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  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Dog Eats $1,000 Cash in St. Augustine

    Tuity's cash meal​Teachers looking for late homework are used to hearing the excuse "the dog ate it." People looking to collect car payments, not so much. But in the case of one St. Augustine couple, it's the truth.Tuity, a Labrador retriever/chow/bulldog mix, decided to chow down on the $1,000 in ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2011

    Rick Ross at King of Diamonds July 1

    Tuity's cash meal​Teachers looking for late homework are used to hearing the excuse "the dog ate it." People looking to collect car payments, not so much. But in the case of one St. Augustine couple, it's the truth.Tuity, a Labrador retriever/chow/bulldog mix, decided to chow down on the $1,000 in ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    FAIR-y tales: The immigration saga continues

    Tuity's cash meal​Teachers looking for late homework are used to hearing the excuse "the dog ate it." People looking to collect car payments, not so much. But in the case of one St. Augustine couple, it's the truth.Tuity, a Labrador retriever/chow/bulldog mix, decided to chow down on the $1,000 in ... More >>

  • News

    August 26, 2010

    Funeral homes of horror

    Tuity's cash meal​Teachers looking for late homework are used to hearing the excuse "the dog ate it." People looking to collect car payments, not so much. But in the case of one St. Augustine couple, it's the truth.Tuity, a Labrador retriever/chow/bulldog mix, decided to chow down on the $1,000 in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Abramoff-Tainted Congressman Tom Feeney Fundraising For Marco Rubio

    Based on the latest ominous polls -- not to mention the Tallahassee-area foreclosure reports -- Marco Rubio could use some extra cash in the bank right about now.Marco Rubio is turning some heads with his latest fundraising email.But a fundraising email sent out this week is raising some eyebrows ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    How to Live Like a Ponzi Schemer: Buy Scott Rothstein's Stuff June 3

    Go here to see a commercial for the Scott Rothstein auction.​Nobody pimps it harder than Ponzi schemers. Yachts, Bentleys, Bugattis, Waverunners, Ferraris, Corvettes, Cadillacs, Maseratis, Mercedes-Benzes, and Lambos ... That's just a small sampling of the super-expensive stuff that con man Scott ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Latin America's Top Ten Lady Drug Smugglers: An Illustrated Guide

    Police are after a former beauty queen who's accused of being the ringleader of a gang of pinups who also work as international drug smugglers. Angie San Clemente Valencia is a bosomy 30-year-old Colombian who's accused of paying her merry band of strumpets $5,000 for carrying pounds of blow from Me ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

    Sports betting magnate James Giordano goes to jail

    Police are after a former beauty queen who's accused of being the ringleader of a gang of pinups who also work as international drug smugglers. Angie San Clemente Valencia is a bosomy 30-year-old Colombian who's accused of paying her merry band of strumpets $5,000 for carrying pounds of blow from Me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Local Firm to Lay First Fiber-Optic Cable Between Miami and Cuba

    via Wiki Commons​TeleCuba, a small Miami firm, says it has won permission from the Treasury Department to lay the first fiber-optic cable between Miami and Cuba. The announcement comes after the Obama administration eased some restrictions on telecom links to Cuba in April.The line could make call ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Bail Out Agreement Reached, McCain's Stunt Crashes

    via Wiki Commons​TeleCuba, a small Miami firm, says it has won permission from the Treasury Department to lay the first fiber-optic cable between Miami and Cuba. The announcement comes after the Obama administration eased some restrictions on telecom links to Cuba in April.The line could make call ... More >>

  • News

    December 14, 2006

    Stone Gets Spanked

    "They were both tall and had great shoulders, and so does Fidel"

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Osama’s Thug

    Jose Padilla is (a) a punk; (b) a terrorist in training; (c) an unwitting pawn for Uncle Sam and al-Qaeda; or (d) all of the above

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    Floored Genius

    From high-minded to hype-crazed, book fairs have a rich tradition of coaxing out reclusive authors. New Times was fortunate to get a rare audience with the person redefining writing, M.M. Pascal-Paul.

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Awash in a Sea of Money

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

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Kilo: Cocaine Made Miami, Part 1

    Introduction

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of July 28, 2005

    Destructive development, promising playwrights, and art for the wealthy

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2004

    Street Talk

    Destructive development, promising playwrights, and art for the wealthy

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    Politics and Policy

    With its severe new Cuba regulations, the Bush administration alienated some Miami exiles, but not the ones who matter

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Cows to Cuba

    A South Florida rancher is using bovine diplomacy to improve relations with the island nation

  • News

    April 10, 2003

    Dialogueros

    Caught between Iraq and a hard-line place

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Suits vs. Roots

    Did NBC "professionalize" Channel 51's Cuba coverage? Or just weaken it?

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    The Cuban Kong

    What's $28 million a year and added jobs for the poorest American city mean next to big cubanismo, bro?

  • News

    January 23, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of January 23, 2002

    Go to Cuba, but do so legally

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    The Will Adams Embargo

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

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    Admitting Terror, Part 3

    Four more cases of egregious ineptitude at the Immigration and Naturalization Service

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Double Exposure

    If you believe NBC 6, he's an unethical businessman who exploits the poor. If you believe him, NBC 6 tossed ethics aside in a desperate bid for ratings

  • Diversions

    May 17, 2001

    Best Art Gallery

    Cernuda Arte

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    The Old Man and the Spree

    Maybe it takes an ego as big as the ocean to think you can swim underwater from Havana to Miami. Especially if you're 75 years old.

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Hurricane Van Van

    Promoter Debbie Ohanian stared down the City of Miami and won a victory in the area's latest absurdo

  • Music

    October 15, 1998

    The Sound of Change

    Promoter Debbie Ohanian stared down the City of Miami and won a victory in the area's latest absurdo

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    Passport to Paradox

    The Cuban embargo is supposed to be getting tougher on travelers, but it's just getting weirder

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    Baba's Big Bucks

    African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

  • News

    June 25, 1998

    Letters

    African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

  • News

    June 18, 1998

    If El Exilio Doesn't Get You, Uncle Sam Will

    Cuban salsero Issac Delgado played Miami without incident. Then the government accused him of breaking the law.

  • News

    May 14, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Cuban salsero Issac Delgado played Miami without incident. Then the government accused him of breaking the law.

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    Bring on the Cubans!

    The Castro government is marketing music, and the whole world is buying. Except Miami.

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    A Brief History of the Miccosukees

    The Castro government is marketing music, and the whole world is buying. Except Miami.

  • News

    November 28, 1996

    Notes from the Underground

    Impoverished and imperiled, Cuba's independent journalists stubbornly cling to the notion of a free press

  • News

    November 7, 1996

    Uncommon Law

    Sam Thompson, hard-charging dean of the University of Miami's law school, has high hopes, strong opinions, and a tendency to attract trouble

  • News

    September 19, 1996

    Big Stink

    Miamians' lust for contraband Cohibas has turned the blazing cigar craze into a smuggler's dream

  • News

    December 21, 1995

    Cuba Bound, Part 2

    Sailboat captain Dave Shaw runs afoul of U.S. Customs and finds himself up a creek without his canoe

  • News

    October 19, 1995

    Cuba Bound

    Key West to Havana is a grand tradition, a boater's delight, and a lively tourist adventure. Bon voyage!

  • News

    September 7, 1995

    Guns R Us

    You live in Rio de Janeiro and you've got a little problem with an overzealous police force. Your difficulties could be solved with a few hundred assault rifles and a couple of tons of ammo. Welcome to Miami!

  • News

    January 26, 1995

    The Million-Dollar Flush

    At last an agreement between the county and the feds over Dade's sewage mess. The price could make you gag.

  • News

    August 3, 1994

    That's the Way the Check Bounces

    Thanks to executive order 12922, some Haitian students face the prospect of being kicked out of local colleges for failure to pay tuition

  • News

    January 12, 1994

    Our Man in Haiti

    Former Dade politician Darryl Reaves was ready when the call came: The military rulers in Port-au-Prince need your help!

  • News

    June 9, 1993

    The Cuban Connection

    "You've reached Fidel Castro's voice mail. Please press 1 to leave a message, or 2 to hear his opinion about this new telephone service."

  • News

    March 3, 1993

    Call While You Can

    Much to AT&T's dismay, foreign companies have found a way around the restrictions on calling Cu ba from the U.S. -- for now, at least

  • News

    April 8, 1992

    Captains Outrageous

    The FCC attempts to fend off Dade's motley crew of FM radio pirates

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