When Charles Martin took over the South Beach AIDS Project (SoBAP) in 2005, he revamped the nonprofit’s outdated image by reaching out to young, gay blacks and Hispanics. He traveled to conferences around the world and pulled in state and federal grants to combat HIV.But in the past year, Martin…
Two months ago we wrote about the bizarre case of Yathomas Riley, an undefeated heavyweight boxer from Florida City accused of trying to kill his girlfriend in 2010. Prosecutors claim that Riley shot Koketia King in a jealous rage. But the boxer and his family argue that King tried to…
If the Heat wins tonight, it will be a citywide fist punch to the fart box of all the haters around the world. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook can go back to wearing their lensless glasses in the obscurity of Oklahoma City. And Charles Barkley can quietly choke on his…
Michael Salzhauer, Miami’s Wackiest Plastic Surgeon, Risks Everything for Internet Fame
Dr. Michael Salzhauer is a damn good plastic surgeon. He’s pretty damn controversial, too, thanks to his many publicity stunts. Earlier this year, he attained Internet infamy with a music video entitled “Jewcan Sam (A Nose Job Love Song).” Critics called him anti-Semitic.Now he’s at it again with a spoof…
In bars, as in life, there is one all-important rule: don’t mess with a good thing. That explains why The Abbey Brewing Co. was an easy choice for this year’s “best bar renovation.” For years, the small saloon has been our go-to for good conversation and great beer. When it…
For 23 years, a pair of pert, painted, pasty-clad tits has greeted anyone strolling along 14th Street on South Beach. On any given day, you’ll find a small crowd of locals, European tourists, and the odd bum gazing up at the vibrant mural of a mermaid riding on the back…
Last year, we made some rather foolhardy predictions about the NBA finals and ended up with a tattoo of Jason Terry indelibly inked on our pale white ass. So this year, we are avoiding any claims of clairvoyance and appealing to a baser emotion: pure, unbridled hatred.Yes, the Miami Heat…
Maritime and Science Technology (MAST) Academy is one of Miami’s best public schools. Each year, the magnet on the Rickenbacker Causeway draws 560 kids from across Dade and turns them into aspiring doctors, scientists, and engineers. Now, however, cash-strapped Miami-Dade County Public Schools appear ready to sell that small-school soul…
Archbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski likes to say that he’s “political with a capital P,” meaning he doesn’t tow a particular party line. And in his two years in charge of South Florida Catholics he has, in fact, criticized everyone from Barack Obama to Marco Rubio and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. But…
Federal prosecutors announced today the arrest of 13 men and women for their involvement in a massive network of marijuana grow houses in Miami.Feds say that the network was run by baby-faced con Gilberto Santiesteban Jr. and three of his brothers. According to several indictments, the family operated grow houses…
For the past week, rumors regarding the Miami Zombie attack have been going bananas on the Internet. In one version, face-eater Rudy Eugene was infected with something called the LQP-79 virus. A website and YouTube video devoted to the supposed outbreak racked up over 10,000 views in less than 24…
Republicans are fond of saying that unions are corrupt, opaque, and lazy. It’s a mantra of theirs, right up there with de-funding Planned Parenthood and telling liberals to get their god-damned, latte-drinking hands off of their firearms.But not even in their wildest labor-bashing wet dreams could they have imagined the…
Somewhere in Biscayne Bay there is a pod of manatees laughing their fat, mossy asses off.Aristides Lorenzo Rodriguez, 43, was sentenced to a year of probation yesterday for repeatedly violating speed limits in a manatee zone. Clearly, a federal judge Jonathan Goodman is trying to scare Rodriguez into giving a…
For the past month, British adventurer Dave Cornthwaite has peddled a small bike-car from Memphis to Miami. Along the way he’s burned more calories than the Miami Marlins’ entire roster and braved hordes of alligators, snakes, and blood-sucking mosquitoes. But the most dangerous creature he’s met is one Miami knows…
NATO 3’s Bumbling Miami Background
Two weeks ago, Chicago police announced that they had thwarted a devilish plot by three “Black Bloc” anarchists with ties to Occupy Miami. Cops arrested Brian Church, Jared Chase, and Brent Betterly as they were allegedly in the middle of making Molotov cocktails they planned to throw at targets around…
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is one of the Democratic Party’s fiercest defenders of Israel. She was the first Jewish congresswoman elected from Florida, she backed George W. Bush’s hardline approach to peace negotiations in Palestine, and she was instrumental in the U.S. declaring May “Jewish American Heritage Month.”But apparently that wasn’t…
Eduardo Saverin, Miami-Raised Facebook Founder, Slammed Over Renouncing U.S. Citizenship to Avoid Taxes
Miami-Dade Police Lured Robbers to the Redland, Then Shot Them
A husband and wife are suing their Miami doctor over a botched circumcision that left their infant son with a “unsightly… and permanently scarred” penis. Steven and Keka Lorenzana of Coral Gables filed suit against South Miami ob/gyn Lissette Molina on May 11. The suit claims that Molina botched their…
For the first time, Facebook will put its stock up for public sale today. The company will instantly land at least $16 billion, pushing its value to well over $100 billion. Wunderkind CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be the obvious winner, but hundreds of other investors are also in line for…
