With George Zimmerman’s trial starting in Central Florida this week for the murder of Miami-area teen Trayvon Martin, the controversial case has rocketed back to the headlines. Fox News, however, appears to have taken a novel approach to its coverage of the tragedy, and recently invited a guest on who…
This is a story about tossing salad in prison. If you’ve seen Chris Rock’s Bring the Pain stand-up special, you might have an idea of where this story is going. But, no, it’s not actually going there. This tale actually involves lettuce…
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He’s been dubbed “Florida’s dirtiest cop,” and he finally found himself on the other side of the law this weekend after he was arrested for an incident two years ago during which he allegedly kidnapped a man who was trying to file a complaint against him…
It was a slap on the ass that ultimately cost former NFL player Chad Johnson 30 days of freedom. Johnson was in Broward County court this morning on charges that he violated his probation. A plea deal was reached that would have kept Johnson out of jail, but when the…
Deer, what are you doing with that Doritos bag on your head? You’re a deer. You’re not supposed to eat Doritos. Silly deer, get it together. Slightly humorous situation aside, this is why, after you’ve polished off an entire bag of greasy corn chips, you should take the extra 30…
Around 3 o’clock this morning, a group of friends went for a dip in the ocean off First Street on South Beach, but one member of the group didn’t make it back to shore. He wasn’t seen again until his body washed ashore a few blocks up the beach this…
A day after the funeral of Anthony Jerome Lee, better known to South Beach’s club scene as the lively drag diva Wanda, police in Tampa confirmed they have made an arrest in her startling murder. According to the Tampa Bay Times, local police have apprehended Deandre Tolliver, 23, of Lakeland,…
Rick Scott is personally reaching out to businesses in other states to try and get them to relocate to Florida. Which, OK, sure, we’re all for, but because Scott is apparently and almost comically incapable of doing anything without controversy, it seems he’s only trying to poach companies from states…
Last month, a particularly valuable piece of cargo flew into Miami International Airport from Ecuador: $625,000 worth of gold bars. Then they went missing. Today police arrested two men, a cargo handler and a pawn shop owner, who they believe to be behind the heist…
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They say what happens in Las Vegas stays in Vegas, but, to borrow a saying from Pitbull, what happens in Miami didn’t happen. So, maybe that explains why it’s such a popular destination for people to come and cheat on their spouses. Especially for New Yorkers…
Riptide has apparently been living in some naive dream world where we think that maybe, just maybe the rest of the world is warming up to the Heat. It’s been three years now since “The Decision.” The team proved itself by winning the championship last year. They went on a…
Florida, of course, is not so much a culturally unified state as it is a patchwork of distinct regions with their own mannerisms and idiosyncrasies. A series of maps taken from an North Carolina State University survey have been making the Internet rounds this week. They map out what parts…
Five-star offensive lineman KC McDermott has only been committed to the University of Miami since April, but already he has made an epic mark in the school’s legacy of “swag.” McDermott was also heavily recruited by Ohio State and their megalomanic coach Urban Meyer. Saying “no” to Meyer appears to…
LeBron James may have left salary money on the table when he decided to sign with the Miami Heat, but his back account ain’t aching too much. According to the latest Forbes calculations of the world’s most well-paid athletes, James came in fourth…
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The Internet is abuzz that the woods of Miami are infested by creepy clowns after a Redditor posted an image of an eerie decapitated joker supposedly just chilling out near a bike path in Oleta River State Park sometime last year…
Malaysian gambling conglomerate Genting has taken its plans to build a casino in Miami from its initial fast and furious blitzkrieg to a long and slow waiting game. In the latest sign that the company is no longer in a hurry to plop a mega-casino downtown, Genting has allowed a…
If you don’t even know where your significant other lives, are you really ready to walk down the aisle with that person? Thomas Edwards, 22, might be thinking about that point behind bars after he was arrested for supposedly attempting to propose in the nude but ended up at the…
Employees of the city of Miami Beach in same-sex domestic partnerships will no longer have to pay more taxes for their partner’s health insurance than their married counterparts. The City Commission today passed a landmark tax equality policy that will reimburse those employees for the difference in taxes…
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