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Reader Mail: Calling Obama "Too Cool" Isn't Racist

King of Diamonds: How America's Favorite Black Strip Club Won Its Crown

Click for King of Diamonds cover shoot outtakes.

Dave Samson Ran By New Times Office, But We Had No Tomatoes To Throw at Him UPDATE

Today is the day Miami Marlins President Dave Samson is running 52 miles in honor of the construction workers who built him and his ex-step-daddy Jeffrey Loria the half-billion dollar ball park paid primarily by Miami-Dade taxpayers. We told readers about Samson's shameless publicity stunt to show o ... More >>

UM Law Professor D. Marvin Jones Arrested for Soliciting Prostitution, Again

​Back in 2007 University of Miami School of Law professor Donald Marvin Jones got popped for allegedly pulling over in his Mercedes Benz and offering an undercover cop $20 for some sex. Jones ended up suiting law blog, Above the Law, for making a few jokes about the thing. Well, guess what? Jones ... More >>

Shaquille O'Neal wages war against a Miami computer geek

​Back in 2007 University of Miami School of Law professor Donald Marvin Jones got popped for allegedly pulling over in his Mercedes Benz and offering an undercover cop $20 for some sex. Jones ended up suiting law blog, Above the Law, for making a few jokes about the thing. Well, guess what? Jones ... More >>

Time for Miami Tax Evaders to Come Forward, Warns Local Attorney

The days of hidden offshore accounts are drawing to an end, it seems​Not everyone in Miami is on the up & up. Sure, your neighbor could have bought that brand-new Mercedes-Benz with the Christmas bonus. Or it could have been that narco slush fund in the Cayman Islands. The truth is that ... More >>

Carjacked Mercedes Crashed Through Wall After Police Chase

via WSVN​The hunt for a Mercedes-Benz that was carjacked Sunday ended today when the car crashed through a wall after a police chase. The story began yesterday when a man, traveling with his 2-year-old son, was carjacked at gunpoint and ended with a police officer shooting one of the suspects in t ... More >>

Rumeal Robinson, Prison-Bound NBA Baller, Screwed Over a Miami Mom Too

​Rumeal Robinson, the onetime University of Michigan hero who spent six seasons in the NBA, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in federal prison Friday for masterminding a bank fraud. Even in the days leading up to his sentencing, the consummate huckster was trying to raise cash from old friend ... More >>

Alan Grayson Auditions for MSNBC on the House Floor

​Our fellow Floridians in the Orlando area resoundingly kicked Rep. Alan Grayson out of office this election in a 19 point defeat. Apparently they do not care that the rest of America enjoys being entertained by his off-the-wall speeches on the House floor. He's already told Dick Cheney to literal ... More >>

Gino Cabanas's work of genius doesn't pay

​Our fellow Floridians in the Orlando area resoundingly kicked Rep. Alan Grayson out of office this election in a 19 point defeat. Apparently they do not care that the rest of America enjoys being entertained by his off-the-wall speeches on the House floor. He's already told Dick Cheney to literal ... More >>

Will Castro and Unique Autosports: DJ Khaled and Miami's One-Stop Shop for Celebrity Rides

​Will Castro and Unique Autosports are both brands in themselves. Unique, once based in New York and now Miami, encompasses a car customization business as well as cable TV titles for the Speed Network and Spike TV. Boasting celebrity clients like Diddy, the cast of the Jersey Shore, 50 Cent, and ... More >>

How to Live Like a Ponzi Schemer: Buy Scott Rothstein's Stuff June 3

Go here to see a commercial for the Scott Rothstein auction.​Nobody pimps it harder than Ponzi schemers. Yachts, Bentleys, Bugattis, Waverunners, Ferraris, Corvettes, Cadillacs, Maseratis, Mercedes-Benzes, and Lambos ... That's just a small sampling of the super-expensive stuff that con man Scott ... More >>

Who vandalized Hanley Ramirez's cars?

Go here to see a commercial for the Scott Rothstein auction.​Nobody pimps it harder than Ponzi schemers. Yachts, Bentleys, Bugattis, Waverunners, Ferraris, Corvettes, Cadillacs, Maseratis, Mercedes-Benzes, and Lambos ... That's just a small sampling of the super-expensive stuff that con man Scott ... More >>

Who Trashed Hanley Ramirez's Cars?

​It's a travesty. An outrage. Mess with Jorge, Josh, or Freddi -- but don't fool around with Hanley.At 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 13, Florida Marlins wunderkind Hanley Ramirez awoke from graceful slumber to find somebody had vandalized three of his matching white vehicles parked in front of his seven- ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Pan Con Bistec at Enriqueta's Sandwich Shop

Photo by Jose D. Duran​As a countdown to New Times' "Best of Miami" 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com.

News Roundup: So Many Thieves; The U Breaks ESPN Ratings Records

Feds yesterday arrested 30 people in three cities, including Miami, for Medicare fraud. Dr. Fred Dweck, 14 of his patients, and one unlucky guy who was photographed being handcuffed, man-tits and all, were among those arrested in Miami. [MLive | Herald]A thief is targeting churches an ... More >>

Hoops hero Rumeal Robinson lost his Maserati, machine gun, and mom

Feds yesterday arrested 30 people in three cities, including Miami, for Medicare fraud. Dr. Fred Dweck, 14 of his patients, and one unlucky guy who was photographed being handcuffed, man-tits and all, were among those arrested in Miami. [MLive | Herald]A thief is targeting churches an ... More >>

How Hoops Hero Rumeal Robinson Lost His Guns, Cars, Stripper Girlfriend... and Even his Mama's House

Robinson blew $20,000 a night on strippers, his brother claims.With three seconds left in the game and his University of Michigan squad trailing Seton Hall by one point, 22-year old guard Rumeal Robinson lined up for two all-important free throws. The NCAA Division 1 basketball title hung in t ... More >>

Dozens of Miami Pit Bulls Come Out of the Closet, Picnic in Broward This Weekend

A couple weeks ago, we brought you the story of Dahlia Canes and her fight to overturn Miami-Dade's county-wide ban on pit bulls.Canes rescues a pit bull.New Times spoke to Miami pit bull owners about life under the ban, like "Jose," a 25-year-old Mercedes-Benz employee who hides his dog in his room ... More >>

Dog Fight

Pit bull ban, what pit bull ban?

Plax Sued By Miami Woman For Ramming Her Probe With His Benz

Poor Plax. Just a year ago, the Giants wide receiver was riding pretty damn high -- Superbowl champ, massive contract, best ridiculous name in professional football.How did it all fall apart? How, damnit?! Oh yeah, you shot yourself in the leg at a nightclub, then drove around bleeding for a couple ... More >>

End of the Diaz-Balart Dynasty

The Republican brothers are headed for defeat, and Cuban-American politics will change forever.

Boom & Bust, Part 2

Stressed sellers scheme and dream.

The Altruism of Fitness

Stressed sellers scheme and dream.

Rappers' Slight

Flo Rida and Missy Elliott at Sunset Place?

The Party Crasher – Scott Storch and Timbaland’s Almost-Brawl At B.E.D.

Flo Rida and Missy Elliott at Sunset Place?

John Stamos and the Beach Boys Jam for Fashion

Flo Rida and Missy Elliott at Sunset Place?

Jesus Redux

They're waging a war on organized religion, they bring in millions of dollars, and defectors say they're a cult

Kickin' It with Dad

They're waging a war on organized religion, they bring in millions of dollars, and defectors say they're a cult

The Fast and the Futuristic

They're waging a war on organized religion, they bring in millions of dollars, and defectors say they're a cult

BEST TOY STORE

A to Z Toys

The Calvo Case

A recently released report suggests that investigators are trying to implicate Denise Calvo in the murder of her husband

Rio Reels On

As you can see, there's more to Brazil than Samba, Lula, and Ronaldo

The 24-7 Man

Commissioner Dorrin Rolle feels threatened. So he's constantly guarded.

Happening Homestead

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

Troubles with Harry

The spirit of Hitchcock pops up in a deft French thriller

The Gersten Affair

Remember the stolen car? The crackhouse and hooker? The incomparable entertainment value? Well, the show must go on!

The Wages of Sin

When Miami's tourist season heats up, the flesh trade flocks to town to satisfy those unbridled urges

Buried Treasure

Take a tour of South Florida's best roots stash

Going, Going, Gone

Gone in 60 Seconds

Tickets to Fame

Notable South Floridians with unpaid parking tickets

Up Close and a Little Personal

Notable South Floridians with unpaid parking tickets

Big Chief Moneybags

Part CEO, part shaman, Seminole leader James Billie has his tribe charging toward economic independence.

Copping an Attitude

What happens when the object of your road rage turns out to be an off-duty police officer? Bad things.

Into Africa

In Nigeria all roads lead to Lagos. In South Florida all Nigerians take the road to Sam's place in Opa-locka.

Nothing a Few Tons of Kitty Litter Wouldn't Solve

A South Dade rehab center has a problem: How to care for 26 wild animals and still keep the neighbors happy

Myths Over Miami

Captured on South Beach, Satan later escaped. His demons and the horrible Bloody Mary are now killing people. God has fled. Avenging angels hide out in the Everglades. And other tales from children in Dade's homeless shelters.

Gone But Not Forgotten

Captured on South Beach, Satan later escaped. His demons and the horrible Bloody Mary are now killing people. God has fled. Avenging angels hide out in the Everglades. And other tales from children in Dade's homeless shelters.

Shark Bait

Treasure hunter, diving extremist, and aspiring filmmaker Ron McManmon launches the ultimate party barge and introduces the gentleman's sport of shark riding

Reward!

Treasure hunter, diving extremist, and aspiring filmmaker Ron McManmon launches the ultimate party barge and introduces the gentleman's sport of shark riding