North Florida Republican Rep. Ted Yoho, a Tea Party favorite, was caught on tape last week at a town-hall meeting in Gainesville claiming the tanning tax created by the Affordable Care Act is “racist.” He then claimed that because he went to a tanning salon twice, he has now been…
Karlie Tomica, the self-described “party princess” who hit Shore Club executive chef Stefano Riccioletti and then drove home drunk, has reportedly reached a plea deal with prosecutors. She’ll spend just four years in prison, followed by two years of house arrest and 15 years of probation…
A common purse snatcher in Homestead has managed to give purse snatchers an even worse name. The suspect allegedly grabbed a woman’s purse while she was pumping gas at a station in Homestead. When the woman fought back, he pulled out a gun. The woman still somehow got her purse…
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Bud Selig’s hammer is finally going to come down today on the MLB investigation into players obtaining performance enhancing drugs from Biogenesis, a now-shuttered Coral Gables “anti-aging clinic.” Miami New Times was the first to report that the clinic was supplying PEDs to major MLB stars in an investigation published…
Colin McGinn, a high-profile philosophy professor at the University of Miami and author of a book called Mindfucking, was forced to resign from his post earlier this summer after a female doctoral student accused him of sexual harassment. McGinn has since tried to downplay the incident by trying to philosophically…
Ever since state-wide and municipal level bans on the sale of synthetic drugs went into effect reports of people getting sick from ingesting things like “bath salts” and “K2” are significantly down in South Florida…
It took Christopher Castillo less than 15 seconds to write “that’s the last straw, if he gets re-elected I’m going to hunt him down and kill him watch the life disappear from his eyes” on Facebook. Now he’ll spend 15 months in jail for it…
The bullet-hole-ridden gray hoodie Trayvon Martin wore on the night of his death could find its way into a museum. At the moment, it’s still being held by the FBI as the Department of Justice decides whether or not to pursue civil rights charges against George Zimmerman…
Even police dogs put their life on the line during duty. Seabee, a 2-year-old German Shepherd, is recovering after he was nearly drowned by 18-year-old London Barnes during a police chase…
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Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-hour rule stipulates that a person needs about 10,000 hours of practice to completely master a task. Dallas Cowboys player Dez Bryant however thinks that LeBron James would only need about two weeks to become an NFL-ready wide receiver…
It seems like two more libraries previously threatened with closure could be getting a reprieve. According to the Miami Herald, the North Shore and Virrick Park branches could join the six branches spared from closure under Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s plan. That would bring the number of libraries on…
Talks of a sequel or remake of Brian de Palma’s 1983 neo-noir masterpiece Scarface have surfaced since, well, pretty much 1983. Now, just months before that film’s 30th anniversary, Deadline reports that the director of the last few Harry Potter movies is in final talks to helm a reboot of…
We’ve all been in that situation when our body’s saying let’s go, but our heart is saying, “Wait a minute, we don’t actually have a place to have sex right now.” That didn’t stop Vincent Ewell, 18, and Lindsay Longbottom, 19, of Daytona Beach. They decided to break into a…
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Pre-season buzz seems higher than it has in years for the Miami Hurricanes, but apparently that buzz wasn’t loud enough to convince the voters in USA Today’s coaches poll to slip them into the top 25. The Canes just missed the cutoff, but did receive enough votes to put them…
When you’re already King why not be President too? Yes, LeBron James is reportedly mulling over a big for higher officer… in the NBA Players Union at least. According to Fox Sports, he’s considering running for the union’s presidency…
The fallout from our investigation of a little Coral Gables-based “anti-aging clinic” called Biogenesis continues. USA Today reports that Major League Baseball will announce the suspension of “about eight” linked to the PED-pushing clinic either tomorrow or Friday. However, more shocking is that the league is “prepared” to ban Alex…
For some reason, George Zimmerman is in Texas right now speeding down the roads with a gun in his car. Yes, seriously. TMZ reports he was pulled over for speeding by police in Forney, Texas, on Sunday…
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Clarence Davis had a chance to be a hero. Instead, he decided to get some grand theft out of the way first. Davis, a maintenance man at the University Commons apartment complex in Gainesville, Florida, came across J.W. White when he was near death or already dead. Instead of calling…
