Last week, Democrat state Rep. Scott Randolph made House Republicans uncomfortable when he dared to say the word uterus on the House floor. He suggested that his wife “incorporate” hers to get Republicans to stop mandating what she and other woman do with it. Although Florida Republicans are pushing through a host…
Even in this rapidly changing media environment, there’s one golden rule any news publication worth the paper its printed on still abides by: a strict wall between sales and editorial. Well, The Daytona Beach News-Journal has decided to offer bonuses to its editorial staff for selling advertisements and subscriptions…
Reinaldo Ruiz, a sergeant with the Miami-Dade Police Department who makes more than $100,000 a year, has found himself on the other side of the badge. Few details are available, but Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Ruiz Friday night at his Southwest Ranches home and charged him with domestic violence…
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Eighteen-year-old Brian Beaubern, a high school athlete, is at Jackson Memorial Hospital fighting for his life as he recovers from severe injuries. Corina Gonzalez, 32, is sitting behind bars in a Miami jail facing charges of DUI with bodily injuries. The pair’s worlds collided Saturday night in Coconut Grove when…
Our mild-mannered billionaire mayor-recaller now thinks he’s king. Auto magnate Norman Braman, riding on his successful campaign to recall Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez, is lightly hinting at more recalls of sitting county commissioners unless they follow his reform agenda. However, county commissioners are now saying they won’t be so easily…
To talk about respected, legendary Florida politicians is to talk about Bob Graham. The former Governor and Senator was one of the few politicians to manage sustained cross-party popularity and still looms large over the state as an occasional source of wisdom. Yesterday, the retired moderate Democrat turned to the…
Putting on a bit of weight during the winter months is to be expected in burgs covered in snow and lacking sun, but a new analysis from the Daily Beast shows Miami is fifth in cities that have gained the most weight since Thanksgiving.Whoa! What’s the deal here, Miami? There’s barely…
Rick Scott really is a big fan of having people pee in cups. He plans to start mandatory drug testing for both welfare recipients and state employees, but not everyone is on board with the plan. A group of Key West citizen calling themselves Committee for the Positive Insistence on…
Get ready for the battle of Miami’s glossy luxury magazines. Niche Media, the parent company of Ocean Drive, has filed a $20 million lawsuit against former ad sales director Eden Williams for allegedly siphoning off high-end advertisers to Plum Miami. That’s the recently launched magazine extension of Plum TV which…
The story of the stand-off at a Homestead reptile farm has more twists and turns than a snake slithering through the jungle. Riptide has learned that Bruce Stephenson was found dead after a stand off with police while he had barricaded himself in a home on the premises. Tom Crutchfield,…
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If Isiah Thomas talked much about his job as head coach at FIU basketball during his interview with Fox Sports’ Bill Ritter it didn’t make the copy. Instead Ritter paints a picture of a man in a situation he doesn’t want to be in desperately hoping to one day soon…
Spanish tennis player David Ferrer, currently ranked sixth in the world, was knocked out of the Sony Ericsson tournament in Key Biscayne yesterday by American Mardy Fish. Though, Ferrer directed his angriest swing toward a crying baby in the stand. Yep, the guy actually sort of tried to hit a…
A Federal Judge has ruled that Florida should have approved the request of a group looking to honor a group of rebels who waged war against the United States in the name of slavery. U.S. District Judge John Antoon II ruled the state’s specialty license plate law unconstitutional because by…
Earlier this week, a 16-year-old girl was waiting for her bus, instead she almost was forcibly dragged into the back of a stranger’s car. City of Miami Police are on the search for a man who tried to abduct the girl. His original attempt was thwarted, but as he drove…
Paul Thorington, 22, Anthony Albano, 23, and Ray Joseph Laranjo, 23, the three men charged in a brutal gang rape at the Fontainebleau following a Miami Music Week pool party, have been granted bond and will be allowed to return to California. If they make bond, they will be placed under house…
At Tom Crutchfield’s Reptile Farm in Homestead, you can find deadly creatures such as Chinese bamboo vipers, Mojave rattlesnakes, black Pakistan cobras, and, apparently, right now, a man with a gun. Yes, according to reports, a man has barricaded himself inside a building on the property after shooting another man…
Chad Pennington is a man of many comebacks. Heck, he’s a two-time NFL Comeback Player of the Year, but his latest quest to return to the gridiron hit a snag when the former Dolphins QB tore his ACL while playing basketball. He’ll undergo knee surgery for the injury and was…
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It’s in the 80s and perfectly sunny here in Miami, but our state-mates in the central part of Florida aren’t enjoying the same good weather. An apparent tornado that ripped through Tampa has left many areas in Central Florida in disarray. But a report carried by numerous national media sources…
First Republicans were upset that a Democratic lawmaker displayed his passport so openly in public, and now they’re upset that another Democrat dared to say the word uterus on the Florida House floor. Rep. Scott Randolph (D-Orlando) cracked a one-liner including the word while arguing about Republicans’ peculiar stance on…
