At 88 years old and rarely seen in public, Fidel Castro firmly represents Cuba’s past. Yet with all talk lately about the possibilities for the future of Cuba after President Barack Obama’s announcement that he’ll work to normalize relations with the island nation, the Cuban media decided to trot out…
Barack Obama and Rick Scott may not have that much in common politically, but both the president’s and the governor’s recently proposed budgets had one similarity: lots of money for the restoration of the Florida Everglades. Last month Scott set aside $150 million in his budget for the Everglades as…
Do you think you have the worst boss in the world? More than likely, that’s probably a bit of an exaggeration — unless you worked for Wilda Rodriguez, Victor Cabrera, and Teresa Ramirez. The three were managers at the former Airbus Alliance LLC and were recently ranked 64th on eBossWatch’s…
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Most Dolphins fans were left shaking their damn heads last night after their archrivals, the New England Patriots, collected yet another Lombardi trophy. To make matters worse, Pitbull, Flo Rida, and Rick Ross, Miami’s three biggest rappers at the moment and all supposed Dolphins fans, decided to spend last night…
National attention on the Miami Heat has settled down this season without LeBron James around, but that hasn’t stopped TNT’s resident loudmouth from finding new and innovative ways of picking on the team. Yesterday, Dwyane Wade earned a berth on the All-Star roster for the 11th consecutive season. Barkely, naturally,…
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The Miss Universe pageant may have given international exposure to the city of Doral (despite technically not being held there), but the back-and-forth between the city government and Donald Trump has certainly given local exposure to how odd local politics can be. Just a few weeks after publicly declaring that…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here every Friday morning to give you the week’s weirdest…
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Kerry Pierre appears to be artist Romero Britto’s scariest fan. The 33-year-old has been arrested twice in the past seven days for allegedly harassing the artist and his staff at Britto’s Lincoln Road studio. In fact, Pierre has a history of stalking and harassing Miami’s most notable pop artist that…
Granted, New York was in the midst of a blizzard, but Howard Stern didn’t seem too keen on his home base for the past 30 years. On Monday, the shock jock opined that he wished he could move his entire show to Florida and that, in fact, he just kind…
Despite popular misconception, it does occasionally get certifiably cold in Miami. Sure, not freezing, or even snow-producing, but it gets cold. This, of course, happens rarely, even in wintertime, so when a cold front does hit, Miamians tend to lose their damn minds. Here are a few things that happen…
In 2009, President Barack Obama promised to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, but he still hasn’t quite gotten around to it. Now he has an even tougher and possibly more controversial decision to make. Cuban President Raúl Castro has demanded that in order to officially normalize relations between…
After a 41-year hiatus, the federal government is moving back into the Freedom Tower. At least on a part-time basis. The U.S. Department of State has reached an agreement with Miami Dade College, current owner of the iconic building in downtown Miami, to use portions of the tower as its…
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Rick Scott unveiled his proposed budget today, and it contains $673 million in tax cuts at a time when the state is sitting on a $1 billion surplus. Interestingly, those cuts would most likely save the middle class some dough by lowering taxes on their cell phone and cable bills,…
Police can’t even seem to break up a dog fight without the use of bullets. Miami-Dade Police opened fire on two escaped pet dogs that got into a fight with a police K9 yesterday afternoon. One of the dogs died, while the other is in an animal hospital requiring serious…
Here’s the good news: The Miami Dolphins just need to add eight above-average players to their roster to be Super Bowl contenders. That’s not that many. The bad news? Of the 30 teams that didn’t make the Super Bowl this year, the Dolphins rank 17th in how many “good” or…
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Those of you with Apple iPhones running iOS 8 were probably notified today there’s an update to the operating system. Most of the updates are relatively minor, but there’s one big one that may very well be a result of a class-action lawsuit brought upon the tech giant by two…
Miami may have tons of Cuban influence, but sometimes we forget that the closest foreign country to our shores is the Bahamas. Bimini is just a little more than 52 miles off the coast of downtown Miami (that’s closer than West Palm Beach), and a developer claims you’ll actually be…
