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Immokalee Farmworkers Start 14-Day March, Pinpoint Publix

Immokalee farmworkers and their allies started on a 14-day, 200-mile trek across Florida to protest low wages and poor working conditions yesterday.According to Naples News, about 150 people took to the streets of Fort Myers, some holding signs, a few carrying a large paper mache farm worker that ha ... More >>

Mindy McCready Commits Suicide, Country Music Star Dead at 37

Double-platinum country music recording star and the oft-tormented Mindy McCready was found dead at her Arkansas property last night, the victim of an apparent suicide. She was 37. According to a statement released by the Cleburne County Sheriff's office, McCready died of a self-inflected gunshot ... More >>

Urban Sprawl Kills Endangered Florida Panthers: 2012 Could Be Deadliest Year Yet

Florida's "Rednecks for Obama" Flag Combines "Hope" Poster with Confederate Flag

The sight of the image of America's first black president juxtaposed next to a Confederate flag may be jarring to some, but 16-year-old Lee County resident Ryan Turner, the founder of the grassroots "Rednecks for Obama" movement (or something), says the use of the images together is meant to show th ... More >>

Study: South Florida Isn't Actually a Good Place to Retire

Despite its reputation as America's premier retirement destination, a new study shows that South Florida actually isn't the smartest place for the elderly to retire. The Milken Institute's "Best Cities for Successful Aging" rankings put the South Florida tri-county area at 37th out of America's 100 ... More >>

Ten Forgotten Miami Professional Sports Teams

Today, for better or worse, the Miami market has teams in each of the big four major leagues. It wasn't always that way, though, and besides the Dolphins, Heat, Marlins, and Panthers, several other professional sports teams have called Miami home. In fact, the Magic City's colorful pro spo ... More >>

Olympic Ratings: Miami's Not That Interested

Two years ago, the Miami market lead the nation in viewership of the World Cup, so you'd figure we'd be really into all international sporting competitions. Apparently not so much. NBC has released its ratings by markets, and the Miami market didn't even crack the top 20. Which is odd, considering t ... More >>

Connie Mack, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Other Florida Politicians Chided by Watchdog Report

Fudge your expenses at work and you could get fired. Fudge them when you're in Congress and you'll probably get away with it.A new anti-corruption report spells out how hundreds of U.S. representatives use their positions to enrich themselves and their families. According to the report, those engage ... More >>

Marco Rubio Under Fire From Birthers Who Don't Believe He's a "Natural Born Citizen"

​Believe it or not, the right wing is targeting Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a rumored vice presidential contender. They argue he is ineligible for the job because his Cuban parents weren't U.S. citizens when he was born in Miami in 1971.It is the same argument of twisted logic and handpic ... More >>

Jack McKeon Managing Against the Children of His Former Players

McKeon managed John Mayberry back when chew was healthy.​A new chapter of the Jack McKeon Is Really Old Chronicles was written last night: The 80-year-old Marlins manager skippered a game against the son of a player he managed in the early 1970s.John Mayberry was the Kansas City Royals' hard-hitti ... More >>

Rick Scott Now Wants to Spend More Money on Education, But It's Probably Too Late

​The Florida Legislature actually put more money into education this year than called for in Gov. Rick Scott's Tea Party-happy budget, but now that the legislative sessions is over and the final budget in on Scott's desk he's suddenly realized that even that isn't enough money to educate our child ... More >>

Rapture-Fearing Fort Myers Teen Loaded His Car with Guns, Arrested for Driving it to School

​So, some stupid supposed-Christian out in California decided that last Saturday was going to bring the Rapture, and a lot of stupid people and stupid media outlets decided to spread his message so other stupid people could buy into it. As we all now know that Rapture never happened, but a bunch o ... More >>

Drugged Conscience Delivers a Double Dose of Brutality at Churchill's Pub This Week

​This week, Churchill's Pub hosts a pair of Drugged Conscience-sponsored concerts seething with heterogenous brutality. While the label and booking agency fits under the comfortably broad punk/hardcore banner, its showcases exemplify the manifoldness inherent in the operation's extreme music deali ... More >>

Miami Ranked 10th Most Dangerous Spring Break Destination

​It's that time of year when college students across the country take a break from their busy schedules of binge-drinking in hoodies and sweatpants in dorms and frat houses to change it up and binge-drink in bikinis on beaches. Yes, it's spring break. As always, South Florida attracts its fair sha ... More >>

Chick-fil-A: Florida Students Disagree Over Restaurant's Right To Be On Campus

via Flickr SanFranAnnieShould good food outweigh common decency?​Some people are really serious about food. Chick-fil-A, a Christian restaurant chain, came in as the number one choice in a survey among Florida Gulf Coast University students when asked which restaurants they wanted in their student ... More >>

Is Rick Scott Preparing to Screw Teacher and Police Pension Plans to Plug Budget?

​Funny how though Tallahassee has been in the death grip of complete Republican control for more than a decade, the state still finds itself year after year with billion dollar budget holes to close. In order to shore up this year's $3.6 billion shortfall Gov. Rick Scott, several Republican politi ... More >>

Drugged Conscience is making Miami punk history

Local Record Label Drugged Conscience Is Making Miami Punk History

via druggedconscience.com​To the outside world, Miami isn't particularly known for its punk history. We weren't part of the first wave (New York City, Los Angeles, London), we didn't invent hardcore (Washington D.C.), and we burn through venues so fast that we've never managed to forge a long-te ... More >>

Shocking Finding: Retirees Love Florida

​Florida really is Heaven's waiting room. According to a new study by Portfolio.com, the Sunshine State is by far the most popular destination for retirees, which has major implications as the gigantic baby boomer population continues to enter retirement age. The good news for Miamians who hate ol ... More >>

Pay Florida football coaches more

High School Football Coaches Deserve More Cash

​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 tackles high school football coaching salaries.Florida -- and Miami-Dade -- seriously need to change the way high school ... More >>

Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp Will Endorse Marco Rubio, Hasn't Spoken to Charlie Crist in Months

Kottkamp (right) and Crist (left) in happier times with some old guy, we think Sarah Palin's grandpa.​Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp will betray the man who helped raise the former Ft. Myers-area state rep from political obscurity to, um, political semi-obscurity by announcing he's endorsing Marco Rubio f ... More >>

Pat Riley Sued for Keeping Land Deal Profits to Himself

Famous for a different kind of suit. ​Heat President Pat Riley has bigger problems this summer than just trying to re-sign guard Dwyane Wade. Riley is being sued for $5.5 million by a real estate broker who says the Hall of Fame coach didn't live up to a promise he made to break him off a pi ... More >>

South Florida-based Ponzi scheme dupes investors out of Costa Rican real estate

A Costa Rica Land Grab Smells Like a $50 Million Ponzi Scheme

Photo from Paragon's website, paracr.com.How come Bill Gale didn't want to talk to a New Times reporter?In 2005, Dallas resident Richard Silverman returned from vacation in Costa Rica convinced the Central American paradise was a perfect spot for a second home. So after searching online, Silverman ... More >>

Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio In War of the Man Hugs

Because Floridians honor the age old tradition of democracy so-so much, the current race for the state's open Senate seat now revolves around pictures of embarrassing man hugs. This truly was our founding fathers' dream.​On your left you'll find a picture Florida Governor Charlie Crist embracing t ... More >>

Miami Beach Doctor Duped Out of $15K by Man Posing as a Maxim Model

via Maxim​Aren't there enough aspiring swim suit models on Miami Beach looking for a sugar daddy? So how did one Miami Beach doctor get duped into thinking he was having an internet fling with a former Maxim model only to find out that he was actually trading pictures and having phone conversation ... More >>

Let's Play Identity Politics For a Moment

So after the NRSC endorsed Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio in the Republican Senate primary, a lot of people implied it was a snub to Hispanics. We thought this was silly. Crist has won three statewide campaigns in a row, is an extremely popular governor, and has a national profile. He's going to win ... More >>

Commemorate Your Ponzi Scheme Losses with a Nice Decorative Tile

Have you been swindled out of your life savings in a massive Ponzi scheme? Are you looking for the perfect way to remember all those heady days of 15 percent returns before the market collapsed? Do you just love R. Allen Stanford's manly Texas mustache? via eBay listing We suggest you buy en ... More >>

Charlie Crist Gets a Little Biparistan Curious with Prez Obama

Gov. Charlie Crist has secretly been in the tank for Obama since the very beginning. First he did nothing to stop Florida's primary from being ignored by the Democrats, and even as the Obama campaign has admitted, if it counted we might be dealing with President Hillary now. Then, when it came time ... More >>

Virginia Resident Connie Mack Waiting for Charlie Crist Before He Declares Senate Intentions

Connie Mack IV represents Florida's 14th congressional district in Southwest Florida. He recently celebrated his first year of wedded bliss to California congresswoman Mary Bono (Sonny's non-Cher wife), but the two don't really split their time between Florida and California, instead raising their f ... More >>

Toke It Easy

Snap out of it, 4/20 revelers: Florida legislators want to stomp on your buzz.

Spin Yourself Silly

United and It Feels So Good

Dirty deeds and unsung honors from the Ozone Awards

Personal Best

Nick D'Annunzio and Tara Solomon of TARA, Ink.

Letters from the Issue of November 11-17, 2004

Public-radio lovefest, parks and mounted police, humans as panther bait

Letters from the Issue of December 18, 2003

Letters from the Issue of , 2002

Street Team Dream

Rising rappers get close to fans on Memorial Day -- sometimes too close

Vox Populi

Opposition to developing an airport in Homestead continues to grow

Our Swamp Beautiful

Calendar for the week

The Sixth Step to Getting Signed

Letters

Eclectic Ladyland

Road Show

Want to know more about Jeb Bush? The machinations of Florida's Republican party? Vomiting? Get on the bus.

Evans and Odds

Jazz and blues do the horizontal bop as William Evans looks forward and back

Shear Delight

Where Have All the Spikers Gone?

The pros have packed up their volleyballs and split Miami Beach.