Charlie Ely, Suspect in Brutal Seath Jackson Murder, Says She Was Forced at Gunpoint to Participate
Charlie Ely says she took part in the crime only because others threatened to kill her if she didn’t go along with the plan.
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305 Photo of the Day: Pride Polaroid
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Rick Scott Would Be Open to the Idea of Shooting an Alligator to Promote Florida
Rick Scott apparently hates alligators. He hates them so much he’s had them skinned and made into his really tacky, gold embossed, custom “governor” boots. He hates them so much that he doesn’t want to even be near a live one, unless he had a gun and is shooting at…
Man Dies After Being Stun Gunned at Universal Studios
Taser guns are supposed to be a less deadly alternative to subduing out-of-control suspect, yet a surprising number of people have died in Florida after being stunned. Just today a man at a movie theater in the CityWalk section of Universal died after police used a Taser on him. The…
Sorry, Frank Martin Fans, Jim Larranaga Will Be the Canes’ Next Basketball Coach
For a coaching job that isn’t exactly one of the most high-profile in NCAA basketball or even on the University of Miami’s campus, the search for a new leader for the Hurricanes’ next men’s basketball team sure took a lot of twist and turns. Hampered by a concurrent search for…
Stolen Parrot Returned to Owner Thanks to Vigilant Miami Beach Cop
Thieves in Miami will steal anything that’s not nailed down if the opportunity arises. Unfortunately, you can’t nail down your pet parrot, because that’s just animal cruelty. So keep a watchful eye on your feathered friends, because one was recently stolen from a Miami Beach apartment. Thankfully, a vigilant policeman…
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Rev. Terry Jones Faces Trial For Mosque Protest in Michigan
Rev. Terry Jones, perhaps Florida’s most vile exporter of hate since Anita Bryant, is set to face trial over a planned protest near the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan. Apparently, encouraged by the response he got first from his threat to burn Korans and then actually carrying out…
Mario Diaz-Balart Dismisses Trump and Birther Conspiracy
Forty-five percent of Republican voters say they believe President Obama was born oversees despite not a single fact pointing to that possibility. Surprisingly, though, Republican politicians from South Florida are lining up to knock the theory down. Echoing statements made by Marco Rubio, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart dismisses the conspiracy theory…
Is George Mason’s Jim Larranaga Miami’s Next Basketball Coach?
Apparently, no one in Coral Gables has given Frank Martin a call, but they have reached out to another pretty enticing candidate to fill the men’s basketball coaching vacancy. George Mason University has announced they’ve granted their coach Jim Larranaga permission to talk to Miami about the job, and the…
305 Photo of the Day: Passing Go
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A Majority of Floridians Support Adopting Arizona-Style Immigration Laws
Floridians have seen the controversy that’s erupted in Arizona over their controversial immigrations bill: the economic boycotts, the worries of racial profiling and charges of racism, and the arguments that it violates the US Constitution. Yet, a majority of Floridians have said, “We’d like what they’re having,” despite the fact…
Gators Coach Will Muschamp Disses Hurricanes
Barring some sort of bowl matchup, the Florida Gators and the Miami Hurricanes won’t meet again on the football field until 2013, but the two programs are always locked in an intense recruiting war for players and, occasionally, personnel. Wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill was one of the few staffers…
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Marco Rubio Really Admires Dead Racist Jesse Helms
Asked to name a senator he’d like to pattern his own career after, Marco Rubio told the National Review that he really admires Jesse Helms. Yes, Helms, the late North Carolina Republican senator with notorious and well-documented racist and homophobic views. He once called the landmark Civil Rights Act of…
Miami Beach Serial Arson Suspect Is Too Crazy to Stand Trial
You can accuse Joel Paul Williams of setting fire to several abandoned buildings in the Collins Park area of South Beach, but you can’t accuse him of being a liar. When police arrested the 33-year-old homeless man in February, the only explanation offered was: “I’m insane.” Well, now a court…
The Average Miamian Makes $36,357 Per Year
The Federal Bureau of Economic Analysis has released its county-level estimates of per capita personal income (total personal income divided by population) for 2009, and apparently the people of Miami-Dade brought in $36,357 each on average. That’s a much smaller figure than most of our neighboring counties, though compared to…
Three-Year-Old Boy Shoots and Kills Mother
A 33-year-old woman was shot in the back last night at her home in Miramar, Florida, and police believe that her 3-year-old son was the gunman. The boy might have been playing with the gun when it accidentally fired and sent a bullet through his mother…
Seath Jackson’s Facebook Posts Shed Light on Events Surrounding His Brutal Murder
Several posts on 15-year-old Seath Jackson’s Facebook wall paint a picture of the heated arguments that might have set the stage for his brutal murder last Sunday near Ocala. Jackson had apparently been dating 15-year-old Amber Wright, but she broke up with him a few weeks before the murder and…
Hialeah Teen Drowns After Daredevil Jump into Lake
Rescue workers pulled the lifeless body of a 15-year-old boy from a lake in Hialeah today after the young boy attempted to jump into the lake from a bridge. Resuscitation efforts proved ineffective, and the boy was pronounced dead at Palmetto General Hospital…
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Miami Condo Sales See 85 Percent Jump in March
Miami’s real estate woes are far from over, but the sales numbers from March bring hope that things are getting better. Sales of existing condos jumped 85 percent in the Miami metropolitan area in March 2011 compared to March 2010, and jumped 80 percent compared to February 2011. Though, the…
305 Photo of the Day: Brickell
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Miami Sports Teams that Pay Players the Most Suck the Least
Remember the time that the New York Yankee’s Alex Rodriguez’s annual salary was greater than the entire roster of the Florida Marlins combined? Well, the Marlins have agreed to increase their payroll in anticipation of moving into their own ballpark, and now A-Rod only makes about 57 percent of what…
Tallahassee Is America’s Pot-Smoking Capital, Miami Isn’t Even On the List
Tallahassee is not only the political capital of Florida, but also apparently the pot-smoking capital of America. Surprisingly, Miami, most often associated with drugs, doesn’t even make the Daily Beast’s list of Mary Jane-loving cities. Then again, maybe it’s not much of a surprise that college towns dominate the rankings…