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Miami New Times Sold! Looks a Lot Like the Old Miami New Times

A quarter-century ago, my old, good buddy Mike Lacey came to Miami and decided to start a weekly paper. He wanted to move here, but a mugger and a prudent wife convinced him cocaine-fueled Miami wasn't the place to raise a family.Today, Lacey bowed out. Along with his partner -- and another guy I co ... More >>

Ten Best Miami Bands of All Time

Rick Scott's Early Voting Law Would Suppress Black Votes, Federal Court Rules

Also read "New Voting Laws Could Take Out Obama This Fall."It's becoming a regular morning routine for Floridians: Roll out of bed, sip a cafecito, open the paper to read about the latest bananas Rick Scott law getting tossed out by a federal court. This morning's edition comes courtesy the U.S. Dis ... More >>

Miccosukee Tribe Again Avoids Lawsuit Over Fatal 2009 Car Crash

A wrongful death lawsuit against the Miccosukee Tribe over a fatal car accident on tribal lands has once again run into resistance in the courts. On January 20, 2009, Coconut Grove resident Tatiana Furry left Miccosukee Resort and Gaming after a night of gambling and drinking, then got into a head- ... More >>

Top Ten 4/20 Parties in Miami

Oye, burnout! Did you know that 4/20 isn't just a day for getting stoned? It's also that time of year when millions of human beings all around the world light a plant on fire at the same time, fewer people get killed, and more food is cooked. Yes, the world is a much chiller place for 24 hours. C ... More >>

Free 4/20 Music: Nag Champayons Release "183 St Flea Market" For Weed Day

See Crossfade's top ten 4/20 parties in Miami. In the days before ganja, Planet Earth was a boring expanse of mountains, flatlands, and water. But on the fourth day, there was weed, and it was good, and after 20 hits off the burning bush, man was hungry, and he filled his soul with music. The Nag ... More >>

Top Six 4/20 Parties in South Florida April 20

Fane Lozman's Houseboat Case Going to The U.S. Supreme Court

​One word describes Fane Lozman perfectly: Pugnacious. Today the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the ex-U.S. Marine pilot's appeal that the City of Riviera Beach violated his first amendment rights when it towed his "floating home" and all his possessions in 2009 from the city's marina as retali ... More >>

Miami New Times writer fights for freedom of the press

All Mug Shots Should Be Public, New Times Freelancer Argues In Case U.S. Supreme Court May Hear

Theo Karantsalis, a soft-spoken librarian who teaches research classes at Miami Dade College between freelancing for Miami New Times and the Miami Herald, has become an unlikely central character in a hotly contested federal case that has free-speech advocates ready to clash with top D.C. officials. ... More >>

Liberty City Seven Denied A New Trial Despite Juror Shenanigans

photo by Tim ElfrinkNaudimar Herrera, who was cleared of charges in the Liberty City Seven case. His co-defendants' appeal was denied.​Next time someone argues that justice is the end result after a trip through American courts, here's the only rebuttal you need: "Liberty City Seven." The informan ... More >>

Psystar, Miami Computer Company Fighting Apple, Loses In Appeals Court

Photo by C. StilesRobert Pedraza​Two years ago, a tiny, Doral-based computer firm called Psystar challenged Apple with a legal question its two 20-something founders believed had never really been answered in court: Can Steve Jobs legally force consumers to use Apple operating systems only on Appl ... More >>

Shall We Earthdance?

Deaths at Strax raise questions about the safety of cheap nips and tucks

"Black October" Case Against Bolivian Leaders Back In Miami Court Today

Ex-Bolivian president Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada​Two years ago, New Times brought you the story of a handful of indigenous Bolivians who have taken to federal court in Miami to seek justice against their nation's former leaders, who they say engineered a bloody massacre of protestors outside ... More >>

Full Schedule for Afro Roots World Music Festival 2011

Ghana's soul rebel Rocky Dawani.​Can you hear that slow-building beat rumbling through the streets? It doesn't matter whether you're downtown, over in the Design District, or holed up in the Grove. There's no avoiding it ... You can feel it in your feet, your knees, and your gut. For the 13th ye ... More >>

Carlos Alvarez Recall Certified By Harvey Ruvin, Likely Headed To Voters Next Year

​Miami voters are one big step closer to a vote on whether to strip County Mayor Carlos Alvarez of his office, as Clerk Harvin Ruvin officially certified billionaire car dealer Norman Braman's recall effort this afternoon.Braman managed to collect more than 95,000 valid signatures in favor of the ... More >>

Crash Course: 411-PAIN network will line their pockets with your insurance money

Otto Von Schirach, Tokimonsta, and Eprom at Trinumeral Festival's First Night

The Trinumeral Festival With Otto Von Schirach, Tokimonsta, Eprom, Panic Bomber, and More Friday, October 8, 2010 7th Circuit Stuidos Better Than: The actual day when the digits align in auspicious numeric sameness? When we arrived Panic Bomber was on the stage, dressed in the tightest black leath ... More >>

Eprom Drops Digi-Chaos on the Crowd at the Trinumeral Festival Tonight

​Drink a case of Red Bull. Stay up for 36 hours straight. And then go listen to the overamped and fucked-up digital noise that soundtracks Eprom's days and nights. How do you feel? Weird? Scared? Awesome? Like you're falling into a partially pixilated reality where Wario or some other evil boss ... More >>

Trinumeral Festival with Big Boi, Blackalicious, and Tokimonsta, October 8 to 10

Porn Site Cocodorm Loses Latest Round of Legal Battle With City of Miami

​The latest judgment in the ongoing legal battle between Cocodorm and the City of Miami is a bit of a boner killer for your friendly, local gay porn voyeur site.Cocodorm owns a house on 27th Street east of Biscayne Boulevard, a short walk from New Times HQ, where several men, primarily African-Ame ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Afrobeta, Taschen, and Golden Gals Gone Wild

It seems this weekend was the quiet before the WMC storm as people stayed in preparing for the onslaught of the 24/7 party mayhem that starts tomorrow. Still there were a few events that gave people a reason to come out of hiding. But in case you hunkered down, here is what you missed over the weeke ... More >>

Head Spins: Sevim Abaza, South Florida's queen of metal disco

Afrobeta Do You Party? EP Release Party at 7th Circuit Studios Friday

Photo by Karla GarciaAfrobeta​Afrobeta has a very important question for you: Do you party? If we only have a nickle for every time we've been asked that in Miami's club bathrooms. (Answer is YES!) We'll the duo, compromised of Cuci Amador and Smurphio, are releasing their new EP, Do You Party?, a ... More >>

Hank Adorno is a Bad Man

A judicial referee says Hank Adorno isn't entitled to a $2 million in taxpayer money​Every night, before he goes to sleep, Hank Adorno must get on his knees, fold his hands, and thank Papa Dios that he hasn't lost his license to practice law.Last year, the Florida Bar found that the civil attorney ... More >>

Let the John Timoney Boot Party Commence!

Whitney Roux​Well, that didn't take long. WSVN and the Miami Herald report John Timoney is hanging up his Miami Police uniform. He'll be gone by the beginning of the new year. Esquire once dubbed him "America's Best Cop." Miami New Times crowned him the nation's worst cop. But rest assured, T ... More >>

Cuban Five Member Has Sentence Reduced, Could Be Out of Jail in Seven Years

Antonio Guerrero​Antonio Guerrero, a member of a group of men collectively known at the Cuban Five, has had his sentence reduced from life in prison to 21 years and 10 months. Taking into account time served and good behavior, Guerrero could be out of jail in seven years, his lawyer says.Guer ... More >>

FBI tries to deport Muslim man for refusing to be an informant

After Imam Foad Farahi declined to become a federal informant, the government tried to destroy him.

Spies in the Magic City

The Supreme Court will decide whether to reconsider conviction of the Cuban Five.

Cuban Five Takes it to the Supreme Court

Lawyers for the Cuban Five, Castro's group of convicted spies, today filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking the body to throw out their conviction and order a new trial. All five men were convicted in 2001 in a Miami court, though the defense argues that a fair trial was not possible in Miam ... More >>

Cuban 5 Convictions Upheld Again. Next Stop: Supreme Court

Letters from the Issue of November 9, 2006

"Murder millions in Allah’s name?"

More on those nasty immigration judges...

Mock Trial

Miami’s immigration judges are not interested in your problems

Feed the Red Goddess

Ear to the Ground

Be aurally adventuresome

House's New Home

Chug Red Bull and party till dawn

Judge Not

Leslie Rothenberg wasn't fit for the bench once before, and she's not fit now

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of June 1, 2000

Small Town, Big Hell

Election time in Sweetwater is just another pretext for this rancorous city to go nuts

Wheels of Fortune

Why are the county's Metrobus drivers such a happy lot? Maybe because some earn more than $90,000 per year.

Letters

When Vicki Met Syl, Part Two

Accused of bribery and public corruption, this power pair finds that love and justice prevail

Count the People Who Count

A trio of exile groups mounts a new challenge to monopoly control of local Spanish-language radio

Lock a Block

An appeals court nudges convicted orangutan smuggler Matthew Block a little closer to prison

Still Homeless After All These Years

The Pottinger case returned to Judge Atkins's courtroom, and both sides came out firing

Mad Dog Bites No More

In the latest twist to the Bangkok Six orangutan-smuggling case, Matthew Block's flamboyant defense lawyer takes his own life

Gorilla Warfare: Part 2

Ape trader Matthew Block has been sentenced in the case of the Bangkok Six. But the monkey business continues.

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