving $1.5 million to a nonprofit run by his daughter Lauren Book that she didn’t even ask for or apparently need. The odd moves came as those…
Those half-empty condo buildings that once haunted downtown Miami are slowly filling up, thanks in large part to foreign buyers taking advantage of the low prices and weak dollar. Though, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who thinks that what the area needs right now are tons more condo…
For most of us, if we even bother accepting our mother’s friend request of Facebook we keep her under strict privacy control. Very few of us develop such close Facebook bonds with our mothers that we decide posting a video of our two dogs killing a pig on our pages…
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When President Barack Obama wasn’t talking about important things like Cuba in his interview this week with Univision, he took time to discuss the very serious topic of Bulls vs. Heat. We’ll give you one guess as to what team the former Illinois senator is placing his wager…
“Rick Scott for president? It’s possible,” blares a headline for a non-story in today’s St. Petersburg Times. Oddly, the third sentence in the story is a quote from Scott saying, “I’m not running for president,” yet the Times political editor Adam C. Smith manages to drag the story on for…
President Obama has rolled back some of the strictest policies regarding Cuba, including easing travel restrictions and allowing for more remittances. Though, in an interview with Univision this week the president made clear that he will not normalize relations with the nation until Cuba makes “significant changes.”…
The Miami Hurricanes didn’t scoop up much quarterback talent in their 2011 draft class, but seemed to be making up for it in transfer. Back in February, Tate Foricer announced he was transferring from Michigan to Miami, but now ESPN is reporting that Forcier won’t be joining the team after…
Whipped cream is usually meant for fun, but our frothy little ice cream topping friend has a very dark side. The nitrous oxide is a well known source of a cheap, temporary high, and a couple driving through the Florida Keys with two kids in the backseat were arrested after doing…
Florida has one of the worst unemployment rates in the nation at a staggering 11.1 percent, but a recent deal struck by Rick Scott and Republicans in the legislature will slash unemployment benefits for those millions of out-of-work Floridians. Liberal MSNBC host Rachel Maddow doesn’t like that one bit, and…
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The troubled Paramount Bay condo building has become a symbol of Miami’s real estate misfortunes. Construction started shortly before the real estate bust, but the project went into a record-breaking $262 million foreclosure. Now completed the 47-story building sits empty and was auctioned off earlier this week. Now, the new…
Another Miami-Dade Police Officer has been shot and killed, but this time the officer wasn’t on duty. Officer Juan Aviles was visiting his mother in Puerto Rico, when a car he was traveling in with his sister was ambushed. Both Aviles and his sister were found dead with multiple bullet…
It was a long time coming, but LeBron James finally apologized to the city of Cleveland last night after the Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics in round two of the playoffs. James must have been in a bittersweet mood after vanquishing the Celtics. Sure, he’s made it to the…
