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Rick Scott Suddenly Wants Barack Obama's Handouts

Perhaps the definitive moment of Rick Scott's governorship was his decision to axe a federally funded high speed rail line in Florida, but that doesn't mean he's totally opposed to asking for federal handouts. In advance of Obama's visit to the Port of Miami today, Scott blasted the administration a ... More >>

Holy Ship!!! 2014 Announces Dates, New Vessel, Departing From Port of Miami

Holy Effing Ship!!! Those three exclamation points signify three years for electronic dance music's raddest four-day party cruise. (It ain't just bad grammar or Internet-y hyperbole.) Coincidentally, though, we're exactly that beat-freaking excited about the 2014 edition of Hard Events' EDM humpf ... More >>

KISS Kruise II Departing from Miami on Halloween, Pre-Party at Grand Central

Black makeup, platform shoes, and leather pants are seldom worn on the high seas. But once a year, the KISS Navy throws a bash aboard a luxury vessel and encourages folks to dress like their favorite 1970s rock stars. Skippered by Admiral Gene Simmons and Co-Commanding Officer Paul Stanley, KISS K ... More >>

Mitt Romney's Stumping In Miami at Eatery Owned By Convicted Coke Smuggler

Today, Mitt Romney is foregoing a Miami political campaign tradition by skipping over Versailles restaurant in Little Havana. Instead, Mittens will be hobnobbing with a convicted cocaine smuggler. The Republican presidential candidate is holding an afternoon rally at Palacios de los Jugos at 7085 Co ... More >>

Nicki Minaj Orgasms on Film for "Pound the Alarm": An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

On the same day that MTV announced its Video Music Awards nominees, Nicki Minaj (who's up for two Moon Men) released a video for her latest single, "Pound the Alarm," on YouTube. Oh, the irony ... To our knowledge, the four-minute video is only available online, though we're guessing that MTV will ... More >>

Hector Pesquera, Port of Miami Security Director, Named Puerto Rico's Chief of Police

​A decade ago, Hector Pesquera was rumored to be a top candidate for Miami Police chief. Instead, the former FBI man -- perhaps dogged by questionable ties to convicted felons -- embarked on ever more obscure positions: first as head of the Broward Sheriff's Office, lately as head of security for ... More >>

Bruise Cruise 2012 with Fucked Up, King Khan & the Shrines, Thee Oh Sees, and others February 10-13

Step Up 4 Trailer: Can Two Sexy Dancers Find Love In Miami?

​The Step Up movies all have essentially the same plot: Boy meets girl. They dance. They fall in love. They live, and dance, happily ever after. But there's something a little different about Step Up 4: It all takes place in Miami.From the looks of the trailer, released this week, the film was act ... More >>

Mickey Mouse vs. Micky Arison: Disney Bringing Cruises to Port of Miami

​Micky Arison's Carnival Cruise Lines has another Mickey with a cruise empire about to encroach on its turf. Mickey Mouse that is. Disney Cruise Line has announced that beginning later this year, it will be sail ships out of the Port of Miami for the first time.

Port of Miami's 2035 Master Plan Includes Manatee-Displacing Mega-Yacht Marina, Hotels

Like it or not, the Port of Miami is in for some major changes​If you thought the Port of Miami's deep dredging project was controversial, get a load of this.Riptide has obtained a copy of the port's 2035 Master Plan. It calls for adding three new cruise ship berths, a mega-yacht marina near downt ... More >>

Dummies Guide To Trashing Taxpayers: The Port Tunnel

​This week, Miami New Times published a guide to the eight of the worst public works projects in Miami-Dade, where bureaucrats and elected officials take pride in wasting millions in taxpayer dollars on crap residents have little-to-no use for. As we reveal each one of these boondoggles on Riptide ... More >>

Armchair Diver

Port of Miami Dredge Project Rankles Even the Rich: Fisher Island Residents Pissed, Could Sue

Fisher Island Community Association's president worries that the Port of Miami dredge will damage properties​This weekend, Port of Miami director Bill Johnson wrote to The Miami Herald to rebut "naysayers" who just don't understand what an "enviable position" the city will be in once we've blasted ... More >>

Port of Miami Dredge Project: Environmentalists Plot Lawsuit

Past dredge work near the Port of Miami​Unlike the giant, post-Panamax freighters that might never arrive, the deep dredging of the Port of Miami approaches with near certainty. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has promised funds, regulators have given a green light, and a Brazilian construction company ha ... More >>

Security at Port of Miami Stepped Up for 9/11 Anniversary

​Officials stress there have been no specific threats made against the Port of Miami in relation to the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, but local, state, and federal agencies will step up security at the port this weekend.

Port of Miami expansion won't save the city's economy, experts say

Rivers Cuomo and Crew Set Sail From Miami Aboard the Weezer Cruise on January 19, 2012

Rivers Cuomo wants to cruise with you.​Who would've pegged Weezer's Rivers Cuomo for a cruise enthusiast? But in a YouTube commercial posted today, the emo icon appears ocean-ready (no Buddy Holly glasses) and dressed in a totally Carnival-appropriate outfit (crappy baseball cap and striped, navy ... More >>

Bruise Cruise Festival 2012 Dates and Initial Lineup Announced

via myspace.com/ohseesBruise Cruise vets Thee Oh Sees.​Good news for anyone who missed the chance to rock out ironically while simultaneously creeping out sunbathing Midwesterners this past February ... As our sister blog County Grind reported earier today, Bruise Cruise Festival organizers have a ... More >>

Bruise Cruise Travel Tip: Don't Smuggle Drugs Onto the Ship

Torben Bjorn Hansen, Flickr ​The Bruise Cruise sets sail from the Port of Miami on Friday. And while there's plenty of dope coming through Dodge Island, y'all better think twice about sneaking some out; narcs like to prey on unsuspecting travelers, especially theme cruise passengers. In January, ... More >>

The more Rick Ross lies, the more we love him

Florida Power & Light "Hid" Document, Settles with Longshoreman over Port of Miami Accident

FPL "hid" a document to avoid liability in a serious accident, according to a Miami-Dade judge​For a company that's in the business of providing light, FPL apparently likes to keep some things in the dark.Last month a jury found Florida Power & Light partly responsible for an accident at the P ... More >>

Man Dies After Eating Cruise Ship Food

​In today's surprisingly light roundup of horrible things and various crimes that happened over the weekend in our fair metropolis: The Epic cruise ship is forced back to the Port of Miami after a man dies after eating food, a greyhound bus is attacked by a gunman, and the city's bond status ... More >>

Port of Miami Tunnel Project Could Be South Florida's Big Dig

Miami-Dade CountyTrucks waiting at the Port of Miami​Trucker Jose Martinez heads to the Port of Miami every day on his 40-foot white Freightliner. By the time he gets downtown, traffic is a breeze. "It's like going from the bed to the kitchen," he says.Twenty years ago that wouldn't have been poss ... More >>

Luke's Gospel: Legalizing marijuana will fix the economy

Legalizing Pot Will Fix the Economy

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Up this week, Luke makes the case for legalizing marijuana across the nation, beginning in Miami-Dade County.Off the bat, I am not a weed he ... More >>

Scrum Bags

Cutler Bay man smuggles cigarettes through the Port of Miami and goes to prison

Irish Blood

Feds say Cutler Bay man funded Irish terrorists through Port of Miami scheme.

Feds: Miami Man Funneled Money To Irish Terrorists Behind This Weekend's Attacks

A Cutler Bay man funneled money to the Irish terrorists who murdered two British soldiers in Belfast on Saturday, federal prosecutors say in a complaint unsealed in Miami-Dade court today and obtained by Riptide.Courtesy Wikimedia CommonsAn IRA mural in Belfast. An IRA splinter group took credit for ... More >>

Bet on Norman Braman

Miami's most cantankerous billionaire could win by TKO.

Tons of Weed and Nobody to Smoke It

Hooray for Goombay

Hustlin' Flow

Unconstrained by crunk, unconfined by law, Rick Ross defines only himself

Blog of the Day

Rick Ross

Port of Miami (Def Jam)

BEST DEFENSE AGAINST TERRORISM

Haiti and Cuba

The Cuban Kong

What's $28 million a year and added jobs for the poorest American city mean next to big cubanismo, bro?

The Children's Museum, Inc.

New Times gives a tour of the Miami Children's Museum and its corporate exhibitisements -- for kids of all ages!

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of September 28, 2000

Spoiled Island

With no public input whatsoever, Miami officials have put together a deal to trade waterfront park land for massive cruise ship terminals and a lovely parking garage

A Hole So Foul

Somehow no one noticed that a monstrous gash was illegally being dug into the bottom of Biscayne Bay

Best Defense

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of March 30, 2000

Goo Grief

There's a million cubic yards of toxic sludge on the bottom of the Miami River and you may as well get used to it

HoJo's To Miami Motorsports: No Prix Fee for Thee!

Grand Prix poobah Ralph Sanchez went to the downtown Howard Johnson's with his hand outstretched. And an ultimatum.