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2012 Stories by Michael E. Miller

• Marc Sarnoff's Pop-Up Park to Stop Sex Offenders Is Just a Start: Pop-Up Jails, Brothels Are Next

  published April 26, 2012

  Marc Sarnoff's Pop-Up Park to Stop Sex Offenders Is Just a Start: Pop-Up Jails, Brothels Are Next More >>

• As Pop-Ups Take Over Miami, Why Stop At Parks, Shops and Restaurantsr

  published Apr 23, 2012

  In the past year, the Magic City has seen more pop-ups than Katie Perry performing inside a correctional facility. We've been inundated with so-called "pop-up" restaurants, bars, and art galleries. Im... More >>

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  K-E Diet Craze: Miami Doctor Puts Brides-To-Be On Feeding Tubes to Lose Weight

  published Apr 20, 2012

  Miami just might be the most image-conscious, beauty-obsessed place on Earth. So it's no surprise that our sexy, superficial city is the American epicenter of a new controversial diet craze.It's calle... More >>

• Domino's Pizza Delivery Man Robbed, Then Fired, Now Suing Fast-Food Chain

  published Apr 18, 2012

  The next time you order a Domino's pizza, pity your humble delivery man. It's a precarious and potentially deadly world out there for your average door-to-door pie slinger. Take Francisco Prieto. The ... More >>

• Dead Body Found in Bathroom at Miami Dade College's Kendall Campus UPDATED

  published Apr 16, 2012

  A Miami Dade College employee made a grisly discovery this morning, stumbling upon a dead body in a bathroom at the university's Kendall campus.The employee found the unidentified man's corpse between... More >>

• Boxer Yathomas Riley: Beast or Victim?

  published April 19, 2012

  Boxer Yathomas Riley: Beast or Victim? More >>

• Neo-Nazis Send Photos of Two Unarmed Members in Sanford, Insist They Really Do Exist

  published Apr 11, 2012

  Attacked from across the political spectrum for exaggerating their "armed patrols" in Sanford, neo-Nazis have fired back -- with pictures of two people holding a Nazi flag in the central Florida town.... More >>

• Cricket Barons Fight for Control of Sport in America

  published April 12, 2012

  Cricket Barons Fight for Control of Sport in America More >>

• After Trayvon Martin, Neo-Nazis Say They're Armed and Patrolling Sanford

  published April 12, 2012

  After Trayvon Martin, Neo-Nazis Say They're Armed and Patrolling Sanford More >>

• Cricket Lawsuit: Silicon Valley Millionaire Claims Corruption is Destroying Game in U.S.

  published Apr 09, 2012

  Ask your average American Joe about cricket, and he'll picture noblemen, dressed in white livery, sipping cups of tea while a sickly servant polishes their finely carved bats. But a new lawsuit claims... More >>

• Armed Neo-Nazis Now Claim To Be Patrolling Sanford, Say They Are "Prepared" for Post-Trayvon Martin Violence UPDATED

  published Apr 08, 2012

  Neo-Nazis say they are conducting heavily armed patrols in and around Sanford, Florida, and are "prepared" for violence in case of a race riot. The patrols are to protect "white citizens in the area w... More >>

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  Rapper Alex "Rube" Rubin Invites Miami's Scorn with "Heat Hater" Video

  published Apr 05, 2012

  Last November, local aspiring rapper Alex "Rube" Rubin released a song blaming the NBA's "corrupt policeman" of a commissioner David Stern for the lockout.Now he's turned his white boy wrath on the Mi... More >>

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  Will Obama Throw Out the First Pitch Tonightr Five Better Ways to Inaugurate Marlins Stadium

  published Apr 04, 2012

  Two years ago, Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at the Washington National's stadium to inaugurate the 2010 MLB season. The Marlins haven't announced who will toss out the ceremonial first ball ... More >>

• Poop Pipeline Could Burst On Fisher Island, But County Wants Deep Dredge Done First

  published Mar 30, 2012

  What a load of crap. Earlier this week, county officials warned that unless unruly Miami Beach condo owners allowed for construction on a waste pipeline stretching to Virginia Key, the sewer line coul... More >>

• Hector Pesquera, Port of Miami Security Director, Named Puerto Rico's Chief of Police

  published Mar 29, 2012

  A decade ago, Hector Pesquera was rumored to be a top candidate for Miami Police chief. Instead, the former FBI man -- perhaps dogged by questionable ties to convicted felons -- embarked on ever more ... More >>

• Trayvon Martin and Five Other Racial Flare-Ups Since Obama's Election

  published Mar 29, 2012

  So much for post-racial politics. The tragic shooting of Miami teenager Trayvon Martin last month by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has once again exposed America's deep racial fault li... More >>

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  Frank Martin Hired at South Carolina, Admits Paying Ex-High School Players in Miami

  published Mar 27, 2012

  Finally, Frank Martin has become the head basketball coach of... South Carolinar According to news reports, Martin is leaving Kansas State after five years to take over the struggling Gamecocks. The m... More >>

• Miami community development expert Cecilia "C.C." Holloman's legacy is empty coffers

  published March 29, 2012

  Miami community development expert Cecilia "C.C." Holloman's legacy is empty coffers More >>

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  Cecilia Holloman's Real "Legacy" Is Empty Coffers and No Jobs, Say Liberty City Residents

  published Mar 26, 2012

  Cecilia "C.C." Holloman arrived in Miami around 2001 with an impressive resume. She was an ordained minister, a published Christian author, and a "community builder" in the Clinton administration. Ov... More >>

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  Castro Death Meter: Fidel Deader Than Jesus, Less Dead Than Pope Benedict

  published Mar 23, 2012

  This morning, we woke up and hopped into the shower as we always do before pulling on a dirty t-shirt and pajama pants and plopping down at our filthy computer to make fun of things.This time, however... More >>

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  Connie Mack, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Other Florida Politicians Chided by Watchdog Report

  published Mar 23, 2012

  Fudge your expenses at work and you could get fired. Fudge them when you're in Congress and you'll probably get away with it.A new anti-corruption report spells out how hundreds of U.S. representative... More >>

• James Cameron Poised to Beat Richard Branson and Triton Submarines to Bottom of the Ocean

  published Mar 21, 2012

  Movie director James Cameron is poised to win the unofficial submarine race to the bottom of the ocean.According to news reports, Cameron and a team of scientists are perched atop the Mariana Trench w... More >>

• Rubber tires from artificial reef become art in Wynwood

  published March 22, 2012

  Goodyear tires South Florida artificial reef art Wynwood Charest-Weinberg Gallery More >>

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  Occupy Miami descends into drugs and chaos in an Overtown apartment building

  published March 22, 2012

  Occupy Miami descends into drugs and chaos in an Overtown apartment building More >>

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  Artificial Reef Catastrophe to Become Art Exhibit: Four Tons of Ocean Tires Headed to Wynwood

  published Mar 20, 2012

  In 1972, a nonprofit group came up with a brilliant idea: Create a three-mile-long artificial reef off the South Florida coast using 2 million old tires. Goodyear donated the rubber, Broward County fo... More >>