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  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Music

    July 28, 2011

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Music

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • News

    November 26, 2009

    Air Platinum Club owner Mickael Cohen under siege from creditors and business associates

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Sacre Bleu! A High-Flying Frenchman Is Accused of Owing Beaucoup Bucks

    Is this racist?​Mickael Cohen is a 36-year-old self-professed millionaire from France who wears linen suits and looks like a Lothario version of Jon Lovitz. In July, he showed off a Gulfstream jet, a Rolls Royce, a Lamborghini, an Aston Martin, an 80-foot yacht, and a Sunny Isles condo that, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2009

    The Curious Case of Willie Chirino

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2009

    Help Wanted

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

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2008

    Lift Every Voice and Sing!

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

  • Calendar

    August 14, 2008

    An Extravaganza of Excess

    Not on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday — it’s on Friday, Friday, Friday!

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Twin Vets Helping People Go Green

    Not on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday — it’s on Friday, Friday, Friday!

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2008

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

    Not on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday — it’s on Friday, Friday, Friday!

  • Home Entertainment

    January 17, 2008

    Our Top DVD Picks Scheduled for Release This Week

    Not on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday — it’s on Friday, Friday, Friday!

  • News

    November 8, 2007

    A Corruption Tip Sheet

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

  • News

    August 17, 2006

    Ephemeral Flame

    A downtown monument goes on hiatus

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2006

    Latin Food with Flair

    A downtown monument goes on hiatus

  • Music

    March 16, 2006

    Sergio Mendes

    Timeless (Concord/Hear Music)

  • News

    January 19, 2006

    Golden Conflict

    This judge has some 'splainin’ to do

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2004

    Debauched Debate

    This judge has some 'splainin’ to do

  • Dining

    January 24, 2002

    New Azul, Go Roja

    What's in a name? Often, confusion

  • Shops and Wares

    May 17, 2001

    Best Wine Selection In A Convenience Store

    Amoco food store and station

  • Calendar

    May 3, 2001

    Drive My Clean Car

    "Tomorrow's Cars Today"

  • Dining

    February 8, 2001

    Side Dish

    Give and take

  • News

    October 22, 1998

    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.

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Hungry Is the Hunter

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

  • News

    May 18, 1994

    Swelter

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

  • News

    October 20, 1993

    Program Notes 27

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

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