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An Open Letter To Francis X. Suarez: For God's Sake, Hire a Speechwriter

Dear Francis X. Suarez, It was with great optimism and endearing faith in the potential of our elected politicians that I clicked on your recent "Open Letter to Miami" in the Huffington Post. Then I read this sentence: "With our magical coast and most enviable weather, a patch work of cultures that ... More >>

Early Voting on Dolphins Stadium Referendum Begins Today, but Election May Still Be Cancelled

Polling sites will open today in Miami-Dade for an election that might not actually come to pass. Yes, you can head to several early-voting sites beginning today to cast your ballot on the contentious Dolphin Stadium renovation referendum, but the election might end up just getting cancelled.

Suze Orman May Leave Florida Over Gay Marriage and Taxes

Financial guru Suze Orman may be packing up her partner and her jacket collection and moving to a state that recognizes gay marriage if the Supreme Court overturns DOMA.Orman currently lives in Fort Lauderdale with partner Kathy Travis, but the tax breaks that could come with federally recognized ma ... More >>

Miami-Dade Police Hunt for Driver in Horrific Hit-and-Run Bicycle Death

How often have you seen this headline in Miami? Yet even in Dade, where hit-and-runs are as regular as dubstep floating around South Beach on Ultra weekend, the wreck that killed a cyclist in North Dade yesterday was particularly brutal. After an SUV slammed into the man, the driver stopped twi ... More >>

LeBron and Wade Borrow a Crazy Choreographed Slam Dunk From Miami Hurricanes

The Miami Hurricanes basketball team isn't just making waves in the college world. They're inspiring the greatest players in the NBA too.Miami Heat stars Dwyane Wade and LeBron James were spotted in the stands when the 'Canes took on North Carolina and saw a crazy dunk so sweet they decided to recre ... More >>

Chris Brown Punches Frank Ocean Over Parking Spot

It'd been a while since Chris Brown acted up. But it's Grammy season, and that means Breezy's in fight mode! According to TMZ, Brown allegedly "jumped" R&B crooner Frank Ocean last night outside of Westlake Studio in Los Angeles after the Grammy-nominated Odd Future crewman reportedly blocked ... More >>

Florida Republicans Rolling Eyes at National GOP's Plan To Rig Electoral College

Mitt Romney's loss left Republicans with a lot of soul searching to do. Rather than reevaluating their message, voter outreach or image, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has endorsed a bizarre plan that would make one of the oddest elements of American democracy -- the Electora ... More >>

Giraffas, Manolo's & Novecento: Miami Leads United States' Food Culture UPDATED

Update: Giraffas announced that they have chosen Miami-Dade to be the Brazilian chain's U.S. headquarters adding 285 direct new jobs within three years and an initial capital investment of $8 million. Congratulations on your 285 new jobs, Miami.We recently stumbled across a headline picked ... More >>

Reader Mail: Charlie Crist Should Destroy Rick Scott

Tommie Sunshine on City of Miami vs. Ultra: "Way to Demonize the Visitors Who Make Money to Cover Your Asses"

Despite Ultra Music Festival's annual $79 million contribution to the local economy, City of Miami commissioner Marc Sarnoff believes the "event will be disruptive to the local business community and area residents due to noise, nuisance behavior of festival goers, and grid lock traffic." After all ... More >>

Homestead UPS Worker Arrested for Stealing Christmas Gifts

There's only one person who is supposed to eat your cookies without explicit permission during the Christmas season and that's Santa. Not Shuwana.Shuwana Horne, a Homestead woman who worked at a UPS warehouse in Islamaroda, has been arrested for opening and eating an undelivered tin of cookies and p ... More >>

Real Housewife Alexia Echevarria and Her Husband Herman Owe Nearly $100K in Taxes

Original Real Housewives of Miami cast member Alexia Echevarria, the self proclaimed "Cuban Barbie," and her Hialeah powerbroker husband Herman have had a whirlwind year that has now been capped off by having a lien placed on their house for failing to pay nearly $100,000 in back taxes from 2009.

Art Basel: P.Diddy, Kanye, Demi, Lenny and More in Celebrity Wrap-Up (Photos)

Art Basel 2012 has come and gone, leaving us with nothing more than a few hundred Instargram shots, a parking ticket, an empty bank account, and some blistered up feet. And yet, there were so many moments that were captured. So much life that was packed into those few short days.Who better to savor ... More >>

Rick Scott on Florida's Election Debacle: "The Right Thing Happened"

Facing criticism that his voter reforms and refusal to extend early voting hours lead to Florida's election debacle on Tuesday, Rick Scott told a radio station today, "Well, I'm very comfortable that the right thing happened."Hmm, let's just check the definitions of "right" from Merriam-Webster.

Muse Saves Daniel Craig From SNL, Announces North American Tour With South Florida Show

This past weekend, English alt-rockers Muse had to step up and carry Saturday Night Live after guest host Daniel Craig made it abundantly clear during his monologue that comedy was foreign to him. Watching James Bond deliver punch lines was about as entertaining as a Schindler's List viewing party ... More >>

Coconut Grove No Longer Accepting New Toilets Because the Sewer System is About to Blow

If you're looking to install a new toilet in Coconut Grove, don't hold your breath. But you might have to hold some other things while you're waiting.Miami-Dade County has denied several applications to install new toilets, sinks and showers in the neighborhood since August because, well, our sewer ... More >>

Key Biscayne Wants to Levy Toll for Bicycles On Rickenbacker

The Key Biscayne Village Council has proposed a toll for bicyclists crossing the Rickenbacker causeway. The council wants Miami-Dade County to erect a wall on the Rickenbacker that would separate bike traffic for vehicle traffic, and has suggested a bike toll as a way to fund the project.

South Beach Shark Attack May Not Have Actually Involved Shark

Tales of the great South Beach Shark Attack of 2012 are already swimming around social media, but there's actually no proof yet that the thing involved was necessarily a shark. The incident happened earlier this afternoon in the waters behind the W Hotel on 23rd and Collins. A man who was at th ... More >>

An Open Letter to South Beach Residents Who Say We Never Want to Hang Out on SoBe

Dear South Beach Residents Who Say We Never Visit Them Anymore Since They Moved to the Beach:So, um, we read this over at Huffington Post Miami's blog about how you never want to leave the Beach.You're right.We've noticed you never want to part ways with your precious little 33139. That's fine. You' ... More >>

Hank Williams Jr. on Obama: "Muslim President Who Hates U.S. and We Hate Him"

See also "Hank Williams Jr. and Five Other Tea Party Musicians." Over the weekend, Hank Williams Jr. exercised his constitutional right to speak out of his ass, making some outlandish statements about President Barack Obama. According to the Huffington Post, the 63-year-old country boy was nearin ... More >>

Report: Mitt Romney Founded Bain With Money From Miamians With Death Squad Ties

Nowadays, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has got plenty of money. More than $200 million of it in secret accounts around the world, in fact. But when he launched Bain Capital in 1983, Romney had trouble raising the cash for the private equity project. So he turned to super-wealthy Centr ... More >>

Justin "Douchebag" Bieber Mocks Prince William About Male Pattern Baldness

See also "Justin Bieber Disses Reading, Writing, Education: 'I'm Really Not Into That Stuff.'" In the mid-'90s, Prince William's adorable face was plastered on posters worldwide and then hung above millions of innocent young girls' beds where they were kissed and admired by tweens who dreamt of one ... More >>

Elton John Calls Madonna a "C*nt" Who "Looks Like a F#$%ing Fairground Stripper"

Madonna's awfully public exploration of post-menopausal sexuality and her apparent midlife crisis have Elton John flaming mad. "She's such a nightmare," John recently said in an interview with Australia's Molly Medrum. "She looks like a fucking fairground stripper." According to the Huffington P ... More >>

Miami is the 10th Most Economically Segregated Area in the Country

A short drive through Miami often reveals there's a big difference between the haves and the have-nots in this town. One minute you're surrounding by luxury high rises and fancy restaurants, the next you're in the middle of run-down homes and check cashing stores.So it's no surprise that the Miami a ... More >>

Black Lesbians Are So Pissed at Jennifer Carroll Right Now

Yesterday, Florida's lieutenant governor, Jennifer Carroll, laughed off accusations that she was caught in her office with a female aide between her legs by saying, "Usually black women that look like me don't engage in relationships like that." That remark has enraged black women who engage in rela ... More >>

Miamians Have the Most Sex in America, According to Trojan Condom Survey

Either you're too busy staining your sheets with sweat and other bodily fluids to read this right now, or your secret suspicions that everyone else in town is constantly getting laid are about to be confirmed. According to a Trojan Condoms survey, Miami is America's sex capital. We rate first not on ... More >>

Miami Is the Third Most Romantic City in America, According to Sugar Daddy Dating Site

Miami is definitely a city of lust and passion, but romance? We're not entirely sold. We mean, is stumbling out of a club at 4 a.m. and making out with someone whose name you barely know in the sands behind a lifeguard stand romantic?Yet, Miami has been ranked America's third most romantic travel de ... More >>

Woman Arrested for Masturbating on the Side of a Florida Highway

Talk about an exhibitionist streak. Ashley Holton, 35, was arrested this weekend after she was masturbating on the side of Highway 484 in Ocala, Florida. Her self-pleasuring antics even slowed down traffic on the roadway.Holton didn't seem to mind. She was enjoying herself so much that when a police ... More >>

Miley Cyrus Flashes Side Boob, Says Sex Is "Cool"

During her Disney days, Miley Cyrus was considered a model Christian. Like the Jonas Brothers, she proudly wore a purity ring and promised to stay a virgin. "I like to think of myself as the girl that no one can get, that no one can keep in their hand," she told TV Guide in 2008. "Even at my age, ... More >>

Florida Man Christopher Gunn Posed as Justin Bieber Online to Prey on Young Girls

Christopher P. Gunn has been indicted by federal prosecutors in North Florida for posing as pop star Justin Bieber online and pressuring under-aged girls into sending him graphic videos and pictures. If convicted, he could face up to 50 years in prison.

Florida Boy Arrested for Pulling a Machete on Kids for Bullying Mexicans

A 13-year-old Fort Myers boy was arrested last Friday for allegedly brandishing a machete while chasing a group of elementary school children at a bus stop. The stunt was apparently in retaliation for the younger boys' bullying the knife wielder's 10-year-old friend and for "messing with Mexicans."

Woman Jumps to Her Death from Aventura Mall Parking Garage: Third Suicide in a Month

For the third time in a month, a person has committed suicide at Aventura Mall. A still unidentified Hispanic woman in her mid-40s jumped to her death from atop a parking garage at the nation's fifth largest shopping mall yesterday afternoon at around 2:30.

Avicii at Ultra March 24

Take a Digital Video Tour of the New Miami Science Museum

​The new building at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science isn't even close to being completed, but the people behind it know a thing or two about technology. So, obviously, you can already take a tour of it. Check out the digitally rendered video below.

Avicii Brings "Levels," Philanthropy, and PLUR to Ultra Music Festival on March 24

​​Rising Swedish star Avicii is one of the hottest DJ-producers in contemporary house music. His massive hit "Levels," which samples recently deceased Etta James's "Something's Got a Hold on Me," gets so much play that it's almost become obnoxious. But before you start hating on the guy for no r ... More >>

Student Stabbed and Seriously Injured at Barbara Goleman Senior High School

​Details are few and far between at the moment, but a student at Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami Lakes has been stabbed and seriously injured. WSVN reports that the student was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital. County police and fire rescue are on the scene investigating. Updated ... More >>

Newt Gingrich Robocall Claims Mitt Romney Took Kosher Food Away From Holocaust Survivors

​Newt Gingrich is all but certain to lose today's Florida Primary, but he's not going out without a fight. In a last-ditch effort to secure the Jewish vote, Gingrich's campaign is running Robocalls in Florida claiming that as governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney literally took Kosher food out of ... More >>

Bill Cooke: Media magnet

Deadmau5 Slams Ultra Music Festival Over Ticket Prices and Exclusivity Contracts

Photo by Ian WitlenDeadmau5 falling out of love with Ultra?​Well, I guess there's one act you won't be seeing at Ultra Music Festival 2012: Deadmau5. The EDM superstar posted a 12-minute rant on YouTube, slamming the electronic fest for ticket prices and exclusivity contracts. "Ultra to me is the ... More >>

Miami Herald Has Less News Aggregation Ethics Than Huffington Post Miami

​There's a media fight brewing in Miami between the old paper giant and the new local iteration of a quickly growing Internet media monster. Random Pixels blogger Bill Cooke, ever the keen-eyed instigator, noticed that the recently launched Huffington Post Miami was cribbing quite liberally from M ... More >>

Rick Perry's Pollster Tony Fabrizio Outed By Gay Conservatives After Homophobic Ad

​Rick Perry's ridiculous anti-gay ad has started a political whirlwind that has resulted in the outing of Tony Fabrizio, a top Republican pollster who's currently working for Perry, and in the past has worked for Gov. Rick Scott and, interestingly, gay rights groups.The revelation, or at least acc ... More >>

Voxxi.com, News Site Targeting Hispanics, Launches in Miami

Voxxi.com Chief Executive Emilio Sanchez​Is there a market for a Hispanic focused news, opinion and aggregation website? A veteran journalist for the EFE News Agency, the leading Spanish language news service in the world, seems to think so. Emilio Sanchez, EFE's former bureau chief in Washington ... More >>

Kreayshawn at Mansion November 11

Justin Bieber's Five Possible Reactions to the Results of His Paternity Test on Maury

​While the world waits to find out whether or not Justin Bieber is (a) the victim of statutory rape and (b) the absentee father of a three-month-old baby, Crossfade's busy hypothesizing what the results of a Justin Bieber vs. Mariah Yeater paternity test on Maury might look like. Huffington Po ... More >>

NYC Marathon: Chefs Richard Blais, Nate Appleman, and Joe Bastianich Bite From the Big Apple

​The New York City Marathon is the weekend and for the first time in years, I didn't make the uber competitive lottery and won't be running it (here's my not-too-swift race history).There's something life changing about the marathon that extends far beyond the simple fact that one has run 26.2 mil ... More >>

Occupy Miami's Protests Remain Peaceful While Other Movements Taste Pepper Spray

photo by Liz TracyPolice and protesters have been on the same page in Miami so far.​In Oakland last week, police at an Occupy protest shot a military vet in the head with a rubber bullet, landing him in critical condition; other video showed officers lobbing dangerous flash bombs into peaceful cro ... More >>

Kreayshawn Appearing at SET and Performing Live at Mansion in November

​Rick Ross called Kreayshawn a "dirty bitch" and threatened to "slap the shit out of whoever carries her bags." But the 22-year-old rapper-slash-Ricky Rozay enemy does not give a fuck. Seriously, she does not care. In a recent Huffington Post interview, Robin Wilkey asked Kreayshawn why she thin ... More >>

Fried Kool-Aid, Fried Bubblegum, and Brain-Freeze Burgers: Florida Fairs Are Coming

​"We try to keep it as new as we can. You've really got to stay ahead of the customers," says veteran food vendor Dennis Reas. He and wife Cheryl are based in Indiana but travel with their food truck to various festivals and fairs around the country. In case you weren't aware, the state-fair seaso ... More >>

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