We’ve never been big fans of CSI: Miami, so we’re not exactly awaiting the premiere of Miami Medical. It’s brought to us by the same network (CBS) and same mega-producer (Jerry Bruckheimer), and like most shows it’s not actually being filmed here…
Riptide is wearing flip-flops today just because we can. It’s 73 degrees out and beautiful after a long, horrible week of prolonged cold. Our winter wardrobe — some hoodies and sweatpants — is in serious need of laundering, and we are really enjoying this T-shirt weather. Alas, the gods of…
Fergie is really taking her investment in the Miami Dolphins seriously, and out of all the team’s celebrity co-owners, she seems intent on pumping up the fans the most. Here she is bouncing around in white, aqua, and orange to the Black Eyed Peas’ not-at-all-annoying “Boom Boom Pow.”I guess this…
Miami has never been a huge college basketball town. There was a bit of buzz when FIU reeled in Isiah Thomas, but they’re off to a 5-13 start. Sorry Zeke, maybe things will turn around when you can make an impact on recruiting.Then you’ve got the Miami Hurricanes. Overshadowed at…
Tourists may be taunting locals’ dramatic reaction to the recent chilly weather, especially if they’re from a part of the country where it really is below freezing now. But no matter where you’re from, it’s been a little too cold and windy to put on your swimsuit, slather on the…
Dennis Morales, Mayor Alvarez’s chief of staff, is out and heading back to his old job in the police department. [CBS4]Miami-based home builders Lennar posted their first quarterly profit since 2007/ [WSJ]Bail has been set at $210k for the “Kill all Jews” guy. [CBS4]A local gym holds aerobics classes for…
Take a look at this rendering of what the Dolphins have in mind for stadium upgrades? Pretty nice isn’t it. Miami has been put on notice that unless they make serious upgrades to Dolphin Stadium, we might lose out on opportunities to host future Super Bowls that pump hundreds of…
Paula Sladewski regularly sent text messages to a former boyfriend that boyfriend Kevin Klym was trying to kill him, according to her Stepfather. Richard Watkins, the stepfather, spoke to FoxNews.com and says that since her body was found burned in a dumpster in north Miami-Dade, he’s been in contact with…
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Fans of Miami FC can breath a sigh of relief: the team will indeed play this year. The future of Miami FC and second tier soccer in America was called into question when a group of USL teams led by Miami FC’s owner, Traffic Sports, split off to form a…
This entire cougar craze is really out of control. OK, we get it middle age woman, you want to bang nubile, young studs as much as your male counterparts want to bang ditzy, big breasted young blonds. Rah rah feminism, taking control of your sexuality, and all of that, but…
Tea Baggers have long been complaining about soon-to-be-former RPOF Chair Jim Greer, but the Republican establishment didn’t get serious about showing Greer the door until a bunch of deep pocketed donors flaunted an open letter that it was time for a change in leadership.That hasn’t stopped the movement from claiming…
A pretty young girl winds up burned to death in a dumpster and all anyone can focus on is the fact that she once appeared in a Playboy video.
The news for Florida manatees started off strong last year, as wildlife officials announced that their survey found a record number of manatees in our waters. In fact, they had found 500 more than ever before, but 2009 ended on a sour note when 429 manatees were estimated to have…
A drunk passenger on a plane at MIA yelled “I want to kill all jews,” before the flight took off, which grounded the plan. [LATimes]In Miami, there’s even drama at the botanical garden. An educator’s resignation at the Fairchild Tropical Garden is the latest in ongoing turmoil concerning the direction…
Wall Streeters are just evil. So much so that they apparently hope we continue to “freeze” to “death” here in Florida, and they’re betting on orange juice futures, pushing prices to a two-year high. Florida produces more oranges than anywhere else in the world except for Brazil, and if the…
Spear fishing for barracuda, in this temperature no less, doesn’t exactly seem like a fun time to Riptide. Add in a visit from an aggressive shark, and you’ve got yourself one lousy fishing trip. According to Local 10, 32-year-old Dreyser Chirino was doing just that this morning in Matheson Hammock,…
One of the horrors of fighting a war against a loosely-organized group of insurgents, like the United States is currently doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, is the ever present threat of seemingly random attacks. But what if there was a mathematical pattern that could be used to predict those attacks?…
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The New York Times Magazine’s massive piece about the Marco Rubio vs. Charlie Crist race just went online. If you’ve been keeping a close eye on the race, and reading our nearly obsessive coverage, there’s not a lot new to learn besides some interesting color here and there. If you…
Police have identified a body found in a burning trash can as 26-year-old tourist Paula Sladewski.
The total economic impact of the film industry in Miami-Dade in 2009 is expected to be about $10 to $20 million less than 2008, according to Miami Today. That global economic slump may have something to do with it, but officials are also blaming Florida having relatively little in the…
