St. Petersburg Times

Is Charlie Crist Florida's Next Governor?

Tampa Man Steals Ambulance to Drive Himself to the Hospital

​You know what's great about ambulances? You don't have to drive them yourself. If you're seriously injured enough, you call 911. They send one your way. The paramedics strap you in and take you to the hospital. This shouldn't be new info for anyone, but apparently Hubert Lee Credit didn't ge ... More >>

FAMU Students Occupy Rick Scott's Mansion; Governor's Reply Is Kinda Racist

Thousands of Florida A&M students marched to the governor's mansion last night after Rick Scott demanded the school suspend its president over a band member's hazing death. Scott agreed to meet students out front and, oy, that might have been the wrong decision.The white guv bizarrely attempted ... More >>

Worst Date Ever? Florida Man Steals Woman's Car During Movie

​Perhaps she was looking to give someone the key to her heart, but instead on a recent date a Florida woman gave her paramour the keys to her car during a movie. He ended up stealing the vehicle, and when she called him, he laughed about it. Talk about a dating horror story.

CVS Pharmacy Won't Fill Certain Florida Doctors' Pain Pill Prescriptions

​One of the largest pharmacy chains in the state has decided to fight Florida's prescription pill abuse epidemic head on. CVS Pharmacy sent out an email to certain Florida doctors this week to inform them that they will no longer fill any pain pill prescriptions they write. Authorities recently ha ... More >>

Rick Scott is Not Familiar With This Strange Term "Tampa Bay"

​How well does Gov. Rick Scott really know Florida? Apparently not well enough to know that the area including St. Petersburg, Tampa and Clearwater -- you know, the second biggest metro area in his state -- is pretty commonly referred to as "Tampa Bay." We don't like to pull the "real Floridian" c ... More >>

Florida Man Arrested for Breaking Into Cars in Jail Parking Lot Two Hours After He Was Released

​Donald Gartner of Port Richey, Florida, downed a six-pack of beer and a handful of Oxycontin Sunday night and proceeded to get arrested for causing a ruckus at his neighbor's house. He found himself released from jail a few hours later, but wasn't done raising hell. Shortly after being released, ... More >>

Prolific 71-Year-Old Graffiti Tagger Arrested in Dunedin

​You'd think graffiti would be a young man's game. Especially the kind of down-and-dirty, illegal type that requires taggers to covertly leave their mark while being prepared to run like hell if anyone catches them. Well, there's always an exception to the rule.Meet 71-year-old Charles Ignatius We ... More >>

Aspiring Ultimate Fighter Reportedly Beaten to Death For Calling Man a Ginger

YA STINKIN GINGER​A small house party turned deadly Saturday night for 19-year-old Pasco County resident Samuel Smith, an aspiring mixed martial artist who witnesses say was beaten to death by a red-haired party-goer after Smith called him a "ginger" and told him he had "weak knees," according to ... More >>

Another Rich Guy Seeking Office: Craig Miller Enters GOP Senate Primary Race

​Stop us if you've heard this one before: a millionaire business mogul with little name recognition is using his vast fortune to jumpstart a surprising campaign for a statewide office in Florida. Yep, after the mixed results of Rick Scott and Jeff Greene is 2010, Craig Miller, the former CEO of th ... More >>

Florida Looking at Early March Primary, Might Again Lose Half Its Delegates

​Republican leaders are still eager to host Florida's presidential primary election earlier than most states, but they're hoping to avoid a repeat of 2008's fiasco. Leaders plan to set the primary in early March, just days before the traditional Super Tuesday -- even if that means holding the ... More >>

Mike Huckabee Defends Rick Scott, Calls Riptide an "Idiot" on Fox News

So apparently Mike Huckabee reads Riptide, and apparently he thinks we're just idiots. The former Arkansas Governor-turned-Fox News host had Rick Scott on his program this weekend, and the two discussed Scott's dismal poll numbers. Huckabee decided to blame the press, and as evidence flashed a Ripti ... More >>

Rick Scott for President? It's Possibly the Stupidest Thing We've Heard All Month

​"Rick Scott for president? It's possible," blares a headline for a non-story in today's St. Petersburg Times. Oddly, the third sentence in the story is a quote from Scott saying, "I'm not running for president," yet the Times political editor Adam C. Smith manages to drag the story on for 832 wo ... More >>

South Florida Homeless Men Viciously Beaten For Cash In Fetish Video Ring, Lawsuit Says

via Shefights.netTampa homeless advocate G.W. Rolle had a mystery on his hands. For months he'd noticed homeless men wandering around a local park with black eyes, busted lips and bad limps. Finally, he got one man to open up: For $50, he said, a local fetish website had been paying the men to endur ... More >>

Some Sanity in Florida Senate: Guns Won't Be Allowed on College Campuses

A few Republicans in the state legislator and the NRA wanted to push a law that would allow anyone with a concealed weapons license to carry their gun openly on public university campuses. Of course, guns and the atmosphere at Florida public universities don't really go together, as a tragic acciden ... More >>

Rick Scott Promises Not to Screw Unions as Bad as Wisconsin's Scott Walker Wants To

​On Sunday, The New York Times editorial board slammed Rick Scott's decision to kill Florida's federally funded high-speed rail system and suggested he was caught up in some high-speed race to out-pander to Tea Partiers faster than other Republican governors. Though, there's one governor Scott app ... More >>

Charlie Crist Will Pardon Jim Morrison

After the failed debacle of his Independent senate run Charlie Crist's legacy is in grave danger, so it's no surprise he's decided to become the "guy who finally pardoned Jim Morrison." After indicating he was open to pardoning The Doors frontman of indecency charges stemming from an infamous 1969 M ... More >>

Alex Sink to Pick Boring Rod Smith as Running Mate

​According to two state papers, Florida gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink is set to announce Rod Smith as her running mate this Thursday at an event in West Palm Beach. Yawn. A former state senator, Smith lost the 2006 Democratic primary for governor to similarly boring Jim Davis. The move seems t ... More >>

Marco Rubio, Tea Party pretty boy

Alex Sink Leads Bill McCollum in Poll for First Time in Months; Too Bad She Still Trails Behind Rick Scott

​As Rick Scott and Bill McCollum battle for the Republican nomination in the gubernatorial race, is Democrat Alex Sink silently waiting to pounce? New poll numbers suggest she's increasingly viable again as the Republicans duke it out and potential independent spoiler Bud Chiles gains steam. The s ... More >>

Kendrick Meek Wonders if Jeff Greene is Even a Democrat or a Floridian

​Democratic senate rivals Rep. Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene met up for their first debate today hosted by the Palm Beach Post. Meek is the affable, but not exactly superstar, Democratic establishment pick, while Greene is a shady billionaire who plans on winning the election on the strength of hi ... More >>

Crist Gets Slammed for Playing the 'Race Card' by Rubio-friendly Bloggers

In regards to the stupid YouTube video we talked about Wednesday, popular conservative Blogger Erik Erikson of RedState.com declares that Charlie Crist is playing the race card. Here's the Headline: "Charlie Crist Finally Pulls Race Card. Jealous of Rubio's Better Tan.""The video shows Marco Ru ... More >>

Who Will Charlie Crist Appoint to Replace Mel Martinez?

Charlie Crist has the power​As long as I live, I don't think Florida will see a more chaotic election cycle than 2010. Now, Mel Martinez has thrown in another twist by resigning early, leaving the decision to pick his appointment to Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running to replace Martinez himself. L ... More >>

Piece of Mind

Jackson's mental health unit fails Miami.

John Timoney, America’s Worst Cop

He has spent 138 days on the road in just a few years on the job. Who’s minding the Miami Police Department?

Miami: Screwed Again

The legislature helped taxpayers, but not in the Magic City

My Doppelganger, the Debt Monger

What does it take to catch an ID thief?

Brawls to the Wall!

New Times salutes Miami's finest fisticuffs of the past year

Plain Meaning of the Line

Wine and other spirits intrigue while Iman slightly disappoints

In Search of the Great Miami Novel

Surely there's more to local literature than crime and exile

Is David Caruso Too Good to be True?

That red-haired guy and CSI: Miami put us back on the media map

The Big Cypress Deal

The cover story is conservation, but the Bush boys have their hands in the taxpayers' pockets again

Bad News

Battered by severe budget cuts, staff reductions, and sudden management changes, the Miami Heraldconfronts its uncertain future

Alex Bombs

Sidebar to "DeFede"

Close Encounters of the Swamp Kind

If the customs and legends of Loop Road seem strange, you probably don't live there

Nice Guy, Wrong Job

Hatchet Man

Q: What's a nice guy like Alberto Ibargen doing at a place like the Miami Herald? A: Exactly what his money-grubbing bosses want him to do.

Only Himself to Blame

Creature Feature

Move over, Sasquatch. Beat it, Bigfoot. It's time you met South Florida's own: The great Skunk Ape.

X Mayor

Legal experts and insider politicos agree: Voter fraud will soon force Xavier Suarez from office. Then What?

Free to Speak Her Mind

Where's the Beach?

The true story behind the beach erosion explosion is politics as usual

The Incredible Shrinking Herald

People are fleeing in record numbers and not being replaced. Morale has hit bottom. News coverage has been severely curtailed. Money is scarce. And the corporate bigshots love it.

Road Show

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

Nothing Personal

Dade County peddles public records - including yours - for a profit