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Riptide 2.0
5:15 pm
May. 24, 2013
Miami News
Student Shot in Leg at Redland Middle School A male student at Redland Middle School was airlifted to a hospital today after being shot around 2:30 this afternoon on school grounds by another student. According to Local 10, the boy was a six... More >>
Riptide 2.0
3:05 pm
May. 24, 2013
Miami News
305 Photo of the Day: To The Point Today's photo comes from Edin Chavez's Flickr. To see your photo here join our Flickr group. Follow Miami New Times on Facebook and Twitter @MiamiNewTimes. ... More >>
Riptide 2.0
1:11 pm
May. 24, 2013
Miami News
Replica of The Simpsons' Springfield Being Built at Universal Studios Florida The Simpson family was officially banned from Florida after Homer accidentally killing a famous alligator named Captain Jack in an 11th season episode, but apparently someone in Tallahassee lifted... More >>
Riptide 2.0
12:52 pm
May. 24, 2013
Miami News
Cyclists Attacked by BB-Gun-Wielding Teenagers on the Rickenbacker Causeway UPDATED The Rickenbacker Causeway has proved a dangerous place for bike riders of late. Cyclists Aaron Cohen and Christophe LeCanne were killed by hit-and-run drivers in 2012 and 2010, respectively. Sever... More >>
Riptide 2.0
12:12 pm
May. 24, 2013
Miami News
Stolen Car Chase Ends When Thieves Crash Into Tree A carjacking ended this morning with an assist from Mother Nature. After trying to evade police the suspects ended up crashing the stolen ride into a tree. At about 2 a.m. this morning police rec... More >>
Riptide 2.0
10:12 am
May. 24, 2013
Miami News
Report Slams Bureau of Prisons For Denying Compassionate Release to Sick or Dying Inmates Like Keskea Hernandez In January, Keskea Hernandez was whisked from her cell at the Federal Detention Center downtown to Larkin hospital in South Miami. The pretty 42-year-old real estate agent had pleaded guilty to ... More >>
Riptide 2.0
9:15 am
May. 24, 2013
Miami News
Arrested Development Miami: The Bluth Family and Their Real-Life Miami Counterparts After a seven-year hiatus, cult sitcom Arrested Development returns on Netflix this weekend. Of course, in Miami, a city of sociopathic, vain crooks you might not be aware that a show about a fami... More >>
Riptide 2.0
9:00 am
May. 24, 2013
Miami News
Coconut Grove Playhouse Going For That Crack Den Aesthetic Ever since Florida's Department of Environmental Protection retook control of the shuttered Coconut Grove Playhouse last year, the storied structure has been left to rot. And until the state clos... More >>
Riptide 2.0
8:48 am
May. 24, 2013
Miami News
Mugshots Friday: God Forgives, Bad Tattoos Don't 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 di... More >>
Riptide 2.0
4:31 pm
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
A-Rod Sells Miami Beach Mansion For $15 Million Profit Well, at least his neighbors hopefully won't have to complain anymore about all the filming that was going down there Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has reportedly sold his Miami Beach mansion fo... More >>
Riptide 2.0
3:44 pm
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
GOP Finally Attacks Nan Rich, Only Democrat Actually Running for Governor Right Now The actual gubernatorial election is more than a year and a half away, but Republicans have already dug in their heels by attacking Rick Scott's presumptive Democratic challenger. Mostly that's in... More >>
Riptide 2.0
2:16 pm
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
Miami Herald Finally Realizes That Developers Realized That Hipsters Think Edgewater Is a Cool Place to Live Earlier this week, in a cringe-worthy turn of phrase The Miami Herald business section declared that Miami's Edgewater neighborhood is "located at the intersection of funky and trendy" after real... More >>
Riptide 2.0
1:55 pm
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
The Undercover Animal Cruelty Videos that Spurred Big Ag's Censorship Crusade This week's story, "The Ag Gag War," goes behind the scenes of the guerilla fight between animal rights groups and Big Agriculture. For years organizations like the Humane Society and Mercy fo... More >>
Riptide 2.0
12:08 pm
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
Here's the Crazy New Vehicle Miami Beach Police Are Unveiling This Weekend The Miami Beach Police Department's plan to patrol South Beach during this Memorial Day Weekend is a lot like last year's, but this time they'll have a new tech addition: a cutting-edge light tact... More >>
Riptide 2.0
11:09 am
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
Landlord Fatally Shoots Bat-Wielding Tenant in Hialeah A confrontation early this morning in Hialeah between a tenant with a baseball bat and a landlord with a gun ended with the tenant shot through the chest and left dead. ... More >>
Riptide 2.0
9:30 am
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
Miami Therapist Gets Nine Years For His Role In $63 Million Medicare Scam In the capital of medicare fraud, Miami therapist Paul Thomas Layman and his cohorts pulled off a doozy of a heist, stealing $63 million from the federal government through bogus mental health se... More >>
Riptide 2.0
8:42 am
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
Miami Beach Memorial Day Weekend 2013: Prepare For More Traffic Loops, DUI Stops, and License Plate Scans Memorial Day is here again, Miami, leaving beach residents and visitors alike wondering what the city has planned. According to Miami Beach police chief Ray Martinez, the holiday weekend will lo... More >>
Riptide 2.0
7:48 am
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
LeBron Layup at the Buzzer Gives Heat 103-102 OT Win, Series Lead LeBron James cordially invites you to a huge helping of his clutch gene, located on his gigantic clutch manliness. Staring down the barrel of a heartbreaking game one overtime loss, LeBron James d... More >>
Riptide 2.0
7:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
Tiger Woods Needs to Fight Sergio Garcia's Ignorance Uncle Luke, the man who made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke gives so,e advice to the world's most popular golfer... More >>
Feature
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
Thomas Kramer's South Beach Story Ends With $200 Million Court Judgment Red-eyed with exhaustion, Thomas Kramer slumped behind his empty desk. The real estate tycoon had been up all night worrying about how to break... More >>
Metro
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
Michelle Braun: Notorious L.A. Madam's South Florida Adventure In the waning afternoon light, the five-foot-nine blond with Tina Turner lips and Pamela Anderson breasts opened the doorway of her cramped... More >>
Luke's Gospel
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
Investigate Sports Agent Drew Rosenhaus It's time for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) to investigate North Miami native and sports agent Drew Rosenhaus. For too long, the league has... More >>
Riptide
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
UR1 Festival Still Hasn't Refunded Ticket-Holders For a week last October, Hurricane Sandy spun a trail of destruction through cities in seven countries. From Jamaica to New Jersey, the superstorm... More >>
Riptide
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Miami News
Miami Chiropractor Forced Scientology on Employees, Feds Allege Sales is a tough job. Those widgets ain't moving themselves. And everyone knows what happens at the weekly sales meeting: First prize is a... More >>
Riptide 2.0
4:54 pm
May. 22, 2013
Miami News
Florida Members of "Crazy White Boy" Gang Arrested for Bragging About Gang Membership on Facebook How crazy is that Crazy White Boy gang? So crazy members brag about being in gangs on Facebook and, get this, they don't even give a fuck. Whatever. Whatever. They do what they want. Or they did... More >>

From the Print Edition

Thomas Kramer's South Beach Story Ends With $200 Million Court Judgment Thomas Kramer's South Beach Story Ends With $200 Million Court Judgment

Red-eyed with exhaustion, Thomas Kramer slumped behind his empty desk. The real estate tycoon had been up all night worrying about how to break the news to his employees. As… More >>

Michelle Braun: Notorious L.A. Madam's South Florida Adventure Michelle Braun: Notorious L.A. Madam's South Florida Adventure

In the waning afternoon light, the five-foot-nine blond with Tina Turner lips and Pamela Anderson breasts opened the doorway of her cramped apartment on Boca Place Drive and began to… More >>

Investigate Sports Agent Drew Rosenhaus Investigate Sports Agent Drew Rosenhaus

It's time for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) to investigate North Miami native and sports agent Drew Rosenhaus. For too long, the league has looked the other way when it… More >>

UR1 Festival Still Hasn't Refunded Ticket-Holders UR1 Festival Still Hasn't Refunded Ticket-Holders

For a week last October, Hurricane Sandy spun a trail of destruction through cities in seven countries. From Jamaica to New Jersey, the superstorm killed 285 people and caused more… More >>

Miami Chiropractor Forced Scientology on Employees, Feds Allege

Sales is a tough job. Those widgets ain't moving themselves. And everyone knows what happens at the weekly sales meeting: First prize is a Cadillac, second prize is a set… More >>

Miami Drivers Need to Go Back to School

Sunshine State Cult An anti-cult message: People who join cults like Kashi Ashram ("Brainwashed," Terrence McCoy, May 16) get what they deserve. It is Darwin's Law of Evolution in action. CheckpointCharlie73 Weird… More >>

Kashi Ashram: Claims of Rape, Child Abuse, and Kidnapping Kashi Ashram: Claims of Rape, Child Abuse, and Kidnapping

The night the dark-haired guru declared herself greater than God, the chanting started at dusk. Scores of sweaty followers squeezed around a platform and closed their eyes. Their features slackened, and… More >>

Miami Man Offers Burials at Sea for $500 Miami Man Offers Burials at Sea for $500

A white '80s Dodge Ram work van idles near the public boat ramp at Dinner Key Marina in Coconut Grove. The ride has no windows, giving it a Silence of… More >>

Kiera Wilmot Is the New Trayvon Martin

In Bartow, Florida, public school and law enforcement officials are committing a horrible injustice against an exceptionally gifted African-American teenager. By all accounts, 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot is a model student.… More >>

A$AP Rocky's Bodyguards Say Miami Beach Police Stole Their Expensive Guns A$AP Rocky's Bodyguards Say Miami Beach Police Stole Their Expensive Guns

Eric Rowe had a bad feeling. It was the night of November 8, and the bulky bodyguard had been hired to protect A$AP Rocky during his concert at the Fillmore… More >>

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