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Video: Florida Football Prep Hit By Car While Attempting to Jump Over It

Bladimir Barreto, a 19-year-old former Florida high school football player, was trying to attract the attention of college recruiters, and decided that the best way to do that was by filming himself jumping over a moving car. The incident did not go well, and Barreto is now recovering form his injur ... More >>

Gotye, Givers, and Jonti at Bayfront Park October 7

President Obama Was Nearly Crushed By A Power-Benching Florida Pizza Shop Owner

In an early contender for the campaign trail photo of the year, a power-lifting pizza shop owner in Fort Pierce nearly pulverized President Obama's ribs yesterday when he stopped in during his bus tour of the Sunshine State. Did we mention the owner is a Republican? Amazingly, the Secret Service did ... More >>

So, a Man Not Dressed as the Joker Walks Into a Florida Movie Theater...

In one our more irresponsible traditions, the media tends to sensationalize any random event that bears a passing resemblance to a bigger tragedy. So today, a man in a Brevard County, Florida move theater was arrested on an outstanding warrant. His hair was dyed red, and he was wearing weird makeup, ... More >>

Creed's Scott Stapp to Release Memoir Because Planet Earth Has Too Many Trees

In an effort to needlessly destroy as many trees as possible, Creed frontman Scott Stapp will release his memoir on October 2. The book, titled Sinner's Creed, will be released in hardcover and ebook. But there are no current plans for an audiobook. This is most likely because the target audience ... More >>

Wynwood Brewing Company Signs Lease, Plans to Open by November

Read also "Beer History Milestones" and "Beer Snobs Rejoice! Wynwood Brewing Company Soon to Open." Short Order announced the opening of Wynwood Brewing Company last year, but Luis Brignoni lacked a place to set up his brewery. On Monday, though, he signed a lease. Nonbelievers, listen up.The Wynwoo ... More >>

Florida Man With Giant Neck Caught Skinny Dipping With 11-Year-Old, Assaulting Nurse

God gave Juergen Heinricher a tree trunk for a neck. Brevard County Sheriff's Deputies gave him a ride to jail.The 30-year-old Melbourne man was arrested after a nurse caught him skinny dipping in a pool with his girlfriend's 11-year-old daughter, and then trying to lock the nurse in a bedroom. He's ... More >>

Best Cheap Beers: If You Must Buy at a 24-Hour Gas Station, Here Are Your Choices

Most of us working stiffs don't have mad cash to drop on huge quantities of good-quality beer. What is the alternative? Twenty-four-hour gas stations stocked with little rescue kits of mass-produced brew.There are many selections, but here is a list of ten that every beer fiend should consider when ... More >>

Marcus Faella and His Florida White Supremacist Group Arrested For Plotting a Race War

Inside a heavily fortified compound in rural Osceola County, Florida, a well-armed group of white supremacists lead by 39-year-old Marcus Faella held regular paramilitary drills where they pretended to shoot black victims, talked about attacking Orlando's city hall and even discussed obtaining ricin ... More >>

Florida Beer Company Says Bud Light Stole Their Blue Bottle Idea

​Now that craft beer has firmly established itself as more than a market niche, beer giants are looking to microbreweries for their next edge. To wit:Anheuser-Busch Inbev is going bottle to bottle with South Florida's Florida Beer Company and FBC is not too excited about it.Next month the bee ... More >>

Harry's Pizzeria Disappoints

Most of you know by now that Michael Schwartz has opened a pizzeria named for his son Harry in the former Pizza Volante Design District space. The room has been tinkered with a bit -- industrialized, so to speak -- but the wood-burning brick hearth still spits out pizzas with thin, well-charred crus ... More >>

Ke$ha, LMFAO, and Spank Rock at Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park August 7

Report: Old New Times Investigation Keeping Miami From Calling Frank Martin

​We've theorized that the main reason University of Miami hasn't called basketball coach Frank Martin yet is because of his scandalous past at a Miami High School. Well, today an off-the-record source tells The Miami Herald that those skeletons in the closet may very well in fact be the main reaso ... More >>

America's Next Great Restaurant: A Quick Review

The judges.​Quick impressions on last night's episode of America's Next Great Restaurant: I didn't catch the beginning of the show, because frankly I had no intention of watching it. Just happened to turn a channel and there it was.Bobby Flay, Steve Ells (CEO of Chipotle), Melbourne chef Curtis St ... More >>

Five Groove Cruise DJs Totally Worth the Sea Sickness

Share a cabin with Sydney Blu on the Groove Cruise.​The Groove Cruise sets sail from Miami January 29! It's gonna be three days of unadulterated hedonistic fun under the sun, all to the beat of some seriously high-energy electronic tuneage. You'll need some tan in a can. You'll need tons of wate ... More >>

Naked Tourist Tripping on LSD Tased in Florida Keys

Richard Gervasi was tased in the nude. ​Running into traffic naked almost never ends well, does it? A man visiting the Florida Keys was tased by a Monroe County Sheriff's Officer after he stripped down to nothing, took a jog through oncoming cars, and yelled he was "the King of the World." This ap ... More >>

Dr. Captain America Will Not Go To Jail For Burrito Groping Incident... Or Something

​In yet another of our occasional reminders that Floridians outside of Miami-Dade are crazy, horrible people here's the lead from a newstory from Central Florida news station WFTV: "The Brevard County doctor who was arrested for groping a woman while dressed as Captain America with a burrito in hi ... More >>

Hack Pack

The biggest identity theft case ever. Right here in Miami.

Concert Review: Brother Bean at the Aura Music Festival, January 15 through 17

via myspace.com/brotherbeanA past photo of Brother Bean, who performed its final show at Aura.Brother Bean's final performance and Aura Music FestivalSeratoma Youth Ranch, Brooksville, FloridaJanuary 15 through 17, 2010Better Than: Crossing paths with a crazy redneck on a shooting rampage. The ... More >>

Rapper Pitbull Sued in Australia for Allegedly Punking Out on Shows

Yesterday, rapper Pitbull won the keys to the City of Miami for his work "traveling the country and the world sharing a positive message of Miami," according to one city commissioner. via Wikimedia Commons​But for all of Mr. 305's postive-image-spreadin' "world-traveling," it's a trip he's accused ... More >>

Rapper Pitbull Sued in Australia for Allegedly Punking Out on Shows

Yesterday, rapper Pitbull won the keys to the City of Miami for his work "traveling the country and the world sharing a positive message of Miami," according to one city commissioner. via Wikimedia Commons​But for all of Mr. 305's postive-image-spreadin' "world-traveling," it's a trip he's accused ... More >>

MP3s of the Day: Clock Hands Strangle - "Distaccati" and "Desert Music"

The fivesome Clock Hands Strangle are based a little further north, in Melbourne, but have increasingly ventured outside their hometown, recently playing in Miami for an in-store at Sweat. We should be seeing more of this band after the release of its forthcoming full-length, Distaccati. And to whet ... More >>

Too Will Do

The new Two Chefs isn't better than one, yet.

SXSW so far (I think): Black Angels, Van Morrison, Roky Erickson, Cut Copy, Tough Alliance

The Missing Piece

The Respect for Layne Staley campaign says no Layne, no Chains

Time to Shine

DJ and promoter Jon Cowan reopens his spot in the Shelborne Hotel by resurrecting, for one night, another ghost of South Beach club past: Groove Jet

Letters from the Issue of August 23, 2007

"You publish this garbage here because you can"

Axing the Property Tax

Potamkin’s homestead has a market value of $21 million.... Raul Masvidal owes $33,639 in taxes for his four-bedroom residence.

Naked Chef to Headline 2008 Wine & Food Fest

Naked Chef to Headline 2008 Wine & Food Fest

Beer Bash

They came, they drank, they collapsed

This Week's Day-by-Day

Miami International Film Festival

Starting anew, round two

Down and Dirty

Chopper exploits its gory subject to paint a portrait of the criminal mind

Home Folk

Neither rain, nor cops, nor crabby neighbors can stop South Florida's house concerts

Professionalism in Politics

With the whole world watching, Miami's destiny calls: It's time for leadership!

Home Sweet Home

Rotations

Dream Team

For years Miami Senior High School has fielded one of the best basketball teams in the nation. But getting into the record books has meant tossing out the rule books.

Roe v. Wade v. Suarez

Thanks to Miami's mayor, January 22 is now officially pro-life and in your face

It's Authentic When Linda Hart Says It's Authentic

And when it's not, even acclaimed investigative reporters eat crow

An Unorthodox Style

For Yehudis Levitin, painting was the path to freedom from the strict Hasidic world

Road Show

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

This Land Is Our Land

Arlo Guthrie's musical passion and tireless charity keep the heart in folk

King Con Returns

A bumbling justice system has allowed self-proclaimed AIDS miracle worker Basil Wainwright to continue peddling hope -- with harrowing results

Prisoners of Rock and Roll

Cell 63 free themselves from the retro morass

Art of Angels

Picasso Trigger puts on its Halo and opens Heaven's gate

Program Notes

Lizard Kings

The Screaming Iguanas of Love might not be circus freaks, but they are in the center ring

Program Notes