7-Eleven Inc.

Drunk Florida Man Strips Naked and Tells Police "I Know I am a Monkey"

Daylan Holloman had a bit of species identity confusion this week at a Daytona Beach 7-Eleven. For reasons he couldn't remember, Holloman called 911, and when police showed up, he told them he was a monkey and stripped naked in some sort of attempt to prove his point.

Florida Man Took Key Photo of Dzhokar Tsarnaev, Now ID'd as Second Boston Bomber on the Run

All over the country, people are waking up, checking their Twitter feeds and then spending at least half an hour trying to figure out what the hell happened since they went to bed. In short: Police in Boston have killed one of the two marathon bombing suspects -- whom they've ID'd as two brothers or ... More >>

Momi To Open 24 Hours and Open New Location...Maybe.

Momi Ramen's recent opening in Brickell has caused a noodle wave effect in the Magic City. Everyone is asking about Jefrrey Chen and his oodles of noodles. Yet, on a Saturday night at 2 a.m., when the neighborhood is packed with loads of drunk civilians, we are the only ones sitting around the woode ... More >>

Five Reasons Publix Isn't the Best Grocery Store Ever

Like Coke versus Pepsi or McDonald's versus Burger King, some business battles will be waged forever. After all, people have strong opinions about what they put in their pie-hole. The same goes for supermarkets. Some people are die-hard Whole Foods junkies; others (as former Northeasterners know) ... More >>

Miami Veteran's Day Freebie Roundup: Lunches, Dinners, and Roast Beef Sandwiches

Happy Veteran's Day to all of the devil dogs, squids, airdales, boonie rats, coasties and active duty men and women. And a bravo zulu to all reservists too. Veteran's Day is this Sunday and what does that mean for our vets besides a parade and a marathon of war movies on The Military Channel? Free g ... More >>

Miami Election Day Dining Deals and Freebies, From Villa Mayfair to Shake Shack UPDATED

We've heard all your excuses to not vote. The long lines, the confusing amendments, and how could your vote possibly count?We could tell you that voting is your civic duty, or that if you don't vote you don't have the right to complain for the next four years. But the real reason to vote?Free swag!W ... More >>

The Ten Wackiest Food Vending Machines Ever: Mashed Potatoes, Live Crabs, and More (Videos)

It must be a slow news week because instead of the upcoming Presidential election, Middle East strife, and needles in your airplane sandwich, ABC (and most every other news source) chose to focus on a truly bizarre story and an invention that could possibly save mankind.The mashed potato vending mac ... More >>

Florida Man Robbed 7-Eleven Because His Girlfriend Wouldn't Have Sex With Him

There are a lot of reasons why you might tote your BB gun to the neighborhood 7-Eleven and demand all the cash in the drawer -- financial desperation, serious drunkenness, Big Gulp hatred. While none of those are good excuses per se, they're certainly better than James Seehaus' reasoning.The 25-year ... More >>

Best Cheap Beers: If You Must Buy at a 24-Hour Gas Station, Here Are Your Choices

Most of us working stiffs don't have mad cash to drop on huge quantities of good-quality beer. What is the alternative? Twenty-four-hour gas stations stocked with little rescue kits of mass-produced brew.There are many selections, but here is a list of ten that every beer fiend should consider when ... More >>

Occupy Miami Fundraiser at Churchill's Pub on March 27! Join the Revolution!

​Do you support the Occupy Miami movement but hate living in a half-abandoned Overtown apartment complex? Are you and/or your friends "dying to get arrested" in the name of socioeconomic equality but are short on bail money? Or do you just hate douchey frat boys who support Mitt Romney? If you a ... More >>

Occupy Miami: Snoring, politics, and Dead Can Dance

A Night in the Life of Occupy Miami: Snoring, Politics, and Dead Can Dance

It is 8:30 p.m. and Occupy Miami's general assembly is raging outside the Stephen P. Clark Government Center in downtown Miami. This gathering of about 60 borderline yuppies, people stylin' with handbags, bike folks, and South American grandfather revolutionaries started two hour ... More >>

Occupy Miami: Soggy But Peaceful Outside Government Center

​It appears the greatest threat to Occupy Miami's tent city outside Stephen P. Clark Government Center, at this point, is the rain. After only one night, it seems the dedicated activists are forming a little community complete with a medical tent, security teams, and clean up crews.Between 30 and ... More >>

Girls, Girls, Girls, and a Man With a Very Smooth Head

​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. .

Florida Woman Arrested After Sucking on Police Officer's Prosthetic Penis

​Police have a history of pulling off some wacky stunts and spending a lot of time targeting prostitutes, but a Manatee County police officer's methods to arrest a hooker seem kind of cruel. He threw money at her, made her suck a rubber stunt penis, and then slammed on the car's brakes, causing he ... More >>

SpongeBob SquarePants Robs Florida 7-Eleven

​What you see on your right is not an image from your nightmare nor a still from a Kubrick-inspired horror film. What you see is a capture from security footage depicting a very real Florida robbery in which a man dressed in a SpongeBob SquarePants mask held up a 7-Eleven near Orlando last week.

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Victor Diaz is No Austin Powers

​Victor Diaz's Modjo, doesn't guarantee you'll get the girl -- but he does hope it will help you live longer and look younger. So technically at least, you are upping your chances. Along with his wife Patricia, the Chicago native is taking on the beverage industry giants with a new line of thirst ... More >>

Spilling the Beans

La Suiza Bakery Nails Starbucks

Photo by Ily GoyanesLa Suiza: Westchester's hidden gem.In the innocence of youth, we could be duped into believing that a pastelito is a pastelito, is a pastelito. But once our taste buds evolved past Little Debbie Snacks and 7-Eleven nachos, we could no longer be satisfied with mediocre gastronomic ... More >>

Top 10 Football Gambling Foods

​Gambling is one of the greatest highlights of football season. Got a dozen bets running every Sunday? Risk your car payment on whether a college quarterback would run or throw his first TD? Trying to decide between the line and the over? Log in to your bookie through your smartphone? Here's how t ... More >>

Driver Held Hostage in His Own Delivery Truck

Why would anyone hold up a 7-Eleven? They bring so much frozen joy to the world.​In today's roundup of crimes and various horrible things: a delivery man is held hostage in his own truck, two men hold up a 7-Eleven (no Slurpees were harmed), pipes burst, moms cry, and water is contaminated.

Top 5 Miami Gas Stations to Eat At

via nostalgiafinder.comOil, blood, and Murray's Pomade.​Sure, there's that pesky oil spill dumping hundreds of millions of gallons of deadly crude into our fish basket. But when all the seafood is dead or infected, we can find sustenance in the industry that put us in this situation.Besi ... More >>

Florida Legislature Wants to Put Teens Who Sext More Than Four Times Behind Bars for Five Years

​A bill that defines sexting as its own distinct crime is gliding through the Florida House. While the bill would shield horny teens from harsher child pornography laws, repeat offenders could wind up in jail for up to five years. The bill defines sexting as the use of "a computer or any othe ... More >>

Domo Arigato, Domo

Courtesy of 7-ElevenWhat's warm and fuzzy and the color of poo?​There's nothing that makes me want to buy a Taquito and Big Gulp more than a ferocious-looking piece of fuzzy poo.Yeah, if only I was being factious. The truth is, I fell for Domo, the rectangular, brown Japanese creature making his a ... More >>

Miami Man Indicted for Thieving Data from 130 Million Credit Cards

via Andres Rueda's flickr​In what looks like the biggest crime ever of its type, Albert Gonzalez, a 28 year-old Miami man, was indicted on charges of hacking into computer networks and stealing information from over 130 million credit and debit card accounts. Gonzales, who also goes back the ... More >>

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Into the Woods

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Ready, Set, Blow!

Money for Nothing

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All local bands sound the same and it don't rain in Miami in the summertime

Swelter

Everything You Know Is Wrong

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Lumps of Coal

Major albums that don't belong in anyone's Christmas stocking.

The Forgotten Man

Eight months after he got hit by Channel 7 anchorman Rick Sanchez's Volvo, Jeffrey Smuzinick is doing poorly. His family is just plain doing poor.

Skate Away

Why do thrashers flock to this West Dade back yard? Gather ye nosebones while ye may.