Let’s call it the Week of the Floaters: Since Monday, three mysterious corpses have bobbed to the surface in waterways around the metro area.Saddled with three new homicide investigations, Miami detectives have made progress in at least one case this morning.Last night, police arrested a man suspected of fatally stabbing…
Miami cops are dealing with a rash of floating corpses this week, after two dead bodies washed up today — one in Peacock Park this morning, and another this afternoon in Tamiami Canal. Detectives were already trying to solve the case of Ernesto Puentes, a 45-year-old found floating beneath the…
Yelp has buckled to pressure, but it ain’t enough
So the Florida Atlantic University Owls and the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky were all set to wage a friendly contest of baseball earlier this week up in Boca when some rain showers moved in and pretty much ruined everything. Did FAU mope about it? Did they lay around the clubhouse…
Miami lawyer Jared Beck’s lawsuit against Yelp has already led to some real changes at the giant of user-generated reviews. On April 5, Yelp’s CEO, Jeremy Stoppelman, announced that the company would stop allowing businesses to pay to place a positive review atop their profile, and that Yelp would add a…
The AP reports this morning that the pope has accepted the resignation of Miami Archbishop John Favalora, who has led the Catholic Church in Miami, Broward, and Monroe counties since 1994. Favalora’s move seems curious — if he had stayed until December, he would have been 75 years old and eligible…
The Celtics already had Game 1 on lock down. All Quentin Richardson was doing was running his mouth a little during trash time. And yet enraged, silly man-child Kevin Garnett couldn’t keep it together. You’ve probably watched this highlight 15 times since Saturday (especially because it’s a lot more entertaining…
One week after January’s earthquakes devastated Haiti, former New Times staff writer Tristram Korten visited Port au Prince and made a remarkable discovery.Against all odds, somehow Rhum Barbancourt has survived.Outside of Wyclef (who’s post-earthquake conduct has been less than Nobel Prize-worthy), Barbancourt is probably Haiti’s best-known and most successful export…
Think about the sheer shitty luck to be a sea turtle egg laid on South Beach. Drunks and party girls stumble over you and the neon lights of Ocean Drive lure you to sure death. “Hundreds, just hundreds of baby turtles die out here,” says Cliff Buchanan, a trim, 40-something…
Responding to reports of “foul odors” at a small ranch house on NW 41st Street just north of the Airport Expressway, Miami police made a gruesome discovery this morning. Inside the home, at 1860 NW 41st Street, cops stumbled on three “badly decomposed” bodies, says Officer Jeffrey Giordano, Miami PD…
The 2010 Pulitzers were announced earlier this afternoon. Shockingly, New Times was not recognized for excellence in Kim Kardashian poop jokes. Maybe next year, kids. The Miami Herald also went without any hardware this year after nabbing a breaking news photography win last year. But there was one local connection among the…
Who says Marlins fans aren’t passionate? An epic brawl erupted at Saturday’s Marlins-Dodgers game at Sun Life Stadium. According to the amateur videographer behind this moving footage, “a group of young drunk guys throw peanuts to another group of young drunk dudes. Some yelling ensues before the fists start flying.”…
Think about the sheer shitty luck to be a sea turtle egg laid on South Beach. Drunks and party girls stumble over you and the neon lights of Ocean Drive lure you to sure death. “Hundreds, just hundreds of baby turtles die out here,” says Cliff Buchanan, a trim, 40-something…
Speaking to a jam-packed room of reporters, cops, and politicians yesterday, Mayor Tomas Regalado trumpeted eight corruption arrests as proof of his commitment to cleaning up city government. “For the first time ever in the City of Miami, we have an anti corruption department,” Regalado crowed. “Today we’re seeing some of…
Eight City of Miami officials and members of local charities were arrested today on corruption charges.The busts involved an array of unrelated scams — and come as the city’s finances are under intense scrutiny by federal officials. Mayor Tomas Regalado portrayed the arrests as the culmination of his promises to…
Minutes after Carlos Bertonatti drunkenly killed a cyclist on the Rickenbacker Causeway, an officer clocked him topping 80 mph as he tore down Crandon Boulevard and dodged traffic with a bicycle wedged under his fender. His blood alcohol content at the time was at least .122 — well over the…
God’s Power Offor, from Hialeah’s American High School, is the frontrunner in the Name of the Year contest
Score one for Miami lawyer Jared Beck and his class-action suit against Yelp. Beck’s case, which alleges Yelp extorts small businesses by manipulating the placement of bad reviews in exchange for monthly fees, is still weeks away from a hearing in a California court. But Yelp execs announced this afternoon they’re making…
Acting on a tip, Miami Police recently raided a squat ranch house on a quiet side street a few blocks south of Bird Avenue in Coconut Grove. Inside the house, at 3152 Elizabeth St., police found a mother lode of goods stolen in a spate of car break-ins around the…
How strong is God’s Power? Tough enough to take down both Hitler and Stalin? Tenacious enough to defeat the villainous X’Zavier Bloodsaw? Brave enough to destroy Dr. Speedy Nutz? America will soon find out. Miami may not have any college basketball teams in March Madness, but it does have a powerhouse…
Gov. Charlie Crist’s security team is on alert this afternoon after an anti-government group called “Guardians of the free Republics” (sic) sent threatening letters. The FBI sent alerts to police around the nation this morning after 30 governors received the group’s missives, which warn that unless they leave office within three days,…
Three men were shot and one killed on NW 44th Street early this morning, just a few blocks from the trendy heart of the Design District.Around 1 a.m., two men walked up to a house at 40 NW 40th St. and sprayed the three victims with bullets before fleeing the…
