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The Associated Press

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Marco Rubio's Ego-fueled Book Tour Runs Through Swing States

    Is there such a thing as reading too much into the schedule of a book tour? Maybe, maybe not, but the Associated Press just got a hold of Marco Rubio's touring schedule to promote his upcoming memoir, An American Son, and, well, what do you know, it hits up a whole lot of battle ground states. Appar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Cuba's High-Speed Internet Link To Venezuela Was a Giant Lie

    Last summer, millions of Cubans were deliriously ready to blow their meager earnings on badly knit Che dolls on Etsy, flood Facebook with Fidel-praising status updates and, yeah, just download mucho, mucho porn. High-speed Internet, they were told, was finally coming to the masses via a 1,000-mile l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Pink Slime No More: Three Factories Suspend Production

    ​Pink slime, that ammonia-treated concoction used in ground beef that has offended the sensibilities of so many people, might finally disappear.The Associated Press reports that three of four factories belonging to Beef Products Inc., which produces much of the popular but hazardous slime, ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Whitney Houston's Funeral Live Stream: Five Predictions

    ​The internet, a safe haven where perverts can download fetish porn and degenerates bet on sports. It's an information superhighway trolled by digital pirates on the lookout for copyrighted gold and a place where everyone can be the star of their very own Truman Show. But on Saturday, February 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Pro-Democracy Protesters to Set Off Fireworks Near Cuban Coast

    ​Every year, America celebrates the birth of its own democracy with fireworks, so it only makes sense a pro-democracy group that helps newly arrived Cubans settle in Miami is on its way to put on a fireworks display off the coast of Cuba. Predictably, the Cuban government is none too pleased.

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Miami-Dade Commissioner to Stores: Stop Selling Marijuana Shaped Candy

    ​Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose "Pepe" Diaz wants "Pot Pops" out of local stores before Halloween. Though, the only high the candy provides is of a sugar variety. The controversial candy contains no THC, but comes in either lollipop or ring pop form candy shaped like a marijuana leave, while a carto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Plum TV's Jerry Powers Settles More Than $2.2 Million in Gambling Debts

    C. StilesJerry Powers (right) with fashion designer Calvin Klein (center) and Jason Binn​​Old habits die hard, it seems. Between 1977 and 1984, Ocean Drive founder and current Plum TV exec Jerry Powers was sued 13 times for money owed."I was dependent on drugs when I did those things," he told N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Do Florida Democrats Have a Hispanic Outreach Problem?

    ​Democrats in Florida have a huge registered voter advantage over Republicans, but you couldn't tell that by looking at the leadership in Tallahassee and the Republican super majorities in both house of the state legislature. There's a few reasons for that situation (including the Republican-contr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    AP Stylebook, Released Today, Includes First-Ever Food Section

    ​Is it palate or palette? Gourmet or gourmand? Those are some of the style questions that are clarified in the 2011 version of the AP Stylebook released today. "If we're going to do food seriously we need to have a style," Associated Press food editor, J.M. Hirsch, said in a conference call. "Rea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Rep. David Rivera Paid Himself $60,000 in Unexplained Campaign Reimbursements

    ​Newly elected Rep. David Rivera's ethics troubles continue to be a source of shame for both his Republican party and his Miami-Dade constituency. The Associated Press has added more charges to his ever-growing list of suspicious dealings with money. The news wire reports that over the eight y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Tiger Woods' Penis Beats LeBron for "Sports Story of the Year"

    ​Members of the Associated Press have voted for the "Sports Story of the Year," and it seems the winner actually was a bit more of a tabloid story than really a sports story ...and that's only if you consider golf a sport. The continued fallout from Tiger Woods' massive cheating scandal took the t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Miami Central Football Ranked #2 in Nation According to USA Today

    via elitescoutingservices.comMiami Central is the second best team in the nation​Local high school Miami Central has the second best football team in the nation, according to a new poll by USA Today.The poll pointed to Central's 12 returning starters (six on offense, six on defense) in picking the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Suge Knight / Kanye West Lawsuit Stemming From 2005 Shore Club Shooting Still Unresolved

    CC by 2.0, via Jurvetson on FlickrKanye West refuses to take responsibilty for Suge Knight's 2005 Miami shooting.It's been five years since former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight was shot at the Shore Club, a crime that remains unsolved and that put a serious damper on the MTV VMAs' last year in M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Dwyane Wade's Wife Siohvaughn Turns Herself Into Police

    Siohvaughn Wade has turned herself into Chicago Police, after the judge in the Wade's divorce trial ordered police to track her down after she failed to show in court yesterday.Siohvaughn voluntarily turned herself in today, and will not be released until a $10,000 bond is met. Her attorney, Marsha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    More Media Shows Up to Tanning Butler Auditions than Applicants

    via mc2Ben Becker, a former tanning butler, has gone on to a modeling career. The Ritz loses most or their tanning butlers that way.​Why is the media so obsessed with the Ritz-Carlton on South Beach's tanning butler position? The Miami Herald showed up to cover the audtions for the hotel's next su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Food News Roundup: Whitney Port, Horse Meat, South Beach, and Reality TV

    Miami-Dade County employees raise more than $300,000 for charity, part of which will go to Food for the Poor. [SFLCN]"Whitney Port and Roxy Olin snacking outdoors on 'yogen fruz' en route to the airport after debuting her new collection, Whitney Eve, in Miami." [FOXnews]Politicians introduce legisla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    U.S. Government Seeks to Block Cuban Spy's Ex-Wife Attempt to Collect Judgment

    It's official. The Associated Press reports the U.S. Department of Justice is opposing Ana C. Stiles​Margarita Martinez's attempt to make charter companies that book flights from here to Cuba pay a $27 million judgment she won against the Cuban government. In submitting its opposition motion ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Food News Roundup: South Beach, Overtown, Food Trucks, and Grub Hub

    A long article uses the South Beach Wine & Food Festival to talk about food celebrity. [NewYorkTimes]Marvin Dunn talks about the year-round urban farm he helped found on a garbage- and needle-strewn lot in Overtown. [VOA]Wine, dinners, dancing, and Ireland in the weekly events calendar. [MiamiHe ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2010

    Cuban killer Luis Posada Carriles goes on trial

    A long article uses the South Beach Wine & Food Festival to talk about food celebrity. [NewYorkTimes]Marvin Dunn talks about the year-round urban farm he helped found on a garbage- and needle-strewn lot in Overtown. [VOA]Wine, dinners, dancing, and Ireland in the weekly events calendar. [MiamiHe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Pole Dancers Thrust for Olympic Status

    via Crave Online​The Winter Olympics may be getting dismal local ratings, but if the pleas of poll dancers across the world to have their "sport" recognized by the Olympics are heeded, we've got a feeling ratings would shoot through the roof.  "After a great deal of feedback from the pole dan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Small-Town Values? Miami Family Shunned After Moving to North Dakota

    This story is almost exactly like this movie, minus the welcoming neighbors and happy ending. Actually, it sounds more like Fargo. Glad they left before they wound up in a wood chipper.​Ever thought about fleeing Miami for the simple life of the Midwest? Perhaps leaving behind the hustle and bustl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    And Now, Your Morons of the Week

    Doesn't the whole "balloon boy hoax" boondoggle feel like something that should have happened in South Florida? It's one of those things where if you try to understand what might have motivated somebody to do something so dumb, you can feel your own brain melting a bit. Did the parents think that on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    New CIA Files Show Miami's Most Infamous Cuban Terrorist Was a Snitch

    Last week, Riptide was all about Eduardo Arocena, the Miami dockworker convicted in 1985 of setting off 32 bombs in Little Havana and Manhattan. A certain mayoral candidate (ahem, Tomas Regalado, ahem) seems to have flirted with supporting Arocena back in the day, not that he'll admit it.via Wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Marlins Aren't Firing Fredi Gonzalez

    Maybe Jeffrey Loria took Tim Elfrink's advice, and stopped acting like "a world-class moron." Because according to Associated Press sources Marlin manager Fredi Gonzalez's job is safe for now.The AP is citing an unnamed AP source. The Marlins might not be ready to make the official announcement, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Three Players Quit Fins Training Camp, Including Best Named Prospect Ever

    News flash out of Davie this morning, courtesy of the Associated Press: Dolphins training camp really sucks ass, and coach Tony Sparano knows it.via Wikimedia CommonsThis guy just lost the best (named) offensive lineman in history.​Fullback Matt Quillen, a 24-year-old prospect out of the fightin' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Non-New Times Media Catches up to Dwyane Wade's Baron Nemesis Story... Sort of

    Jacob Katel This is the face Dwyane Wade makes when you say the words "Richard von Houtman".​Earlier this month, New Times published "Dwyane's Disaster," a feature on the catastrophic business relationship Heat superstar Dwyane Wade formed with Baron Richard von Houtman- an accused wife-beat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    The Scoop That Nobody Wanted: Jose Canseco's Man-Ram Press Conference

    Associated PressIt was so quiet you could hear a testicle shrink.Miami native Jose Canseco has made a post-baseball career out of snitching on his former teammates and getting punched in the face. This is not a dignified existence. And yet he insists on respect. Every time evidence emerges that a st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Christian College Suspends Student For Spending His Weekends Filming Gay Porn in Miami

    via Midwest Model IncLast year, in the hey day of Juicy Campus there were unconfirmed rumors circulating that the porn site BrandyBelle.com, a local amateur porn site, had filmed scenes in dorm rooms at both University of Miami and Florida International University. I say unconfirmed because if ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    Herald Cutting 175, Ceases International Edition

    What can be said about the newspaper meltdown that hasn't already been said? The Miami Herald announced today it's letting 175 people go, reducing the salaries of anyone making more than $25k, slimming page size down, and ceasing publications of the international edition.&nb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    2 Live Crew's Supreme Court Win May Impact Shepard Fairey's Case

    created with Obamicon.me Shepard Fairey, the graffiti artist behind that highly stylized Obama poster you saw just about everywhere last year is preemptively suing the Associated Press. The image he used as the basis for the poster was an AP stock photo, and the AP wanted recognition and money in re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    McCain Won Florida (on Election Day)

    Of all ballots cast in Florida November 4, John McCain actually led Barack Obama by five points, according to a new Associated Press study. Wowza. But Obama led the Maverick by 11 percentage points in early and absentee voting, thus winning the state. Nearly one-third of all votes cast in Florida w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2008

    BREAKING NEWS: Liberty City Six Jurors Deadlocked

    Of all ballots cast in Florida November 4, John McCain actually led Barack Obama by five points, according to a new Associated Press study. Wowza. But Obama led the Maverick by 11 percentage points in early and absentee voting, thus winning the state. Nearly one-third of all votes cast in Florida w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2007

    Why Americans Get Their News From Jon Stewart

    Of all ballots cast in Florida November 4, John McCain actually led Barack Obama by five points, according to a new Associated Press study. Wowza. But Obama led the Maverick by 11 percentage points in early and absentee voting, thus winning the state. Nearly one-third of all votes cast in Florida w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2007

    News You Can Use -- Again and Again

    Of all ballots cast in Florida November 4, John McCain actually led Barack Obama by five points, according to a new Associated Press study. Wowza. But Obama led the Maverick by 11 percentage points in early and absentee voting, thus winning the state. Nearly one-third of all votes cast in Florida w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 31, 2006

    Make Nice with the Noles

    Of all ballots cast in Florida November 4, John McCain actually led Barack Obama by five points, according to a new Associated Press study. Wowza. But Obama led the Maverick by 11 percentage points in early and absentee voting, thus winning the state. Nearly one-third of all votes cast in Florida w ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 24, 2004

    All Lobster All the Time

    Of all ballots cast in Florida November 4, John McCain actually led Barack Obama by five points, according to a new Associated Press study. Wowza. But Obama led the Maverick by 11 percentage points in early and absentee voting, thus winning the state. Nearly one-third of all votes cast in Florida w ... More >>

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    First Amendment, Schmirst Amendment

    Herald journos and staff not AP brothers' keepers

  • Music

    May 11, 2000

    Best Female Radio Voice

    Tracy Fields

  • News

    June 24, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Tracy Fields

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    May 13, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Tracy Fields

  • Calendar

    October 29, 1998

    Night & Day

    October 29 - November 4, 1998

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    October 16, 1997

    News of the Weird

    October 29 - November 4, 1998

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    August 21, 1997

    You Say Hoax, We Say Spirited Public Journalism!

    October 29 - November 4, 1998

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    February 27, 1997

    News of the Weird

    October 29 - November 4, 1998

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    February 20, 1997

    News of the Weird

    October 29 - November 4, 1998

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    January 2, 1997

    News of the Weird

    October 29 - November 4, 1998

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    October 17, 1996

    News of the Weird

    October 29 - November 4, 1998

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    News of the Weird

    October 29 - November 4, 1998

  • News

    April 18, 1996

    No Mistake About It

    October 29 - November 4, 1998

  • News

    January 15, 1992

    Raising Cane

    Home may be where the heart is, but sportswriter Gary Long's vote is in the state of Washington

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