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Baauer at Grand Central Miami May 18

Baauer: Five Reasons He's No One-Hit Wonder

How many times have you danced "con los terroristas"? If you're anything like the rest of world it's more times than you can count. Admit it, you were doing the "Harlem Shake" all through March. Even now, Baauer's biggest hit is climbing past 39 million views on YouTube while some people can't le ... More >>

Marco Rubio, Who Bragged About Living In "Working Class" West Miami, Is Selling His $675,000 House

Marco Rubio -- the Tea Party's wunderkind, GOP's great not-too-white hope, and water's most awkward chugger -- had his moment in the national spotlight last night, delivering a rebuttal to President Obama's State of the Union speech in both English and Spanish. The reviews are in, ranging from the D ... More >>

Gabby Douglas's Hairy Situation

Celebration, Florida's First Murder Victim Sexually Abused Miami Beach Kids, Report Says

The brutal 2010 murder of Matteo Patrick Giovanditto was doubly shocking. It was the first killing in the idyllic, planned community of Celebration, Florida -- built by The Walt Disney Company near Disney World. Then there was the brutality of the crime: Giovanditto was found strangled with a shoela ... More >>

Gabby Douglas Deserves To Be Praised, Not Ridiculed

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke wants blacks to stop being so envious and hateful toward one another.We African-Americans are our own worst enemies. We do a bett ... More >>

South Beach Author Michael Grunwald's The New New Deal Turns Washington, D.C., on Its Head

Florida Family Association: "Drag Queen" Barbie Is Only for "Transmos"

David Caton, the founder and sole employee of the Florida Family Association, seems to be an in-joke among journalists. Need a ridiculous quote for your story from someone associated with the Christian right? Contact Caton and he'll certainly supply you with one.Regarding the hullabaloo over Barbie' ... More >>

South Beach-Based Author Michael Grunwald Is Changing D.C.'s Mind About the Stimulus

In our nation's capital, real consensus happens as often as a noncreepy Rick Scott grin. Yet for the past couple of years, everyone in Washington, D.C., has agreed on this: President Obama's mammoth 2009 stimulus was kind of laughable. Green-energy initiatives? Saving America from financial ruin? Ha ... More >>

DJs are Obama's New Secret Miami Campaign Weapon

DJs really are taking over. They've even entered the political arena, and may play a small but pivotal role in the presidential election.President Obama's campaign has quietly enlisted the help of a group known as "DJs for Obama." The group is targeting beat-friendly cities, perhaps none more so tha ... More >>

Michael Salzhauer, Miami's Wackiest Plastic Surgeon, Risks Everything for Internet Fame

Victoria Jackson's excellent Tea Party adventure

Voxxi.com, News Site Targeting Hispanics, Launches in Miami

Voxxi.com Chief Executive Emilio Sanchez​Is there a market for a Hispanic focused news, opinion and aggregation website? A veteran journalist for the EFE News Agency, the leading Spanish language news service in the world, seems to think so. Emilio Sanchez, EFE's former bureau chief in Washington ... More >>

Plum TV President Robert Gregory Leaves to Take Over Newsweek

​Less than a week after the departure of CEO Jerry Power and a day after mass layoffs were announced, the crumbling Plum TV luxury media empire now faces another loss. President Robert Gregory is leaving to take the same position at Newsweek Daily Beast Co. Of course, considering the state he left ... More >>

Buzz Bissinger: Kill Miami Football Forever, Hold Congressional Hearings, Indict Shalala on Perjury

​Buzz Bissinger is a grumpy man who likes to yell about sports and who was once, and still occasionally moonlights as, a pretty damn respected journalist. Of course, in his post as a sports columnist for the Daily Beast, he mainly sticks to his angry, self-righteous sports-guy shtick and last nigh ... More >>

Shaquille O'Neal's Miami Beach Police Corruption: The Most Salacious Legal Complaint You'll Read Today

​The mainstream media doesn't quite know how to handle a lawsuit in which a convicted felon has accused Shaquille O'Neal -- one of basketball's most beloved characters -- of attempting to using police connections to try to frame an enemy for possession of child porn. The Associated Press and ... More >>

America's Third Most Popular Beach: 14 Million Visited the Sands of Miami Beach Last Year

​It's the summer months which means two things: Americans are slathering on the SPF, and websites are hungry for listicle traffic. So, obviously, The Daily Beast has decided to calculate America's favorite beach. Miami Beach came in third, but wasn't even the highest ranking Florida beach on the l ... More >>

Florida Doesn't Want Gay Marriage, But It Still Wants Gay Honeymoon Money

​Florida has constitutionally banned its gay wedding cake and is trying to eat it, too.Gay couples in New York began exercising their right to marry this weekend. New York is the largest state so far to legalize gay marriage (permanently, at least), and Florida tourism boards are trying to make su ... More >>

Miami Is One of America's Longest-Living Cities

​Miami residents, whether you love or hate this city, you might be around a few more years than average to either enjoy it or endure it. If you're a lady at least. The Daily Beast ranked America's top 20 cities with the greatest life expectancy, and Miami made the cut. But the news isn't ... More >>

LeBron James' Clutch Balls

​LeBron James has taken a lot of shit this year. Mainly because he decided to exercise his perfectly legal right to join another team through free agency. SO EVIL! And then he went and celebrated his signing with the Heat in front of the local fans with a fire works show. SO IMPERIOUS!He's also ha ... More >>

Tallahassee Is America's Pot-Smoking Capital, Miami Isn't Even On the List

​Tallahassee is not only the political capital of Florida, but also apparently the pot-smoking capital of America. Surprisingly, Miami, most often associated with drugs, doesn't even make the Daily Beast's list of Mary Jane-loving cities. Then again, maybe it's not much of a surprise that college ... More >>

University of Miami is One of America's Most Stressful Schools

​For a school that used to be known as one of America's greatest institutes of outdoor tanning practices the University of Miami has certainly improved its academic standings on President Donna Shalala. Though with that heightened emphasis on academic prestige comes more stress for students, a ... More >>

Miami Fifth on List of Cities that Have Gotten Fatter Since Thanksgiving

Via​Putting on a little bit weight during the winter months is only to be expected in cities that find themselves covered in snow and lacking in sun, but a new analysis from The Daily Beast says that Miami is fifth in cities that have gained the most weight since Thanksgiving.Whoa! What's the deal ... More >>

Miami is One of America's Soberest Cities

​Miami has an image of hedonism, but the city rarely makes any list concerning alcohol. In fact, The Daily Beast now tells us we're one of America's soberest cities. Sure, we're only 23, but how did we even end up on the list in the first place?

Miami is America's Sixth Sickest City

​We're not quite allergic to The Daily Beast's trademark city ranking listicle yet, but their latest has us feeling a little sick. According to their statistics, Miami is America's sixth sickest city. No, that's not "sick" as in "perverted" or "sick" as in bro-talk for "awesome," though we have a ... More >>

Miami is America's Fourth Most Fast Food Loving City

​The Daily Beast opens up its latest little listicle with this supposedly stunning little factoid: "In Miami, there are twice as many Burger King locations than tanning salons." Of course, Miami is home to both the corporate headquarters of BK and the unofficial US capitol of natural sunshine, so ... More >>

Miami is One of America's Vainest Cities

Just gonna stand by the lake and check ourselves out in the reflection all day. ​You know it costs a lot to look this cheap, and we are damned proud of it. Yes, we Miamians tend to take pride in the looks we serve up and the bodies we flaunt, even if the rest of the country shakes their head at so ... More >>

Florida Children: Kind of Dumb According to Statistics

​The good news: Florida's children aren't the dumbest. The bad news: they're no where near the smartest, either. According to a new statistical analysis by the listacle-happy Daily Beast, Florida's children are only the 30th smartest kids in America. Our children are painfully average. Like, they' ... More >>

Florida is the 15th Most Tolerant State (But Still Hates Gays So Much)

​The Daily Beast will find any reason to make a listicle, so in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day they decided to rank the most tolerant states in America. Yes, I believe it was King who said, "I have a dream that someday people will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the results o ... More >>

Year in review: LeBron rescues Miami

Miami Makes List of Top Ten Grinchiest Cities

​The Daily Beast has giving us a new listicle gift for the holidays (listicles are basically the internet equivalent of fruit cake) and apparently Miami is the country's 10th "Grinchiest" city. Which means we apparently hate Christmas so very, very much. We apparently neither buy each other enough ... More >>

Miami Sneaks in on List of 25 Most Charitable Cities, But We Hate Volunteering

​The Daily Beast was feeling charitable today and decided to give us this little bit of blog fodder: Miami made the list of America's 25 most charitable cities. We came in at 23 overall on the strength of a relatively high percentage of average earnings donated. The problem is though that apparent ... More >>

Miami Is America's Second Most Jewish City, in Case You Needed Proof

​The fact that Miami is America's second most Jewish city really isn't much of a surprise. The fact that the Daily Beast decided to rank America's city by Jewishness is, well, actually not a surprise either as much as it is kind of weird. But the Daily Beast loves creating rankings of America ... More >>

Yet Another Survey Confirms MIA Is One of the Worst Airports in America

In a city with an economy built around tourism and service, Miami International Airport is an embarrassing black eye. Let's put it this way: If Will Smith's "Welcome to Miami" were actually about the way most visitors are welcomed to Miami -- through the airport -- it would be a painful 37-minute ex ... More >>

Alan Grayson Auditions for MSNBC on the House Floor

​Our fellow Floridians in the Orlando area resoundingly kicked Rep. Alan Grayson out of office this election in a 19 point defeat. Apparently they do not care that the rest of America enjoys being entertained by his off-the-wall speeches on the House floor. He's already told Dick Cheney to literal ... More >>

Thanksgiving? No Thanks for Cody, George W. and J Lo

No thanks, Dubya.​Thanksgiving: a glutton's favorite holiday and a vegetarian's worst nightmare. Love it or hate it, we're a week away from miserable flight delays, Salvation Army Santas, and arguing about politics with distant family relatives at the dinner table; we love the Holidays. And this y ... More >>

MIA Ranked Second Most Hellish Airport in U.S. for Second Year Running

MIA is the 2nd most hellish major airport in the U.S.​If Dante were to restage his Divine Comedy in the Magic City, his seven levels of hell would begin in the bleachers at a Miami Heat home game before descending into a hotel hot tub with George Rekers.But no trip to the underworld would be compl ... More >>

Miami: Ninth Dumbest City in America

via Natalie Dee​No one has any pretensions that Miami is an intellectual hotbed, but are we dumb? Like so dumb when someone is drowning and asks for a lifesaver we ask, "Cherry or grape?" Like so dumb when someone says they're "pushing weight" we think they've got dumbbells in a stroller? Like so ... More >>

Dolphins' Fan Base Ranked 19th for Enthusiasm, But They Do Know How to Party

viaInsane Dolphan Posse​Just because we'd rather sit on the beach listening to the Dolphins game on the radio or checking the score on our iPhone doesn't mean we aren't real Fins fans, right? OK, the Miami sports fan stereotype of a bandwagoner who'd rather spend their Sunday afternoon watching th ... More >>

Florida Cities Dominate List of "Divorce Capitols;" Miami is Number 26

​Florida's constitution strictly forbids gays from marrying, but what about the Sunshine State's straights? They're obviously doing such a fine job of upholding the sanctity of marriage, right? Apparently not so. The Daily Beast has compiled a list of "the 50 cities with the worst divorce rates," ... More >>

Jeff Zucker Resigns as Chief of NBC Universal: Are Florida Politics in His Future?

​After months of speculation, Jeff Zucker has involuntarily resigned as head of NBC Universal. The Homestead native and graduate of North Miami Senior High who did time as a freelancer for The Herald, was largely believed to have "failed upward" into his role President and CEO of NBC Universal. Hi ... More >>

Adventure in Afghanistan