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Young Scrilla of Tru Story Ent Shot in Overtown AK-47 Driveby in Miami Weekend Shooting Spree

Assault weapon shooting sprees are all too common in Miami. And a weekend full of gunfire saw Liberia, Hollywood's own Young Scrilla caught in a hail of bullets between scenes of a music video production in Overtown.The Tru Story Entertainment artist told the Herald that as he sat idling in a BMW, a ... More >>

Norman Braman Is a Phony, and So Are His Candidates

Norman Braman Is A Phony

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke goes after the County Commission's biggest enemy.Car magnate, activist, and billionaire Norman Braman has everyone fooled. He's n ... More >>

This Valentine's Day, Say It With Sex Toys

Valentine's Day is one occasion when most folks -- ​even those of us who like to live outside the box, then take a chainsaw to it until all that's left are infinitesimal flecks of cardboard -- choose to go the traditional route, and showering our mates with flowers, candy, and BMWs. (Hint, hint.) ... More >>

Tobacco Road's Flying Tomato Smash & Bash: Food Fight With Free Beer

Courtesy Tobacco RoadAhhh, a bed to tomatoes..​"The tomatoes are here," the call said. When you're invited to see what about 10,000 pounds of tomatoes look like (25,000 of the ripe red fruit), you get in the car and go.There, in the parking lot of Tobacco Road they were. A mound of tomatoes, await ... More >>

Drunk Miami Man Steals BMW from Crash Scene on I-75

​Alligator Alley may be one of the country's most boring drives, unless, of course, you happen to be joy riding in a stolen BMW while drunk. That's what Miami resident Richard Jouel Abraham allegedly did yesterday, but now he's sitting in the slammer.

Miami Beach Getting Another Parking Garage Designed by a Star Architect, This Time Zaha Hadid

​In the architecture world, apparently you aren't anyone until you've designed a parking garage in Miami Beach. Frank Gehry, Herzog & de Meuron, and Arquitectonica have all designed structures to house visitors' vehicles. Now the city has announced it has commissioned another star architect, Z ... More >>

Woman Run Over, Killed by Her Own BMW SUV at Burger King HQ

A woman was run over and killed by her own BMW SUV in a freak accident yesterday afternoon in the parking garage of Burger King's corporate headquarters in Miami. The woman had hit another car and got out to inspect the damage but forgot to put her car in park.

15-Year-Old Accidentally Killed by Friend After Stealing BMW and Attempting Crime Spree

Helicopter footage from the Post shows the other boys being questioned by police.​A 15-year-old boy from Coral Gables was shot and killed this morning in Boynton Beach after he stole a BMW with two friends and drove to Palm Beach County looking for homes to burglarize. The victim was accidentally ... More >>

Miami Herald's Moving Sale

​Now that the Herald is planning its move from its seaside lair to a third-floor Homestead office (above a Palacio de Jugos! Yes!), they're looking to unload some stuff. Here are a few of the items we're going to be looking for on Craigslist.

Maria Tellez Wanted for Fatally Running Over Another Woman With Her BMW After Bar Fight

​North Miami Police are on the hunt for Maria Tellez. The 29-year-old woman is suspected of running over another woman with her BMW SUV after a bar fight. The 25-year-old victim was found dead, lying face down on the pavement, when police arrived.

Does Bouygues, Contractor on the $1 Billion Port of Miami Tunnel, Have a $1 Million Yacht?

According to a tipster, this is Bouygues's $1 million boat​These are dangerous times for the conspicuously wealthy. Overtaxed voters just threw out BMW-driving county mayor Carlos Alvarez. The outrage over George Burgess's $500,000 severance package is still palatable.But nothing brings out the pi ... More >>

Norman Braman Gets Mayoral Candidates To Promise Charter Reform

photo by Tim ElfrinkBraman issues his marching orders.​When Norman Braman launched his campaign to oust Mayor Carlos Alvarez, he made it clear that charter reform -- including term limits -- was his real goal. Braman inched a step closer to making that happen today as three of the front-runners to ... More >>

Tea Party Claims Victory in Alvarez Recall ...Uh, Wait, What?

Fox News declares a Tea Party Revolt​"Tea Party Revolt: Miami Mayor Recalled," proclaims Fox News' Fox Nation website, while other Tea Party segments of the world wide web take glee in the ousting of Carlos Alvarez. True some of the politics involved share similarities: raising property taxes was ... More >>

Man Dies in Car Crash After Hitting Car Traveling Wrong Way Down MacArthur Causeway

​Traffic was snarled this morning in downtown after a man died in a car crash after his car was hit by another vehicle traveling the wrong way down the MacArthur Causeway. The accident happened at about 3:20 a.m. when 22-year-old Omar Bravo was driving westward on the eastbound lanes of the major ... More >>

Rumeal Robinson, Prison-Bound NBA Baller, Screwed Over a Miami Mom Too

​Rumeal Robinson, the onetime University of Michigan hero who spent six seasons in the NBA, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in federal prison Friday for masterminding a bank fraud. Even in the days leading up to his sentencing, the consummate huckster was trying to raise cash from old friend ... More >>

Carlos Alvarez and Norman Braman: Dirty Dozen 2010

​Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians and unholiest celebrities and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We're releasing the names one by one ahead of next week's issue, which comes with a full-page illustration ... More >>

From 'Cat Killer' Probe to New Marlins Stadium: 5 Biggest Wastes of Taxpayer Money in 2010

We all love baseball, but did we all really have to pay for a new stadium when Marlins owners had plenty of cash on hand?​Anger over public spending is all the rage these days. Unemployment checks? Undeserved. The Obama stimulus plan? An abomination. Now Carlos Alvarez is facing a fierce recall c ... More >>

Art Basel: 25 Reasons We're Glad It's Over

Associated Press26. George Hamilton, who are you trying to fool?​Look, there's no denying that Art Basel is the best thing to happen to Miami since cocaine. The money, the buzz, the makeover to the city's image, blah blah blah. We know. We love it, and we'll be excited for it all over again next y ... More >>

Recall Carlos Alvarez

Carlos Alvarez Responds to Our Plea to Support Norman Braman's Recall

​In this week's New Times, we lay out four reasons you should support billionaire Norman Braman's efforts to recall County Mayor Carlos Alvarez. We're obviously not alone in believing the measure has merit -- Braman announced last night that more than 90,000 folks in Dade County have already signe ... More >>

Three Weeks Into 2010, It's Going to Be a Very Dumb Year: Behold Your Morons of the Week

You see it every new year: South Florida's morons resolve to turn over a new leaf. They promise they will keep their names and mug shots out of news articles with the phrases oddly enough or incredibly idiotic in the headlines. But now, during the third week in January, our heroes are suffering from ... More >>

Is It Just Us, or Does This Boston Globe Story Look Familiar? (Updated With Response from the Globe)

​They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. We haven't been quite this flattered in a very long time.Three weeks ago, Riptide published a story about the very drastic fall of former pro basketball player Rumeal Robinson. We used court documents filed in Miami-Dade court and a revealing in ... More >>

County Execs Drive Expen$ive Car$ on the Taxpayers' Dime

​The more Riptide dissects Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez's proposed budget cuts in order to make up a $427 million shortfall, the more we realize el alcalde fuerte is not gonna mess with his executive staff's perks. The mayor's spokeswoman, Vicki Mallette, confirmed Alvarez will not ax the ... More >>

The Fugitive

Sean Casey, who pleaded guilty to killing an elderly woman, claims a prominent lawyer urged him to flee.

Father Hoes Best

The Williams sisters' pop isn't the first to use celebu-dad status to score a young babe.

Miami According to Brooklyn

The local hardcore legend opens his mouth again.

Miami According to Brooklyn: Miami vs. Ft. Lauderdale

To read past installments of Miami According to Brooklyn, click here. Since I've lived and worked in both Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, I want to talk about the differences between the scenes, and also just getting around in each place. First off as far as Ft. Lauderdale goes, transportation sucks. Ever ... More >>

Is R&B Singer Akon a Fraud?

Trilla, Trilla Nights

Rick Ross proves he’s still the boss.

Baseled Out

Miami's annual art party is over, and we couldn't be happier.

Oasis Lounge

Future Hock

A pawn shop blooms in the condo boom

The Orange Man Cometh

South Miami's first murder in eleven years came after a brazen robbery

Miami Gripes, Part 2

A trip to Miami Beach gathers lots of moss

Letters from the Issue of February 16, 2006

Everything about this seems a bit hypocritical

The Color of Money

Basel high rollers are jetting into town ready to blow big bucks

Run-On Sentence

Critics say draconian drug laws held over from the Eighties pack prisons, force plea deals, and hit one errant lawyer harder than the dealers he defended

Porous by Design

Architect Zaha Hadid blurs the line between interior and exterior

The Pain Train

Two years later, a digital-video short film became an overnight ad sensation

Street Theater

Praying with the Enemy

Pain & Gain, Part 2

Miami's Sun Gym gang developed a taste for blood and money. The police could have stopped them before they killed somebody. But they didn't.

Goon Over Miami

Chris Paciello, the dangerous darling of the SoBe nightlife set, has a reputation for fisticuffs. And mob ties.

At Bayside, Ship Happens

Miamarina wants the raucous La Rumba party boat out. Its owners are crying foul.

News of the Weird

Dumb Luck

In 1992 Bernardo Paz hit the Lotto, bought himself a brand-new BMW, and headed down the road to ruin. This year he finally got there.

Swelter 20

Wipeout! Part 2

Two citizens corroborate allegations by Surfside patrolmen that police reports were falsified

Pave It to Save It

Once their landlords straighten out the paperwork, the Grove farmers' market will be baking on asphalt

The Big Pill