Ground for the Marlins’ new stadium was broken. [AP]Meanwhile, Jackson Health System is bleeding money, with a broken financial support system. [Herald]Meet Randy Young, landlord of the sex offenders. [NBCMiami]The teenage son of a Miami district fire chief drowned in a Central Florida lake. [Herald]NASA has chosen its first Cuban-American…
Something purporting to be a television program called Miami Social infected airwaves this week. We introduced you to the cast, and they proceeded to do nothing. Though, the show seems to be less infectious than Swine Flu. Also, Glenn Garvin made a funny joke, that makes us love him, that…
The Republican Party of Florida is hosting a big shindig for the youngins next month in Orlando called Drive the Discussion ’09, and they have concocted one of the most spectacular three ring circus of speakers ever to grace a political stage. Olympian turned Village People musical co-star turned plastic surgery victim turned…
Sorry Democratic Senatorial Campaign Comittee, but your latest little video project kind of fails. The plan is to attack two Republican candidates for Senate, our own Charlie Crist and New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte (who?), by comparing them to Sarah Palin. Reason: They’re all resigning. It’s a really clumsy…
Current FAU President Frank Brogan has bagged the unanimous recommendation of the search committee to be named the net Chancellor of Florida’s University System. His appointment is expected to be confirmed by the end of the afternoon.Brogan has headed Florida Atlantic since 2003. He served four years as lieutenant governor…
Today’s photo comes from Alex de Carvalho’s flickr…
With Kendrick Meek resigning to seek a Senate seat, Florida’s 17th congressional district will have its first non-Meek representative since 1993. District 17, with a Cook pvi of D+34, is one of the most Democratic leaning districts in the entire nation, so the real race is poised to take place in the Democratic primary. State Sen. Frederica…
The Senate’s lone Hispanic Republican, Florida’s Mel Martinez, says he’ll vote for the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic nominee. Martinez is the second Republican senator to announce his intent to vote for Sonia Sotomayor. (Olympia Snowe quickly become the third after Martinez’s announcement.)Here’s his statement: “Given her judicial record, and her testimony this week,…
One of Miami Beach’s most eccentric homes, a 10-bedroom, two-story mansion built in 1925 in the style of a medieval castle — complete with moat, draw bridge, gargoyles, and turrets — caught fire this morning. Firefighters got the blaze under control, but the AP’s YouTube channel has this video of the blaze. The…
The unemployment rate in Miami-Dade has reached 10.6 percent — up from 9.9 percent a month ago. That number is actually adjusted for seasonal employment, so the current number of unemployed eligible workers in the county is 11.1 percent. The county rate matches the state rate, which is also 10.6 percent. Meanwhile, the…
We’re far from the biggest sneaker heads out there, but we always thought the Dwyane Wade shoes for Converse were fugly. Maybe Wade agreed, because he hasn’t been spotted much wearing the latest Wade 4 model, and is now set to switch his allegiance to Nike’s Jumpman label, AKA Jordans. Converse hasn’t been known for…
Ben Novak, murdered prince of the Fontainebleau, once claimed his wife tried to have him killed. They got back together, though, but now he is mysteriously dead. [Herald]Three Miami residents are accused of buying pills from Medicaid patients and then selling them out of state. [SunSent]The teen who killed his city commissioner dad…
According to voter registration since Election Day, the State of Florida has 70,946 newly minted Republicans! But wait, there are also 100,019 newly registered independent voters, and 110,951 new Democrats. [The Buzz: Democrats continue beating GOP in voter registration]…
This photo, of an armadillo swimming in a Davie-area swimming pool, is either the most adorable thing you’ve seen since our cover this week or you just lost your lunch (sorry). It comes from Dawn Ashley’s flickr…
City of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz has come out against the “Respecting States Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2009.” The bill, introduced by Sen. Jon Thune (R-ND), would allow citizens who have a license to carry a concealed firearm in their state to carry one in another state if that…
In April, the LA Times wrote this about Miami Social: “It is the most vapid, foul, awful, self-satisfied group of people ever assembled in the entire world, and it will be a smashing success.” Well, they were right about one thing. Thankfully, they were wrong about the “smashing success” part. Social’s premiere…
The Emmy nominations are out today, and boy are they weird. But possibly in a really good way. Not tons to report on the local front. Dexter, Showtime’s drama about a Miami-based serial killer, got nods in the “Outstanding Drama Series” catagory. Meanwhile, Dexter himself, Michael C. Hall, received kudos in…
County Mayor Carlos Alvarez is now proposing sweeping pay cuts for municipal workers. [Herald]Marco Rubio finds it just hurtful and disrespectful when you whisper things about him behind his back — like that he might drop out of the Senate race and run for AG. [NakedPolitics]West 8 has officially been…
In the wake of his death, nine doctors who have treated Michael Jackson across the United State are under investigation, including Dr. Alimorad “Alex” Farschchian of Miami Beach. Riptide has already discussed the numerous connection between Dr. Farschian and Jackson before, but according to Fox News, Farschian is now under investigation by…
The Miami-Dade School Board took a long, hard look at the dangers of sexting last night. “Sexting” is one of those salacious topics the media has blown out of proportion because it sounds funny, and worries parents at the same time it secretly appeals to perves. It is basically the practice of writing…
Embedded video from CNN Video You know why so many people tune out to politics between elections? Because a bunch of senators are sitting in a room this week grilling a Supreme Court nominee about some remark she made about being a “wise Latina.” Somehow saying, “I would hope that a…
Today’s photo of the day comes from Carvalho’s Flickr…
