The Wall Street Journal

E-Cigarettes: Danger or Healthy Alternative?

Return Of The Twinkie: Hostess May Have Pulled Off The Biggest Scam Since New Coke

You read about the Great Twinkie Extinction here on Short Order (and everywhere else) and maybe you applauded, or more than likely, felt as if yet another piece of your childhood was being torn away from you by The Man.Well, there may be a reason to rejoice, put your footie pajamas on, and couch pot ... More >>

Most Expensive Private Residence in Miami Beach History: Setai Penthouse Sells for $27 Million

Both the records for the most expensive sale of a private residence in Miami Beach and the most expensive condo in all of South Florida have been busted once again. Penthouse B at the Setai broke the record by selling for a cool $27 million. Its actually the second time that the same property broke ... More >>

Chipotle Catering: Coming To An Office Party Near You

What better way to enjoy Chipotle than without the endless lines that snake outside of the burrito shops? With investors citing concerns of higher pricing than other fast food chains and long lines flat-lining lunchtime profits, the company is launching catering services, according to a report in t ... More >>

Freeway Ricky Ross vs. Rick Ross: Trial Date Set in Ongoing Trademark Infringement Fight

Long before the rapper Rick Ross allegedly started "selling dope straight off the iPhone," the drug dealer Ricky Donnell Ross, a man the Wall Street Journal called "a mastermind of the crack-cocaine trade," was pushing 100 kilos of Nicaraguan blow per day and building a $600 million criminal empire ... More >>

Raleigh Hotel Sold for $55 Million, Huge Expansion Planned

South Beach's famous Raleigh Hotel has been sold for $55 million, and the new owners are already quite familiar with the area's hospitality industry. They own some of the Raleigh's rivals. Sam Nazarian, who just opened the SLS Hotel on the same block, and David Edelstein, owner of the W South Beach, ... More >>

Condoleezza Rice and Marco Rubio Are The GOP's Golden Tokens

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. Today, Luke explains how minorities rise up the ranks of the GOP.During her speech at the National Republican Convention last week, former Secret ... More >>

Jennifer Lopez's Old Miami Beach Mansion Back On the Market For $40 Million

Jennifer Lopez sold her Miami Beach mansion for $13.9 million back in 2005. The new owners originally put the La Gorce Island home on the market for $29 million in 2010. It didn't sell, so now they've changed the price. A discount? No. It's now listed for $40 million. All of this should give you an ... More >>

Most Expensive Miami Home Sale Ever: Indian Creek Mansion Goes for $47 Million

​A newly built mansion in the posh Indian Creek neighborhood has reportedly sold for $47 million. That would make it the most expensive single-family residential sale in Miami-Dade history. The name of the buyer is unknown, but they're foreign, of course.

NFL Revises Blackout Policy, But Dolphins Could Still Face Problems

Last year, the percentage of seats filled at Sun Life Stadium for Dolphins games was the second lowest in the NFL. The team still managed to get around the league's blackout rule, which requires 100 percent of tickets to be sold before the game could be broadcast on local television, by partnering w ... More >>

Versace Mansion Goes On Sale With Most Expensive Home Price in America

There isn't a home in America quite like the Versace mansion (otherwise known as Casa Casuarina and now the Villa by Barton G) and its astonishing price tag reflects that. The historic mansion was just put on the market for $125 million, which ties it with a mansion in L.A. as having the most expens ... More >>

Michael Jackson, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain Onstage

Tupac's "Live" Performance Will Bring Back More Dead Artists

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once 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 marvels at the technology that brought Tupac back to life. The lifelike image of Tupac Shakur performing onstage at Coachell ... More >>

Miami Herald Has Less News Aggregation Ethics Than Huffington Post Miami

​There's a media fight brewing in Miami between the old paper giant and the new local iteration of a quickly growing Internet media monster. Random Pixels blogger Bill Cooke, ever the keen-eyed instigator, noticed that the recently launched Huffington Post Miami was cribbing quite liberally from M ... More >>

Carmellini, Schwartz, Yes. Behr, Bittman, No. Five Cookbook Authors Not at the Miami Book Fair

I have come to praise the Miami Book Fair International, not to bury it. I mean seriously: Is there any other event of this size that runs so seamlessly and trouble-free year after year? Plus, if not for Mitchell Kaplan, a lot of people in Miami might still not know what a book is.All I'm saying is ... More >>

Tim "T-Paw" Pawlenty Brings His Boring Presidential Campaign to Miami Today (With Jeb Bush's Support)

​Yawn. What's that? Tim Pawlenty is in town today? Who's that? Some boring Republican from Minnesota who's running for president, apparently. He'll be holding a Facebook townhall and a news conference at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. He also seems to be getting the support of Coral Gables re ... More >>

Deal of the Day Websites Have Gone Crazy in Miami, But Businesses are Increasingly Wary

The new breed of coupon crazies, thankfully, don't carry scissors. ​Deal of the Day websites seems to be out of control in South Florida. Today, Miamians can log into Groupon for a deal on a sailboat ride. They can head over to Gilt City for discounts on three-course meals, keratin treatments, an ... More >>

Love in the Time of Recession

Food Trucks: What's Going on in Other Cities?

Trina SargalskiYellow Submarine at one of the earlier food truck gatherings--the Fall for the Arts festival last year. ​We've been hearing a lot more about food trucks lately.  But I must ask, where is the cross-cultural perspective, the historical view? Here, for your consideration, are some ... More >>

President Obama Records Radio Ad for Kendrick Meek

​Just days after The Wall Street Journal was floating severely under-sourced rumors that Kendrick Meek may be forced out of the senate race by his own party, President Obama has recorded a strongly worded radio ad for the Democratic candidate. It may be a little late in the game, but it should put ... More >>

DB Bistro Moderne Opening October 29 at JW Marriott Marquis

​DB Bistro Moderne opens its doors to salivating Miami diners on October 29 in the JW Marriott Marquis Miami, located at 345 Avenue of the Americas. Three-time James Beard Awarded chef Chef Daniel Boulud's arrival reaffirms Miami as a top culinary destination.Executive Chef Jarrod Verbiak will hel ... More >>

Burger King to Be Bought by Brazilian Billionaires for $4 Billion

​It's a super sized King Deal. Burger King, one of the largest companies headquartered in Miami-Dade and second largest fast food chain in America, has agreed to sell itself to 3G Capital Management Inc., a New York-based private investment firm backed by several Brazilian businessmen. Burger King ... More >>

Luke's Gospel Propels Elena Kagan to Supreme Court

Uncle Luke confirmed Elena Kagan before the U.S. Senate did. ​Turns out Luke's Gospel is indeed the word, the truth we all seek. Miami New Times columnist Luther Campbell penned an opinion piece on Elena Kagan, which was cited by several national media outlets, including Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone ... More >>

They Might Be Tiny, But These Lucky Dogs Sure Made It Big

​When we saw that the Wall Street Journal whipped up a stipple portrait of Conchita, the Ginger-wig-wearing Chihuahua that belonged to the late Miami socialite Gail Posner, Banana Republican got to thinking what a grand life these little bug-eyed rat-dogs lead. So we compiled a list of the five mo ... More >>

Gov. Charlie Crist Vetoes SB6

​Gov. Charlie Crist has vetoed the Jeb Bush-backed, controversial SB6. The education bill would have eliminated tenure for newly hired teachers, and would have tied a portion of teachers' salaries to test score results."I say we must start over. This bill has negatively affected the morale of our ... More >>

Harrison Ford talks about his new movie, Extraordinary Measures

Okay Mountain Corner Store at Pulse Art Fair Is Effin' Hilarious

Jacob KatelInside the Okay Mountain Corner Store.​ The Okay Mountain Corner Store, now appearing at Pulse Art Fair (1400 N. Miami Ave., Miami), is possibly the greatest artwork ever conceived, an exercise in total hilarity, and really fuckin' funny.The store is the creation of the Okay Mountain ar ... More >>

WSJ Says the Marlins Are One Of the Dumbest Teams in Baseball

You already know the Marlins aren't so hot at this whole baseball-playin' gig. Last night, they went 0 for 15 with runners in scoring position and tanked another game at Fenway Park.via Wikimedia CommonsOh, Hanley. What would Ben Stein say?But even as they sink into the depths of the NL East, the Fi ... More >>

Give Thanks -- You Almost Got Stuck Rooting for the Florida Flamingos

All team names are far from created equal. Some basic math: Celtics > Raptors; Red Sox > Devil Rays; Colts > Texans; and everyone on a field, rink, or pitch outside of Anaheim laughed their asses off at the Mighty Ducks until they wised up and lost the Disney adjective a few years ago.via Wikimedia ... More >>

Fiona Apple's Sister and Cabaret Singer Extraordinaire Maude Maggart Plays Colony Hotel, Palm Beach on June 12 and 13

Fiona Apple has an older sister, Maude Maggart. And she's kind of a big deal on the cabaret circuit. Drawing praise from most major media outlets such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR and Entertainment Weekly, Maggart has gained a following for her haunting and exquisite renditions an ... More >>

Did the Miami Herald Ignore Warnings Six Years Ago About Stanford Ponzi Scheme?

As we wrote last month, there weren't any shortages of warning signs that something was fishy at Stanford International. A number of regulators had ample opportunities to expose Stanford's fraud, from the SEC (which ignored several employee whistleblowers) to the DEA to Congress. via Liz Lomax 3D Il ... More >>

City of Miami Announces Smart Grid

via MidwaySoon you will be able to control your energy use too, but in a way less cool way. It's probably the Miami Herald's duty to be covering this boring, but potentially substantial breaking news. But apparently they're too busy smoking it up in honor of Pulitzer Day! So now I have to trudge thr ... More >>

The Pride & Joy of Unincorporated Broward Comes Home

It wasn't until Pearl was a second-year law student that he began to play around with the idea of turning his research into something fictional.

The White House Does Not Care About The Herald's Problems

The current staff of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave is still pretending like they're running the country and doing little pretend press briefings, even though the press could give a shit about them now. So the White House is all like, "hey, right back at you, press." Today, a reporter asked Press Secretary D ... More >>

Boom & Bust, Part 1

On this foreclosure tour, the mortgage crisis is just another money maker.

It Doesn't Suck!

Breathe easy, Simpsons fans

Mighty Heart, Mightier Spotlight

Angelina Jolie kidnaps Daniel Pearl’s movie

Insect Insight

Boy turns bug in redemptive kiddie-lit adaptation

Penthouse and Pavement

Areas of concern: The deaths of vinyl, gabardine, and celluloid

Starry Fight

Oh heavens! A brilliant Cuban exile takes top billing in the intelligent design debate

Letters from the Issue of June 13, 2002

People don't go sifting through your luggage in Oregon!

Letters from the Issue of November 8, 2001

Three Stupid Screwballs: What do you expect when you spit in the eye of a wounded nation?

Drink in Life

The terrorism in the Northeast can bring us together

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of January 18, 2001

Mall-to-Mall Art

News of the Weird

Letters

The Rashids' Last Stand

Nearly four years ago a couple of intrepid entrepreneurs opened Zanjabil in hopes of inspiring their neighbors in the black Grove. They're still hoping.

News of the Weird

Grand "Canyon"