In today’s roundup of the sins of South Florida: When rent money runs out for sex offenders, where will they all go? Another sex offender camp? A yacht sinks off Haulover Beach, a toddler goes for a tumble and ends up in the hospital, and a medical building is evacuated…
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At 6’8″ and 280 pounds, Trevor Mbakwe was a formidable presence on Miami Dade College’s basketball team. He was also allegedly a startling presence late one night in the parking lot of a Miami apartment complex. A 22-year-old FIU student has accused Mbakwe of assaulting her and sending her to…
Despite the fact it’s devolved into some weird parody of itself, the cougar movement continues unabated in its quest to break down the last great straight-relationship taboo: the older woman and the younger man. They already have sitcoms, movies, books, and themed cruises — and now they’re having a convention…
In today’s news roundup: the son of everyone’s favorite anti-Obama, ex-cultist Michael the Black Man, is charged with shooting at two swimmers with an AK47, the Metromover re-opens, Miami-Dade may start charging for parking at parks, and neighbors fight over a dog attack.>…
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Following in the footsteps of Marco Rubio, Republican Governor Candidate Rick Scott has found himself flirting with the birther movement. When speaking today at a rally in Central Florida’s uber-retirement mecca, The Villages, he was confronted with a question over the legitimacy of President Obama’s birth certificate he admitted he didn’t…
The Westboro Baptist Church currently holds the title of most insane thing purporting to be a Christian church in America, but could a small congregation of horribly misguided Christians in central Florida soon be taking their place? The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville is hosting “International Burn a Koran Day” on the 9th anniversary of…
We hate to be the bearer of bad news, and we know you all will be absolutely devastated by this somber development, but it appears that Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian are done taking our fair city of Miami. Apparently, they consider it conquered, and for the third season of the show,…
The effects of Tropical Storm Bonnie are ripping through Miami, and while we here at New Times are no meteorological experts, we’re projecting that the storm will be a “major pain in the ass” until this afternoon and then will be downgradeded to “mild annoyance” the rest of the weekend. …
Michael Beasley, once billed as the Heat’s promising next star, is now playing for the lowly Minnesota Timberwolves, and the GM for that team offered an explanation for why Beasley never delivered on his promise with the Heat: He was smoking too much pot. But don’t worry, “He’s hired people…
In today’s roundup of crime and assorted horrible things: Thieves in South Miami-Dade slash your tires and then snatch your cash, a mysterious ocean bacteria can kill you, seven men hold up an Office Depot, and giant ad towers are probably coming to downtown. …
A group of researchers from Harvard and Northwestern Universities have compiled three years worth of data from Twitter to take a snapshot of the mood of the nation over the course of the day. The results are visualized state-by-state, and what seems striking is that compared to the rest of…
Dolphins running back Ricky Williams is looking for a way to pay down some his debts and is reportedly in talks with the production company behind Chad Ochocinco’s VH1 dating show to star in a reality show. No word on what the format will be, but since he got hitched…
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The Miami-set season of Jersey Shore will be dropped onto the world in exactly a week, but one thing audiences won’t see in the next installment of the pop-culture train wreck is acknowledgment of the cast’s growing fame. Producers want to keep the illusion the castmates are the same random,…
Scott Galvin has served for years on the North Miami City Council and came out publicly in 2004 with little consequences and was re-elected. Now he has set his sights on a congressional seat and is running in the district Kendrick Meek is vacating. He’s the only openly gay and white candidate seeking the Democratic nomination, but…
The Notre Dame and University of Miami rivalry is finally, officially back on! Sources have confirmed rumors of a renewed series kicking off October 6, 2012, at Chicago Field. Sure, by that time, the majority of the players on the field will not have even been born the last time the two…
[jump] A hearing- and speech-impaired woman was sexually assaulted near a Metrorail station. Police say the attack happened around 2 a.m. in a parking garage stairwell at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza Metrorail station at 6205 NW 27th Ave.Police used sign language to communicate with the woman, in her…
Public Policy Polling, which usually concerns itself with political matters, has a kind of bonkers new poll out concerning the state of the NBA in Florida. Of course the poll centers around LeBron James, and it turns out that Floridians outside of South Florida could care less about James. Though the…
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photo by Kai Mork, via Wikimedia CommonsAlvarez has been known to favor expensive BMWs like this.You know that fancy new BMW Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez drives around town? The one that you, Miami-Dade taxpayer, helped pay for? Well, it seems it was in a bit of a fender-bender today. Alvarez…
