Some whiny Celtics fans are complaining that their team got robbed in the first two games of their playoff series against the Heat. Whatever. They’re Boston sports fans. They’re apt to whine. Though, the team did literally get robbed in Miami last month. According to reports, someone had boarded their…
Workers being paid the minimum wage can expect to see a six-cent bump in their hourly pay come June 1st after a judge ruled that Florida was violating its own constitution by not raising the rate for 2011. That may not seem like a lot, but it does add up…
Some governors go on to higher offices after their terms end. Others continue championing key issues from outside the capitol or get into punditry. Very rarely do they go back to something resembling a normal 9-to-5. Well, Charlie Crist is now back at work as a lawyer at super-firm Morgan…
LeBron James wants to be respected just as much in the boardroom as he is on the ball court, but his latest business venture doesn’t seem like a sure slam dunk. A business co-founded by James introduced a line of disolvable strips that pack as much caffeine as a cup…
The Pakistani government and military is facing tough criticism after Osama bin Laden was found living rather comfortably in a large city in their country just minutes from Pakistan’s top military training academy. Rep. Allen West of Broward and Palm Beach, ever the reactionary Republican, is leading calls to potentially…
It generated one of the most controversial and heated debates of the legislative session and is a key agenda item for Governor Rick Scott, but it seems likely that conservatives’ efforts to pass an Arizona-style immigration bill in Florida is dead, despite the fact both houses are controlled by Republicans…
The right to blast your crappy music through your car stereo at top volume while driving down the road with minimal repercussions is a right that many Miamians hold dear and regularly exercise. But recently some politicians in Tallahassee wanted to strip us of this basic freedom. Thankfully, the Florida…
Think you have the world’s worst boss? At least he isn’t accused of shooting you to death. Adolfo Perez, a 61 year-old Hialeah businessman, turned himself into today after he allegedly shot and killed 48-year-old Jesus Torres, a former employee, after the two fought about money…
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We now live a world where you can’t even bring large amounts of gel on an airplane, so you’d think that every passenger would make sure they wouldn’t bring their gun with them through airport security. Though, apparently two people were stopped at Miami International Airport today with in minutes…
For the third straight year not a single University of Miami player was selected in the first round of the NFL draft, which is a bit of a sore point for a team that still holds the record for most consecutive NFL drafts with at least one player taken in…
The U.S. government spends millions of dollars every year transmitting news (or something like it) to Cuba through Radio y Televisión Martí’s studios in Miami with the aim of balancing the government-controlled Cuban press. But there’s little indication that the program is effective or that many Cubans receive the broadcasts…
The last time the Heat was in the second round of the NBA playoffs, Udonis Haslem and Shaquille O’Neal were a big part of the team. Will history, though a bit altered, repeat itself tonight in Game 2 against the Boston Celtics? Update: Nope. …
Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, the two most high-profile Republicans in the state, both got elected on the backs of campaigns that never skimped on criticizing Barack Obama, but the two have nothing but praise for the president after he announced the death of Osama bin Laden…
Red light cameras are the absolute worst. Defenders says they make intersections safer, though study after study shows that lengthening yellow lights is actually much more effective. Though, yellow lights don’t bring in money. (And lets be honest, for many local governments the red light cameras are all about the…
Have you ever been to a nudist resort? Those hoping to be amongst unclothed young things might be a little overwhelmed by the sight of wrinkled flesh. Apparently, America’s nudist community is alarmed that its membership is graying and is now desperately trying to attract younger participants into its clothes-free…
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Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson is a powerful man. The part-time Miami resident has an NCAA football championship ring with the ’91 Hurricanes, the best opening for a movie in April with his latest flick, Fast Five, and apparently access to top-secret information long before the general public. Hours before Osama bin Laden’s…
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has said time and time again he won’t run for president in 2012, and while he hadn’t exactly been stoking the flames, he had left the door just a crack open that he’d perhaps consider running for vice president. Well, yesterday he shut that door, announcing…
There have been several endorsements thrown around in the race for Miami-Dade’s next mayor, but few national figures have weighted in. Today former Gov. Jeb Bush, a Miami-Dade resident, put his support behind former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina. Though county politics is nonpartisan, it comes as little surprise that Robaina…
The pilot of a small plane that took off this morning from Opa-locka Executive Airport is believed to be dead after the aircraft crashed in a residential neighborhood. The plane hit two vehicles before eventually bursting into flames near a house. No other fatalities have been reported…
Just hours before arriving in Miami to deliver a commencement address at Miami Dade College, President Barack Obama gave what will likely be one of the most important directives of his presidency. After months of planning and gathering intelligence, the president gave direct orders for American operatives to carry out…
