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  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Frito-Lay Helps Taco Bell Reinvent the Taco Shell, Tastes Like Beefy, Cheesy Doritos

    ​After a successful test run in three American cities, Taco Bell last Thursday rolled out its newest menu item--Doritos Locos Tacos, a new crunchy taco with a shell made with Frito-Lay's nacho cheese-flavored Doritos chips and filled with beef, lettuce and shredded cheddar cheese.The Irvine-based ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Republican Candidates Eats: Romney Removes Chicken Skin, Perry Calls BBQ Roadkill

    ​​Today the voters of New Hampshire will trudge through miserable weather and vote for their preferred Republican candidate in the presidential primary. You are probably familiar with all of the folks running by now: Newty, Mittens, Sneezy, Grumpy, etc. If they look a bit pale and green around t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Pool, Poker and Pain Creator Talks Gambling and Fighting

    ​A waft of stale Coors Banquet and Camel cigarette smoke smacks you like a schoolyard sucker punch, temporarily clouding your vision and watering your eyes. A generic blend of 1970s Americana shuffles through the jukebox as 40-something-year-old divorcee waitresses deliver greasy baskets of cheese ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    FIU vs. UCF Actually Matters

    ​Unless you're an Owl or an Ibis, you're probably pretty happy with your Division I FBS Florida football team right now. UF, FSU, USF, FIU and UCF all enter week three with a 2-0 record, and all but one has big game this weekend.Sure, you might be revved up as the Gators take on their first SEC ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Playboy Names Mac's Club Deuce One of the Best Bars in America

    Photo by Melissa BurleyAwesome shot from longtime bartender Melissa Burley's Club Deuce photo book.​Whether you're a cracked-out bum or a rock star, it's 8 a.m. and you need two drinks for the price of one. Time to hit Mac's Club Deuce. You could be fresh out of Dade County Jail and still wearin ... More >>

  • Film

    May 19, 2011

    Cannes 2011: dysfunction junction

    Photo by Melissa BurleyAwesome shot from longtime bartender Melissa Burley's Club Deuce photo book.​Whether you're a cracked-out bum or a rock star, it's 8 a.m. and you need two drinks for the price of one. Time to hit Mac's Club Deuce. You could be fresh out of Dade County Jail and still wearin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    FIU in the Little Caesar's Bowl: Our Polish Correspondent Has the News

    Our intrepid correspondent strikes out.​ Jacek Urbanczyk, Poland-based sports journalist, is Riptide's stringer for the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl in Detroit, between the University of Toledo and our very own Florida International University. It will be played on Sunday. He's in Detroit to dr ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 9, 2010

    Fizz explores Coke appeal at Coral Gable's New Theatre

    Our intrepid correspondent strikes out.​ Jacek Urbanczyk, Poland-based sports journalist, is Riptide's stringer for the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl in Detroit, between the University of Toledo and our very own Florida International University. It will be played on Sunday. He's in Detroit to dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Vancouver, Schmancouver -- Let's Pan to the Morons of the Week Medal Ceremony

    Olympic athletes sure are incredible -- or at least that's what the people on television keep telling us -- but South Florida's morons perform far more unbelievable feats on a weekly basis. We've had a road-raging woman complete a seven-felony dash in 3.7 seconds. An old man shot his foot in the sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Meet The Guy Who Yelled 'Kill All Jews' On A Miami Airplane

    Mansor Mohammad Asad sure picked the wrong month to have a crazy-guy episode on a Detroit-bound airplane. via Miami Dade Police Department Mansor Mohammad Asad picked the wrong time to threaten Jews on a Detroit-bound flight.​As you've surely heard by now, Asad was arrested on the ... More >>

  • News

    May 21, 2009

    Dog Fight

    Pit bull ban, what pit bull ban?

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Tuesday Will Forever Be Known as Aretha's Hat Day

    This past Tuesday, January 20, 2009, things changed forever. Something inside the American people clicked, something that will have repercussions for years to come. It was the realization that Aretha Franklin's bow hat is friggin' awesome, and we, as a country, would not rest until it become part of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    Dolphins Axe Trent Green, Marty Booker and others

    This past Tuesday, January 20, 2009, things changed forever. Something inside the American people clicked, something that will have repercussions for years to come. It was the realization that Aretha Franklin's bow hat is friggin' awesome, and we, as a country, would not rest until it become part of ... More >>

  • News

    January 11, 2007

    Frontier Justice

    Peter Michael Daniel was savagely beaten at the Sweetwater Police Complex over a missing Jet Ski. No one’s saying who did it.

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    Five Book Fair Highlights

    Peter Michael Daniel was savagely beaten at the Sweetwater Police Complex over a missing Jet Ski. No one’s saying who did it.

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2005

    Pretty Is

    Peter Michael Daniel was savagely beaten at the Sweetwater Police Complex over a missing Jet Ski. No one’s saying who did it.

  • Diversions

    May 13, 2004

    BEST ART MUSEUM

    Miami Art Museum

  • Music

    October 16, 2003

    The Reptilian Wedding Dance

    Reptile Palace Orchestra renovates banquet band routines

  • Film

    February 20, 2003

    Miami International Film Festival

    Starting anew, round two

  • News

    December 19, 2002

    Is David Caruso Too Good to be True?

    That red-haired guy and CSI: Miami put us back on the media map

  • Film

    March 1, 2001

    Festival of Mights, II

    Headlining the second week of international film, Mexico and France provide some evocative, provocative heavy hitters

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    Tough as Nails

    Three years after the immigrant workers at Aljoma Lumber voted to unionize, they still don't have a contract. Why? José Lamas refuses to give them one.

  • News

    August 24, 2000

    The Not Ready for Prime Time Mayor

    Who can forget the night Alex Penelas made an ass of himself

  • Music

    July 6, 2000

    Flanagan's Wake

    VH1 vice president's novel about the music business mourns an era just since passed

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    News of the Weird

    VH1 vice president's novel about the music business mourns an era just since passed

  • Music

    November 5, 1998

    Rotations

    VH1 vice president's novel about the music business mourns an era just since passed

  • News

    June 18, 1998

    Iron John

    In five years PBA boss John Rivera has transformed his police union into a major political force

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    Our Hero the Drug Dealer

    The feds call Rickey Brownlee one of South Florida's biggest narco-traffickers. His friends and neighbors in Opa-locka call him a valiant victim.

  • Culture

    February 19, 1998

    The Divine Miss R

    The feds call Rickey Brownlee one of South Florida's biggest narco-traffickers. His friends and neighbors in Opa-locka call him a valiant victim.

  • Calendar

    September 4, 1997

    Calendar for the week

    The feds call Rickey Brownlee one of South Florida's biggest narco-traffickers. His friends and neighbors in Opa-locka call him a valiant victim.

  • News

    August 14, 1997

    Go Marlins!

    The feds call Rickey Brownlee one of South Florida's biggest narco-traffickers. His friends and neighbors in Opa-locka call him a valiant victim.

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    The Beat Generator

    Ezequiel Torres's handcrafted bata drums reflect both an art and a calling

  • News

    July 17, 1997

    News of the Weird

    Ezequiel Torres's handcrafted bata drums reflect both an art and a calling

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    News of the Weird

    Ezequiel Torres's handcrafted bata drums reflect both an art and a calling

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Summons Like It Hot

    Animosity is all over Sweetwater like a not-so-cheap lawsuit

  • News

    October 19, 1995

    Havana Does Not Believe in Tears

    Prize-winning author Roberto Uria landed in hot water in Cuba. Granted refugee status in the U.S., he must now sink or swim.

  • News

    July 13, 1995

    Everything Is Relative

    Dade and its municipalities have more sister cities than you can shake a nightstick at

  • Music

    August 3, 1994

    Dispensing Salvation

    Christopher Alvy steps up to the rock and roll plate

  • News

    July 13, 1994

    Program Notes 13

    Christopher Alvy steps up to the rock and roll plate

  • News

    June 15, 1994

    As Sweetwater Turns

    There was nepotism on the police force and a councilman got busted for hawking fake IDs. But a slew of investigators haven't even begun to sort out the perpetual brouhaha that masquerades as city government.

  • News

    April 13, 1994

    He Said, She Said

    A county worker levels a charge of sexual harassment. Her employer is disciplined. Nobody is satisfied.

  • News

    February 26, 1992

    Beware of the Dog and Steer Clear of the Buffet Table

    A county worker levels a charge of sexual harassment. Her employer is disciplined. Nobody is satisfied.

  • News

    October 16, 1991

    Asleep at the Wheel

    A county worker levels a charge of sexual harassment. Her employer is disciplined. Nobody is satisfied.

  • News

    October 24, 1990

    Boneyard Ramble

    Crushed in a garbage truck, poisoned by a landlady, crapped out-literally--during a dice game. These and more are buried in this county's cemetaries, and come Halloween night, they'll be dying to get out

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