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2011 Stories by Michael E. Miller

• Palm Beach Septic Company Tricked Old People Into Buying 70 Years Worth of Toilet Paper

  published Nov 23, 2011

  rDid you know that the EPA can now fine you if your house's septic tank is dirtyr Or that the EPA now requires toilet paper be made from synthetic materials instead of traditional wood fiberr And... More >>

• Occupy Miami and Homeless Should Unite Against "Greedy People That Suck," Says Weedmanhippy

  published Nov 23, 2011

  For years, someone calling himself "The Weedmanhippy" has been wedging cryptic, self-promoting fliers into the front of New Times boxes across Miami Beach. At first, we were kind of annoyed. Then, ear... More >>

• One Way or Another, Nicole Krauss Will Break Your Heart

  published November 17, 2011

  ​Nicole Krauss will break your heart. You'll be reading one of her novels and suddenly the pages will be damp. Confused, you'll... More >>

• LeBron James Admires Liverpool FC for Its Fans and Trophies: Everything Miami is Missing

  published Nov 22, 2011

  As the NBA lockout drags on, fears grow that local stars like Dwayne Wade and LeBron James will spend the next nine months playing overseas or, even worse, on weird tours through the Midwest. LeBron h... More >>

• Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk: Urbane Planners

  published November 24, 2011

  Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk: Urbane Planners More >>

• Orietta de Luque: Colombiana Caliente

  published November 24, 2011

  Orietta de Luque: Colombiana Caliente More >>

• Robert Mugabe, Fidel Castro, and Other Undead Dictators: Peter Godwin Discusses The Fear

  published Nov 19, 2011

  rA bloody uprising tears through a small, resource-rich country. A leader emerges, promising an end to years of elitist, white rule and the beginning of a new socialist utopia. But instead of relinqui... More >>

• Boxer Ivan Calderon's House Had $4 Million of Cocaine Inside, Five Suspects to Be Tried in Miami

  published Nov 18, 2011

  Five suspected narcotraffickers from the Dominican Republic are en route to the Miami Federal Detention Center for allegedly smuggling cocaine across the Caribbean.In a strange twist, their arrest see... More >>

• Nicole Krauss Will Break Your Heart, One Way or Another: Q&A with "Great House" Author

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Nicole Krauss will break your heart. You'll be reading one of her novels and suddenly the pages will be damp. Confused, you'll check the page number -- 12 -- and swear to yourself that you couldn... More >>

• Tea Obreht, Literary Wunderkind, Turns Serbian Folk Tales Into Fiction Gold

  published Nov 16, 2011

  It would be easier to begrudge Tea Obreht's extraordinary success at such a young age if her writing weren't so damn good.Her debut, The Tiger's Wife -- published last year when she was just 24 -- is... More >>

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  Dailin Pico Rodriguez Sentenced to 50 Months for Lying About the Semen on Her Jail Uniform

  published Nov 16, 2011

  Dailin Pico Rodriguez was sentenced to 50 months in prison yesterday after a judge ruled that she had falsely accused Miami Federal Detention Center correctional officers of repeated sexual assault.He... More >>

• Hugo Chavez Says His Navy Chased Off a Mysterious Submarine Engaged in "Espionage"

  published Nov 14, 2011

  Hugo Chavez is no stranger to conspiracy theories. Shortly after a January 12, 2010 earthquake destroyed much of Haiti, one of his spokesmen claimed the disaster was the result of the United States te... More >>

• Rapper Alex "Rube" Rubin Tells David Stern to End the Mother$#*%ing NBA Lockout

  published Nov 14, 2011

  rNBA commissioner David Stern may be the most hated man in Miami these days. After all, the lockout means that us Heat fans have been trying to scrub the shitty aftertaste of that catastrophuck of a f... More >>

• Hugo Chavez Hit With $1 Billion Lawsuit By Boca Raton Businessman Nelson Mezerhane

  published Nov 12, 2011

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez had one crappy week.First, reports surfaced that he is, in fact, not cancer-free but rather has only a few months to live. Then the kidnapping of Washington Nationals ... More >>

• Wilson Ramos Kidnapping Scares Marlins' Anibal Sanchez From Returning to Venezuela

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Today is supposed to be the big day for the newly re-named Miami Marlins. Tonight the team unveils its new uniforms and, perhaps, a new blockbuster signing.But at least five players on the 40-man rost... More >>

• County Revokes Occupy Miami Permit, Protesters Agree to Move But Not Leave

  published Nov 10, 2011

  While several anti-Wall Street sit-ins around the country have devolved into violent stand-offs between police and protesters, Occupy Miami has been as peaceful as can be.Now, however, Miami-Dade Coun... More >>

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  Raul Castro's Daughter Joins Twitter, Quickly Calls Opposition Bloggers "Parasites"

  published Nov 09, 2011

  A rare war of words is raging in Cuba.An hour after joining Twitter, Mariela Castro -- president Raul Castro's daughter and possible successor -- promptly got into an all-out digital girl fight with C... More >>

• Occupy Miami: County hall isn't the only Miami institution that needs protesting

  published November 10, 2011

  Occupy Miami: County hall isn't the only Miami institution that needs protesting More >>

• Nicaragua Stays Left, Guatemala Goes Right in Central American Elections

  published Nov 07, 2011

  A leftist former guerrilla retains his grip on power while an ex-general promising mano dura sweeps into office.Yesterday was election day in two Central American countries. In Nicaragua, early result... More >>

• Cirque du Miami: 16-Year-Old Victoria Pike Strings Herself Up in Silk

  published Nov 04, 2011

  Not so enthused with the job marketr Go hang yourself... upside down from 40-foot silk scarves, that is.Victoria Pike! -- exclamation intended -- isn't even out of high school, but she's already setti... More >>

• Ryder, Miami-Based Fortune 500 Company, Paid No Federal Income Tax The Past 3 Years

  published Nov 04, 2011

  Ever wonder what's in the back of all those Ryder trucksrYour tax dollars, apparently.According to a new study by Citizens for Tax Justice, the Miami-based Fortune 500 company paid -7.3 percent federa... More >>

• Occupy Miami Needs to Expand: Five Places Worth Protesting the Crap Out Of

  published Nov 04, 2011

  "Occupy Miami is hidden," one woman randomly complained to us over the phone earlier this week. "No one even knows that they are there!"To be fair, she may have a point. Tucked behind the Stephen P. C... More >>

• George Weah, South Florida's Secret Soccer Legend, Could Be Liberia's Next Vice President

  published Nov 02, 2011

  South Florida is the adopted home of all types of international men and women of mystery: from Latin American strongmen to drug runners, movie stars to criminals on the lam. It's where people go to di... More >>

• Plane Crash Kills Two at Richards Field Airport in Redland

  published Oct 29, 2011

  rA small plane crash at a private airfield in Redland killed two people this morning.Miami-Dade police recieved a 911 call reporting a downed plane at 10:22 a.m. When officers arrived in Redland, they... More >>

• Marco Rubio Targeted by Democratic PAC Over Family Story Flip-Flop VIDEO

  published Oct 28, 2011

  A week ago, the Washington Post slammed Florida's freshman Sen. Marco Rubio for "embellishing" his family story by claiming his parents arrived in Miami after Fidel Castro took over Cuba when, in fact... More >>