Unity on the Bay may practice worship in ways looked down upon by more conservative religious sects, but God’s good fortune has clearly blessed them in the real estate department. The iconic Edgewater church with a bayfront view has decided to put the 2-acre lot its called home since 1961…
With little advanced notice, Governor Rick Scott quietly signed the budget passed by the Republican-controlled legislature during special session, and used his line-item veto power to slash $461 million in funding from the original $78.6 billion state budget. Now several notable Republicans are criticizing Scott’s spend-thrift ways, noting that he’s…
British Billionaire Richard Branson does not know the meaning of subtly, and that was made all very clear today during his flashy press conference to announce that he’ll be launching Virgin Cruises, the latest subsidy in a Virgin empire that already includes hotels, record stores and space travel, right here…
Steve Karro, a substitute rabbi at Shaare Ezra Sephardic Congregation and a well-known local artist with his own gallery on Miami Beach, was shockingly arrested last month on charges that he molested an 11-year-old girl. Now the girl’s family claims that Karro handed the girl’s mother $500 in cash just days…
A 13-year-old got more when he expected when he stole an SUV. There was a sleeping 6-month-old baby inside. The teen eventually gave up the attempted grand theft auto reasoning, “Nah, I’m not trying to go somewhere with the baby.” The incident occurred Friday afternoon near Northeast Miami Court and 78th…
The Florida Democratic Party has a history of placing bets on safe moderates, so its no surprise that the party establishment has clustered around Rep. Patrick Murphy as their favored candidate to run for Marco Rubio’s soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat. The problem is that those safe moderates don’t actually go on…
A dispute over dog poop between two dads on Fathers’ Day turned nearly deadly yesterday in Kendall. Omar Rodriguez, 66, face charges of attempted second-degree murder after he shot Jose Rey after Rey’s dog attempted to poop on Rodriguez’s lawn. The incident happened at about 9:30 p.m. in the area of Southwest…
Bill Nelson is a 72-year-old man who has spent a total of 32 years in public office. He is Florida’s longest current serving state-wide elected politician. He flew on the space shuttle Columbia. He has literally been to space. He is a former Army captain. The man deserves some measure…
Dwyane Wade already has his own lines of ties and shoes, and pretty soon he’ll have his own underwear line too. Essentially, Wade will be providing everything a particularly classy male stripper needs in their wardrobe. Wade is the new face of Naked brand underwear, and will launch his own…
Every week a lot of of odd things happen in Florida. On Friday’s we’re here to bring you the oddest. This week: a woman who threatened to kill President Obama in hopes it would get deported, a drunk Uber driver, and a man who reported his motorcycle stolen to cover…
Miami-Dade Police Detective William Kostopoulos tried to use the cover of enforcing the law in order to break it. The 47-year-old is accused to pulling over drivers only to rob them of their money and other property. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced today that…
Though, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio’s home-state advantage in Florida may not guarantee victory in a general election (they’re both trailing Hillary Clinton in Florida), it certainly seems to be helping them among Florida primary voters. Another new poll released today by Quinnipiac shows that Bush is the frontrunner in…
Even as Donald Trump announced his campaign for President of the United States of America earlier this week, his actions were still under review by the Miami-Dade County Ethics Commission. Coincidentally, the Commission cleared Trump of any wrongdoing in a meeting yesterday. Back in late 2013, Donal Trump just happened…
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, television’s premier place for people more famous than they are funny, played host to newly minted Presidential candidate Jeb Bush last night, and the former Florida Governor did more than just sit on the couch for an interview. He joined Fallon for a special…
To give you a personal example of where Wet n’ Wild stands in the larger Florida theme park ecosystem, I’m having a hard time remember if I ever went there as a kid. I’m having distinct flashbacks to a giant park with lots of big slides that decidedly wasn’t one…
For the first time in history, Florida has two of it’s politicians running for President, but according to a new Quinnipiac poll that doesn’t mean either of them are guaranteed a win in their home state. The poll, released today, shows that Hillary Clinton still holds leads over both Jeb…
When competing forces come for a queen’s crown, the queen shouldn’t be complacent. So it’s no surprise that the Bal Harbour Shops are looking to expand and upgrade. The ritzy mall has long been not only Miami’s premier destination for upscale luxury shopping, but one of the poshest malls in…
A North Bay Road mansion on Miami Beach is going from “On the Floor” to “In the Air Tonight.” Because one former owner’s “Love Don’t Cost” a thing, but her former real estate certainly does. But when the new owner says “Take Me Home” he’ll be returning to “Another Day…
Miami-Dade Police Detective Karel Rosario had a taste in jewelry of a rich housewife and the ethics of a common crook. Rosario, a nine-year veteran of the forces, faces two felony charges after he allegedly stole $100,000 worth of pricey timepieces and jewelry by the likes of Bulgari, Cartier and…
Miami International Airport is a truly global hub that sees passengers flying in from every corner of the earth. So we’re sure our local Customs agents see plenty of odd things that turn out to be completely normal (and legal) by the passenger’s own cultural standards. But at the odds…
When Walt Disney opened the Magic Kingdom in Orlando back in 1971, tickets were just $3.50 a person. The result not only helped revolutionize Florida tourism by bringing tens of millions of extra tourists here a year, but provided a relatively budget-friendly in-state vacation for Florida families across the state…
Jeb Bush unfilled his new campaign logo this weekend ahead of his official entrance into the presidential field, and it shouldn’t be anything new to any longtime Floridians. It’s essentially just an update of the same “Jeb!” logo he’s been using for every race since 1994. Asking my father what…
