Could a fan make the difference in the incredibly tight governor’s race? A new poll seems to think so. Gravis Marketing reports that Charlie Crist is up 44 percent to Rick Scott’s 42. The poll also specifically asked previously undecided voters who watched the debate whether #Fangate played a role…
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Would you have your toe crushed if it meant you got to meet Oprah Winfrey? Lori Geller Bender didn’t have a choice in the matter, but this past Saturday she narrowly avoided a trip to the hospital and got a picture with Oprah after the mogul’s SUV accidentally ran over…
The fate of Florida’s gay marriage ban won’t jump directly to Florida’s Supreme Court. The Third District Court of Appeal denied Attorney General Pam Bondi’s request to have the case bypass the lower courts and has decided to rule on the matter itself…
If you see someone holding a handmade sign at a political rally you usually assume that person took the time to actually make that sign themselves and brought it along. But it seems that either Scott’s biggest fans all either had the same exact strike of sign-making genius, or someone…
Three cats have been found dead in Palmetto Bay in the past week, with at least one cat having been shot with a bow and arrow. The news comes five years after several cats were found dead in Palmetto Bay and neighboring Cutler Bay. Police believed a human was behind…
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The internet is constantly ranking cities to the point where we wonder if there’s any criteria left to rate cities by. Well, Real Estate firm Redfin has come up with a novel ranking: toilets per capita. As it turns out, Miami has the least amount of residential toilets per capita…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here every Friday morning to give you the week’s weirdest. This week: a new definition of “stubborn fat,” a twisted tale about spaghetti, and a man simply too sexy for Chili’s…
This is not a joke about Juwan Howard. Promise. Illuminada Magtoto was facing her 90th birthday earlier this month and she realized she had one item left on her bucket list: playing one-on-one against Dwyane Wade. So she uploaded a plea on YouTube…
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Behold above. This is Dolphins Nation. It is not very big. In the map, the shaded counties are places where the Dolphins are amongst the top three teams — but in most of those spots out of South Florida, that share is very small. That’s according to Twitter anyway. The…
When news broke that County Mayor Carlos Giminez was mulling a plan to give millions in subsidies to the oddly shaped SkyRise observation tower, his administration also noted it wanted to shepherd money to 20th Century Fox’s plan to build a theme park on land near Zoo Miami. But details…
We’re not quite sure why Ryan Murphy set the freak-show-themed season of American Horror Story — whose third episode aired last night — in 1950s Jupiter, Florida, unless there’s some secret planetary or zodiacal theme at work (which might also explain why the lead character’s name is Elsa Mars). Because…
Florida’s billionaire Gov. Rick Scott paid for his first campaign out of his own incredibly deep pockets. This time around, he promised to fund his reelection efforts through more traditional means, but as Charlie Crist’s camp has seen an incredible last-minute fundraising surge, Scott has changed his mind. He’s writing…
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Lincoln Road’s transformation from bohemian strip to a sunny urban outpost for suburban mall chain stores continues. The nonprofit ArtCenter South Florida has sold their outpost at 800 Lincoln Road to developers for a tidy $88 million. See also: ArtCenter/South Florida Is Selling Its Iconic Lincoln Road Gallery Building…
One of the most viral stories on the internet in the past 24 hours is the news that South Miami City Commission passed a resolution calling for the division of Florida into two separate states. It’s not something that’s going to happen, but, hey, it’s fun to click on. The…
Remember your TV friend Montel Williams? He hosted a daytime tabloid talk show for nearly 20 years. Not the one with the white cousins fighting over dwarf boyfriends (that was Jerry), or the one where men found out if they contributed genetic material that helped make a baby (Maury), or…
After the bizarre #Fangate moment during last week’s gubernatorial debate between Rick Scott and Charlie Crist, don’t expect any similar shenanigans tonight. CNN is hosting the event, and they run a tight ship. The 24-hour news channel has explicitly banned fans from the podium. Oddly, they’ve also banned other media…
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Judges may set bonds over $1 million for serious crimes such as murder, high-profile cases, or for defendants who present a serious flight risk. Jorge Vargas simply got caught with some undersize lobster tails, so why did a judge set his bail at a hefty $1.4 million? Well, Vargas was…
