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Reader Mail: Don’t Blame Cops for Liberty City’s Thug Takeover

Say you’re Miami-Dade’s top prosecutor. On Aug. 14, you easily won reelection to your sixth term. But your campaign was embarrassed by the revelation that one of your trusted campaign consultants may have previously employed a woman criminally charged with absentee ballot fraud. As a result of your possible conflict…

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke vents about one of the central players in the Nevin Shapiro University of Miami football scandal.With quarterback Stephen…

There’s a reason we picked Daphne Campbell as the worst candidate on the August 14 Primary ballot. Even though she got reelected, Campbell can’t escape scandals. The latest involves one of her former employees swindling Haitian American constituents who went to Campbell’s Miami Shores district office seeking assistance. Today, Florida…

A newly released transcript in a federal case against a family of pot growers indicates they were involved in the unsolved murder of a 17-year-old boy. Four months ago, federal prosecutors announced the bust of Gilberto Santiesteban Jr., along with with his brothers Alexander and Derrick, for running a ring…

“What’s your favorite restaurant?” That question, recently batted around at our weekly editorial meeting, got us all thinking. If we had to choose one top dog at gunpoint, what would it be and why? Each week, a different Short Order blogger will celebrate his or her favorite eatery — be…

Welcome to Ask a Failed Musician, in which I will help struggling musicians make sense of their careers and even offer some advice. Whether or not it will work, who knows? It obviously didn’t work for me. But then again, I was on www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PDNl8hZJd8″ target=”blank”>Kimmelonce, so there’s that. A musician…

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Thugs Take Overtown

Down With the TSA

Just one week after picking up $4 million worth of campaign contributions at a Jay-Z-and-Beyonce-hosted fundraiser, President Obama received a ringing endorsement from Madonna during her concert in Washington, D.C. “Y’all better vote for fucking Obama, OK?” Madge told the audience. “For better or for worse, alright, we have a…

Uncle Luke, The man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke wants Miami Police to reclaim the parks for the children.This past September 8, shortly after 9 p.m., things…

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls’ Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you stop…

While the Miami Herald wonders where Ana Alliegro – a key witness in a federal criminal probe of Congressman David Rivera – has disappeared to, The Strawbuyer blogger Mike Hatami has dug up her criminal record. And it appears the self-professed “Republican Political Guru and Conservative Bad Girl” likes to…

As movie fiends, we often find ourselves diving into film scripts. Films usually compel us with their love stories, or their horror, but sometimes, it’s the food that makes the movie a little (or a lot) more memorable. So we’ve compiled a list of the 5 best food movies. Your…

A quarter-century ago, my old, good buddy Mike Lacey came to Miami and decided to start a weekly paper. He wanted to move here, but a mugger and a prudent wife convinced him cocaine-fueled Miami wasn’t the place to raise a family.Today, Lacey bowed out. Along with his partner –…

If Planet Earth had testicles, they’d belong to Kendrick Lamar. Because, proverbially, homie’s got the world by the balls. With five critically acclaimed mixtapes and an independent release already under his belt, it’s easy to forget that the Compton MC’s first major-label LP hasn’t even dropped yet. The much-blogged about…

DJ Paris Hilton is super sorry, you guys. Yesterday, she pissed off a bunch of Dorothy’s friends by makings some rude and insensitive comments about the gay community. She didn’t mean it, though. Because she didn’t know her conversation was being recorded by a cab driver. But since everyone freaked…

For a guy who doesn’t believe in restoring felons’ voting rights, Mitt Romney sure likes to associate with accused criminals when he comes to Miami.Back in August, Romney held a rally at a popular Coral Gables fruit juice stand owned by convicted coke trafficker Reinaldo Bermudez.On Wednesday, when Romney waltzed…

“What’s your favorite restaurant?” That question, recently batted around at our weekly editorial meeting, got us all thinking. If we had to choose one favorite at gunpoint, what would that restaurant be, and why? Each week, a different Short Order blogger will celebrate his or her favorite eatery — be…

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

DJ Paris Hilton, heiress extraordinaire and total role model, has taken a break from dropping beats to drop some seriously insane comments about “gay guys.” Even though she seems like the type of girl who’d have a million gay friends, because she’s rich and skinny, it turns out that Paris…