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Marco Rubio Introduces Constitutional Amendment Aimed at Ending "Obamacare"

In a bid to stir up some PR and reaffirm his party's opposition to Obamacare, Florida Senator Marco Rubio proposed a constitutional amendment today that would effectively eliminate the personal mandate section of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The thing has about zero chance of ac ... More >>

Hibiscus Island Dog Rescue Endangers Animals, Complaints Say

Allegations of Animal Abuse in Rundown House on Ritzy Hibiscus Island

On paper, Have a Heart Dog and Cat Rescue sounds like an animal lover's ideal. Its address on exclusive Hibiscus Island conjures scenes of puppies playing and kittens canoodling in luxury. Several nearby mansions are worth eight figures.But nothing about 79 North Hibiscus Dr. is as it seems. Nowaday ... More >>

Homestead Nonprofit's Leader Disputes County Audit Claiming He Misused Taxpayer Funds

Joseph Louis, executive director of Galata Inc., a Homestead social services agency, is challenging the findings of an audit that accuses his nonprofit organization of misspending part of a $500,000 Miami-Dade County grant. In January, Miami-Dade's inspector general claimed Galata took $77,307 to se ... More >>

Carlos Gimenez, Rebeca Sosa and David Rivera Shower Favors On Ex-Cocaine Trafficker

On July 13, Alexander I. Perez stood underneath a new street sign christening a portion of SE 10th Avenue in front of his Hialeah warehouse as "Banah Sweet Way." A gaggle of local politicos -- including Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, his Hialeah counterpart Carlos Hernandez, and County Commissione ... More >>

Mitt Romney Greets Convicted Criminals Fausto and Remedios Diaz-Oliver in Miami

Rep. David Rivera's Connections to Suspected Ringer Candidate Justin Lamar Sternad Deepen

If you were Republican Rep. David Rivera, and you were dodging investigations by both the FBI and IRS, you'd think you'd try and keep your nose clean and avoid any controversy while running for reelection. Yet evidence continues to mount that Rivera and his associates helped run the campaign of a ri ... More >>

Cautionary Tale: Hunt Lobster Illegally, Lose Your Boat

Two Florida Keys residents were sentenced in Miami for illegally harvesting more than a quarter-million dollars' worth of spiny lobsters over the course of a few years.Michael W. Kimbler and Michael Bland, both of Big Coppitt Key, were sentenced yesterday in Federal District Court for "conspiring to ... More >>

Marco Rubio Wants To Stop Taxing Olympic Medal Winners

Marco Rubio has been studying the American tax code, and at last he's discovered the scourge that's been dragging down the U.S. economy. No, it's not Obama's higher taxes on the top-one percent, and it's not Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy.It's Uncle Sam's tax on Olympic medalists, who, yeah, appa ... More >>

Yathomas Riley Attempted Murder Case: Bloody Letter Bolsters Boxer's Appeal

Two months ago we wrote about the bizarre case of Yathomas Riley, an undefeated heavyweight boxer from Florida City accused of trying to kill his girlfriend in 2010. Prosecutors claim that Riley shot Koketia King in a jealous rage. But the boxer and his family argue that King tried to kill herself a ... More >>

Buju Banton is innocent

Buju Banton Received Ten Years in Prison Thanks to a Shady Snitch With Money Woes

Seven months after a judge sentenced Grammy-winning reggae artist Buju Banton to ten years in Miami's Federal Correctional Institution on drug charges, an appeal by Buju is raising concerns that the feds entrapped the iconic and controversial performer. In this week's New Times, an investigatio ... More >>

Judy Waldman is in Prime Company With Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman

(From left) Former Homestead City Manager Sergio Purrinos, Larry Abbo, Vice-Mayor Judy Waldman, and Fred Abbo.A family of real estate developers who avoided paying more than $100,000 in code violations in Homestead thanks to Mayor Steve Bateman sure knows how to spoil the city's elected officials. T ... More >>

Krazy Locos, Florida's Most Redundant Gang, Gets 237 Years in Prison for Murder, Drugs

Krazy Locos 23-year-old leader Jonathan Gonzalez, sentenced to 135 years in prison yesterday​South Florida gangs are a ruthless and bloody bunch, whose names strike fear into the hearts of their enemies. Lately, however, those names have gone bilingual. And redundant.Six members of the Lake Worth- ... More >>

Steve Berke: Comedian for Miami Beach mayor

Jersey Boys at the Arsht: Goodfellas in a jukebox

David Duerson, Bankrupt Former Chicago Bear Who Committed Suicide, Was Sued By Ex-Wife For Super Bowl Rings

Dave Duerson, the former star Chicago Bears safety who killed himself on Thursday at his home in Sunny Isles Beach, was hemorrhaging millions in his final years, according to bankruptcy documents he filed last September. And in December, his ex-wife claimed in a lawsuit that he had concealed asset ... More >>

Tim Hardaway's questionable business partners

Tim Hardaway's Convict Business Partners

​It seems all millionaire athletes, including LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, like to bring longtime pals into their financial fold. What better way to show you haven't forgotten your roots?

Hialeah Man's $40 million Ponzi Scheme Nets More Arrests

Julio Robaina​Nine more individuals have been criminally charged in the ongoing federal investigation into a $40 million ponzi scheme in Hialeah. The arrests come in the wake of news reports that the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service are investigating Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina for alleged loa ... More >>

Invasion of the Cleavage

Sorry, but 100,000 hookers -- including tens of thousands of teens -- won't be showing for the Super Bowl this week. They send their regrets.

Miami Heat Bought Tim Hardaway's Home To Keep Him Out of Tax Trouble

​Former Miami Heat star Tim Hardaway made close to $50 million during his NBA career, but apparently that wasn't enough to keep him out of tax troubles. After a lien was placed on his house by the IRS for a $120,000 tax debt, the Miami Heat bought the mansion, according to the Detroit News. Meanwh ... More >>

Daphne Campbell: Big debts, shady dealings

Thomas Cypress Pleads Guilty to DUI Manslaughter

Thomas Cypress is going to jail for drinking, driving and killing a Maryland couple.​The 55-year-old brother of former Miccosukee Indian Chairman Billy Cypress is pleading guilty to two counts of DUI manslaughter. On February 19 of last year, Thomas Cypress was behind the wheel of his truck on Ta ... More >>

The Circus is in Town: Suge Knight Brings Lawsuit Against Kanye West, Shore Club, to Miami Court

MTV.co.uk​Back in January 2009, bankrupt hip-hop chieftain Marion "Suge" Knight filed a lawsuit against Kanye West, claiming the rapper should be financially responsible for an unsolved 2005 shooting at a South Beach Shore Club party West hosted that left Knight capped in the leg. Among Sug ... More >>

What's in Your Stocking? Your Morons of the Week!

South Florida's hapless idiots are a tireless bunch. And since moronic behavior doesn't take a week off for the holidays, we, your diligent Nimwit-Chasing I-Team, have to work overtime to keep up. We're keeping it short this week, though -- a shot glass full of Bacardi 151-strength moron-elixir to ... More >>

What Do You Get For Trying To Steal $14 Trillion? Two Years, Apparently

The sad saga of Marlon "X-Large" Moore has come to an end with a decidedly un-X-large prison sentence.​Moore, you may remember, was arrested this summer after one of the best diabolical schemes ever hatched somehow failed to net him a $14 trillion payday. Fresh out of the federal pen after 6-year ... More >>

Miami Man, Accused of Trying to Steal $14 Trillion from the IRS, Pleads Guilty to Measly $9 Million Scheme

Dammit, Marlon T. Moore. You are no longer living up to your nickname.​The 38-year-old Miami resident, known far and wide as "X-Large Moore," earned his moniker the hard way in June when the feds accused him of trying to swindle the IRS out of a cool $14 trillion. Yeah, trillion, with a t. Back in ... More >>

Helio Castroneves Strikes Back

After a year of dodging tax charges, Miami's fastest driver takes the Indy 500.

Will Smith Weighed Down by Seven Pounds

He was better in Pursuit of Happyness.

Seijas-Friendly PAC Returns the Favor

You Go, Will Johnson

Kilo: Cocaine Made Miami, Part 1

Introduction

Letters from the Issue of January 2, 2003

More on Officer Trouble of Golden Beach

The Big Cypress Deal

The cover story is conservation, but the Bush boys have their hands in the taxpayers' pockets again

Another Endangered Species

Coming soon to a multiplex near you: Authentic rave culture

Creative Nepotism

How did Miami commission candidates spend their excess campaign funds? On family and friends, of course.

The Deep Blue Greed

The Arison clan built Carnival into a money machine by cleverly avoiding tax laws

In Pursuit of Willy and Sal, Part Two

Having lost their case against the drug kingpins, federal prosecutors vowed to convict jury foreman Miguel Moya of bribery. Didn't quite work out that way.

Teele, Toil, and Trouble

The Resurrection of Robert Tilton

Dogged by grabby ex-wives and financial scandals, a Texas prophet-for-profit brings his TV act to Miami Beach

Felons and Fools

Letters

Clinical Depression

Hounded by budget crises, unflattering audits, and general gripes about management, the Economic Opportunity Family Health Center circles the wagons

Perilous Journey

For more than two decades Miami's Haitian Refugee Center was a beacon of hope and a force for justice. Today its director, Guy Victor, is struggling just to keep it afloat.

Money for Nothing

Man of Letters

Bruce Gorcyca wants to warn everyone who may have been intimate with an HIV carrier. AIDS activists say there's nothing more deadly than the mail.

Inside Feature

Letters

Dirty Money