Well, consider this a win in the battle against using public money to pay for professional sports facilities. The Associated Press reports that Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has dropped his push for public financing to fund renovations to the aging Sun Life Stadium and will soon announce he’ll pay…
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The popularity of public transit in Miami-Dade still lags behind several comparable counties, but Miami-Dade Transit saw a healthy bump in ridership in 2013, according to a new report from the American Public Transportation Agency (APTA).. Last year, 110,926,500 trips were taken via Miami-Dade Transit (MDT). That’s up from 108,432,700…
It’s a twisted Florida version of Romeo and Juliet. Except it’s the parents who (almost) ended up dead instead of the young lovers. A 13-year-old girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend near Ocala concocted a plan to kill the girl’s parents so the two could be together and it got as…
Perhaps the only thing more deplorably than holding up a Boy Scout trying to raise funds for his troop at gunpoint is doing the same to a Girl Scout, but then at least you’d get some Thin Mints and Tagalongs. A man who robbed a 12-year-old Boy Scout down in…
Spring Training has barely started and already the Miami Marlins are the punchline of Major League Baseball. The team raised some eyebrows last week when word leaked that team executives were furious that the Boston Red Sox showed up to a game with a roster missing most of their star…
Ana Alliegro, the woman at the center of one of Miami’s strangest political sagas, has been arrested in Nicaragua and will be deported back to America. She’s wanted on conspiracy, illegal campaign donations and false statements. See Also: Exclusive: Miami New Times Finds David Rivera’s Missing Pal Ana Alliegro…
Ebony Wilkerson has been identified as the pregnant woman who drove a minivan with her three children inside into the Atlantic Ocean off of Daytona Beach earlier this week. The 32-year-old South Carolina woman has now been charged with attempted murder as more details of the incident come forward. See…
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You know how Nancy Grace always gives terrible mothers nicknames like “Tan Mom” and “Tot Mom?” Well, we’re just going to christen Irisdaly Rios with the tabloid-worthy name of “Chonga Mom,” because, if you’re talking trash she’ll beat you after class. See, Rios has been caught on camera beating one…
The Raleigh Hotel might be about to get a new owner and it’s someone very familiar to your mid-90s wardrobe. Yes, Tommy Hilfiger is in final talks to purchase the historic South Beach Hotel and plans to turn it into a private member’s only club and hotel…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Can the Miami Marlins be any more pathetic? The team hosted the Boston Red Sox, the defending World Champions, at spring practice today and charged fans a premium price for tickets. Though, the Red Sox showed up with a lineup devoid of star power and with only two players in…
So we all know what happens when a python tries to eat an alligator, but what about when one of those adorable little otters tries? Well, the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge has photographically answered that question on Facebook …and apparently otters ain’t nothing to mess with…
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CoEd.com has unveiled their 20 trashiest Spring Break destinations for 2014, and Miami came in on the list at number 7. God damn it, we did not just build a brand new Herzog & De Meuron art museum to be branded as a trashy Spring Break destination with the likes…
It’s the constant dilemma of Miami Beach. On one hand its tourism economy relies on it being on the world’s undeniable party hot spots. On the other it’s also supposed to be a relaxing subtropical paradise where one should not be bothered by the tikitiki music coming from the Gatsby-wannabe…
Regelio Lopez, 20 of Richamond, Virginia, apparently had big dreams of heading I-95 and starting a new life in Miami. The problem is he didn’t have anyone to move with. Even his own mother wouldn’t come. So he stuffed her in his trunk and tried to make her move anyway…
When LeBron James’ black mask made its debut most people compared it to DC Comics’ Batman, but it turns out that Marvel Comics’ wants a piece of that publicity too. Marvel Illustrator Greg Land sketched up a Captain America-like mask for LeBron and Tweeted out…
Dramatic footage of the aftermath of a pregnant woman driving her Honda Odyssey into the sea with her three children inside has surface. Little is known yet about the woman’s identity or what lead to her driving into the ocean…
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When it comes to journalism TMZ is a master at getting a juicy scoop and jokers at just about everything else. Today Miami Beach Police released the first video of Justin Bieber taking a urine test. It’s from a weird angle where you can barely make out whats happening. TMZ…
