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2011 Stories by Michael E. Miller

• Andrew Marshall: Miami's Unabomber, Part 2

  published September 22, 2011

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  Logan Morrison Files Grievance Against Marlins, Can We Get In On Thatr

  published Sep 16, 2011

  Fan favorite and self-described "twittaholic" Logan Morrison has filed an official grievance with the Florida Marlins over his demotion to AAA last month, reports ESPN.The Fish, meanwhile, have lost f... More >>

• From Crap to Key: Ex-Miami Beach Official Wants to Create Island Out of Port Tunnel Fill

  published Sep 15, 2011

  The Port of Miami Tunnel might be a boondoggle, but its construction continues apace. With a giant drill now in place, the big dig begins next month. The debate is now over where to dump the tons of c... More >>

• FPL's $268 Million Early Cost Recovery A Ripoff, Pols Say UPDATED

  published Sep 14, 2011

  If you have electricity in your house, you have paid FPL $268 million ostensibly to build two new reactors at Turkey Point. You'll probably pay nearly $200 million more in 2012. Problem... More >>

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  Ten Things You Need to Know About Jellyfish, Our Gelatinous Frenemies

  published Sep 13, 2011

  Download our jellyfish guide in PDF format here.One day you're floating in the ocean, playing "spot Lady Gaga" among the billowy tropical clouds. The next thing you know, something has enveloped your ... More >>

• Andrew Marshall: Miami's Ted Kaczynski, Part 1

  published September 15, 2011

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• Monkey Cannibals: Robert Conyers Charged With Animal Cruelty UPDATE

  published Sep 09, 2011

  Miami freight shipper Robert Matson Conyers was charged with animal cruelty yesterday after a tri-continental shipment of monkeys turned into a cannibalistic simian catastrophe.Guyanese animal supplie... More >>

• Bill Richardson Visits Havana, Possibly to Push for Release of Jailed American

  published Sep 08, 2011

  Well, it took 13 months, but we were right: a top-level US diplomat is visiting Cuba.And although former New Mexico governor and UN Ambassador Bill Richardson is no Hillary Clinton, he's a proven nego... More >>

• SoFla Clinics Suckered Out-of-State Medicare Patients With Mental and Drug Problems

  published Sep 07, 2011

  South Florida can add another feather to its fraud cap: scummiest Medicare scammers in the U.S.rrSoFla has long been the anus epicenter of health care fraud (see Rick Scott and Columbia/HCA). So ... More >>

• Global warming could put Turkey Point nuclear reactors under water

  published September 8, 2011

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• Turkey Point Reactors Vulnerable to Global Warming, Experts Warn

  published Sep 06, 2011

  "We are the most vulnerable metropolitan area in the world when it comes to sea level rise," says University of Miami professor Harold Wanless. Sitting in his office, the avuncular geologist paints a ... More >>

• Mauret Curbelo, Hialeah Butcher, Proves That Even Petty Crime Is F***ing Terrifying in Miami

  published Sep 01, 2011

  What is it about Miami that makes the mundane seem so... menacingrTake the case of Mauret Curbelo, the manager of Danilo Ranch, where Hialeah peters out into the Everglades. Last year, the United Stat... More >>

• FBI Wiretaps: Chavez's Venezuela Corrupt as Hell

  published Aug 31, 2011

  Well, Transparency International ranks Venezuela the most corrupt nation in the Western Hemisphere. Globally, it ranks just behind Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia. Not a promising start.Now an ongoing ... More >>

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  Ronald Miranda, Suspected Murderer, Finally Returns Home to Face the Music

  published Aug 30, 2011

  The sad, strange saga of Ronald Miranda is finally drawing to an end.Miranda bolted from Los Banos, California, in 1980 after allegedly killing a man he found sleeping with his estranged wife. His fac... More >>

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  Eligio Cedeño: A banker battles Hugo Chavez

  published September 1, 2011

  Eligio Cedeno: A banker battles Hugo Chavez More >>

• Port of Miami expansion won't save the city's economy, experts say

  published September 1, 2011

  Port of Miami expansion won't save the city's economy, experts say More >>

• Port of Miami Growth: "Do You Really Need Two Warts on the Tip of a Penisr"

  published Aug 29, 2011

  Authorities including Port of Miami director Bill Johnson are betting a three-part, $1.5 billion program to open the Port of Miami to super-freighters that pass through the revamped Panama Canal ... More >>

• Cocaine Chronicles: Caribbean Kilo Drops, Las FARC, and Another Miami Bank Receiving Drug Money

  published Aug 26, 2011

  It was a big week for blow here in Miami, with Feds busting both the cocaine supply chain and yet another bank that accepted the illicit proceeds no questions asked.The first case involves fake passpo... More >>

• New York City Shits a Brick Over Hurricane Irene

  published Aug 25, 2011

  Dude, for a city that has weathered so much in the past decade -- from 9/11 to blackouts, serial killers to the Knicks (the Knicks, for God's sake!) -- New York is acting wimpier these days than LeBro... More >>

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  Michelle Spence-Jones Free To Return To Office As Prosecutors Drop Grand Theft Charge

  published Aug 23, 2011

  Michelle Spence-Jones, the former city commissioner acquitted in March of bribery, now seems free to return to office after prosecutors dropped the final grand theft charge this afternoon.It's a remar... More >>

• Woman Impaled on Hooks Aims to Save Sharks (NSFW)

  published Aug 23, 2011

  Sharks are the Adolf Hitlers of the ocean, not because they are deranged, but because discussion about them causes people to shout and threaten one another with bodily harm.Or impale themselves on gia... More >>

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  Rick Sanchez Finally Joining Mega TVr EXCLUSIVE Photos of Miami Meeting

  published Aug 19, 2011

  Last month, we reported on smoldering rumors that legendarily loquacious news anchor and fallen Hispanic hero Rick Sanchez was joining local Spanish-language channel Mega TV. Those rumors burst into f... More >>

• Gabriel Soto, 16-Year-Old Shape-shifter, Allegedly Robbed a Man in a Wheelchair

  published Aug 19, 2011

  Welcome to another bizarre Friday in the Magic City.Our story today involves a man in a wheelchair, a teenage shape-shifter, and a hella buff Mexican soap opera star.According to Miami Police, 16-year... More >>

• Michele Bachmann Can't Win Florida, Let Alone the Presidency; Here Are Five Reasons Why

  published Aug 17, 2011

  The nation is all atwitter over Michele Bachmann. Not only did she thoroughly corn-poll Iowa this past Saturday -- winning the state's straw poll over Smucker's jam spokesman Ron Paul -- but also the ... More >>

• Juwan Howard blamed for water damage in his Brickell Key condo building

  published August 18, 2011

  Juwan Howard blamed for water damage in his Brickell Key condo building More >>