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Jeremy Lin Needs to Beware Coochie Power

​Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness 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 counsels New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin. The New York Knicks and Jeremy Lin are coming to town this Thursday, February ... More >>

Hit-and-Run Driver Michele Traverso's Drug Test Comes Back Clean

Michele Traverso​Michele Traverso, the driver responsible for a deadly hit-and-run accident on the Rickenbacker Causeway, made his first appearance in court this morning and voluntarily submitted to a drug test. Despite previous arrests for possession of marijuana and cocaine, Traverso's drug ... More >>

Cyclist Aaron Cohen Dies After Rickenbacker Hit-and-Run; Driver Michele Traverso Arrested

​Aaron Cohen, one of the two bicyclist who were injured in an early morning hit-and-run car crash on the Rickenbacker Causeway on Wednesday morning, has died.Meanwhile, police have arrested the driver Michele Traverso, 25, after he turned himself in early this morning. Traverso was driving with a ... More >>

Three Miami Beach Towing Horror Stories as Commissioners Decide Whether to Hike Fees

​Miami Beach's two towing companies will attempt to hornswaggle the City Commission this afternoon into granting them a rate hike. If commissioners and Mayor Matti Bower cave in, Beach Towing and Tremont Towing will charge people an additional $64 to get their cars back. Obviously, Miami Beach res ... More >>

Here Weego: Bud Light Helps Rescue Dogs at Super Bowl

​Long before cable television and the thousands of programming choices that we now have, television was born in the late 1920s. Its primary function was (and it may surprise some) and still is to serve as a means of communication during emergencies. That's why we have those pesky emergency drills. ... More >>

Super Bowl Food Ads: Cookies For Breakfast, Coke, and The Soup Nazi

Coca-ColaThe Coke bears are back in time for the big game.​Can Super Bowl Sunday be the only day of the year in which we actually look forward to commercials? Each year, advertisers fall all over themselves trying to top each other for ratings, consumer approval and a coveted Clio award.  Adv ... More >>

Victoria Jackson's excellent Tea Party adventure

Coca-ColaThe Coke bears are back in time for the big game.​Can Super Bowl Sunday be the only day of the year in which we actually look forward to commercials? Each year, advertisers fall all over themselves trying to top each other for ratings, consumer approval and a coveted Clio award.  Adv ... More >>

Pedestrian Hit and Killed by Three Cars, Two of Which Fled the Scene

​Ismael Cruz-Pratts, 48, was struck and killed by three cars last night in North-West Miami Dade. Disturbingly, only one of the drivers actually stopped to assist the victim. The two other cars drove away as Cruz-Pratts was left for the dead on the asphalt.

Woman Raped on the Side of the Road After Her Car Has Trouble

​A 21-year-old woman had to pull off I-95 Sunday morning around 6:30 because her car was having trouble. She stopped in the area of NW 103rd Street near NW Sixth Avenue, where a young man approached her, hit her in the back of the head, and sexually assaulted her.

Five annoying things Miamians do

​A 21-year-old woman had to pull off I-95 Sunday morning around 6:30 because her car was having trouble. She stopped in the area of NW 103rd Street near NW Sixth Avenue, where a young man approached her, hit her in the back of the head, and sexually assaulted her.

Michael Corleone Blanco lives in the shadow of his cocaine-queen mother

​A 21-year-old woman had to pull off I-95 Sunday morning around 6:30 because her car was having trouble. She stopped in the area of NW 103rd Street near NW Sixth Avenue, where a young man approached her, hit her in the back of the head, and sexually assaulted her.

Jose Cassola, Miami Herald Reporter Busted For DUI: "You Can't Get Drunk Off Vodka!"

Jose Cassola claims that the Miami Herald , where he worked as a Neighbors reporter until Wednesday, is trying to throw him under the bus by publicizing his recent DUI arrest. He also claims that he's innocent-- although he admits to driving after five to seven cocktails-- and the victim of Miami Be ... More >>

Fatal Crash Shuts Down US 1

All of the north and southbound lanes of US 1 in Miami were closed Wednesday morning after a hit-and-run crash left one motorist dead. The driver of a silver-colored Honda, a women believed to be in her seventies, was killed when a white pickup truck struck her vehicle, causing her to crash into a ... More >>

Man's Decomposed Body Found in Canal, Police Suspect Murder

via CBS4 Vanhouston D. Flowers's body was found decomposed and floating in a canal.​In today's roundup of horrible crimes and other assorted sins, a shooting victim is left paralyzed, a man dies while in the custody of the Miami Beach Police, an SUV somehow lands directly atop a Honda, Vanhouston ... More >>

Miami Beach cops are paid up to $225K and face lawsuits galore

via CBS4 Vanhouston D. Flowers's body was found decomposed and floating in a canal.​In today's roundup of horrible crimes and other assorted sins, a shooting victim is left paralyzed, a man dies while in the custody of the Miami Beach Police, an SUV somehow lands directly atop a Honda, Vanhouston ... More >>

Take a roundtrip ride on the Dade-Broward 95 Express Bus

via CBS4 Vanhouston D. Flowers's body was found decomposed and floating in a canal.​In today's roundup of horrible crimes and other assorted sins, a shooting victim is left paralyzed, a man dies while in the custody of the Miami Beach Police, an SUV somehow lands directly atop a Honda, Vanhouston ... More >>

Riptide Reviews the New Dade-Broward Public Bus, Survives

An artist's interpretation of this story.​It's something Miamians don't like to think about, but it's true: There exist a few unfortunate souls who are forced to periodically travel to Broward County for reasons related to work, Panthers games, and ex-wives. Now they have a bus. Miami-Dade Transi ... More >>

Moron of the Week: South Florida's Creepiest "Pastor"

We usually use this column to recklessly mock regional idiots who accidentally shoot their toes off or are busted for running pathetic Ponzi schemes. But this week, we're issuing a public service announcement.Lovelorn ladies of South Florida, do not date the man whose pictures you see here. Even ... More >>

At Florida Memorial University, surviving assaults is part of the curriculum

We usually use this column to recklessly mock regional idiots who accidentally shoot their toes off or are busted for running pathetic Ponzi schemes. But this week, we're issuing a public service announcement.Lovelorn ladies of South Florida, do not date the man whose pictures you see here. Even ... More >>

Miami-based Psystar takes on Apple

We usually use this column to recklessly mock regional idiots who accidentally shoot their toes off or are busted for running pathetic Ponzi schemes. But this week, we're issuing a public service announcement.Lovelorn ladies of South Florida, do not date the man whose pictures you see here. Even ... More >>

Random Album Review: Brooke Hogan, The Redemption

Brooke HoganThe RedemptionSoBe EntertainmentYou'll love Brooke Hogan's latest, The Redemption, if your taste in music was honed while drunkenly bar hopping on Washington Avenue. The album is about as charming  as pole dancing for an ass-grab-happy crowd during Calle Ocho. And it's as sophistica ... More >>

Have Pole, Will Travel

Brooke HoganThe RedemptionSoBe EntertainmentYou'll love Brooke Hogan's latest, The Redemption, if your taste in music was honed while drunkenly bar hopping on Washington Avenue. The album is about as charming  as pole dancing for an ass-grab-happy crowd during Calle Ocho. And it's as sophistica ... More >>

The Toyota Prius: Hybrid Hell

It can be a devil to drive.

Still Lapping It Up

There's more of the same in Mario Kart Wii, and that just might be plenty.

Knightly Rescue from Miami Beach Road Rage

There's more of the same in Mario Kart Wii, and that just might be plenty.

Vamos a Cuba!

Join us as we try to hitch a ride to the island before the gold rush strikes.

Cartoon Creator's Grisly Murder

Curious George director Alan Shalleck's curiosity killed him.

Miami's Best Albums of 2007

Suicide Blonde picks 'em.

Over the Weekend - Jingle Ball, Hot Imports and a Dolphins Victory

Suicide Blonde picks 'em.

Burn Rubber

Feast your eyes on these sweet rides.

Mr. Kay

He's Miami's own Blind Lemon Jefferson, a musician extraordinaire

A Close Call on South Beach

He's Miami's own Blind Lemon Jefferson, a musician extraordinaire

South Beach Menace

A scuffle minutes from the nation's sandy playground highlights its slimy underbelly

Press Time

With Fidel on his death bed, journalist Carlos Otero is more critical than ever

Grills and Thrills

With Fidel on his death bed, journalist Carlos Otero is more critical than ever

No Foul, No Crackup

After the ’cane, things were safer than you thought

Bird Bash

After the ’cane, things were safer than you thought

Shaq Fans for Life

The two men whose alleged tormentor was apprehended by the Heat star speak up

BEST COMEBACK (ANIMAL KINGDOM)

Miami Blue Butterfly

The Bitch

Tiffany > Timoney

Dogs About Town

Tiffany > Timoney

Art's Big New Home

A fine first show for a splendid space

Old Jack City

There's no place like Miami for the car insurance runaround

Mi Moto Loca

When it came time to hit the road, his wife said "Choose!" and he kicked the starter

Happening Homestead

If you think nothing's going on in Homestead, think again

BEST LOCALLY PRODUCED STAGE COMEDY

Here in My Car

Mad Cat Productions

Miami Light Project's Light Box Theatre

The Crass Menagerie

Tennessee Williams AND Joe Conrad go deeper into Parrot and Monkey Jungle than was, perhaps, wise

Real-Time Car Talk

Here in My Car

Best Snorkeling Spot

Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary