Marco Rubio, virtually unknown by most Floridians last year, has taken a stunning lead not only in the Republican primary but also in the general election without spending much on traditional campaigning. It’s thanks in no small part to a strong grassroots effort and Internet buzz, and Erik Erickson of…
We’re not sure if this is a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare, but the prospect of the Jersey Shore cast coming to South Beach for season two just got a little more real.TMZ reports producers sent a letter to Mynt Lounge asking if they’d be able to shoot footage for…
A Man was shot at MIA lounge last night multiple times, while the shooter sped off in a black Mercedes. [JustNews]The ACLU claims two Miami Beach cops harassed and falsely arrested a gay tourist after he saw the men beating another suspect in handcuffs. [Herald]A man in Stuart died after…
Former Hurricanes Coach Larry Coker was criticized for his over-reliance on internet site rankings and media buzz when it came to recruiting. Of course, Coker is the former coach for a reason, and we’re never truly sure what to make of National Signing day bruahaha. But current Coach Randy Shannon…
President Obama and many in his administration have been accused of “Chicago style-politics” by the likes of Glenn Beck and others. Now Marco Rubio is facing similar criticism for being “a slick package from Miami.” Maybe the two can get together and man hug it out.”Rubio is a slick package…
Depending on how you look at it, one of the beauties of the Super Bowl is that all of America gets to put aside their non-NFL differences, turn the brains off, and indulge in massive amounts of chicken wings and beer for the night. But a Conservative Christian group, The…
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Tim Tebow isn’t the only football star stepping into the gridiron of abortion rights. New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita told the New York Times he doesn’t exactly agree with Tim Tebow’s pro-life message, his support of Focus on the Family, or with CBS’s decision to ban a gay dating ad during…
Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com Last year when Barack Obama was in Florida, he engaged in the “man hug” heard around the right wing. Now his body language has caused another needless brouhaha, after an AP photographer caught the POTUS apparently bowing to Pam Iorio, the mayor of…
Dolphins fans owe two debts of gratitude to the Indianapolis Colts this year: (1) for dropping a regular-season game to ensure that the ’72 Fins remain the only team in modern NFL history to complete a perfect season, and (2) for stopping the NY Jets, with classless coach Rex Ryan, from playing in a…
An audit criticized the waste of tens of thousands of tax-payer dollars by city of Miami workers on Government credit cards. Some how we got stiffed with the bill for a pink metallic dog collar. [Herald]A stage being built at Sun Life stadium collapsed, injuring four. [CBS4]Jackson Memorial Health Systems lost four…
The picture of Jets coach Rex Ryan’s now-infamous flip-off of a few heckling Miami Dolphins fans quickly made their way around the media and not surprisingly into the front office in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Ryan has been fined $50,000. That’s more than the average American makes in a year,…
HBO is still at work on a fictional adaption of Cocaine Cowboys, but the cable giant’s latest project takes on the life of another infamous villain from Miami-Dade’s past: Anita Bryant. The beauty queen turned popular singer turned Florida OJ pitchwoman turned raving anti-gay activist will get the biopic treatment in…
Armando Gutierrez Jr., son of local power player Armando Gutierrez Sr., has dropped his bid to challenge lovably insane Orlanda-area Congressman Alan Grayson. Gutierrez, who was born and raised in Miami, took up residence in Grayson’s congressional district this year with the intent of running as a Republican against the…
The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning, and unlike last year’s fantastic Mickey Rourke resurgence, there’s no strong local hook in this year’s horse race. But this here alt-weekly devotes an entire section to movies, and naturally our critics had something to say about each film. AvatarTake one part Smurfs, one…
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”Who Dat Nation” has begun its descent on our fair city in advance of the Super Bowl, where the New Orleans Saints will take on the Indianapolis Colts. Fittingly, while the Colts will stay in Fort Lauderdale, the Saints will hang out at the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Miami, and…
Traditional newspaper columnists get to enjoy things such as “taking time to write” and “thinking out ideas before they’re published,” which are practically unheard of here in the media ghetto known as blog world. Yet so many newspaper columns are just horrible, horrible things to read. We don’t know why…
Nearly a month after the body of aspiring model Paula Sladewski was found in flames in a dumpster, North Miami Police have finally released a sketch of a man they say witnesses last saw her with.Sladewski was visiting Miami with her boyfriend, Kevin Klym, to catch Lady Gaga’s New Year’s…
A petition to recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez fell short by just a few thousand signatures. [CBS4]Murdered tourist Paula Sladewski’s sister is back in town looking for the culprit, and the award for the killer’s arrest has been raised to $15,000. [NBCMiami]Yesterday’s rain and flooding caused all sorts of traffic delays. [CBS4]That being…
Jose Armando Rodrigues really wanted to get back home to Miami, so apparently it was a big bummer when his friend’s car, which he was ridding in, broke down on I-95 near Boynton Beach earlier today. We can understand wanting to get out of Boynton Beach as soon as possible, but…
Art Miami was showing contemporary art in fair format long before Art Basel rolled into town, and now they’re expanding with a second yearly fair focusing on fine art and antiques, according to ArtInfo. The Florida International Fine Art Fair will kick off next year in the same tent space in…
