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Florida Stands Alone: 49 States are Rooting for the San Antonio Spurs

Riptide has apparently been living in some naive dream world where we think that maybe, just maybe the rest of the world is warming up to the Heat. It's been three years now since "The Decision." The team proved itself by winning the championship last year. They went on a crazy 27-game winning strea ... More >>

Cuban Vets Fighting U.S. Government To Prove They Were Poisoned By Agent Orange

Carlos Ruiz-Rojas, a cancer survivor and a veteran of a special U.S. Army unit known as Unidades Cubanas, says the U.S. government in 1963 exploited the youthful enthusiasm of Cuban exile soldiers to overthrow Fidel Castro and carried out illegal and inhumane experiments with Agent Orange. In this w ... More >>

Miami Ranked Seventh "Trashiest Spring Break Destination" in America

We in Miami, bitch. And we're beer-bongin' Coors Light at 11 a.m. on South Beach while riding a stolen DecoBike with our tits out, a brand-new bleeding tattoo disappearing into the crack of that fat ass, and a gut full of Starburst, naked Hooters wings, and Jell-o shots. That's why, according t ... More >>

Tongue and Cheek To Open in SoFi: We Chat With Chef/Partner Jamie DeRosa

Jamie DeRosa has finally announced the project he's been working on since leaving his position as executive chef at Tudor House in July 2012 with partner Michael Reginbogin.Tongue and Cheek, which will open in the former Kane Steakhouse spot in SoFi, will serve "approachable, ingredient-driven, Amer ... More >>

Five Best Concerts in Miami This Weekend

We're almost done with the week, and we're almost done with the first month of 2013. How much have you gotten done so far? Alright, forget that question. How much have you partied this so far? Not enough, right? Cool, well, we've got loads of great music coming around the bend this weekend, from ... More >>

Florida Receives More Money From the Feds Than Any State: $30K Per Person

Florida uses the federal government like a sugar daddy. The Sunshine State leads the other 49 in both the total amount of money and the money-per-capita it received from the feds in 2011. That doesn't even include that high-speed train we didn't get.According to a CNBC analysis, Florida received $57 ... More >>

Food Stamp Parties? US Government Encourages Seniors To Attend.

In a shining example of government idiocy, the USDA is actually encouraging people to apply for food stamps.The government agency has an active program to lure more Americans into applying for food stamps, specifically targeting senior citizens. This program costs the USDA between $2.5 and $3 millio ... More >>

Five Fictional Republicans We'd Rather See Campaigning in Florida This Week

Our fellow Floridians, another round of primary elections is upon us and with it comes the usual sleazy political drama. Attack ads clog our airwaves; politicians deliver lofty promises they can't keep; and national news organizations have another chance to bring up the "hanging chad" incident.This ... More >>

Mitt Romney must be destroyed: 15 reasons to stop the Mormon cyborg

Newt Gingrich Calls for New Cold War With Cuba, Ron Paul Says One Was Enough

15 years out of government and Newt's still crazy​The 3 a.m. phone call has struck again. In tonight's GOP primary debate, NBC anchor Bryan Williams asked the candidates what they would do if told that Fidel Castro had finally died and "half a million Cubans" were on their way to the United States ... More >>

Watch Latin Burger on Eat St. Tonight: I Will Appear!

​Latin Burger and Taco's hot-pink and black truck is a permanent fixture on the streets of Miami. Just about any day of the week, you can find a flock of people enjoying the Latin macho burgers and tacos for which the truck is famous.So it comes as no surprise that when Eat St. visited Miami to fi ... More >>

Mitt Romney Is a Flip-Flopping Racist Cyborg (And 14 Other Reasons Florida Must Destroy Him)

Rick Perry has dropped out of the race and returned to Racial Slur Hideaway, Herman Cain is now making unwanted advances on his housecats, Rick Santorum's last name is a synonym for booty juice, and Newt Gingrich is an angry, sexed-up troll with facial hemorrhoids. Even with Newt's victory in Sout ... More >>

Watch Dim Ssam a Gogo on Eat Street Tonight

​Eat Street profiles food trucks and the bloggers who love them.The food channel show filmed a half dozen segments in Miami for its 2011-2012 season, showcasing Dim Ssäm à Gogo, Mr. Good Stuff, Latin Burger and Taco, Sugar Rush, Ms. Cheezious, and Latin House Grill.

The Little Farm Has "U-Pick" Pumpkins

Photo by Anais AlexandreFat orange orbs await you at the Little Farm.​Halloween is next Monday, and while some folks are out looking for pumpkins at their local supermarket, others are heading south to the Little Farm in the Redland.We stopped by the wholesome farm and found an enormous pile of pu ... More >>

Overanxious Florida Republicans May Ensure Obama Win

​A Florida commission appointed by Republicans will likely vote today to move up the state's Republican primary election to January 31.Though party muckety-mucks are still working on a compromise that could delay the election until February 21, the decision will probably create chaos.Given last we ... More >>

This Week in Cocaine, Castro, and LeBron

​TWCCL is a new weekly installment bringing you all the news you need on the three issues that matter most to Miamians. COCAINE: Big bust of the week: $217 million in cocaine, seized at a shipping port in Kingston. An eight-ball was found at the Kennedy Space Center. This is the second time i ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "Factory" by Band of Horses, Playing the Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, April 28

photo by Christopher Wilson​Next Wednesday's show at the Fillmore Miami Beach by Band of Horses caps off a pretty awesome April at the venue. The show also marks, however, a preview for fans of the ex-Seattle/now South Carolina band's third studio album, the upcoming Infinite Arms. It drops on Col ... More >>

At Long Last, Your Morons of the Week

Devout fans of this column, please forgive us for not presenting any morons last week. You see, a deluge of moronic behavior cascaded through our newsroom, jammed our fax machines, and overloaded our circuit boards. We've mopped it all up just in time to narrow a football squad-sized crowd of deserv ... More >>

Architects of Gay Marriage Ban Need Money To Defend Florida from Evils of John & Kate

Once apon a time Jon & Kate Gosselin were folk heros in the pro-life movement for refusing to selectively reduce a few embryos after Kates invitro fertilization resulted in six fertilized eggs. Instead they chose to take their chances with having sextuplets, which t ... More >>

Marco Rubio Backed By Most Ridiculously Conservative Sitting Senator

Jim DeMintHey now, not every Republican Senator is ready to warmly welcome Charlie Crist into his or her little club. Nope. Jim DeMint, the junior Senator from South Carolina, is ready to endorse Crist's fledgling primary opponent Marco Rubio, according to Politico, at least.  ... More >>

Two More Arrested In Miami's Hottest New Racket, Medicare Fraud

Sure, it's not as sexy as running coke in cigarette boats over the Florida Straits or bootlegging moonshine for northern gangsters on the lam. But damn if Medicare fraud isn't lucrative -- which is probably why it's shaping up as one of the defining crimes of modern Miami.As Jay Weaver's great cover ... More >>

Hillary Clinton Would Be Prez

If Florida counted in the primaries.

Obama Camp Admits if FL Counted, Hillary Would Be Queen of Earth

So, remember how earlier in the year when we held a primary, but on the Democratic side it didn't really count? Well now President-elect Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, is saying what a lot of people were thinking: If the Florida primary would have been an actual primary, Hillary Clinton wo ... More >>

South Beach Obama Bake-Off

Dems Fight to be Ruler of the Playground

Miami's Best Albums of 2007

Suicide Blonde picks 'em.

Identity Thief on the Loose

Pussycat Drawl

Eartha Kitt's unique vocal style and regal presence keep her fans loyal

The Few, The Proud ...

Four days at a South Carolina boot camp

Cracking Stereotypes

Florida culture reverts to its native roots

Miami's Hidden Past

An artist acts on his discovery that the city was born in slavery

Rivers of Song

The history of Florida courses through the folk music of Miami transplant Iron and Wine

The Last Amtrak

47 arguments for nationalizing railroad travel

Under Suspicion

Despite a history of corruption in its north district substation, the Miami Police Department won't get tough with its own cops

In Clubland

Bandemonium 2000, blues, and bruisers

Night & Day

April 29 - May 5, 1999

News of the Weird

News of the Weird

Homegrown

News of the Weird

Home Truths

After decades of living month to month in trailer parks, some South Dade migrant workers have found a permanent address

Reverb

On the Good Ship Jackpot

The Tropicana's Thursday-night blackjack tournament floats local gamblers' boat

Field of Teens

When you grow up in the migrant labor camps of South Dade, sometimes it's gang life -- and sometimes it's no life

Trip to the Big House

Need to visit a loved one doing time in one of the many state prisons up near the Georgia line? Who you gonna call? Right. Prison Connection.

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