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January 29, 2009
New in Town Might Just Be the Worst Movie of 2009
We're not sure exactly what happened when New in Town got pitched. We imagine some screenwriter hack was all like, "You know how in Miami the temperature is relatively warm? Right? Well, what if some lady from Miami had to move to the frozen tundra of Minnesota? Then she had all sorts of slapstick a ... More >>
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March 18, 2009
New Poll: 9% of Southerners Find Bernie Madoff Favorable
This week poll magicians were out in full force collectively interrupting Americans' family dinners with long surveys. Both CBS and the Daily Kos have interesting polls out where we learn surprising things (Hillary Clinton has better approval ratings than Michelle Obama) and not so surprising things ... More >>
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April 2, 2009
News Roundup
Local Donte' Stallworth surrendered to police. [CBS4] The Miami planning board approved the permit for the Marlins stadium. [SFBJ] Miami-Dade Transit has no money, so it's trying to skim a little off the top of stimulus money that belongs to municipalities. [MiamiToday] HSBC (a bank) just signed a ... More >>
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April 6, 2009
Allen Stanford Will Punch You in the Mouth If You Ask About His Ponzi Scheme
In a state still reeling from Bernie Madoff and staggering toward 10 percent unemployment, it's tough to think of many adjectives less likely to endear you to the commoners than accused billionaire Ponzi schemer.via mediaimran's flickrStanford, at left, sponsored $20 million cricket matches in the g ... More >>
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April 9, 2009
The Fall of a Titan
A downtown Miami firm allegedly helped build an $8 billion Ponzi scheme. It could have been stopped.
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April 15, 2009
Cheap Eats on the Island?
Yes, it seems even Palm Beach can't escape the iron clutch of impending economic doom. Fortunes strip-mined by Bernie Madoff, trendy uber-boutiques slinking off Worth Avenue like mangy dogs, billionaires reduced to poverty-stricken multimillionaires. And now an affordable restaurant is heading for t ... More >>
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January 29, 2009
Developer Tibor Hollo Helped Build Miami
An epic condo bust can't burst his bubble.
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January 22, 2009
A People in Transition
The Miami Jewish Film Festival offers perspective on a changing culture.
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January 22, 2009
Madoff's Man
South Florida multimillionaire Michael Bienes never cut ties with Bernie Madoff, even after the SEC shut him down.
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June 29, 2009
Madoff Gets 150 Years in Jail
Bernie Madoff, the West Palm Beach financial demon who ripped off thousands of investors, many in South Florida, has been sentenced to the maximum 150 years behind bars. "I'm responsible for a great deal of suffering and pain, I understand that. I live in a tormented state now, knowing all of the ... More >>
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June 29, 2009
Miami Scammer's Possible 400-Year Sentence Makes Madoff's Seem Light
via Taunton GazetteOkun and Bolani in happier timesBernie Madoff is facing 150 years in prison, but that's nothing compared to the 400-year sentence that could await former Miami businessman Edward Hugh Okun.Not much ink has been spilled locally about Okun, but we'll bring you up to speed. At s ... More >>
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June 16, 2009
News Roundup
Local In Miami Beach, a police officer shot and killed Husien Shehada, suspecting he had a gun. Then the cop arrested his brother, but family and friends think the reasoning doesn't line up. [Herald] A class-action lawsuit filed in Miami asks that "phantom fees" be returned to Bernie Madoff's vict ... More >>
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July 1, 2009
Slot Machines at Our Airport?
via Iotea's flickrSometimes Miami-Dade County Hall reminds me of that guy who's always dreaming up wacky get-rich-quick schemes and shady money-making ideas ("Dude, I just bought that book from the guy who wears question-mark-print suits..." "If I hit up every sperm bank in the tri-county area once ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
President Obama fails to go after those responsible for the financial meltdown
via Iotea's flickrSometimes Miami-Dade County Hall reminds me of that guy who's always dreaming up wacky get-rich-quick schemes and shady money-making ideas ("Dude, I just bought that book from the guy who wears question-mark-print suits..." "If I hit up every sperm bank in the tri-county area once ... More >>
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October 30, 2009
Moron of the Week: Self-Destructive Ponzi Baller Sean Healy
Photo via MySpace.com Never mind the fact hat he dresses like a club promoter. If your investment manager has a MySpace page, get a new investment manager.Forget Flagler, Tuttle, and Brickell. We need to start naming streets and bridges after a historical figure whose legacy is honored eve ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
A Christmas Carol: A very CGI Christmas
Photo via MySpace.com Never mind the fact hat he dresses like a club promoter. If your investment manager has a MySpace page, get a new investment manager.Forget Flagler, Tuttle, and Brickell. We need to start naming streets and bridges after a historical figure whose legacy is honored eve ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
The 2009 Miami Book Fair offers a strange brew of talent
Photo via MySpace.com Never mind the fact hat he dresses like a club promoter. If your investment manager has a MySpace page, get a new investment manager.Forget Flagler, Tuttle, and Brickell. We need to start naming streets and bridges after a historical figure whose legacy is honored eve ... More >>
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November 9, 2009
Miami Book Fair: Ruth Reichl
Ruth Reichl comes to the Miami Book Fair International to plug a huge 1,000-plus recipe cookbook called Gourmet Today -- on the heels of the announcement that there would be no more Gourmet magazine tomorrow. That's sort of like Bernie Madoff going on a financial self-help book tour in the weeks ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Van Peebles, Borowitz, S.L. Price at the Book Fair
Ruth Reichl comes to the Miami Book Fair International to plug a huge 1,000-plus recipe cookbook called Gourmet Today -- on the heels of the announcement that there would be no more Gourmet magazine tomorrow. That's sort of like Bernie Madoff going on a financial self-help book tour in the weeks ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Lowenstein Family Owes Big Bucks
Ruth Reichl comes to the Miami Book Fair International to plug a huge 1,000-plus recipe cookbook called Gourmet Today -- on the heels of the announcement that there would be no more Gourmet magazine tomorrow. That's sort of like Bernie Madoff going on a financial self-help book tour in the weeks ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Miami-based Psystar takes on Apple
Ruth Reichl comes to the Miami Book Fair International to plug a huge 1,000-plus recipe cookbook called Gourmet Today -- on the heels of the announcement that there would be no more Gourmet magazine tomorrow. That's sort of like Bernie Madoff going on a financial self-help book tour in the weeks ... More >>
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November 14, 2009
Miami Book Fair: Andy Borowitz
"When I was in high school, I was editor of the paper, and we did an April Fool's issue that was all fake news. I look back at that and look at what I'm doing now, and I realize just how little growth there's been in the last 30 years."Andy Borowitz is discussing his career and being more than m ... More >>
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December 31, 2009
Miami 2009: Seven signs the End Times are nigh
"When I was in high school, I was editor of the paper, and we did an April Fool's issue that was all fake news. I look back at that and look at what I'm doing now, and I realize just how little growth there's been in the last 30 years."Andy Borowitz is discussing his career and being more than m ... More >>
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February 1, 2010
Made Off Too: A Retired Aventura Cop Gets Conned and Fights Back
Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein bilked investors out of $1.2 billion, but at least he didn't Miami-Dade CorrectionsKarl Thompson stole $1.2 million from a retired police officer.bamboozle a poor one-armed handyman like Karl Thompson did.The 40-year-old scammer defrauded friends and business associa ... More >>
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February 4, 2010
Miami-Dade con man Karl Thompson swindled an ex-cop and got caught
Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein bilked investors out of $1.2 billion, but at least he didn't Miami-Dade CorrectionsKarl Thompson stole $1.2 million from a retired police officer.bamboozle a poor one-armed handyman like Karl Thompson did.The 40-year-old scammer defrauded friends and business associa ... More >>
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February 4, 2010
Super Bowl guide to sex, drugs, gambling, and living large in South Florida
Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein bilked investors out of $1.2 billion, but at least he didn't Miami-Dade CorrectionsKarl Thompson stole $1.2 million from a retired police officer.bamboozle a poor one-armed handyman like Karl Thompson did.The 40-year-old scammer defrauded friends and business associa ... More >>
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March 12, 2010
Gather Around Your Morons of the Week
It's once again that time of the week-- when a bearded, wild-eyed Riptide climbs down from that mountaintop hoisting stone tablets bearing the names of the last seven day's most elite numbskulls. Without further ado, your morons of the week: 5. The city of Haikou It's being called the "Miami of Chin ... More >>
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April 2, 2010
Moron of the Week: Wannabe Prosecutor-Killer Travis Stubbs
Travis Stubbs, exponential dumbass.This week, believe it or not, was a relatively intelligent one in South Florida. We had a Miami Gardens minister buying Rolls Royce Phantoms for drug dealers, and a Miami Heat player's penis made an unexpected cameo, but all in all, it was mostly quiet on ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
A Poor Man's Bernie Madoff Screws Haitian-Americans
Travis Stubbs, exponential dumbass.This week, believe it or not, was a relatively intelligent one in South Florida. We had a Miami Gardens minister buying Rolls Royce Phantoms for drug dealers, and a Miami Heat player's penis made an unexpected cameo, but all in all, it was mostly quiet on ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Ponzi playboy Sean Healy didn't invest money he swindled; he blew it in a hurry
Travis Stubbs, exponential dumbass.This week, believe it or not, was a relatively intelligent one in South Florida. We had a Miami Gardens minister buying Rolls Royce Phantoms for drug dealers, and a Miami Heat player's penis made an unexpected cameo, but all in all, it was mostly quiet on ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
Frank Owen Sues Gerald Posner Over Plagiarism Charges in Miami Babylon
photo by Bill CookeBack in March, we were the first to detail local author Frank Owen's charges that Gerald Posner had plagiarized dozens of passages in his latest book, Miami Babylon, from Owen's 2003 book Clubland. The case opened the floodgates on what looks like Posner's career-long habit of ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Latin American dictators love South Florida
photo by Bill CookeBack in March, we were the first to detail local author Frank Owen's charges that Gerald Posner had plagiarized dozens of passages in his latest book, Miami Babylon, from Owen's 2003 book Clubland. The case opened the floodgates on what looks like Posner's career-long habit of ... More >>
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September 21, 2010
Convicted NBA Fraudster Rumeal Robinson Joins South Florida's Blown Fortune Hall of Fame
That blindfolded chick holding the scales just made it rain justice on Rumeal Robinson. The former University of Michigan basketball hero and NBA journeyman-- whose addiction to strip clubs was first exposed by this blog-- has been convicted in Iowa federal court of fraud. The Aventura resident was ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Versace Ushers in Fashion Week at Icon Brickell. Have You Bought Your $91,000 Chinchilla Coat Yet?
Michael MillerChinchilla so soft you could snort it for only $91,000You might not have noticed, but the Magic City has a wee bit of a poverty crisis going on these days. Half the county is behind on its mortgage and Miami's homeless can't even get their hands on unwanted LeBron jerseys.So imagine ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
The Freakonomics cottage industry multiplies
Michael MillerChinchilla so soft you could snort it for only $91,000You might not have noticed, but the Magic City has a wee bit of a poverty crisis going on these days. Half the county is behind on its mortgage and Miami's homeless can't even get their hands on unwanted LeBron jerseys.So imagine ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Nevin Shapiro: Miami's Caligula
Michael MillerChinchilla so soft you could snort it for only $91,000You might not have noticed, but the Magic City has a wee bit of a poverty crisis going on these days. Half the county is behind on its mortgage and Miami's homeless can't even get their hands on unwanted LeBron jerseys.So imagine ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Pinko Dramedy
Michael MillerChinchilla so soft you could snort it for only $91,000You might not have noticed, but the Magic City has a wee bit of a poverty crisis going on these days. Half the county is behind on its mortgage and Miami's homeless can't even get their hands on unwanted LeBron jerseys.So imagine ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
New York's Not So Finest
Michael MillerChinchilla so soft you could snort it for only $91,000You might not have noticed, but the Magic City has a wee bit of a poverty crisis going on these days. Half the county is behind on its mortgage and Miami's homeless can't even get their hands on unwanted LeBron jerseys.So imagine ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
Marguerite Martial Jean Busted for $3.4 Million Ponzi Scheme that Targeted Haitian-American Church Goers
Given the high profile cases of Bernie Madoff, Scott Rothstein and Allen Stanford, the image of a Ponzi schemer is usually that of some rich white guy with a cigar hanging out of his mouth praying on already well-off investors, but not all schemers fit that bill. Marguerite Martial Jean, a 38-yea ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Bob Norman, Good-Bye!
My old buddy Bob Norman is shipping outta New Times Broward Palm Beach and heading for the TV news. Bob has been the franchise player at that paper for years -- ably assisted by the likes of a staff that has included stars like Sam Eifling, Ed Newton, Tony Ortega, Mike Mooney, Lisa Rab, Trevo ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
Bernie Madoff's Liquor Cabinet is Going Up for Auction in Miami
Convicted Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff wasn't a cheap man. Even though he was far from a booze enthusiast, apparently having a well-stocked and extensive stash of wine and fine liquor is just a byproduct of having way too much money (other people's, in this case) than one knows what to do with. Th ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
Now's Your Chance To Own A Very Tacky Piece Of Allen Stanford's Ponzi Empire
Wave goodbye to that $3 million desk, Allen.You've got to give Allen Stanford credit for thinking big -- instead of sinking his $8 billion Ponzi scheme profits into the usual uber-rich guy stuff, he bought himself the entire Caribbean nation of Antigua, sponsored giant cricket tourneys (despite b ... More >>
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June 6, 2011
Bernie Madoff's Boxer Shorts Sell for $200 at Miami Beach Auction
The big auction of Bernie Madoff's old stuff went down this weekend at the Miami Beach Convention Center, and more than $400,000 was collected to pay back his victims. The big news though is that someone paid $200 for a lot of Madoff's old boxer shorts. Which seems like a really good deal and a s ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Nevin Shapiro and His Attorney Threatened New Times With World's Silliest Lawsuit
via Yahoo SportsNevin ShapiroNevin Shapiro and his Coral Gables attorney, Maria Elena Perez, have the national media eating out of their hands these days. Shapiro is trying to bring down UM's football program, and Perez -- who's not in jail -- has helped him by making TV appearances. But the pair wa ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
Jose Reyes to the Marlins: The Conflicting Emotions of A Miami-Residing Mets Fan
I was in the stands at Shea Stadium in 2006 when Endy Chavez, God bless his tiny heart, made this heroic catch in the NLCS' Game 7 to seemingly seal the Mets' glorious destiny. That was the last time I've ever experienced joy. Three innings later, Carlos Beltran was frozen by an Adam Wainwright ... More >>

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