Because what we really need more of in Washington, D.C., is partisan bickering and petty name calling, Miami-area Rep. Joe Garcia took to the House floor yesterday to compare House Republicans to the Taliban…
Charlie Crist hasn’t officially announced his candidacy yet, but with Alex Sink deciding to forgo another run, there’s a good chance he’ll be the Democratic candidate for governor in 2014. And, if this latest Public Policy Polling survey is any indication, there’s a good chance he’ll be governor once again…
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It all started last night around 11:15, when Jean Valeus, 28, pulled his Nissan Maxima off to the side of eastbound I-595 near Flamingo Road. A Road Ranger stopped to help Valeus, but Valeus pulled out a gun, fired it into the pavement, and told the Ranger to leave. The…
Facebook continues to shed light on a murder that made headlines when the perpetrator posted photos of his wife’s body and a confession on his public profile page. NBC 6 has obtained messages that Jennifer Alfonso, the wife and victim of Derek Medina, sent to a friend just hours before…
Yesterday the sports world was taken by surprise when the Marlins announced that they were selling unsold tickets to a game that had been played the day before. Ostensibly they were meant as memorabilia to commemorate Henderson Alvarez’s walk-off no-hitter. Turns out the “tickets” are just PDFs you’re meant to…
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The Miami Dolphins were the first NFL team to ever lose a regular season in London. They kicked off the league’s experiment of playing in Wembley Stadium back in 2007 with a 13-10 loss to the New York Giants. Well, this past Sunday when the Vikings and Steelers played in…
David Beckham Major League Soccer contract came with a clause that he’d be able to purchase an MLS franchise of his own one day. It’s been no secret that he’s been scouting Miami as a potential location over the past few month. British tabloid the Daily Mail reports that Beckham…
Thanks to the government shutdown, national parks are closed, hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been sent home without a paycheck, and all federal government activities considered nonessential will effectively halt. However, controversial and ineffective government-sponsored broadcasts to Cuba through Radio and TV Martí will continue with little change…
Thomas Cypress, the brother of Billy Cypress, the former chairman of the Miccosukee Indian Tribe, has been ordered by a civil court to pay $5 million for the deaths of Robert and Paulette Kirkpatrick. The elderly tourist couple was killed back in 2009 when Cypress hit their car with his…
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The 2013 season is over but you can still buy Marlins tickets. The team is still selling unsold tickets to Henderson Alvarez’s bizarre no-hitter for $15 a pop, which would be a really, really great deal if time travel existed…
When Real Madrid and Chelsea came to Sun Life Stadium for an exhibition game back in August the game came to an odd, temporary stop when a 19-year-old fan ran onto the field to hug superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and whisper sweet little nothings in his ear. Now the Real Madrid…
Last week a nine-year-old boy brought an unloaded handgun, a magazine with six bullets inside, a steak knife and a small sledge hammer to his Orlando-area elementary school. During the boy’s first court appearance on Friday, his father claims the boy was preparing himself against a zombie invasion. The dad…
Like the amazing dinner you had on the last night of an otherwise disastrous vacation, the night of surprisingly tender lovemaking just weeks before you both decide divorce is inevitable or that one good song toward the end of your favorite band’s undeniably disappointing new album, Marlins pitcher’s Henderson Álvarez…
According to a report from MLB.com’s Marlins beat writer, the Marlins won’t be trading Giancarlo Stanton, the only good player on their sad little team, next season. They even plan to “build” around him, but that doesn’t mean they’ll shell out any more money on their already-second-to-last lowest payroll in…
George Zimmerman may have avoided jail time for killing Trayvon Martin, but the man can not seem to stay out of legal trouble ever since. Now his soon-to-be-ex-Motherin-in-Law has filed a police report claiming that Zimmerman stole furniture and a television from a home they own…
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[Insert joke about a bill causing fireworks in Tallahassee here.] Florida bans regular citizens from buying fireworks that shoot of into the air for most purposes, but a bill filed by state Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Ft. Walton Beach) could reverse that. Fire chiefs across the state however aren’t celebrating…
Police have made an arrest this morning in the murder of 18-year-old Tiffan Cabreja. Fernando Granados, who is 20, is in custody and charged with second degree murder. Police believe that the man may have been high on crack when he killed Cabreja and then decided to dump her body…
A Coral Gables woman was the victim of a shocking home invasion last night. A man broke into her home, tied her up, and then used her own Aston Martin as the get-away car…
