A flight heading to Brazil made an emergency landing in Miami this morning; 26 of the passengers were injured. [Herald]Myriam Marquez has decided, for the good of all Miami, that Mr. Clucky should be brutally slaughtered and feasted upon by a group of homeless sex offenders. Cherry. [Herald] Could you be…
Allegedly foul-mouthed Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg sure pissed off a Navy Commander Jeff Gordon with insinuations about shoving red hot pokers up his ass, for fun!, or something. They both seem like jerks in this situation, but who is the bigger jerk: Gordon or Rosenberg? This is not to say…
We got our introduction to UM Quarterback Jacory Harris last season when he traded off duties with Robert Marve, but we didn’t really get to know him. He appeared on Dan LeBatard’s show yesterday and we learned more than we ever really needed to know: Harris really loves Phil Collin’s…
Personal-injury lawyer seem to be some of the more blatant legal practioniers when it comes to soliciting clients. Apparently one doesn’t mind breaking the law and invading hospital patient’s privacy with the help of paid-off hospital workers and a shady middle man. The Feds sangged Ruben Rodriguez, 61, today for conspiring…
Today’s photo of the day is of a detail from Miami Beach’s Holocaust museum. It comes from Eflon’s Flickr…
Here’s the giant snake that’s on the front page of every local news website, so why not ours too? Slow news day. As part of the insane/awesome new government initiative to kill every Burmese python in the wild, this 17-footer was caught yesterday in Okeechobee County. The beast weighed 207 pounds and measured 26 inches…
In perhaps the most predictable award ever given, Benicio del Toro accepted an accolade from the Cuban government for his work in Che. Sure is nice they can hand out awards to celebrities but not present their own citizens with basic rights, isn’t it? What is kind of weird is that…
You can’t accuse Father Cutié of not loving the spotlight a little. The former Catholic priest and current reluctant anti-celibacy poster boy sat down with People en Español for an exclusive cover story interview. He even provided some wedding photos and honeymoon shots. Then again, it’s only fitting that a couple…
Some sex offenders don’t want to leave their home under the bridge. [Herald]Four divers died during lobster mini-season. [CBS4]Meet the Miami doctor who is the son of a Nazi, converted to Judaism, and is now writing a book. [NBCMiami]Miami horse owners are fearful their animals might be the next that end up…
Just this morning we were wondering when Lamar Odom would make up his mind about joining the Heat or not. Well today he reportedly did, and it wasn’t the outcome we were hoping for, but at least the suspence is over. ESPN.com reports an NBA source told them that Odom will stay put…
One day, when we are all living under the Sink administration –no, no, not just in Florida, but in the entire nation– we can look back at this Washington Post blog post as the first public utterance of a possible Alex Sink presidential run. Chris Cillizza isn’t saying Sink will be President, or…
So, listen. Riptide is really not interested in the break-up of Kim Kardashian and Saints Player Reggie Bush, but RadarOnline (owned by the same South Florida masters of the National Enquirer) is reporting that they’ve learned Bush might have been carrying on an affair with a Miami-based model. Funny thing is,…
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Every year divers start off lobster mini-season with the same thought in their head, “Let’s have some fun. Their meat is sick. I wanna take a dive with my tickle stick.” Unfortunately things always seem to take a turn for the deadly. Two divers have turned up dead. A 47 year-old man from…
After only a few months in existence, NBCMiami.com has already undergone its first complete redesign (as have all NBC local sites). It’s a curious beast, to say the least. Because the hallmark of the web has become “oversharing” and emotional indulgence, it only makes sense a news site would try…
Does that headline make any sense to you? We’re feeling a touch of the surreal today, so we went with that over “Standard Hotels Teams with Quicksilver,” which is indeed what this is all about. André Balazs’ Standard boutique hotel chain teamed up with Quicksilver, titan of the mall surf store industry, to…
Health-care humanitarian and FIU assistant dean Dr. Pedro José Greer will be awarded America’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Obama today released the list of 16 recipients for this year’s honors, and it also includes Sen. Ted Kennedy, Desmond Tutu, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, actress…
Miami graffiti artists seem to be having a moment, thanks in part to Jim and Karla Murray’s Miami Graffiti tome (see pictures here). That led to an exhibition at the Mid-City Arts Gallery in Los Angeles earlier this month. Of course, you can’t invite a bunch of graffiti artists out…
This arrest goes out to everyone who’s ever been ripped off on Craigslist. To the guy who bought last-minute Ultra tickets, only to find out at the gate they were fake. To the girl who moved in with a roommate who described herself as “laid-back and easygoing,” only to find…
The legal saga of Rooster-American Mr. Clucky went to court this morning, and he doesn’t have much to crow about. Clucky and his activist owner Marc Buckley have been South Beach fixtures for years, riding up and down Lincoln Road and even appearing on the cover of New Times. Problem is,…
New York City’s Emperor Mayor Bloomberg will send some of his city’s homeless away to Miami, which is really what we need. [NBCMiami]The accused cat killer might have been interested in a plea deal before his attorneys got involved. [Herald]Two men pretending to be cops pulled a couple over, asked…
All of these major grow-house busts that go down in Florida aren’t a coincidence. The Sunshine State is the hot spot for growing marijuana out of the sunshine, i.e. indoors. Time magazine just put up a story, penned by local journo Carmine Gentile, about the phenomenon. The main thesis doesn’t seem to…
