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U.S. Coast Guard

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Mysterious Tube Washes up on Miami Beach and Causes Evacuation UPDATE: It's a Mine!

    ​A large white tube mysteriously washed up on a stretch of Miami Beach sands this morning and caused officials to order beach goers to evacuate. WSVN reports that the U.S. Navy is now investigating. Updated: It's totally a U.S. Navy training mine.

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Miami Drug Smuggler Pleads Guilty, Has His Plane Taken Away

    Will somebody wake him up for his mugshot please?​A 50-year-old Colombian drug kingpin was fined $1 million and sentenced to 22 years in prison Wednesday by a federal judge in Miami. And that was the plea deal.Edgar Vellejo-Guarin was indicted in 2001 after Coast Guard officers discovered 4,000 ki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Sean Kingston Reportedly Walking Again After Jet Ski Crash

    ​More than a week after a traumatic Jet Ski accident near the MacArthur Causeway that left Sean Kingston in the trauma center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, TMZ reports that the "Beautiful Girls" singer is expected to make a full recovery and is even able to walk again on his own.

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Oil Reportedly Washes Up on Key Biscayne

    ​Just a year after the BP oil disaster in the Gulf and just in time for Earth Day there are reports of oil washing up on the beach at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park in Key Biscayne. Oil has also been spotted on the shores of John U. Lloyd Beach State Park in Dania Beach.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    800 Pounds of Pot Seized in Boat Two Miles Off Miami

    ​Rakontur is currently finishing up Square Grouper, their documentary on Miami's pot smuggling heydays, but that's not all in the past. The South Florida US Attorney's Office announced that they recently found a boat just miles off the coast of Miami packed with 800 pounds of pot. Four arrests hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2010

    This Weekend In Cocaine: Gigantic Narco-Sub, World Cup Made of Coke Seized By Cops

    via DEAA 100-foot narco-sub packed with coke, anyone?​Amidst all the fireworks, Budweiser and drunken yells of "America, fuck yeah!" this weekend, our Independence Day festivities turned out to be a busy couple days for the drug that built Miami.Not only did Colombian cops seize a full-size, gold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Oil Spill Reactions From Miami Seafood Chefs and Purveyors

    via U.S. Coast GuardIncendiary device prior to being used in a controlled burn of concentrated oil in the Gulf of Mexico.​The BP oil spill has put all of South Florida in an officially declared State of Emergency. Not long before that announcement was made, we reached out to seafood industry folks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Oil Spill Reactions From Miami Seafood Chefs and Owners

    via U.S. Coast Guard​A shark can smell a single drop of blood in one million drops of water.Twenty-nine days later, and oil continues to flow from a hole 5,000 feet below the ocean's surface. BP's actions continue to threaten the Gulf and maybe the Atlantic's commercial fishing industry. Today, th ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 13, 2010

    History Miami Museum commits to crime

    via U.S. Coast Guard​A shark can smell a single drop of blood in one million drops of water.Twenty-nine days later, and oil continues to flow from a hole 5,000 feet below the ocean's surface. BP's actions continue to threaten the Gulf and maybe the Atlantic's commercial fishing industry. Today, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Scientist: "Oil Could Make It From Louisiana All the Way to Miami in a Week"

    via US Coast GuardCrews trying to put out the flame after the initial explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.​This morning, Gov. Charlie Crist announced the entire state of Florida should brace for the impact of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Ecologists and residents are alr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    News Roundup: Dumb Cops Finish First; SEC Probes Miami

    This makes a lot of sense looking back at it: Miami Dade College was responsible for administering tests to Miami-Dade Police officers to be considered for promotions, but the college screwed up the process. So cops who didn't get good scores were sometimes promoted, while office ... More >>

  • News

    June 12, 2008

    Shark Huggers

    Tourists can't wait to get next to them — even if they are eating machines.

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2008

    Weekly News Wrapup - Murdoch Tries To Control The World

    Tourists can't wait to get next to them — even if they are eating machines.

  • News

    January 10, 2008

    The Deadly Road Through Mexico

    When Cubans leave their homeland, things can get lots worse.

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2007

    Bring ‘Em Home

    When Cubans leave their homeland, things can get lots worse.

  • News

    May 17, 2007

    Rapture of the Deep

    A voyage into the murky underworld off Key Largo turns deadly

  • News

    February 22, 2007

    The Ship's Shape

    It ain't majestic, but it floats

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2007

    Wine in a Box

    It ain't majestic, but it floats

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2007

    Escape from Key West

    It ain't majestic, but it floats

  • Film

    September 28, 2006

    That Sinking Feeling

    Coast Guard epic succumbs to watery clichés

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Unintended Consequences

    After thirteen years in Miami, Omila Foufoune Cesaire faces deportation to the Haiti she fled in fear

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    Forever Missing

    For more than two decades Donna Weaver has been trying to solve the mystery of her husband's disappearance, but the U.S. government insists it's a secret

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2005

    Big Boats MeanBig Docks

    For more than two decades Donna Weaver has been trying to solve the mystery of her husband's disappearance, but the U.S. government insists it's a secret

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2004

    This Week's Day by Day Picks

    For more than two decades Donna Weaver has been trying to solve the mystery of her husband's disappearance, but the U.S. government insists it's a secret

  • City Life

    May 13, 2004

    BEST DEFENSE AGAINST TERRORISM

    Haiti and Cuba

  • Calendar

    February 19, 2004

    Spiked

    Beauties, bozos, and balls

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2004

    Local Pride

    Gay Miami puts on a show

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of May 22-28, 2003

    Gay Miami puts on a show

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    The Will Adams Embargo

    The sad saga of how the feds hounded a senior citizen over, what else, Cuba

  • News

    June 13, 2002

    The Heart Goes for a Haircut

    How to be homeless on Miami Beach

  • News

    January 17, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of January 17, 2002

    Name That Visionary: Dyslexic free weekly falls short of prefection

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    Terrorists, but Our Terrorists

    Where can terrorists find safe harbor? If you're of the Cuban exile variety, right here.

  • Calendar

    September 20, 2001

    What Hull Lies Beneath

    Half Moon Kayaking/Snorkeling Trip

  • Film

    June 29, 2000

    The Perfect Spoiler

    Do not read this review if you want to be surprised by The Perfect Storm, which drowns before it ever leaves shore

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Wiping Out the Spongers

    A new crackdown on Biscayne Bay's sponge poachers has netted an entire Cuban subculture

  • News

    October 21, 1999

    Fear and Boating on Biscayne Bay

    Regattus interruptus aboard the Special Warfare dampens historic nude fest

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Leadership Abhors a Vacuum

    Regattus interruptus aboard the Special Warfare dampens historic nude fest

  • Dining

    August 6, 1998

    High Seas, High Ticket

    Regattus interruptus aboard the Special Warfare dampens historic nude fest

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    Brickell Keyed Up

    The bridge is often up in Miami's poshest and fastest-growing neighborhood

  • Calendar

    June 18, 1998

    Night & Day

    June 18 - 24, 1998

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    Manny Alonso-Poch Finally Abandons Ship

    How one man's financial sinkhole became the area's newest artificial reef

  • Calendar

    May 21, 1998

    X Marks the Spot

    How one man's financial sinkhole became the area's newest artificial reef

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    News of the Weird

    How one man's financial sinkhole became the area's newest artificial reef

  • News

    July 25, 1996

    Bronco Billy and the Sinking of the Tango

    Like Billy says: "It's a mystery"

  • News

    March 21, 1996

    There Oughta Be a Law!

    Micky Arison and other cruise industry bigwigs are pushing Congress to ship potential lawsuits overseas

  • News

    February 8, 1996

    Perilous Journey

    For more than two decades Miami's Haitian Refugee Center was a beacon of hope and a force for justice. Today its director, Guy Victor, is struggling just to keep it afloat.

  • News

    July 27, 1995

    Standing Still

    Historic landmarks in preservation limbo

  • News

    August 12, 1992

    Birth of a Notion

    Here's a new idea: Haitian babies born at the Guantanamo Naval Station should be considered U.S. citizens

  • News

    February 20, 1991

    River Rats

    Here's a new idea: Haitian babies born at the Guantanamo Naval Station should be considered U.S. citizens

  • News

    December 19, 1990

    My Ship of Fools

    Here's a new idea: Haitian babies born at the Guantanamo Naval Station should be considered U.S. citizens

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