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Everett Wilkinson: Tea Party Extremist, Media Darling

South Florida Tea Party Now Embarrassed by Term "Tea Party," So They're Changing Their Name

While talk of the Tea Party dominated coverage of the 2010 election, the group's influence took a massive nose dive in 2012 and the very term "tea party" just doesn't carry the same weight it once did. So leaders of the South Florida Tea Party have decided to change its name. The group will now be c ... More >>

Read Mail: Don't Mock Jesus on the New Times Cover

Florida Receives More Money From the Feds Than Any State: $30K Per Person

Florida uses the federal government like a sugar daddy. The Sunshine State leads the other 49 in both the total amount of money and the money-per-capita it received from the feds in 2011. That doesn't even include that high-speed train we didn't get.According to a CNBC analysis, Florida received $57 ... More >>

More Free Music: "Red Bottoms" by Ghostwridah

Photo by David "Dro" Rosario Ghostwridah Ghostwridah is a native of South Miami. You know, that little corner of Dade County between the University of Miami campus and Dadeland Mall. He's been a mainstay in Miami's ... More >>

Chinese drywall has screwed thousands of South Florida homeowners

Aim for the Head

Kick it with the homies at WAKA.

So Ladylike

Lisa Lampanelli lets it all hang out at the Fillmore

Hate Shack, Not Where It's At

The new, not-entirely-improved lifeguard shacks are making South Beach locals cringe

A Legendary Outing

Twilight Princess is the best Zelda ever

Hands, Hickeys, and Hurly-Burly

Art Basel leaves its mark on Wynwood

Democats and Republicrans

Damnation by Decibel

From hear to eternity, Miami is hell on your aural health

Baselisk

The Bitch sees some art and arbitrates a catfight

It'll End in Tears

Letters from the Issue of November 3, 2005

The Art of Longevity

Postcards from New York

One chief is memorialized as another moves on to a new job

The Day Miami Stood Still

January 1, 2000: County officials are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. What about you?

Homestead's Dirt

In South Miami-Dade it's all in the land -- the earth, the profits, and the sweet deals

A Native Return

Port Whine

Miami-Dade County's proposal to privatize public marinas has mariners up in arms

A Double-Wide Life

With county officials and neighbors determined to squeeze them out, mobile home owners have become an endangered species

Letters

Idiot Wind

After Hurricane Andrew destroyed Susan Alberti's home, county bureaucrats stepped in to finish off what was left of her life

Capital Punishment

Citing a flood of red ink, officials drew a bead on Dade's only public gun range. Now shooting enthusiasts hope to overturn the death sentence.

News of the Weird

Q: How Do You Misplace 3000 Trees?

A: If you're Dade County, you begin by paying $300,000 for allegedly inferior specimens, and then ...

Sudden Wayne Change

Wayne Huizenga drives a hard bargain at Homestead racetrack -- he'll make millions while Dade taxpayers are taken for a ride

A Key Battle

The Conch Coalition and Taras Lyssenko claimed environmentalists were out to destroy the culture and economy of the Keys. Voters listened.

Letters

The Little Museum That Couldn't

A feud over funding has left the Gold Coast Railroad Museum half-built and its antique trains rusting

Home Truths

After decades of living month to month in trailer parks, some South Dade migrant workers have found a permanent address

Fare Trade

Ziggy Zilber built a lean, mean, ground-transportation empire, making money and enemies, and working the politicians like a well-oiled machine

To the Rescue, Slowly

Miami Beach lifeguards are still waiting for the last of their spiffy new Art Deco stands

Lab Rats

Some people sign up to test experimental drugs for the good of mankind. Others do it for the money. Meet Miami's professional pincushions.

Treasured Isle

This time next year an RV campground will occupy Virginia Key. Say sayonara to one of the city's last patches of green.

Forgotten but Not Gone

The last of the FEMA trailer occupants are now rehoused. The question is: For how long?

The Hits Just Keep on Coming

Men are still beating women, and rock music is still trying to change the world

Captain Hook

Meet the repo man. He wants to steal your car. He has a legal right to steal it. And you don't have a chance.

Lost in the Flood

Does it really matter if a few Miami rock bands volunteer to play live shows in an effort to help water-weary Iowans?

A Tale of Tent City

Last spring, when Dade County united with a local charity to help the hurricane's homeless, the partnership sounded too good to be true. It was.

Hearts and Mayans

Jack Leonard has opened his South Dade home to Guatemalan migrants. What more can he do?

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