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Weekly News Wrapup - Spiraling Economy, Racketeering and Still No Delegates.

Miami Wig Website Is The Luckiest Lil' Media Whore This Week

News Roundup

Any One Got $22 Million Lying Around?

Fort Lauderdale Water Contamination and You

The Bailout, Never Forget

Bailout Is In

Return of the Ball Jar: Middle Class Anxiety Files

The Ball jar: Preserving our Illusions.The New York Times reported last week that sales of Ball jars are up 92 percent from the same month last year. That's because the upper middle class is getting jittery about the economy, and when we get jittery, you know what we do? Just to take myself as ... More >>

Fun With Analogies: Tony Sparano and Barack Obama

The years coinciding with George W. Bush's Presidency were sort of like a 1-15 season for America. We got our asses handed to us repeatedly by teams like the Wall Street Crashers, the Saudi Oilers, the Heartland Morality Police, the Gulf Coast Hurricanes, the Main Street Mortgage Meltdowns, the Detr ... More >>

See Joey Run

Six things you might want to consider before casting your vote for Joe Gersten

Jeb Bush Loves Sweden's "Voucherized" Education System

Former Gov. Jeb Bush sat down with the Wall Street Journal for a lil chitchat, and after getting it out of the way that he would never, ever want to be honored on President's Day, he starts getting hyper-excited about the Swedish education system. "The idea that somehow Sweden would be the land of i ... More >>

Reevaluating Jackie Bueno Sousa

Last time we checked in with The Herald's new right-leaning columnist Jackie Bueno Sousa she had caused a minor brouhaha in the blogosphere with her weird inaugural column and the appropriation of a silly monologue from Bull Durham. Now the former editor of The Daily Business Review is four columns ... More >>

Reach Out and Touch

Put your Hands On Miami and give back to the community.

Art Basel or Bust

The unholy dollar just might kill the nation's top art fair.

Politically Correct Cupcakes

Barack the vote, stuff your face? Yes we can!

Feeling Feverish?

Barack the vote, stuff your face? Yes we can!

Daddy's Dog

Saying she's treated no better than a stray cur, the fifth wife of Daddy's Girl millionaire Bruce McMahan breaks her silence

Paradise Lost

For many residents, the luster of Williams Island is long gone

Daddy's Girl

A local millionaire learns a valuable lesson: Don't sleep with your daughter and then sue her

The Art of Investing in Art

Wall Street gives new meaning to the term "artist portfolio"

Turn of the Screw, Part II

As the death of the cork is announced, we go to where it is born

Getting Personal

The power of theater can help heal the wounds of September 11 in New York City and beyond

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of August 23, 2001

Bad News

Battered by severe budget cuts, staff reductions, and sudden management changes, the Miami Heraldconfronts its uncertain future

The Killer Inside

American Psycho

Bull in the Market

South Florida philanthropist Richard Bronson built his fortune on the shady side of Wall Street

Flying High

Before heading off to Washington for confirmation as Secretary of the Air Force, State Sen. Daryl Jones got involved in one last bond deal. The money was very good, but the backwash could be very bad.

When Vicki Met Syl, Part Two

Accused of bribery and public corruption, this power pair finds that love and justice prevail

Turbulence Over HABDI

Accused of bribery and public corruption, this power pair finds that love and justice prevail

Flying Blind

Homestead Air Force Base: Hundreds of millions of dollars. An arrogant developer. Nine compliant politicians. A vote taken so late at night you never knew what hit you.

Kiefer Madness

Homestead Air Force Base: Hundreds of millions of dollars. An arrogant developer. Nine compliant politicians. A vote taken so late at night you never knew what hit you.

Exploding Cigars

Homestead Air Force Base: Hundreds of millions of dollars. An arrogant developer. Nine compliant politicians. A vote taken so late at night you never knew what hit you.

Obama Addresses Congressional Hispanic Caucus Gala; Sings Happy Birthday to Marc Anthony

via CHCI​President Obama addressed the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala last night where he touted the number of hispanics he's appointed to high level positions, his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, and stressed that the problems that face Hispanics are the problems that face America as ... More >>

President Obama fails to go after those responsible for the financial meltdown

via CHCI​President Obama addressed the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala last night where he touted the number of hispanics he's appointed to high level positions, his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, and stressed that the problems that face Hispanics are the problems that face America as ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of November 5, 2009

via CHCI​President Obama addressed the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala last night where he touted the number of hispanics he's appointed to high level positions, his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, and stressed that the problems that face Hispanics are the problems that face America as ... More >>

MillionYoung, Vega Under Fire, Tristan Clopet Among the South Florida Acts Playing BMI's Florida Music Festival Showcase This Month

photo by Michael MaryanoffMillionYoung does O-town.​This Wednesday marks the kick-off of the annual Florida Music Festival, a mini SXSW-style music industry schmoozefest in Orlando. While it may sound cheesy to Miami people at first glance, a number of local acts head up there every year to play i ... More >>

Wall Street Traders Back to Acting Like Horrible People (By Hiring Dwarfs for Bachelor Parties in Miami)

​By and larger Wall Street's movers and shakers have always been insufferable, out-of-touch husks of human beings driven solely by greed. Of course, during the great recession of 2008 in which they were cast, deservedly so, as the villains they were forced to reign in some of their more exuberant ... More >>

Supermoon Rising: This Week's Five Signs of the Apocalypse

​In ancient Greek, apocalypse translates as "a revelation." So what could possibly be more apocalyptic than the giant freaking orange moon due to pop up tomorrow night? After all, it's the biggest and closest it's been in nearly two decades. FYI: the "extreme supermoon" is also predicted to (1) ma ... More >>

Blank City: A self-defeating user-friendly primer on the "no wave" science

​In ancient Greek, apocalypse translates as "a revelation." So what could possibly be more apocalyptic than the giant freaking orange moon due to pop up tomorrow night? After all, it's the biggest and closest it's been in nearly two decades. FYI: the "extreme supermoon" is also predicted to (1) ma ... More >>

"Occupy Miami" Invades Bayfront Park Tomorrow: 2003 FTAA Protest All Over Again?

via Occupy Miami's FacebookBrace yourself for waves of socially responsible hipsters."Occupy Miami" -- a protest against corporate greed modeled after the two-week sit-in currently clogging Wall Street in New York -- will take over Bayfront Park tomorrow.But how will our soulless city respond? And w ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street! Top Five Moments of Musical Protest From Hippies to Beasties

Jeff Magnum occupied Wall Street with an endless rendition of KumbayaSince erupting in New York City's Zuccotti Park on September 17, the #occupywallstreet movement has been taking the nation by storm with it's populist rage and youthful vigor. One sure sign OWS is a youth movement is the increasin ... More >>

Occupy Miami protests for something

Jeff Magnum occupied Wall Street with an endless rendition of KumbayaSince erupting in New York City's Zuccotti Park on September 17, the #occupywallstreet movement has been taking the nation by storm with it's populist rage and youthful vigor. One sure sign OWS is a youth movement is the increasin ... More >>

Yes, That's a Banker Hanging From a Phone Line Along I-95

Courtesy of Primary Flight​But no, it is not real. For the past week, graffiti artist Above has been working on a giant, attention-grabbing mural in Wynwood next to the I-95 northbound lanes as part of Primary Flight. It reads in block letters: "Give a Wall Street banker enough rope and he wi ... More >>

Battles (and Nisennenmondai!) Blow Minds at Grand Central, October 27

​Battles With Nisennenmondai Grand Central, Downtown Miami Thursday, October 27, 2011 Better Than: Approximately 95% of most live music events. Two tight bands, decently timed sets, booming sound. What else do you need? Last night, Battles blew our fucking mind. Sorry to indulge the most standa ... More >>

Graffiti artist Above hangs anti-Wall Street art along I-95

​Battles With Nisennenmondai Grand Central, Downtown Miami Thursday, October 27, 2011 Better Than: Approximately 95% of most live music events. Two tight bands, decently timed sets, booming sound. What else do you need? Last night, Battles blew our fucking mind. Sorry to indulge the most standa ... More >>

Reader mail: Go medieval on unprosecuted criminal bankers

​Battles With Nisennenmondai Grand Central, Downtown Miami Thursday, October 27, 2011 Better Than: Approximately 95% of most live music events. Two tight bands, decently timed sets, booming sound. What else do you need? Last night, Battles blew our fucking mind. Sorry to indulge the most standa ... More >>

Immortal Technique Shouts Down the Bankers: "You Took Advantage of America"

​Immortal Technique might have been a little late to yesterday's promised appearance at the Occupy Miami site. But once there, he was very generous with his time. He offered press, protesters, and superfans individual attention and thoughtful commentary. The outspoken, politically active hip-hop ... More >>

Sweet Handlebar

​Immortal Technique might have been a little late to yesterday's promised appearance at the Occupy Miami site. But once there, he was very generous with his time. He offered press, protesters, and superfans individual attention and thoughtful commentary. The outspoken, politically active hip-hop ... More >>

Miami Named Worst-Run City in America, Hialeah is Tenth

​Congratulations Miami-Dade County! We're home to not one, but two of the ten worst-run cities in the entire United States of America. The City of Miami came first on 24/7 Wall Street's list. That would be bad enough, but citizens of Miami proper may be even more devastated ;to find that their cit ... More >>

Seven "Occupy FIU" Protesters Arrested UPDATED

​Last November, "Occupy FIU" gathered at the Deuxieme Maison pit on the school's West Miami-Dade campus and decried excessive student loans, Wall Street bankers, and money in politics.Yesterday, they tried to do it again. This time, seven people -- including two FIU students -- were arrested.The a ... More >>