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    April 25, 2012

    Jeff Burnside at NBC6 Reportedly Fired Over Misleadingly Edited George Zimmerman Audio

    NBC's national Today show deservedly caught loads of flak last month after airing an audio clip of George Zimmerman's 911 call that had been falsely edited to sound as if Zimmerman was saying he found Martin suspicious because he was black. But where did the bogus sound clip come from?The network la ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2012

    Victoria Jackson's excellent Tea Party adventure

    NBC's national Today show deservedly caught loads of flak last month after airing an audio clip of George Zimmerman's 911 call that had been falsely edited to sound as if Zimmerman was saying he found Martin suspicious because he was black. But where did the bogus sound clip come from?The network la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Gingrich Lawyers Threaten Florida TV Stations Airing "False" Attack Ads; They Aren't False

    ​A political action committee opposing Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich just bought $3.6 million in Florida TV advertisements, according to the New York Times, and it appears the best response Gingrich can muster is something along the lines of, "Hey guys, knock it off. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Cheetah the Chimp Died in Florida, But There's Little Evidence He Was Actually in Tarzan Movies

    ​To hear the story repeated from fine bastions of journalism like the New York Times, NPR, and CNN, you'd be lead to believe that the chimpanzee who played Cheetah, Tarzan's ape companion in the famed 1930s movie series, recently died in an animal sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Florida. Don't believe e ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Miami Herald's "House of Lies" exposes a crisis but then moves on

    ​To hear the story repeated from fine bastions of journalism like the New York Times, NPR, and CNN, you'd be lead to believe that the chimpanzee who played Cheetah, Tarzan's ape companion in the famed 1930s movie series, recently died in an animal sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Florida. Don't believe e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Marco Rubio Targeted by Democratic PAC Over Family Story Flip-Flop VIDEO

    ​A week ago, the Washington Post slammed Florida's freshman Sen. Marco Rubio for "embellishing" his family story by claiming his parents arrived in Miami after Fidel Castro took over Cuba when, in fact, they arrived three years earlier.Well, it didn't take Democrats very long to recognize the oppo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Jon Huntsman Ditches Crazy Mistress Florida, Returns to Classy Ol' New Hampshire

    Ditching that crazy b*tch Florida.​Sunshine or granite? Sex on the beach or maple syrup on hotcakes? "Welcome to Miami" or "Live Free or Die"?It's been fun Florida, but you're just too damn crazy for Jon Huntsman.After a three-month flirtation, the Republican presidential hopeful is ditching the n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Burger King News: Tomato Pickers Sue for Back Pay

    ​Sixteen tomato pickers are suing Miami-based Burger King and Subway for back wages.Under a 2008 agreement with a group called the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the tomato pickers were supposed to get a living wage for their work from the restaurant chains. They didn't.So they are claiming unspe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Tropical Storm Emily Almost Dead But May Regroup

    ​The low pressure trough formerly known as Tropical Storm Emily fizzled after making its way through Haiti last night. (No deaths or injuries have been reported there.) Forecaster say there's still a chance Emily could regroup into a somewhat serious storm. Effects on South Florida remain unclear, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Liván Hernández, Former Marlins Pitcher, Linked to Drug Trafficking Investigation

    ​Liván Hernández, the Cuban defector who made his MLB debut with the Florida Marlins and pitched for the team for three seasons, is in hot water after an investigation has linked him to drug trafficker Angel Ayala Vázquez, AKA Angelo Millones.''

  • News

    March 24, 2011

    Women's Funding Network sex trafficking study is junk science

    Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media.

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Vivian Girls' Katy Goodman: The Interview that Never Happened

    ​The Bruise Cruise Kick-off Party is tonight at Grand Central, and while we're totally stoked about the nine-act line-up including Thee Oh Sees, Black Lips, and Surfer Blood, we're a little bummed Vivian Girls' Katy Goodman didn't talk to us. We were so close. We met Goodman last November during ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Underage Sex Trafficking -- The Myths, The Meeting

    ​If you believe the Other Voices column published in the Miami Herald Sunday, Village Voice Media is a big bad monster. After all, we own Backpage.com, which is the "market leader in online sex ads." And those ads allegedly traffic millions of underage girls -- particularly this week, when th ... More >>

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    January 27, 2011

    Old News

    ​If you believe the Other Voices column published in the Miami Herald Sunday, Village Voice Media is a big bad monster. After all, we own Backpage.com, which is the "market leader in online sex ads." And those ads allegedly traffic millions of underage girls -- particularly this week, when th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Miami Corrupts Virginia Tech: 8 Players Punished For Missing New Year's Eve Curfew

    ​What do you expect when you take kids who normally spend most of their time in the sleepy little mountain town of Blacksburg, Virginia, and put them in Miami for New Year's Eve? Probably not good things. In the lead up to tonight's Orange Bowl, eight players on the Virginia Tech football team hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Frederica Wilson Gives Up on Fight to Wear Hats on House Floor

    The floor of the United States House of Representatives will remain a boring chapeau-free waste land. Representative-elect Frederica Wilson will give up on her erstwhile fight to get Speaker-elect John Boehner to end a ban on hats while the body is in session.

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Alex Sink's Debate "Cheat" Is Apparently Really Big News

    ​California and New York are in the midst of colorful gubernatorial elections, but Florida's race hasn't been getting much national attention. That's amazing considering an unfit, self-financed, crooked businessman hell-bent on stirring up divisive issues might become the next governor o ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

    Babies left in hot cars: Accident or crime?

    Some parents are never prosecuted. Antonio Balta got 20 years.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton Condemn Koran-Burning Church, But Mayor Bloomberg Supports Congregation's Rights

    Pastor Terry Jones​Pastor Terry Jones and his small Gainesville church known as the Dove World Outreach Center will continue with their plans to burn copies of the Koran, the holy book of Islam, on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks despite a growing backlash and warnings ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Top Secret Miami?

    ​Little did you know, but that guy who made your extra-skinny mochachino this morning in Miami Beach might be sniping South American drug runners in his spare time. And that creepy guy in overalls down the block who moves his lawn three times a week? Straight-up CIA.At least that's the gist of a n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2010

    Hole at the Fillmore Miami Beach, July 2

    Photo by Sayre BermanCourtney Love kept the antics to a minimum Friday night at the Fillmore Miami Beach.​Click here to view photos from Hole at the Fillmore Miami Beach.HoleThe Fillmore Miami BeachFriday, July 2, 2010Nobody can blame Courtney Love of being fake and insincere. She always wears her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    BP Oil Spill Benefits Cuba, Fidel Castro

    While Deepwater Horizon continues spewing black crude into the Gulf of Mexico, Cuban commies might be rejoicing. That's because the oil spill could be the strongest argument yet for ending the embargo.El Máximo and Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has signed an offshore drilling deal with C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    NARTH Responds to Rekers' Eurotrip With a Non-Response

    George Alan Rekers​By now, you've likely read about George Alan Rekers, the luxuriously mustachioed Christian fundie and co-founder of the Family Research Council, whom we caught coming home from Europe with a young male escort. Rekers claims his ill health necessitated hiring the boy as a luggage ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2010

    Cocaine king Max Mermelstein came out of hiding for a screenwriter

    George Alan Rekers​By now, you've likely read about George Alan Rekers, the luxuriously mustachioed Christian fundie and co-founder of the Family Research Council, whom we caught coming home from Europe with a young male escort. Rekers claims his ill health necessitated hiring the boy as a luggage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Suicide Prevention Advocates Have Beef with New Times

    click for full size.​Last week, New Times published an article titled "Legends of the Fall," which told the story of people who have leapt to their deaths from Miami-Dade high-rises. We found some disturbing stuff. Since the condo boom of 2007, at least 16 people have thrown themselves from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Senator Allan Bense?

    ​Washington Post blogger and former Mouthpiece Theater cohost Chris Cillizza adds another name to the list of possible politicos Charlie Crist could appoint to Mel Martinez's soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat: former state Rep. Allan Bense.Add that to a list that already includes Jim Smith, Gov. Bob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Cold War Alert! Russian Subs Patrolling the Seas Around South Beach

    via Wikimedia CommonsMight need to get those signs out again, kids.​New York Times this morning and had a serious 1962 flashback.The Times reports today that two Akula-class Russian nuclear submarines are patrolling international waters just off the East Coast. Defense Department sources told the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    President Alex Sink?

    One day, when we are all living under the Sink administration --no, no, not just in Florida, but in the entire nation-- we can look back at this Washington Post blog post as the first public utterance of a possible Alex Sink presidential run. Chris Cillizza isn't saying Sink will be P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    MMA's Post-Kimbo Limbo

    There's no proof Slice took a fall, but his damage to cage-fighting is clear.

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    Palin Supporters Erupt Into Racist, Anti-Media Rampage

    There's no proof Slice took a fall, but his damage to cage-fighting is clear.

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Awash in a Sea of Money

    Billions in cash generated by the cocaine trade fueled Miami's economy

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2005

    Knock 'Em Out

    Billions in cash generated by the cocaine trade fueled Miami's economy

  • News

    January 6, 2005

    Miami's Most Incredible, Fantastic, Amazing Year in Music!

    Will someone please turn off the hype

  • News

    May 20, 2004

    What Haiti Teaches

    Starving children don't respond to military firepower

  • Calendar

    March 20, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Starving children don't respond to military firepower

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    Faking the Funk

    The pundits say a new day has arrived for Miami's arts scene. Don't believe the hype.

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    The Drudge Retort

    Democrats hate him. Journalists scorn him. Most Americans ignore him. Which is fine with Matt Drudge. He's taking it to the bank.

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    DeFede

    Y2K Disaster Strikes Miami

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    April 22, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Y2K Disaster Strikes Miami

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    February 18, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Y2K Disaster Strikes Miami

  • News

    November 26, 1998

    Letters

    Y2K Disaster Strikes Miami

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    November 19, 1998

    Night & Day

    November 19 - 25, 1998

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    News of the Weird

    November 19 - 25, 1998

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    August 14, 1997

    News of the Weird

    November 19 - 25, 1998

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    June 26, 1997

    Letters

    November 19 - 25, 1998

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    December 5, 1996

    News of the Weird

    November 19 - 25, 1998

  • News

    June 8, 1995

    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.

  • News

    May 4, 1995

    Swelter 3

    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.

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