Back in 1988, the Miami Herald published a story claiming that Colorado Senator and then Democratic presidential hopeful Gary Hart was having an affair with 29-year-old, Miami-based model Donna Rice. It ruined Hart’s political career and presidential aspirations, and changed political reporting forever by affirming that a candidate’s sex scandals…
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As Miami’s real estate market has boomed to glittering new heights of luxury since 2010, the area’s median household income remains the second lowest of any major metro area while poverty has continued to increase. It’s embarrassing, if not depressing. See also: Miamians Can’t Afford to Buy Condos in Miami…
We imagine an entry from a history book 1,000 years in the future will read like this: “Though automobiles were present across the globe, few countries worshipped their cars quite like the United States. In the suburbs, Americans tended to build rooms for their cars in their homes as if…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here every Friday morning to give you the week’s weirdest. This week: Refrigerator emergencies, shoplifting toddlers, and sex crimes at a yoga class…
The U.S. Coast Guard will be unloading 719 kilograms of cocaine today at its station in Miami Beach. That comes with an estimated street value of about $23 million. The coke was intercepted in the Caribbean on September 8 by Coast Guard Cutter Bear…
Miami may be looking to the past for its public transportation future. In the ’20s and ’30s, streetcars zoomed through the city of Miami, and now city commissioners have renewed a push to bring them back. According to Miami Today, the plan had gained steam back in 2006 but lost…
Star quarterback Jameis Winston was suspended for half a game this week for shouting “Fuck her right in the pussy” around FSU’s campus. There are probably think pieces or at least pointed tweets to write about how Winston caught more punishment for this than some of his other alleged misdeeds…
A 24-year-old tourist who took a late-night stroll down the sands off of South Beach ended up running away after fighting off a man who tried to rape her. The woman and her boyfriend were walking in the area of 200 block of Ocean Drive at about 3 a.m. last…
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Floridians may be set to head to the polls in November to legalize medical marijuana, but could individual cities still ban smoking medical pot anyway? Bonita Springs, Florida, is going to try and is already drafting an ordinance banning smoking in public. Which is slightly funny because Bonita Springs’ most…
Who is behind exMiami, a curious blog that details development around town? Well, no one seems to know, and, of course, any mystery in Miami must have some nefarious explanation. Right? Well, maybe, maybe not. Yesterday, blogger Al Crespo alleged, with little evidence, that PR maven Tadd Schwartz of Schwartz…
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Giancarlo Stanton, the Marlins’ sole source of hope, was escorted off the field last week after getting nailed in the face by a fastball thrown by Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Mike Fiers in an incident that later almost triggered a bench-clearing brawl. A fastball to the face is no small injury,…
City ranking are fun (*cough* *cough*), but depending on the data used (if any) you can get some very different results. In fact, this week Miami Beach was named both Florida’s most livable city and its most dangerous city by different websites…
Comedian-turned-political-rabble-rouser Steve Berke may have lost his latest bid for Miami Beach mayor, but he hasn’t given up on spreading the message of his pet political project: legalized pot. Berke is back with a stab at viral video campaigning with a pro-medical marijuana parody of “You’re The One That I…
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Donna Shalala hasn’t even left yet, but already the University of Miami’s party school reputation is back. Playboy released its list of the top ten party schools this year, and the University of Miami comes in at number seven. See also: Donna Shalala Announces Plans to Retire From University of…
Is Kevin Olsen the next Seantrel Henderson? He’s starting to seem like yet another highly touted University of Miami recruit who will end up being remembered more for his off-the-field antics. Olson was arrested and booked at 4 a.m. this morning for driving under the influence and for possession of…
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George Zimmerman, the man who killed unarmed Miami teenager Trayvon Martin, has allegedly threatened to kill again. Zimmerman was involved in a road-rage incident near Orlando and allegedly asked another driver, “Do you know who I am?,” undoubtedly referring to his known status as a someone who taken another person’s…
It’s not been a good week for troubled ex-congressman David Rivera. First, a former confidant was sentenced to a slap on the wrist for her role in running a puppet primary candidate against Rivera’s political rival Joe Garcia, with everyone suspecting that when he’s eventually charged he’ll take the blunt…
