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George Zimmerman's Trial in Trayvon Martin Killing Begins Today: Four Key Questions

Sixteen months ago, a Miami teenager carrying a cell phone, a pack of Skittles, and a soft drink was shot to death in his father's Central Florida town by a self-appointed neighborhood watchman. The case soon erupted into a referral on race -- because the victim, Trayvon Martin, was black and the sh ... More >>

Lil Wayne Declares War on Miami Heat: "F#$% LeBron! F#$% She-Wade! And I F#$í Chris Bosh's Wife!"

"This ain't no Twitter beefin' or no online beef." Last night at the Beats By Dre's NBA All-Star Game finale party, Lil Wayne officially declared war on the Miami Heat. "You let them niggas know I'm from the streets," the Young Money maniac snarled. "Just take it to the motherfucking streets, nig ... More >>

Why Was Lil' Wayne Kicked Out of Last Night's Heat Game?

Leave to Lil' Wayne to upstage the on court drama yesterday between the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers. The rapper was sitting courtside of the big game, until he wasn't. No one's really sure what happened. Weezy said he was forced out by Heat security. The Heat organization said he left on his o ... More >>

Florida Is Set to Issue Its One Millionth Concealed Carry Permit Next Week

Florida is on pace to become the first state to issue its one millionth active concealed carry permit sometime next week, as more than 167,000 permits are issued each year. Florida has already issued more concealed carry permits than any other state, and is set to become the first to break the one m ... More >>

Report: Miami Is A Finalist to Host Super Bowl L

Remember when NFL officials inferred that Miami might never host another Super Bowl unless serious upgrades were made to Sun Life Stadium? Apparently they weren't too serious about that threat. According to USA Today, Miami will be announced as one of two finalists to host Super Bowl L in 2016. Whic ... More >>

Gabby Douglas Deserves To Be Praised, Not Ridiculed

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke wants blacks to stop being so envious and hateful toward one another.We African-Americans are our own worst enemies. We do a bett ... More >>

Surfing, Pinball, and Weed: Perry Farrell on His Teen Years in Miami

See also "Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell Comments on Tom Gabel's Transgender Announcement." When Jane's Addiction brings its rock party to the Fillmore Miami Beach tonight, it will be a homecoming show for the band's frontman, Perry Farrell. "I moved to Miami Beach when I was about fourteen, sho ... More >>

Sun-Sentinel to Start Charging For News Content Online

The Sun-Sentinel is erecting a pay wall on April 9, so expect a mass exodus of readers who don't want to pony up five bucks a month for mostly routine local news.The once proud Fort Lauderdale-based daily is following the lead of other Tribune Co. owned newspapers like the Los Angeles Times, which i ... More >>

The Devil Inside Tim Tebow: What the Broncos QB Shares With the Spooky Thriller

​I'm usually the quiet guy at the computer frying his retinas when coworkers discuss the previous night's SportsCenter reruns. But I'm a news junkie, so I knew a bunch of Gen Xers kneeling at their cubicles last week didn't mean they were starting a prayer meetup.They were instead mimicking God-fe ... More >>

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 >>

William Kennedy, a Miami Book Fair standout

Erislandy Lara: Robbed in a boxing scandal, he's coming back

On Behalf Of Blondes Everywhere, My Gripe With Starbucks New "Light-Bodied" Blend

​Literally every major news source has been regurgitating the news of Starbucks new "Blonde" roast all week long; from the Miami Herald to Huff Post's Food Blog, to USA Today, the AP write up has been amazingly prolific regarding Starbucks "going blonde."Here's the issue -- I actually am a blo ... More >>

Jacory Harris to Start Against Ohio State

​Jacory Harris will start for the Miami Hurricanes when the team makes its home debut in ten days against Ohio State according to USA Today. Harris, a senior, sat out the Maryland game due to his involvement in the Nevin Shapiro scandal, but will return to take over his starting duties despite ... More >>

Burger King's California Whopper is Neither New Nor Healthy

The California Whopper: Green and mean, but not lean.​Ever since Burger King dethroned their totally-creepy mascot, we've been wondering what's the next move for the Miami-based fast-food giant. Here's a, like, totally rad hint at the totally cool sandwich that BK is featuring, starting Monday -- ... More >>

Burt Reynolds's Florida Home Faces Foreclosure

​Not even Burt Reynolds and his legendary mustache are immune to Florida's foreclosure fiasco. According to a lawsuit filed by Merrill Lynch Credit Corp., Reynolds hasn't made a mortgage payment on his multimillion-dollar mansion in Hobe Sound since August 2010. Not even the Bandit himse ... More >>

Ten Shittiest MTV Video Music Awards Performances Ever

MTV Britney Madonna = Barf​The performances for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced. And Crossfade is not impressed. Last week, when we broke down why the upcoming VMAs is a steaming hot turd, we already knew Lil Wayne would be on board, and would likely be performing his wet ... More >>

Liván Hernández, Former Marlins Pitcher, Linked to Drug Trafficking Investigation

​Liván Hernández, the Cuban defector who made his MLB debut with the Florida Marlins and pitched for the team for three seasons, is in hot water after an investigation has linked him to drug trafficker Angel Ayala Vázquez, AKA Angelo Millones.''

Women's Funding Network sex trafficking study is junk science

Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media.

Biggest Loser Announces Weight Loss Cruise Leaving from Miami

O​ne of the highlights of any cruise experience is the never-ending free food. In fact, more than most types of vacations, cruises are expected to come with a bit of a weight gain. Without the food, you're struck on a giant ship in a small room with a bunch of strange people wearing sandals and bl ... More >>

Rick Scott Snubs South Florida In His Inaugural Parade -- Maybe For the Best

Does this look like a guy you want to party with?​Inaugural parades are a time-honored American tradition, a treasured moment when fat corporate cats and scummy developers can make millions of dollars rain on a newly elected governor, all so he can throw a masturbatory party celebrating what a swe ... More >>

Big Orange is Back

UCF Has the Best Football Team in Florida, According to Coaches' Poll

​For a state that has had three teams combine to win a full third of the national championships awarded in the past 30 years, the college football teams of Florida are having a weird, wild and ultimately all-around disappointing year. Well, every team but the UCF Knights that is. Accordi ... More >>

Pay Florida football coaches more

Camden County Squashes Miami Central's National Title Hopes with Last-Second Field Goal

Michael MillerCentral QB Rakeem Cato watches the game slip away from him en route to a 45-42 loss.​The ancient Greeks dubbed it hubristic downfall. In Kingsland, Georgia, its simply called humble pie.Whatever the name, the Miami Central Rockets were served a full plate on Friday night in a last-ga ... More >>

Dolphins Misspell Dwyane Wade's Name in Congratulatory Ad

via NBCMiami​The Miami Dolphins aren't jealous that the Miami Heat pretty much stole their title as the city's favorite sports team with the signing of Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, and LeBron James. No, sir. In fact, they put a full-page ad in both the Miami Herald and the Sun-Sentinel this weekend co ... More >>

The Biltmore Owes $2.4 Million in Back Rent to Coral Gables

via Milan.Boer's Flickr/cc2.0The palm lined entrance to the Biltmore​Are there any iconic Miami hotels that aren't having some sort of financial trouble at the moment? How about the historic Biltmore in Coral Gables? That's probably doing good, right? Oh, wait, the management companys owes the cit ... More >>

The Humane Society Began Its Battle with Farmers Right Here in Florida

Miami Is the Fifth Least Drunk City in America: Yes, You Read That Correctly

​According to a new study by the listicle-loving Men's Health, Miami is the fifth least drunk city in all of America. Yes, 100 of America's biggest cities were tallied up and arranged from most drunk (which happens to be Fresno, California) to least, and Miami came in at 96.See, we really aren't a ... More >>

News Roundup: Super Bowl Stage Collapse Injures Four

An audit criticized the waste of tens of thousands of tax-payer dollars by city of Miami workers on Government credit cards. Some how we got stiffed with the bill for a pink metallic dog collar. [Herald]A stage being built at Sun Life stadium collapsed, injuring four. [CBS4]Jackson Memoria ... More >>

Tim Tebow Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad Stirs Up Controversy

Predictably, Tim Tebow's Super Bowl ad for the politically divisive, anti-gay, and pro-choice group Focus on the Family is causing controversy.Focus has released few details about the ad, but it will likely feature UF's Heisman winner and his mother, Pam Tebow. Pam notably carried Tim to term despit ... More >>

Top Ten of the Decade: Miami Sports Moments

Riptide 2.0's regular sports commentator and FinsNation blogger Chris Joseph looks back at the top ten Miami sports moments of the decade. Low points like the Miami Dolphins crappy performance and the after-thought known as the Florida Panthers didn't make the cut. Sorry. ​10. Canes BaseballCoach ... More >>

RPOF Chair: Pelosi Will Force You To Get an Abortion

​I think everyone can agree we need to reform health care in this country one way or another (if you don't you're either greedy or not paying attention), and since the Democrats are currently in control they're the ones taking a shot at it. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majoirty Leader Steny ... More >>

Kate Voegele

Big Tuna Ready to Flee the Fins? For Detroit?!

So is Bill Parcells a masochist, or what? This is the guy who voluntarily went to work for borderline-psychotic Dallas owner Jerry Jones, who left a cushy retirement to take over the staggeringly awful 1-15 Dolphins. For all Riptide knows, he's got a side gig involving a rubber ball mouth-gag, a bas ... More >>

Stealing Is the New Stealing

Newsroom or Classroom?

Old newspaper pros quit the FIU journalism school as academicians run the show

BEST MARLINS PLAYER

Josh Beckett

All About the Green

A much ballyhooed petition supporting a commercial airport in Homestead appears to be a sham

Riptide

Serious downplaying

TV or Not TV?

News of the Weird

Letters

Dream Team

For years Miami Senior High School has fielded one of the best basketball teams in the nation. But getting into the record books has meant tossing out the rule books.

Rotations

DeFede Gets Menckenized

Counting Down

It was only a matter of time before the critics turned on the Crows

The Island Club

So the Mavericks are a hit in the Caymans. What's wrong with America? Could it be A radio?

Swelter