Miami-bred Perez Hilton and Miami-based Matt Drudge have an awful lot in common. Both have built mini-media empires around self-published web pages. Both, for better or worse, influence the coverage of mainstream media. Neither has made a convincing public case for their heterosexuality (not that it's any of our business, Matt). And now, both seem like they can't stand the sight of Nicole Kidman's shiny little face. Hilton's big story right now is the surprise Heidi and Spencer nuptials, and Dru
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David Woud, the president of the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce, shot his wife before shooting himself. His wife had recently suffered a debilitating stroke. [Herald]
Two women and a man were found shot to death in a SW Miami-Dade home. Police suspect domestic violence. [SunSent]
The Coast Guard is searching for a man and his 8 year-old daughter after their boat washed ashore without them. [SunSent]
Oh, apparently we are responsible for the hillbilly heroin problem. [Herald]
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Steve SatterwhiteHere is how your basic "Matt Drudge is a homosexual" gossip item reads: "I heard from a friend of a friend of a friend that Drudge is totally gay" and then that person cites an interview Drudge gave to New Times in 2001, one of the few personal interviews Drudge has ever given. "So just because I like Junior Vasquez doesn't mean I can't believe this country was built on life, not on a death culture."
Hold on. Junior Vasquez? Junior Vasquez, the reigning DJ king of gay circuit
Yesterday, from his Miami techno-hermit compound, Matt Drudge decided to run with "White Student Beaten on School Bus; Crowd Cheers," as the top story on his website in all its race-baiting glory. The story about two high school students who happened to be black beating up another student who happened to be white on a school bus might have been good enough for Belleville, Illinois local news, but did it really merit top billing on what has come to be, perhaps regrettably, one of the web's m
