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Zaha Hadid Designs a Skyscraper with an Exoskeleton for Downtown Miami

The next iconic skyscraper that might sprout up in downtown Miami will take its architectural cues from a bug. Plans for the proposed One Thousand Museum building, designed by star architect Zaha Hadid, have emerged and the towering residential building sports an exoskeleton.

Power Players

The Mystery of Missing Fort Lauderdale Millionaire Guma Aguiar

Going and Going and Going

Florida Man Attempts to Set Himself on Fire, But No One Lets Him Borrow a Lighter

We don't recommend anyone go the self-immolation route, but if you're going to attempt it, at least give it a long, hard thought. It's not something to do in haste. Kalpeshkumar Patel, a 40-year-old former employee of at a High Spring, Florida gas station was so pissed at his ex-boss he attempt ... More >>

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 >>

Seun Kuti and Egypt '80 at Manuel Artime Theater July 29

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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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 >>

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.

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 >>

Man Who Abducted Woman from Gas Station and Raped Her is on the Loose

​Last night, a woman returned to her car after making a purchase at a Chevron gas station in Kendall. She got in the drivers seat shortly after midnight and prepared to pull away when she felt a firearm press up against the back of her head. A man had climbed into her backseat and waited for her. ... More >>

Five Best Chefs of 2010

Lee KleinRichard Hales keeps on truckin'​Five chefs. Five different means of distinguishing themselves over the course of the past year. The names are Timon Balloo, Giancarla Bodoni, Kevin Cory, Richard Hales, and Simon Stojanovic. The reasons follow:Giancarla Bodoni, Escopazzo:The organic Norther ... More >>

Marco Rubio and Rick Scott Are Pissed Offshore Drilling is Banned off Florida

​After escaping major damage from the BP oil spill this year, the people of Florida should breath a sigh of relief that the Obama administration announced today that offshore drilling will be banned in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic coast of Florida for at least the ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Obama is Supernegro

Miami Chefs Return from NoLa Ready to Support

Photo by Pete Souza/White House​Five 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

BP Oil Spill Benefits Cuba, Fidel Castro

While Deepwater Horizon continues spewing black crude into the Gulf of Mexico, Cuban commies might be rejoicing. That's because the oil spill could be the strongest argument yet for ending the embargo.El Máximo and Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has signed an offshore drilling deal with C ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Miami's Natural Choice Vending Stocks Healthy Options In Snack Machines

image via Natural Choice VendingPirate's Booty, Stacy's Pita Chips, Back to Nature Snacks, Nature's Path Toaster Pastry, and many more.​Aah vending machine, that great bastion of robot based snack-type commercial transactions. Frosted cakes, chocolate bars, sour candies, chips a plenty and sodas t ... More >>

Hugo Chavez Stinks, but Rafael Correa...Not

Today's Hugo Chavez's tenth anniverary in power. He's messed with everybody's brains since taking the oath of office -- and he has brought a voice to a lotta poor Venezuelans, many of whom have come to Miami. But this caudillo ain't slick. He's lucky. Oil revenues have soared to the point where he's ... More >>

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Check out how Mr. Zero dealt with a crappy situation.

World Bank: Biofuels Caused Food Prices to Soar 75%

Twin Vets Helping People Go Green

As Unemployment Rises, Economists Say We May Be In A Recession

Our Top DVD Picks Scheduled for Release This Week

A Corruption Tip Sheet

When bad pols get busted, we give you the inside dope

Ephemeral Flame

A downtown monument goes on hiatus

Latin Food with Flair

Golden Conflict

This judge has some 'splainin’ to do

Debauched Debate

The Teté Offensive

And the trend continues -- five-star prices for three-star quality

Best Wine Selection In A Convenience Store

Amoco food store and station

Drive My Clean Car

"Tomorrow's Cars Today"

Side Dish

Give and take

Lou's Last Pitch

Nearly anyone can make it to the major leagues. All you need is a little talent and a lot of faith.

Hungry Is the Hunter

Lawmen, developers, and environmentalists have made Everglades hunters feel like an endangered species

Swelter

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