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Naples (Florida)

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Memorial Day 2012: Six Best Electronic Music Parties Around Miami

    Memorial Day weekend is upon us. And "Urban Beach Week" has officially begun. From DJ Khaled's party at Cameo to Young Jeezy's bash at King of Diamonds, there're plenty of opportunities to rub elbows with hip-hop heavyweights, primetime strippers, and porn stars this weekend. But we get it, not e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Memorial Day Police Shooting Victims Are Suing Miami Beach

    Remember last Memorial Day weekend on South Beach? Yes, that was the one when Miami Beach cops unloaded more than a hundred rounds into the car of Raymond Herisse, a Palm Beach resident police say tried to run them over on Collins Avenue. Not all those bullets hit Herisse, though. At least five ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell Comments on Tom Gabel's Transgender Announcement

    Last week, Against Me! singer Tom Gabel announced that she is transgendered and beginning life as a woman. Coincidentally, his band played the Lollapalooza festival in 2010 and that festival's organizer, Perry Farrell, is bringing Jane's Addiction to the Fillmore Miami Beach this Friday. Farrell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    New York Times Writer Discovers Fisher Island is Almost as Horrible as She Is

    Give Hialeah a break. Fisher Island is actually Miami-Dade's most insufferable neighborhood. Sure, Forbes crowned it as America's #1 Millionaire Capitol, but that doesn't mean it's not an insular and dysfunctional hellhole that turns its nose up even at guests who pay to stay there. New Yorks Times ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Florida Man Claims He's Half Orangutan and Director of the CIA After Being Arrested

    ​Mark Loescher tried to tell police he couldn't go to jail. See, Loescher is actually half orangutan and needed to get to the "Fusion Center" as soon as possible to check on his monkey blood. All of this is actually a matter of national importance too, since Loescher also claims to be the director ... More >>

  • News

    February 9, 2012

    Buju Banton is innocent

    ​Mark Loescher tried to tell police he couldn't go to jail. See, Loescher is actually half orangutan and needed to get to the "Fusion Center" as soon as possible to check on his monkey blood. All of this is actually a matter of national importance too, since Loescher also claims to be the director ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Is Rick Scott The Real-Life Slender Man?

    ​We expected the Republican primary to be a horror show. But we didn't know it would come to this.If you're an Internet dweeb (like, uh, this friend we have, yeah, that's how we know about this stuff), you've already heard the legend of Slender Man. He's an evil shape-shifter that first appeared o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Rick Santorum Tells Florida Audience Colleges Are Basically Evil Parts of a Vast Liberal Conspiracy

    ​Increasingly distant third place candidate Rick Santorum is desperately trying to jump start his campaign, so he's come out with a bold new attack on the Obama administration: college is evil."It's no wonder President Obama wants every kid to go college," Santorum told an audience in Naples, Flor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Five Tasty Spots to Stop For Aligator, Fuel, and Coffee On Your Drive Across Florida

    Joni Williams​So, you went away for the holidays. And now it's time to hit the long road home. Or maybe your home is a wintry wonderland and you're driving down for some fun in the Magic City sun.Either way, we know how it is. The race to get here can be a real drag. The last thing you want is to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Fisher Island is Still America's Richest Zip Code, According to Forbes

    ​For years Miami's most exclusive enclave, Fisher Island, reigned as the country's most expensive zip code. Falling real estate prices have knocked it down a few pegs on that list in recent years, but the people who call the insular island home, many of whom probably bought their homes at the heig ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2011

    Ave Maria University: A Catholic project gone wrong

    ​For years Miami's most exclusive enclave, Fisher Island, reigned as the country's most expensive zip code. Falling real estate prices have knocked it down a few pegs on that list in recent years, but the people who call the insular island home, many of whom probably bought their homes at the heig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Bo Diddley's Son Arrested in Bo Diddley Plaza During Occupy Gainesville

    ​The Occupy Wall Street movement hit Florida in full force this week, with protests taking place from big cities like Miami to one-percenter retirement meccas like Naples. Naturally, college town Gainesville got in on the action, and held a demonstration in Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Bo Diddley's ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2011

    FIU's upstart law school kicks UM's aristocratic ass

    ​The Occupy Wall Street movement hit Florida in full force this week, with protests taking place from big cities like Miami to one-percenter retirement meccas like Naples. Naturally, college town Gainesville got in on the action, and held a demonstration in Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Bo Diddley's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    FIU First, Ave Maria Law School Dead Last in Florida Bar Exam Passage Rate. University of Miami Stinks.

    Ave Maria, Florida. Ave Maria's law school is now located in nearby Naples.​Debate rages over whether FIU has displaced UM as the best football team in Florida. But legally speaking, the Golden Panthers are pantsing the 'Canes left and right.FIU sits atop the table for this summer's bar exam, beat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Rick Scott Supports Oil Drilling in Everglades

    ​What the hell sort of strange Pandora's box did Michele Bachmann reopen by suggesting she'd support drilling for oil in the Everglades. Now, Governor Rick Scott is dipping into the Tea Party's hive mind, and has said he's support some drilling for oil in the Everglades as well. Its ludicrous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Nevin Shapiro: Who Is This Ponzi Dirtbag Exploding Canes Football?

    photo by Tim ElfrinkThe view from Shapiro's pool.​So Yahoo Sports dropped an ass-seeking clusterbomb all over The U last night with a mammoth expose on Nevin Shapiro's (allegedly) hooker-buying, yacht-lending, abortion-providing services for Hurricanes athletes. Their story doesn't spend much spac ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 4, 2011

    Truluck's on Brickell keeps on truckin'

    photo by Tim ElfrinkThe view from Shapiro's pool.​So Yahoo Sports dropped an ass-seeking clusterbomb all over The U last night with a mammoth expose on Nevin Shapiro's (allegedly) hooker-buying, yacht-lending, abortion-providing services for Hurricanes athletes. Their story doesn't spend much spac ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2011

    Rick Scott's dirtiest deeds

    photo by Tim ElfrinkThe view from Shapiro's pool.​So Yahoo Sports dropped an ass-seeking clusterbomb all over The U last night with a mammoth expose on Nevin Shapiro's (allegedly) hooker-buying, yacht-lending, abortion-providing services for Hurricanes athletes. Their story doesn't spend much spac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Rick Scott's Major Failure: Legislature Won't Eliminate Corporate Income Tax

    ​Florida is undergoing a radical conservative transformation under Gov. Rick Scott, but one of his top proposals seems to be a bridge too far and too soon even for the Republican supermajorities in the state House and Senate.Even at a time when billion-dollar deficits have become the norm for Flor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Miami Men Charged with Grand Theft Cardboard in Naples

    ​Those prim and proper old folks over in Naples are always worried about those cretins from Miami-Dade traveling over Alligator Alley and coming to take their valuables. But apparently all Miami thieves want from Collier County is their precious, bountiful supply of cardboard. Yes, two Miami men h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Nearly One in Five Florida Homes Are Empty

    ​Here's a staggering statistic from the continued fallout of Florida's real estate bust: 18 percent of homes in Florida, or nearly one in five, sit empty. That's a 62 percent increase in empty homes in the past ten years, and the surplus of inventory on the market ensures that home prices are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Miami Ranked 10th Most Dangerous Spring Break Destination

    ​It's that time of year when college students across the country take a break from their busy schedules of binge-drinking in hoodies and sweatpants in dorms and frat houses to change it up and binge-drink in bikinis on beaches. Yes, it's spring break. As always, South Florida attracts its fair sha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Rick Scott Snubs South Florida In His Inaugural Parade -- Maybe For the Best

    Does this look like a guy you want to party with?​Inaugural parades are a time-honored American tradition, a treasured moment when fat corporate cats and scummy developers can make millions of dollars rain on a newly elected governor, all so he can throw a masturbatory party celebrating what a swe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Shocking Finding: Retirees Love Florida

    ​Florida really is Heaven's waiting room. According to a new study by Portfolio.com, the Sunshine State is by far the most popular destination for retirees, which has major implications as the gigantic baby boomer population continues to enter retirement age. The good news for Miamians who hate ol ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2010

    Nevin Shapiro: Miami's Caligula

    ​Florida really is Heaven's waiting room. According to a new study by Portfolio.com, the Sunshine State is by far the most popular destination for retirees, which has major implications as the gigantic baby boomer population continues to enter retirement age. The good news for Miamians who hate ol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Election Day Recap: A Real Life Montgomery Burns Poised to Lead Florida

    Florida's new governor: Rick Scott​Watching last night's election results pour in, Banana Republican could only take solace that Dorrin Rolle is no longer a Miami-Dade County commissioner and that state legislators will no longer have the ability to draw their own districts. Other than that, the 2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    2010 Election Results Live Blog

    ​Will Florida gets its first female Governor? Will the country's first female Speaker of the House be forced to turn in her gavel? Will Kendrick Meek somehow shock the world by winning? Did anyone bother to get to know enough about the CFO race to bother voting? Join us tonight as we live blog the ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

    Babies left in hot cars: Accident or crime?

    Some parents are never prosecuted. Antonio Balta got 20 years.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Manny Diaz and Michael Bloomberg Team Up Against Gerrymandering

    New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is coming to bat for his homeboy, former Miami ​Mayor Manny Diaz, this Friday. The pair will lay out their reasons for supporting amendments 5 and 6 on the November ballot at an 11 a.m. press conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Miami.The pitch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Miami Makes List of 75 Best Cities for College Students

    Miami is far from what you think of as a traditional college town, but the American Institute for Education Research thinks it's a fine place to attend school. So fine they've named South Florida to their list of 75 Best Cities for College Students.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    CNN Poll: Sink Leads Scott by 7, Rubio and Crist Deadlocked

    ​CNN and Time magazine just released the latest poll in both Florida's Gubernatorial and Senate races. While the poll conducted by Opinion Research shows Democratic Alex Sink with a surprising and comfortable seven point lead over Republican Governor candidate Rick Scott, the poll still ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Oil Spill Reactions From Miami Seafood Chefs and Purveyors

    via U.S. Coast GuardIncendiary device prior to being used in a controlled burn of concentrated oil in the Gulf of Mexico.​The BP oil spill has put all of South Florida in an officially declared State of Emergency. Not long before that announcement was made, we reached out to seafood industry folks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Rubio and Crist Trade Barbs While Speaking at Same Event

    ​Republican Senate opponents Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio spoke one after another this morning at the Associated Press legislative planning session, and while they avoided a face-to-face meeting, they took swipes at one another. It must have been uncomfortable for the two, considering yesterday's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    After Biden Meets With Haitian-Americans, He'll Collect Some Campaign Cash

    That earthquake in Haiti? Vice President Joe Biden is totally going to be all over it. He'll be in South Florida Saturday to meet with the Haitian-American community and relief workers, which we're sure is not just a token gesture and an opportunity for a photo op. No, not at all. Thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Record Number of Florida Panthers Hit by Vehicles in 2009

    Let's hope none of the vehicles had this tag.​At this point, it's probably optimistic to say there are more than 100 Florida panthers left in the wild. Especially considering as many as 17 of them were killed by drivers last year, according to the Defenders of Wildlife. That eclipses 2007's r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Whole Foods Hosts a Flood of South Florida Chefs for Demos Across the State

    Via wikimedia commonsCooking demos to flood Whole Foods Florida.​Have you ever messed up cooking ramen noodles? If you answered yes, like we did, you could probably use some professional help of the cooking variety.Give thanks for South Florida's bounty of highly touted, greatly revered, very expe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Tired of Art Basel? Five Suggestions for a Culture-less Weekend Getaway!

    ​Art Basel has a funny way of making us feel like we're outsiders in our own town. Traffic is horrible. Parking even moreso. The line at your favorite Cuban restaurant (even if that happens to be Pollo Tropical) gets filled with hoity-toity Europeans trying to work in a little "authentic Miami exp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Puck Fublix, Join The National Supermarket Week of Action

    Jacob KatelStand up for justice.​Hey America, this Thanksgiving let's buck tradition and not go out of our way to kill indians.So, maybe you don't know, but, most of America's tomatoes are grown in Immokalee, Florida, just up the street from Naples, and across the way from Miami, and most of the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    One More Reason to be Thankful That You Live in South Florida

    A breaking news release from an Israeli newspaper: Ten middle school students in Naples, Florida have been suspended after taking part in what they termed "Kick a Jew Day" at their school, school district officials reported. The one day in-school suspensions were served earlier this week. The inci ... More >>

  • News

    May 21, 2009

    Heartbreak at 45 MPH

    Scenes from the life of a racing greyhound.

  • News

    March 22, 2007

    Land Grab

    We ask questions and a historic land battle is won

  • News

    January 18, 2007

    Renaissance Swamp Man

    Lucky Cole likes nudes. Who doesn't?

  • News

    January 4, 2007

    The Missionary

    Shawn Beightol's education crusade is seeking believers

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    Slaughter Alley

    Big dead cats in the middle of the road -- lots of them

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Hungry Is the Hunter

    Lawmen, developers, and environmentalists have made Everglades hunters feel like an endangered species

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