While most of Florida was celebrating Tuesday’s arrival of gay marriage, Archbishop Thomas Wenski was busy drafting a memo reminding all employees of the Archdiocese of Miami that they could be disciplined for publicly supporting gay marriage. “Whatever the role in which you serve within the Archdiocese, you publicly represent…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here every Friday morning to give you the week’s weirdest…
Medical marijuana supporters have officially started to repack their bowls for 2016. Attorney and main supporter John Morgan has officially filed a new amendment with the Florida Secretary of State today with hope of getting it on the ballot in time for the next presidential election. See also: Don’t Worry,…
Nike likes to showcase a lot of its out-there designs on the Oregon Ducks. Under Armour has provided some interesting uniforms for the Maryland Terrapins. And now that the University of Miami has aligned itself with Adidas, the Hurricanes may find themselves sporting some very eye-catching gear. See also: After…
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Riding Metromover is a bargain. It’s absolutely free. Well, county commissioners are toying with the idea of adding a $1 charge to the service, that’s if they ever get around to it…
Gay marriage has been legal in Miami-Dade for three whole days, and hundreds of couples have already tied the knot at the courthouse or in mass weddings like a gathering at Miami Beach Botanical Garden. Of course, many others are waiting to have their storybook shindig, complete with all the…
You can’t accuse Marco Rubio of self doubt. The Florida senator has not yet made a decision about whether or not he’ll run for president, but he’s seems pretty damn certain that if he did run, he’d totally be sitting in the Oval Office come January 2017…
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These days, Alex Rodriguez must spend more time in courtrooms and lawyer’s offices than he does on the field. The suspended slugger is now facing a civil lawsuit accusing him of screwing his former brother-in-law out of profits from real estate dealings in Miami’s Edgewater and Morningside neighborhoods. Back in…
Justin Robert Muoio pressured his victim for years to work as a prostitute while he lived off of her profits. When the woman got pregnant, Muoio didn’t relent. Prosecutors now say he advertised her services to fetish clients and made her work for two months while she was with child…
While Attorney General Pam Bondi is really good at ending her own marriage, she isn’t sure what she’s going to do next to try and end gay marriage in Florida. Bondi tried to keep a low profile during today’s inauguration festivities, but she couldn’t skip her own swearing in and…
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Thanks in part to a miscalculated flu vaccine this year, the flu outbreak has hit epidemic proportions, and Miami-Dade is no exception. Influenza caused 5.9 percent of emergency room visits between December 28 and January 3, according to the Miami Herald. That’s up from 3.6 percent the same time last…
View image | gettyimages.com After four years as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes, Al Golden has a 28-22 record, identical to the record compiled by Miami lifer Randy Shannon in his four years at the helm. Golden gets to stay on for at least another year, while Shannon was…
The biggest loser of the day: John Stemberger, director of the Florida Family Policy Council and author of 2008’s Amendment 2, which banned same-sex marriage in Florida. Stemberger called a press conference today in Tallahassee to react to the news that marriage certificates were being issued to gay couples here…
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Remember last year when we reelected Rick Scott as governor? Yeah, crazy stuff. Well, his second term officially begins tomorrow, and it doesn’t seem that many people are that excited about it… including Florida’s former governors. Traditionally, living ex-governors are invited to inaugurations (as is the case in presidential inaugurations…
The University of Miami is the original Nike school. Twenty-seven years ago, the university and the sporting brand signed a partnership that meant Nike would sponsor all of the school’s teams. That kind of arrangement is de facto now, but back in 1987, it was the first of its kind…
Apple’s iPhone has come in standard memory sizes for a while now, starting at 16 GB of storage. The problem, according to two Miami residents at least, is that the operating system itself keeps getting bigger and bigger, thus taking up more space and leaving customers with less room to…
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Marco Rubio doesn’t seem to have noticed that this stock has fallen a bit since 2010. He’s no longer trumpeted as the “Republican savior” or “GOP Obama,” but rather just the second most popular Republican from Florida. Despite that (and a whole lot of polls), he’s still openly talking about…
