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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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

Make Nice with the Noles

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 >>

All Lobster All the Time

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 >>

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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

International Olympic Committe to Meet in Miami Beach About "Ambiguous" Gender Cases Next Week

via Erik van Leeuwen/Wiki Commons CC2.0​Gender, as much as societal norms want us to believe it isn't always a black and white issue. The issue of cases of "ambiguous" gender hit the headlines last year when South African runner Caster Semenya's gender came into question after she won gold in the ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Cuban killer Luis Posada Carriles goes on trial

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 >>

If you thought Cuba's National Mule Census is dumb, think again

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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.