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For At Any Price Director Ramin Bahrani, Bigger Films Demand Bigger Targets

The Flora-Bama Bar: Mullet-Tossing, Bushwhackers and Bikini Contests

Unlike the rest of America, in Florida, you have go north to go south. More redneck than refined, the rest of the Sunshine State is full of pick-up trucks, Southern twangs and country music. Head north just a few hundred miles, and it's hard to imagine there's a place called Miami. And despite any ... More >>

Florida Cops Pull Over Car and Find Drugs Hidden in Butts, Bras and Prosthetic Legs

A Charlotte County Sheriff's deputy pulled over a car full of 20-somethings because its brake lights were broken, but the deputies then ended up playing an odd game of drug hide-and-seek as various substances were found tucked inside the bras, backsides and, yes, even prosthetic legs of the passenge ... More >>

Fugitive Evades Miami-Dade Police By Stabbing Officer with His Eyeglasses in a Texas Walmart Parking Lot

Miami-Dade Police were charged with extraditing Alberto Morales to Las Vegas, but the convict managed escape from officers by stabbing one with his eye glasses at Grapevine, Texas, Walmart parking lot.The officer, Jaime Pardinas, is still in serious but stable condition. Morales, however, remains at ... More >>

Miami's Best Eats and Drinks this Weekend - Gift Guide Edition

We know we keep telling you, but Christmas is, like, almost tomorrow. I mean, it's 11 days away, but that might as well be tomorrow. Have you planned? Have you shopped? Have you stopped to smell the roses? STOP SMELLING THE ROSES AND HUSTLE. You don't want to be caught at the eleventh hour scroung ... More >>

In Last Ditch Effort to Save Marriage, Florida Man Forces His Wife on Date to Golden Carrol at Gunpoint

In a bizarre and frightening attempt to save his failing marriage, 49-year-old Robert Ball of Pasco County prove he may be one of the worst husband of all time. Ball invited his estranged wife over to his house, and then forced her at knifepoint on a serious of strange dates that involved shoe ... More >>

How To: A DIY Pallet Garden For Apartments With Balconies (Photos)

If you are a green thumb on Brickell or somewhere in South Beach, you can rarely get your hands dirty. But if you have a balcony, then you're in luck because you can build a pallet garden.The pallet garden is simply a wooden pallet from which a garden is made. It fits perfectly on a small balcony. A ... More >>

Tropical Storm Isaac: Hurricane Parties, Restaurant and Event Updates, Closings UPDATED

Tropical storm Isaac is barreling toward the Florida Keys and you only have to look outside your window to see that feeder bands are already affecting Miami-Dade. Before you head out to a store, restaurant, or bar we suggest calling them ahead of time to make sure they're open. Some events (especial ... More >>

Pitbull, Flo Rida, Brad Paisley Announced for Bud Light Port Paradise Cruise in November

From Kodiak to the Caribbean, corporate sponsorships are taking Pitbull around the world. Just last month, Mr. Worldwide touched down in Alaska, posed with a stuffed bear, and attended an Alutiiq ceremony as a cross-promotional brand ambassador for Walmart and Sheets Energy Strips. He performed at ... More >>

Pitbull Meet-and-Greet at Miami Beach Liquor Store, Costs $121 or Six Bottles of Voli Vodka

See also "Memorial Day 2012: Fifteen Best Parties in Miami and South Beach." His last album, Planet Pit, peaked at the seventh spot on the Billboard 200 and it was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. But despite his international celebrity, "from the weed to the X, fr ... More >>

Burger King to Go Cage-Free by 2017

Miami-based Burger King Corporation has announced that its eggs and pork products will be cage-free by 2017.The company is catching onto a national trend. Wendy's and McDonald's are making similar plans. Hormel and Smithfield Farms plan to end the use of cages in the same time period as BK. Already ... More >>

Kardashians Looking to Expand Miami Beach DASH Boutique

​Oh, you thought Miami was done with the Kardashian plague ever since Kourtney and Khloe finished "taking" us? Not by a long shot. The klan's DASH boutique remains on Washington Avenue on South Beach, and apparently is doing so well the girls are looking to relocate it to a space twice the current ... More >>

Girl Scout Cookies on Sale Today; Weird Girl Scout Cookie Facts

Welcome back, friends!​The day has finally arrived: those sugary, sweet, crunchy, soft, delightful (and, yes, fattening--especially if you eat a whole box in one sitting) Girl Scout cookies are hitting the streets. Last week we tried the new flavor, Savannah Smiles, and gave a review. This week, w ... More >>

F*#% the World With Anti-Rock Stars Angels in America at Sweat Records Tomorrow

​These days, being a rock star isn't about mystery, aloofness, and fuck-the-world attitude. Thanks to the inescapable ever-presence of the internet and the slow death of the music industry, the rock 'n' roll lifestyle has become a sterile, never-ending cycle of virtual fan friendship, high-speed ... More >>

Notre Dame D'Haiti Church Expansion Threatens Ancient Oaks, Angers Nature Lovers

Michael E. MillerOne of the dozen giant oak trees next to Notre Dame D'Haiti. This one is probably more than 100 years old.​Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy; they will sing before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and th ... More >>

This Week: Wal-Mart Isn't Fair to Bolivian Workers

via Wikimedia Commons​This week's feature story describes an effort by Wal-Mart stores to sell green items from jewelry to clothing. The manufacturing giant made a promise to buyers that both its workers and the environment would be treated well when it comes to the things it sells. Unfortunately, ... More >>

Letters from the issue of November 4, 2010

Three art shows in Wynwood explore manliness, devastation, and the passage of time

Help Fill Haiti's Sack

Florida Woman Arrested for Peeing on Clothes in Wal-Mart

​Some animals urinate on things to mark their terrority. Despite what a certain human nature photography blog would have you think, the organisms that shop at Wal-Mart are not animals. Though in some cases we'd forgive you for getting confused. Christina Cifaldi, 22, was arrested fo ... More >>

Rednecking It

Get Overheated With Your Morons of the Week

We've been hit with a cold front, and if you're like Riptide, your office is about as cozy as a gulag right now. But that's OK, because this week's batch of morons has a MWQ (Moronic Wattage Quotient) powerful enough to heat a three-story building. Throw on a Christmas sweater and rub your hands in ... More >>

Tired of Art Basel? Five Suggestions for a Culture-less Weekend Getaway!

​Art Basel has a funny way of making us feel like we're outsiders in our own town. Traffic is horrible. Parking even moreso. The line at your favorite Cuban restaurant (even if that happens to be Pollo Tropical) gets filled with hoity-toity Europeans trying to work in a little "authentic Miami exp ... More >>

Top 5 New Candies: Chuao's Firecracker, Sour Patch Chillerz and Jitterbeans

It takes more than just a sugar to hit my sweet spot, so I went in search of five new confections that have that added layer of oomph, coupled with some degree of hmm, and the power to make me cry, "Yowza!" Bye, bye Snickers bars and Sweet Tarts--I'm all about these new sugary sensations.Here's what ... More >>

Concert Review: Kiss at BankAtlantic Center, October 22

Photo by Christina Mendenhall​Click here to view more photos from this concert.KissThursday, October 22, 2009BankAtlantic Center, SunriseBetter Than: Being 10 years-old all over again.From the number of kids running around the BankAtlantic Center at Kiss's show last night, many replete with full m ... More >>

Labor Day in Immokalee, Migrant Farmers Wait For The Work Bus

Jacob KatelWaiting for the work bus outside La Fiesta #3 in Immokalee, Florida.​ Whether you're in school, work, or prison, if you bite into a tomato in America it may very well come from the fields of Immokalee, Florida. That's because major corporations like Aramark and Sodexo are huge buyers o ... More >>

Eagles

The Eagles to Perform at BankAtlantic Center on Monday, Jan. 26

Critical respect has been a long time coming for the Eagles, who didn't exactly help their cause much with last year's mediocre double disc Long Road Out of Eden -- which, despite (or maybe due to) being available only at Wal-Mart, wound up as one of 2007's top-selling albums. The quintessential Ame ... More >>

The Confederate Flag Has Us Thinking About Secession

Sometimes I forget that technically Florida is a southern state, with Confederate heritage and all. It seems like the closer you get to the southern beaches the less and less red the necks are. This is probably because all of Hick-America would much rather spend their money on diamond-encrusted truc ... More >>

We Salute AC/DC

The band's not-so-unlikely second coming.

Journey

Revelation (Performer)

Last Night: Yasumicon 2008 at FIU Graham Center

Burger King Pitches Penny To Tomato Pickers

Latino Haters on the Rise, group says

Dan Marino Got Wine

Today's Arkansas-LSU Matchup Offers Promising Draftees

Keep Banning Those Bags

Burger King or Bust

Blue Crush

An independent record store finds its own level

Where's the Fresh?

Lackluster Chinatown sit-downs turn their backs on their own markets

Fun Bus to the Keys

It costs a pittance and takes you to Margaritaville

Creativity in the Corporate Age

When art imitates life a little too closely

Miami's Blessed Airwaves

To learn more about Bush's victory, tune to 89.7 FM

Corneau Cornucopia

Fete for Liberty

Celebrating the revolution prematurely

BEST DISCOUNT MEN'S CLOTHIER

National Apparel

Slugs for Peace

Fairy to salve woes with quarters

BEST NURSERY

Cornell Landscape Nursery

Nitpicking in Reverse

While there was plenty to criticize about the year's big releases, 2000 shone nonetheless for its subtle surprises

Alien Visitors