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Urban Explorers Map Out Florida's Weirdest Abandoned Sites

Florida Republicans Will Save Us From Threat of Obama Dictatorship That Doesn't Exist

A couple of Florida's GOP congressmen, lead by first term Rep. Sandy Adams, read some crazy conspiracy theories on the Internet about how Obama was going to enslave us all into military conscription and forced labor, and decided to file an actual resolution about it. Obviously Allen West is involved ... More >>

TSA Employees Trash South Beach Hotel Room, Shoot Guns in Air

​Two Transportation Security Administration officers are under arrest after trashing a South Beach hotel room last night and then shooting off guns into the air. The shots first rang out at about 11:15 last night near a hotel on the 800 block of Collins Avenue.

Border Patrol Seizes 3,614 Dangerous Hair Dryers at Port of Miami

​You can thank U.S. Costums and Border Patrol for the fact that you won't blow your face off next time you're trying to blow your weave out. The Department of Homeland Security agency recently seized a shipment of potentially killer hair dryers at the Port of Miami.

Julio Robaina Shows Off His Anti-Castro Colors In Campaign Report

Luis Posada Carilles can count on Julio Robaina.​Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina's political campaign contributed $350 to the Luis Posada Carilles defense fund. Last Friday, the 83-year-old Cuban American and ex-CIA operative was acquitted by an El Paso jury of 11 federal charges. He was accused of ly ... More >>

Updated: Confusion Over Haitian Deportations After Victim's Fiance Blames US Gov For Death

Claudine Magloire mourns the recent death of her husband, Wildrick Guerrier​Between sobs, Haitian-American Claudine Magloire accused the U.S. government of responsibility in the death of her late fiancé, Wildrick Guerrier.Guerrier was deported to Haiti on January 20 despite complaining of stomach ... More >>

Al-Qaeda: Poison the Food, Don't Toss the Bombs!

via Flickr fooosco"We got your milk and cookies right here!"​Terrorists know how to hit us where it hurts.Al-Qaeda bombed the World Trade Center, two shiny, towering examples of American capitalism. WTC was chosen partially because it was in New York, America's capital, and second because it repre ... More >>

What would immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?

via Flickr fooosco"We got your milk and cookies right here!"​Terrorists know how to hit us where it hurts.Al-Qaeda bombed the World Trade Center, two shiny, towering examples of American capitalism. WTC was chosen partially because it was in New York, America's capital, and second because it repre ... More >>

Terrorist Threat Makes Cuban Cigars Even Harder to Get a Hold Of

​Technically, importing Cuban cigars to America has been illegal since 1963, but ordering the cigars from European distributors has always been a lightly regulated back-door for American enthusiasts. Well, new rules have made it harder to obtain the tobacco logs and the Department of Homeland Secu ... More >>

FAIR-y tales: The immigration saga continues

​Technically, importing Cuban cigars to America has been illegal since 1963, but ordering the cigars from European distributors has always been a lightly regulated back-door for American enthusiasts. Well, new rules have made it harder to obtain the tobacco logs and the Department of Homeland Secu ... More >>

Giant Guatemala Sinkhole Still Open; Temporary Protected Status In Limbo

​In May, a tropical storm and a volcano eruption devastated Guatemala, leaving hundreds dead, and a giant sinkhole that swallowed a three-story building in the heart of the capital city. In response to the natural disasters, its government asked the United States to extend Temporary Protected Stat ... More >>

Cowboy Down: Rob Krentz's family talks about the life and death of the murdered Arizona rancher

​In May, a tropical storm and a volcano eruption devastated Guatemala, leaving hundreds dead, and a giant sinkhole that swallowed a three-story building in the heart of the capital city. In response to the natural disasters, its government asked the United States to extend Temporary Protected Stat ... More >>

Badlands: From ground zero of the immigration crisis along the Mexican border

​In May, a tropical storm and a volcano eruption devastated Guatemala, leaving hundreds dead, and a giant sinkhole that swallowed a three-story building in the heart of the capital city. In response to the natural disasters, its government asked the United States to extend Temporary Protected Stat ... More >>

Even Illegal Immigrants are Leaving Florida

Last year Florida experienced its first population decrease in decades, now a new report shows that even illegal immigrants are leaving Florida.According to the Department of Homeland Security, Florida was the only state in the nation that saw the number of undocumented immigrants decrease between 2 ... More >>

Still Grieving, Hundreds of Haitians Apply for TPS

American Red CrossAmerican Red Cross volunteers attend to earthquake survivors.​Kerlyne Paraison helplessly saw the drama unfolding on television the way one watches a loved one flat-line through a hospital window. The 26-year-old Haitian had lived in Port-au-Prince until just two years ago. When ... More >>

The Timoney Boot Party Countdown, Day 2

Whitney Roux​ The morning breeze whips John Timoney's rosy cheeks as he settles into his rowboat moored at the Miami Beach Rowing Club. He pushes off the dock and begins paddling up Indian Creek, soaking in the dry, mild November weather, pondering where his next gig will be.Maybe he'll roll throu ... More >>

He Can't Come Home Again

Despite a mention by the Supreme Court, David Gerbier is locked out of the United States.

Honor Student Immigrant to be Deported

via SWERWalter Lara is a good kid. He's never been arrested, graduated from Miami-Dade College with a 4.7 grade point average, and has done 1,000 hours community service. The 23-year-old emigrated from Argentina when he was three years old. That's why his classmates are outraged that he's schedul ... More >>

FIU Scientist at Forefront of Field That Smells Kind of Funny

via Contadini's flickrSorry Bloodhounds. You might be out of a job soon. In a not too distant future imagine passing through an already stressful airport security checkpoint and having not only your bags x-rayed, and your body patted down, but your very scent analyzed. That's a field Kenneth Furton, ... More >>

Nelson Wants To Make Sure Lil' Lieberman Doesn't Make a Fuss

via Ybor City Stogie Yeah it's all insider baseball type stuff that most voters don't care about, but I am pretty sure Floridians didn't elect Bill Nelson on a platform of Save our Liebermans. After the weird psychodrama that has been Joe Lieberman's political life of the past few years (lossing a ... More >>

Same Ol' Party

Lieberman gets to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee and instead loses his position on a subcommittee of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Maybe Bill Nelson changed a few votes with his phone campaign. Lieberman seemed to think so and publicly thanked him. Now let' ... More >>

Buika Concert Scheduled for Sept. 9 POSTPONED

Lieberman gets to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee and instead loses his position on a subcommittee of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Maybe Bill Nelson changed a few votes with his phone campaign. Lieberman seemed to think so and publicly thanked him. Now let' ... More >>

Weekly New Wrap - College Killing, Sarnoff, Santeria and more

Lieberman gets to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee and instead loses his position on a subcommittee of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Maybe Bill Nelson changed a few votes with his phone campaign. Lieberman seemed to think so and publicly thanked him. Now let' ... More >>

Vlogged to Death

Status update: Romero and his zombies are back to attack the Facebook generation.

Weekly News Wrap - Seminole Gambling, Michigan, The FBI and more

Status update: Romero and his zombies are back to attack the Facebook generation.

Book Fair Bonanza

Miami’s got the literary goods

Law Library Checks Out

The county is closing law libraries faster than whorehouses

Letters from the issue of March 29, 2007

"Tattoo an exit visa on Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda’s ass and send him back where he belongs."

The Ship's Shape

It ain't majestic, but it floats

Super Brawls

The kid produced a pocket knife and slashed his adversary on the arm

Letters from the Issue of November 23, 2006

"You are sanctioning further police corruption"

Mock Trial

Miami’s immigration judges are not interested in your problems

Grateful Dead

Dead Rising's zombies will eat your brain -- and your free time

Letters from the Issue of September 29, 2005

Savage words, Haitian rights, suicide notes, and DeFede friends and foes

Unintended Consequences

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

Rules Are for Fools

That seems to be the motto of top officials at TSA Miami

Screwed If By Sea

Cruise lines throw workers overboard when it comes to providing urgent medical care.

BEST DEFENSE AGAINST TERRORISM

Haiti and Cuba

BEST QUOTE

Miami Police Chief John Timoney

Density Turns on the Radio

WLRN grovels; school board makes vote count

The High Cost of Homeland Defense

Thanks to generous taxpayers like you, Miami's top Coast Guard officer has a very swanky address

BEST TV STATION

City of Miami Television (Channel 9)

Used, Abused, and Forgotten

What happens when you muster the courage to complain that you've been sexually assaulted at an INS facility? Not much.

A Shock to the System

Ouch! INS prisoners claim they were tortured with electroshock riot shields.

Go On, Beat It! We Really Mean It This Time!

As Congress works to curb illegal immigration, a new INS regulation targets aliens who are already here

Letters

As Congress works to curb illegal immigration, a new INS regulation targets aliens who are already here

No Money Down

South Florida fraud investigators find themselves fighting a new form of chicanery: the lease fleece

Birth of a Notion

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

As Long As it Floats

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

Rafters

Balseros and their makeshift rafts have become as much a symbol of Cuban culture as lechon, arroz con frijoles, and the Havana spleef