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Newsweek: Forget the Cubans. The Other Hispanics Rule!

The Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008

Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously absurd record or ... More >>

Album Review: Plies, Da REAList

Da REAList is not Plies' meditation on Platonic realism; it's mostly just demonstrably false braggadocio and sentimental hooey. (He could have eliminated this confusion by calling it Da REALest.) The main problem is that a July Hip Hop DX report showed that despite his claims to be a lifelong thug, ... More >>

George & Jane & Steve & Ellis & Kathy

Da REAList is not Plies' meditation on Platonic realism; it's mostly just demonstrably false braggadocio and sentimental hooey. (He could have eliminated this confusion by calling it Da REALest.) The main problem is that a July Hip Hop DX report showed that despite his claims to be a lifelong thug, ... More >>

Letter? What Letter?

Bill Clinton wants the military to stop discriminating against gays. Florida's top academic officers apparently couldn't care less.

Faded Glory

If you don't think heavy metal can go any further, you're not Cynic-al enough

Road Show

Want to know more about Jeb Bush? The machinations of Florida's Republican party? Vomiting? Get on the bus.

The 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008

Busted rhymes.

End of the Diaz-Balart Dynasty

The Republican brothers are headed for defeat, and Cuban-American politics will change forever.

Pay off Your Loans

Gabe Pendas wants to save college kids a bundle. And this brawler might just do it.

If You Build It

They won’t come ... or at least not without better planning

Lyre Lyre

You can hear an art history lecture in this town, and read Ocean Drive for free too

From Exuberance to Meditation

Two shows, two women, two very different sensibilities

Politics & Parties & Power

How to campaign in the new House District 25? There's always Cuba.

The Art of the Done Deal

As the FIU student gallery makes way for a retail store, some students are seeing red

Fear and Loathing in la Escuela

President Eduardo Padron has instituted an impressive program of intimidation at Miami-Dade Community College

Honk If You Like Chickens

The Green Party stumbles toward election day

Home Is Where the Hurt Is

Bedsores. Medical neglect. Depression. Welcome to the bleak underworld of Miami-Dade's assisted-living facilities.

Gridiron Fever

FIU administrators think spending millions on a football program will do wonders for their school, and they'll sideline anyone who disagrees

Conched Out

The queen conch, long a culinary favorite and a symbol of life in the Keys, is disappearing from local waters

Letters

The queen conch, long a culinary favorite and a symbol of life in the Keys, is disappearing from local waters

Images of Exile

No money. No filmmaking experience. No hope for commercial success. Minor details didn't stop Joe Cardona and Alex Anton from exploring their Cuban heritage.

The Old School of Power

He has been enormously influential for 34 years, yet Pat Tornillo -- politically astute leader of Dade's teachers' union -- remains a mystery to most

The Bloom That Vexes

In a popular Keys diving spot, marine researchers find two species of algae that tend to favor polluted waters

For the Birds

Put down the field glasses and close up the guidebooks. When Florida's top avian enthusiasts do battle, the feathers fly.

Waste Erased

Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

Don't Say That Word

Marianne Flemming shakes the folk

Does the State University System Have a Problem with Lady Power?

UWF President Judith Bence and USF President Judy Genshaft: Exceptions to an unwritten rule? Do Florida's public universities have a reluctance to put women on top? On one side, you could point out that only two of the 11 schools in the system have a female president. On the other hand, you co ... More >>

The Ogg Man

UWF President Judith Bence and USF President Judy Genshaft: Exceptions to an unwritten rule? Do Florida's public universities have a reluctance to put women on top? On one side, you could point out that only two of the 11 schools in the system have a female president. On the other hand, you co ... More >>

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 >>

Tar Balls May Be a False Alarm, But Oil Could Still Reach Keys by Sunday

US Coast GuardThe world's most famous tar balls​Twenty tar balls washed up on the shores of Key West today, but because sometimes tar balls occur naturally, and other times they're the product of those less dramatic, everyday ways we pollute our oceans (i.e., the shipping industry), it won't be kn ... More >>

USF Expert's Forecast For Today: Oil Off the Coast of Miami

NASA via Flikr​"There will be oil off the coast of Miami shortly, if it's not already there. It's happening," says Dr. Robert H. Weisberg, director of the University of South Florida Ocean Circulation Group in the school's College of Marine Science. And Weisberg says he has the forecasts to ... More >>

Freedom fighter Richard Masone takes on red-light cameras in South Florida

NASA via Flikr​"There will be oil off the coast of Miami shortly, if it's not already there. It's happening," says Dr. Robert H. Weisberg, director of the University of South Florida Ocean Circulation Group in the school's College of Marine Science. And Weisberg says he has the forecasts to ... More >>

Florida Schools Rank Low on Forbes Best Colleges List

​In US News and World Report's rankings of America's best colleges, the state of Florida boast two schools in the top 50: University of Florida and University of Miami. Forbes is now in the college ranking business too, and the rankings for the schools in Florida strike as a bit weird. Only o ... More >>

Miami Hurricanes Fire Randy Shannon

In a lot of ways Randy Shannon was a dream coach for the Miami Hurricanes: a native of the city, a graduate of the program, a great recruiter, and a dedicated leader who kept his players on the right track off the field. At the end of the day the thing that matters most is wins (as Jay-Z says, moral ... More >>

Hand of God

In a lot of ways Randy Shannon was a dream coach for the Miami Hurricanes: a native of the city, a graduate of the program, a great recruiter, and a dedicated leader who kept his players on the right track off the field. At the end of the day the thing that matters most is wins (as Jay-Z says, moral ... More >>

University of South Florida Caught Scamming Title IX

​Title IX is a wide ranging law ensuring equality based on gender in all areas of education and other federally assisted programs, but it's most controversial when applied to high school and college athletics. Many universities have tried some tricky tactics to make sure their athletics programs a ... More >>

University of Miami Ranked 38th Best University in Nation by US News

​The University of Miami has risen nine spots in the latest edition of US News & World Report's annual college rankings. The school is now ranked the 38th best in the nation, up from the 47th position last year. For the second year in a row, the school is the only Florida institution ... More >>