Manny Diaz is going to try bringing Miami 21 before the commission again, and is confident it will pass this time. [Herald] Miami, along with 27 other cities, has made the US’s shortlist to host World Cup Games. All that needs to happen now is for the US to actually…
Charlie Crist has added former state legislator Dan Webster to his ever-growing shortlist of possible Senate appointees. The Central Florida political vet has already said he’d be open to the job, because “it would be prety cool.” Webster served in the Florida House for 18 years and became the first Republican speaker…
National Review, a serious political journal of wingnuttery, which has recently featured Carrie Prejean and a Buddha-fied Sonia Sotomayor with the words “Wise Latina” on its cover has chosen Marco Rubio as its next coverboy. Why don’t they proclaim Rubio the “Wise Latino”? I guess because they make only sorta-racist covers when they…
Carmen Cusack, a Miami resident who runs AHIMSA, a local animal rights advocacy group with her husband, really loves tofu. So much so she wanted to proclaim it on her license plate, and requested a vanity plate saying, “ILVTOFU.” Either Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is rabidly carnivorous, or it misunderstood…
For some reason, Miami-Dade still hasn’t gotten around to renaming Jose Canseco Street, but Mr. Canseco is wasting no time in bringing more ridiculous schadenfreude to his already shamfeul legacy. Apparently, admitting to steroid abuse, appearing in such fine fare as The Surreal Life Season 5, Stripper’s Ball, My Life on the…
According to a new Quinnipiac poll, 58 percent of Floridians support creating a government health insurance plan, while only 36 percent oppose it. So it should be good news for supporters of the so-called public option that voters in a notoriously moderate swing state seem to be down with government health insurance. Yet,…
I don’t think anyone is going to start throwing around the term “Florida Ivies” anytime soon, but for the first time, two Sunshine State schools rank in the top 50 of US News & World Report’s annual college rankings. Getting a slight bump from the 51st spot last year, University of Miami officially…
Venus and Serena Williams are the latest celebs to take a tiny part of Dolphins ownership. Let’s hope their winning ways rub off on the Fins. [AP]The Miami man who allegedly stole data from 130 million credit and debit cards had an unusual high school habit: hacking into government message…
Rodney Miller, 18, was arrested yesterday in connection with the July shooting at a birthday party in Overtown where two were left dead and ten injured. He was charged with two counts of second-degree murder. There are six MySpace pages registered to a Rodney Miller in Miami. Though listing his age…
Been a long time since we’ve had some hot political poll action around these parts. Luckily today we got figures from both Rasmussen and Quinnipoac in various races. First to the Senate soap opera. As of right now it’s safe to say Charlie Crist is still pretty much going to win…
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The American designer is dead. We didn’t read the obituary, but apparently there aren’t many designers of note to be found not only in the Unites States but also across the Caribean, Canada, Mexico, and Central and South America.Annual art fair Design Miami wants to change that and seemingly will…
Lincoln Diaz-Balart dropped out of contention yesterday, so Gov. Charlie Crist will interview two more possible candidates for Florida’s temporary senator: Rep. Jennifer Carroll and University of North Florida President John Delaney. Carroll’s name was first mentioned last week, and she is the first woman that Crist has publicly shown interest in for the…
The woman who set herself on fire died from her injuries. [AP]Pitbull is getting the key to the City of Miami. [Herald]Alex Sink is trailing Bill McCollum by four points in the latest Q poll. [Herald]Hurricane Bill is a Category 4; thankfully it’ll probably just wander around in the ocean…
Paris Hilton never wins anything besides worst-dressed list honors and Razzies, so maybe today’s court ruling in her favor is a bit of karmic payback. The producers of the Hilton vehicle Pledge This! claimed Hilton failed to properly promote the flick, which they claim cost them millions. So they sued her for…
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Forget Ana, Bill, and Claudette. Miami has another storm projected to make landfall later this year: Amy Winehouse. The last time full-time train wreck and erstwhile singer Amy Winehouse visited Miami, she married Blake Fielder-Civil (a professional Pete Doherty impersonator, according to our sources). Fielder-Civil — excuse me, BLAAAAAKKEE — spent time in…
Sid Rosenberg says what’s on his mind, even if it’s controversial. The former Don Imus sidekick was a bit too hot to handle for 790 the Ticket and left that station in March. Now he’s back, with a midday show that begins September 7 on 560 WQAM. The show will air 10 a.m…
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart has announced he won’t pursue Mel Martinez’s open Senate seat. Gov. Charlie Crist had sent Diaz-Balart an application of sorts for the job. His announcement also puts to rest any crazy political musical chairs rumors his open House seat could have set off.”It was a great honor…
The Dolphins won their first preseason game, against Jacksonville, 12-9. [NBCMiami]Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami premiered to 2.7 million viewers, the highest ratings for a premiere on E! since The Anna Nicole Show. Let’s hope the Kardashians’ show ends better than Smith’s. [TVbtN]Some sex offenders under the bridge have found housing, so the population is…
In what looks like the largest crime of its type, Albert Gonzalez, a 28-year-old Miami man, was indicted on charges of hacking into computer networks and stealing information from more than 130 million credit and debit card accounts. Gonzalez — who also goes by the hacker names “segvec,” “soupnazi,” and “j4guar17″…
