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May 4, 2012
Panhandle Tourism Official Spent $710K in Taxpayer Money on a Boat, Is Now Missing
You think South Florida has the state's most corrupt local officials? Not all the time. The stink of corruption likes to settle itself evenly across this great state.Mark Bellinger, the director of the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council, resigned this week after the local sheriff's office a ... More >>
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April 25, 2012
Port of Miami Deep Dredge Clears Final Hurdle As Environmentalists Drop Lawsuit
Prepare to be dredged.After a five-month legal standoff over a controversial plan to deepen the Port of Miami using explosive charges, environmentalists have relented. Three groups opposed to the project have dropped their lawsuit in exchange for legal fees and the establishment of a $1,310,000 trus ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Eliu Gonzalez, Florida City Sea Hustler, Pleads Guilty to Defrauding BP Out of Oil Spill Funds
We're betting this is what Gonzalez looks like.BP was recently ripped off to the tune of six figures by an enterprising hustler named Eliu Gonzalez. The 37-year-old Florida City resident was indicted in April for forging documents to claim $110,116 in lost fishing income due to the Deep ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
El Carajo: Almost As Expensive As Sra. Martinez!
All photos by Laine Doss Keep walking past the pumps, the gum and the condoms to find the restaurant.Few Miamians probably know that "el carajo," translates to the crow's nest of a Spanish Gallion. Almost everyone knows, however, that it is slang for almost anything too far away ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
Gas Station Workout, Diet, Wins Worldwide Popularity
Camille LambFrancisco has energy for hours thanks to his gas station game plan.Gas prices are so high these days, many of us feel like beating up the pump when it's done tallying up our tabs. But we can't do much damage to those LCD screens with flappy, impotent little biceps and the pep of salte ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Oil Reportedly Washes Up on Key Biscayne
Just a year after the BP oil disaster in the Gulf and just in time for Earth Day there are reports of oil washing up on the beach at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park in Key Biscayne. Oil has also been spotted on the shores of John U. Lloyd Beach State Park in Dania Beach.
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April 20, 2011
Today's Oil Spill Anniversary Is Last Chance to Sue Companies Responsible
Last chance to sue Transocean, at least until the next environmental disaster.Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 rig workers and released 206 million gallons of crude into the ocean. And while the oil spill undoubtedly ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Purple People Eatery Truck Hits the Streets Saturday
Last year, Michelle Duncan and boyfriend David Shipman applied for a Pepsi Refresh Grant to make their Oil Spill Kitchen -- a truck that would roll through the South feeding those affected by the BP oil spill -- a reality. They didn't get the money, but they didn't give up on the idea of owning a ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation at Bayfront Park Amphitheater, October 26
via facebook.com/massiveattack As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami's Best Concerts of 2010. Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation October 26, 2010 Bayfront Park Amphitheater Even before the actual music started, the Mas ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2010
LeBron James' Polls Worst Than Everyone in Person of the Year Voting Except for BP's Tony Hayward
Remember how LeBron James' was included on Time magazine's teaser poll leading up to their annual "Person of the Year" honor? Well, he just found out about it and he's absolutely humbled. "I just heard that. It's pretty cool. It brings a smile to my face," he told reporters. That smile might tu ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
Adrian Grenier Uses His Celebrity for Bluefin Tuna
Entourage hottie, Adrian Grenier, is putting his celebrity to good use. He, Oceana, GQ's Gentlemen Fund, and Nautica have joined forces to fight extermination of the bluefin tuna in the Atlantic. The population of these huge creatures has been reduced by nearly 82 percent as a result of overfishin ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
Thievery Corporation and Massive Attack at Bayfront Park Amphitheater, October 26
via facebook.com/massiveattackMassive Attack bathe in rainbows.Massive Attack and Thievery CorporationBayfront Park Amphitheatre, MiamiTuesday, October 26, 2010Better Than: No doubt the MGMT show was probably awesome, but if I could have split myself and watched both, I'm pretty sure this is wher ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Alex Sink Picks Up Endorsement From Every Major Newspaper in the State
In an age when the broadsheets are struggling and anyone can make their own mini-endorsements on Twitter or Facebook, do newspaper endorsements still matter? The Democratic Governor nominee better hope so. She's walked away with the support of every major newspaper's editorial board in the state. Th ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation play Bayfront Park Amphitheater October 26
In an age when the broadsheets are struggling and anyone can make their own mini-endorsements on Twitter or Facebook, do newspaper endorsements still matter? The Democratic Governor nominee better hope so. She's walked away with the support of every major newspaper's editorial board in the state. Th ... More >>
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October 12, 2010
Obama Picketed by Gay Rights Activists with Boats & Weather Balloons: Five Lamest NObama Protests
Ian Goldin/GetEQUAL.orgA GetEQUAL protester arrested earlier this year in D.C.Yesterday afternoon, President Obama gazed out over Alonzo Mourning's yard in Coral Gables, past the brightly-painted garden gnomes, and said to himself: What the fuck are giant weather balloons doing here?At least that ... More >>
News
October 7, 2010
Obama is Supernegro
Ian Goldin/GetEQUAL.orgA GetEQUAL protester arrested earlier this year in D.C.Yesterday afternoon, President Obama gazed out over Alonzo Mourning's yard in Coral Gables, past the brightly-painted garden gnomes, and said to himself: What the fuck are giant weather balloons doing here?At least that ... More >>
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October 5, 2010
People Expect Obama to Be SuperNegro
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once 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 gives President Obama an A on his midterm report card.Despite the mess he inherited from George W. Bush, Barack Obama has ... More >>
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September 27, 2010
Miami Chefs Return from NoLa Ready to Support
Photo by Pete Souza/White HouseFive months after the Deepwater Horizon spilled more than 5 million barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans economy is still hurting. Three locals toques, Michelle Bernstein, Michael Schwartz, and Peter Vauthy, recently visited re-opened waters, spent ... More >>
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August 20, 2010
Gulf Oil Spill Sticking With Us: Top Five Things We Thought Went Away But Really Didn't
Taint gone: the oil spill is with us for years to come, whether we like it or notYesterday scientists at the University of California, San Francisco published a report on the dangers to humans and wildlife still posed by the gigantic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. To the cha ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Tony Hayward Kiss-off: Top 10 "You're Fireds" in U.S. History
Peter Souza on Wiki Commons "If you talk bad about me, your'e gone." Not since Beelzebub was dumped from heaven by the big guy himself has somebody been so deserving of losing their job as BP's CEO Tony Hayward. The greasy executive will be officially stepping down Oct. 1 and his departure go ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Lobster Miniseason Begins Tomorrow
Florida Lobsters. Lobster enthusiasts should gas up their boats. Lobster miniseason begins tomorrow. Or tonight at 12:01 a.m. to be exact. The two-day lobster hunt is an opportunity for novice fishermen to be out on the water, drink, and, of course, catch lobsters.If this is your first time on th ... More >>
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July 21, 2010
Charlie Crist Stays With Real Housewives Star Jill Zarin While Raising Cash in the Hamptons
Could Florida's Senate race get any weirder? First, we have revelations that Jeff Greene (also buddies with Mike Tyson and Heidi Fliess) hosted Lindsay Lohan on his yacht during a New Year's Eve vacation on St. Barts. Now we learn that governor and Senate candidate Charlie Crist stayed at the hom ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Oil Finally Stops Gushing Into Gulf, Says BP
It took those fucktards at BP nearly three months, but they've finally stopped the leakage of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. So they say. The company says all valves have been shut on a new cap, thus stopping the flow at exactly 2:25 p.m. today. Gee, and only 4,200,000 gallons of oil managed to spi ... More >>
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July 2, 2010
High Chance Oil Spill in Gulf Of Mexico Will Affect South Florida
NOAAScientists predicted today that the BP oil spill has a 61-80 percent chance of reaching South Florida. Unlike the west coast, which is likely to not be affected at all, the Florida Keys, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami have "a greater probability due to the potential influence of the Loop Current," ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
Spain’s One-Armed Bard
NOAAScientists predicted today that the BP oil spill has a 61-80 percent chance of reaching South Florida. Unlike the west coast, which is likely to not be affected at all, the Florida Keys, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami have "a greater probability due to the potential influence of the Loop Current," ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
Spain’s One-Armed Bard
NOAAScientists predicted today that the BP oil spill has a 61-80 percent chance of reaching South Florida. Unlike the west coast, which is likely to not be affected at all, the Florida Keys, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami have "a greater probability due to the potential influence of the Loop Current," ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2010
Oil Spilling Bad Guys Charged With Polluting The Ocean (Nope, Not BP, Sadly)
One leaky oil boat down! One gushing, horribly out of control well to go.They wantonly spilled oil into the ocean, lied to federal regulators and bent the rules, prosecutors say. Now they're looking at serious prison time for their crimes against the environment.Yay! Justice at last for the BP spill ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Marco Rubio, Hurting From "Drill, Baby, Drill" Support, Scuffles to Address Leak
Every day that the shattered remains of the Deepwater Horizon keeps bleeding oil into the Gulf, Marco Rubio seems to fall a little farther behind his nemesis Charlie Crist in the polls.The biggest reason? Charlie gets to strut around Pensacola Beach every day in rolled up shirtsleeves, talking about ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
Naked on bikes for the BP spill
Every day that the shattered remains of the Deepwater Horizon keeps bleeding oil into the Gulf, Marco Rubio seems to fall a little farther behind his nemesis Charlie Crist in the polls.The biggest reason? Charlie gets to strut around Pensacola Beach every day in rolled up shirtsleeves, talking about ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
"Naked" Bike Ride a Symbol of Community Activism
Photo by Justin Namon/WorldRedEye.comProtesters talk with the local media.Click here to view photos from this event.Saturday afternoon about 100 people gathered outside the BP gas station on NE 10th Street and Biscayne Boulevard. For one hour, a horde of social activists, students, artists, cycli ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2010
Alex Sink Recruits BP Critic, Clinton Consultant James Carville For Governor Race
Alex Sink is pulling out the big guns for her flailing gubernatorial campaign: swampthing James Carville. Sink campaign e-mailWhile her campaign has seesawed from bad to "who's that?" since it kicked off, things have recently taken a turn for the worse. In this month's Quinnipiac poll, she ... More >>
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June 11, 2010
Around Town: World Cup Parties, Naked Bike Rides, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Passion Pit
It's all about balls this weekend.Thanks to our proximity to South America, Miami cares a little bit more about the World Cup than most U.S. cities. Still, it's no England, where half of all workers bees are expected play hooky from their day jobs to watch a little footie at the pub. On the other ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Naked Bike Ride in Miami Protests Gulf Oil Spill
Balls against tar balls.If you're like us, the first impulse you had after seeing your first oil-soaked seagull was to rip off your clothes and hop on a bike. This Saturday, you can do just that in the company of strangers at the Miami World Naked Bike Ride to protest our nation's dependence on t ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
Scientists: Oil Could Reach East Coast in Weeks
BP has yet to cap the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and as millions of more gallons of oil rush into the waters as new National Center for Atmospheric Research predicts that spill could start affecting the Atlantic Coast in a matter of weeks with Miami's shores some of the first hit.Six powerfu ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2010
Drunk Dad Ronald Devers Tries to Pick up Toddler Left on Bus
Yesterday, Gayle Kelson purposefully seemed to leave her 2-year-old daughter on a city bus and faces a charge of child neglect. The girl was taken into protective custody, but her father showed up to get her. The only problem: He was drunk.Ronald Devers showed up to court slurring his words and wear ... More >>
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May 24, 2010
BP Protest in Downtown Miami Looked to Bring Awareness
Protester at the BP station at NE 10th Street and Biscayne Boulevard.I wanted to organize a lil' protest against BP and offshore drilling. It had been exactly one month since the oil spill began. One month of non-stop poison continuously flowing into the Gulf, making its way toward the Loop Curre ... More >>
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May 21, 2010
Oil Spill Reactions From Miami Seafood Chefs and Purveyors
via U.S. Coast GuardIncendiary device prior to being used in a controlled burn of concentrated oil in the Gulf of Mexico.The BP oil spill has put all of South Florida in an officially declared State of Emergency. Not long before that announcement was made, we reached out to seafood industry folks ... More >>
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May 21, 2010
Morons of the Week: The Foul-Mouthed Principal, the Dirty Detective, and the Cardboard Caper Masterminds
This was the week Miami spent looking very hard at balls. First tar balls started showing up on our shores, sending scientists scrambling to determine whether we will soon be engulfed by a black goop monster courtesy of British Petroleum. The short answer: yes. Then, at a rate of 22 ... More >>
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May 21, 2010
More Oil Spill Reactions From Miami Seafood Chefs and a Fisherman
via http://www.flickr.com/photos/18773952@N00/292143657Dead fish.Now that the BP Oil Spill has hit the Mississippi Delta and toxic seas lap at unprotected marsh, Miami's eyes are on the slick with greater fear for our coastline than even before.We spoke to more local chefs, a restaurant owner, an ... More >>
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May 19, 2010
Oil Spill Reactions From Miami Seafood Chefs and Owners
via U.S. Coast GuardA shark can smell a single drop of blood in one million drops of water.Twenty-nine days later, and oil continues to flow from a hole 5,000 feet below the ocean's surface. BP's actions continue to threaten the Gulf and maybe the Atlantic's commercial fishing industry. Today, th ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2010
Don't Panic! (Yet) Those Tar Balls In Key West Didn't Come From The BP Oil Spill
As you can see above, a pretty solid freak-out hit Duval Street yesterday when upwards of 50 tar balls turned up in the ocean and on beaches around Key West. But not to worry! Turns out these floating blobs of disgusting petroleum didn't come from the massive BP gusher in the Gulf. Which is, we gu ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2010
Area 31's Menu Unaffected by Gulf Oil Spill... For Now
Area 31 not yet feeling the effects of the oil spill.Wondering whether that ungodly oil slick off the coast of Louisiana is going to spoil your next seafood feast at Area 31 Restaurant, located on the 16th floor of the Epic Hotel. Well rest assured, BP's big mess shouldn't stop you from enjoying ... More >>
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May 7, 2010
Jon Stewart Takes on Rekers' "European Gaycation" on The Daily Show
The George Rekers and the rent boy scandal is at once very, very sad but also very, very hilarious. Following the mixed results of Jay Leno and Stephen Colbert, last night Jon Stewart took on the scandal on The Daily Show in a segment titled "European Gaycation."In the clip below starting at abou ... More >>
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August 11, 2009
Patty King's Gas Station Jamaican Patty
Jacob Katel"Red Dot" Jamaican patty, that means spicy beef.Plastic cube, metal tongs, yellow pies with colored dots. Gas station patties are a South Florida staple. We picked this one up at an Amoco on 34th and Biscayne. It is a Patty King meat pie. Their product is pretty much everywhere and we ... More >>
Shops and Wares
May 17, 2001
Best Wine Selection In A Convenience Store
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News
November 9, 2000
The Last Service Station, Part 2
As Big Oil forces out the last independent gas station dealers, the era of truly giant oil begins
News
November 2, 2000
The Last Service Station
Why did the big oil companies want to put Ron Gregory and other independent operators out of business? That's right, to pad their profits.
News
September 23, 1999
A Skid Row Sleepover
Wherein our intrepid writer attempts to pierce the veil of sleaze on Miami's main street
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February 6, 1997
Life Sentences
Forget Hiaasen, Balmaseda, and Steinback -- the Herald's weird, wacky "Police Report" is the prose by the pros
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