Here’s some bottom feeding gossip to close out the day: Britain’s Daily Star is claiming that alleged Miami mobster and owner of The Forge Al Malnik is the biological father of Prince Michael “Blanket” Jackson II, Jackson’s youngest son. The rumor comes on the heels of revelations that Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie…
Being the subject of a Gawker field guide is a mixed blessing. It’s like being hate-fucked by the internet. On one hand, it ups your name recognition stock in media circles; on the other, it means there’s a whole lot of snark, derision, and mockery coming your way from a…
The Miami-Dade Medical Examiners district still leads the state in the number of autopsies where heroine and cocaine were found, but the amount of deaths linked to pharmaceutical abuse remains relatively mild compared to other urban areas of the state. State-wide the 2008 “Drugs Identified in Deceased Bodies” reports shows that while deaths related to…
We’re not going to lie to you with some happy, sunny picture. The weather has been terrible as of late, so today’s picture is a reminder that it could always be worse. We picked up the photos of an afternoon thunderstorm shaping up over Miami from Joiseyshowaa’s Flickr…
The Minnesota Supreme Court has unanimously declared Al Franken the winner of the 2008 Minnesota Senate race. Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty is widely expected to certify the results and send the SNL-alum to the highest legislative body in the land. The win will give Democrats a filibuster proof 60 seat majority in the Senate. Update: Politico reports…
A 17-year-old Wisconsin boy was on his way to a trip in Peru with his Spanish class. Only problem was that his passport had been previously used as a chew toy by his family’s 1-year-old golden retriever, Sunshine. Officials at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport were like, “Yeah, it’s cool. It still works,” so he went off…
Ron Sachs Communication commissioned Mason-Dixon to do another one of those polls y’all love. Nothing all that exciting, so let’s deal it out down and dirty: Gov: Bill McCollum is still leading Alex Sink 41%-35%. At this point, the advantage might be owed to the fact that McCollum, thanks to his three previous…
Here’s something we missed in the News Roundup. David Ranck, the Miami-Dade prosecutor who was involved in a bizarre physical altercation with a pizza delivery woman, has resigned. The delivery woman was having a hard time getting through security outside Ranck’s gated community. After an argument, she told Renck he’d have to come downstairs to collect his pie. She didn’t know…
T. J. English’s best-selling book, Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution, went over like a lead balloon in certain corners of El Exilio. The book paints Fulgencio Batista as a corrupt leader all too willing to play ball — and take kickbacks — from powerful mobsters,…
It’s sad to think that aside from his children and certain family members, Michael Jackson’s purest relationship might have been with Bubbles the chimp. Bubbles didn’t care about Jackson’s ownership of the Beatles catalogue. Bubbles wouldn’t push Michael into a grueling comeback concert schedule. Bubbles wouldn’t sell pictures of the…
Kelly Craig has been on your TV set bringing you news for NBC6 (WTVJ) for nearly two decades, but reportedly she’s been unceremoniously canned by the troubled station. SFLTV also reports WTVJ let go reporter Joe Carter and its only female sports anchor, Andrea Brody. Their bios have been removed from the station’s website…
WPLG pulled the files on Adam Tavss, the Miami Beach Police officer involved in the questionable killing of a Arab-American tourist. Nothing all that interesting; they describe him as a “satisfactory” rookie cop. [JustNews]Portions of southbound Palmetto Expressway will be closed tonight. [Herald]Republic Federal Bank is closing one of five of…
Mason-Dixon released another Senate poll, and like every single 2010 Florida Senate poll before it, it finds Charlie Crist is far and away the frontrunner. Ninety-seven percent recognize Crist’s name, and 49 percent of regular voters find him favorable. Marco Rubio is raising his statewide name recognition: 53 percent of…
We came across this photo of a killer whale at Miami Seaquarium on Thilosalmon’s Flickr, and it got us thinking about Free Willy, which in turn got us thinking about Michael Jackson again. Everyone grieves in their own way; apparently we grieve in random associations…
Bernie Madoff is facing 150 years in prison, but that’s nothing compared to the 400-year sentence that could await former Miami businessman Edward Hugh Okun.Not much ink has been spilled locally about Okun, but we’ll bring you up to speed. At some point, Okun, now in his late 50s, met Simone…
Al Malnik, the owner of the Forge with a few alleged Mafia ties, won’t shut up about his “friendship” with Michael Jackson. He’s going around claiming to anyone who’ll listen that he was executor of Jackson’s estate and has rights to Jackson’s youngest son, Blanket. Now he has released a bevy…
Bernie Madoff, the West Palm Beach financial demon who ripped off thousands of investors, many in South Florida, has been sentenced to the maximum 150 years behind bars. “I’m responsible for a great deal of suffering and pain, I understand that. I live in a tormented state now, knowing all…
A former confidant of ex-county Commissioner Barbara Carey-Shuler claims that in the ’90s, she accepted kickbacks from developers. [Herald]Tomas Regalado is apparently the “underdog” in the mayoral race, though I’m pretty sure by most measures he’s doing just as well as or better than Joe Sanchez. [CBS4]Police are looking for a cargo van driver who dumped a…
RIP Michael Jackson. RIP urban legend that Thriller was shot in Coconut Grove.Some tabloid claimed Alberto Cutié is gay, but he, obviously, denied this. In fact, he’s getting married to a real life lady tonight, in a church. Gloria Estefan bought a small piece of the Miami Dolphins, because she loves…
The Miami Heat made minimal moves in the NBA draft, but did pick up a few players, including Robert Dozier out of the University of Memphis. Earlier this month, ESPN reported that the organization that administers the SATs invalidated his score. Dozier score of 1260 didn’t match his grades or his PSAT score. When he…
The day when former-Catholic Priest Alberto Cutié and Ruhama Canellis were legally wed wasn’t good timing, as we reported an alleged ex-paramore of Canellis’s was arrested under shady circumstances and was suiting the couple. Well, The Herald is reporting that the two will have their church ceremony tonight, and considering public interest…
EMILY’s list is an organization who’s soul purpose is to get progressive, pro-choice female candidates elected. Alex Sink is a progressive, pro-choice female candidate seeking Florida’s Governors chair. So surprise, surprise, EMILY’s list has endorsed Alex Sink! EMILY’s list (an acronym for ‘early money is like yeast’) should bring in…
