In 1972, a nonprofit group came up with a brilliant idea: Create a three-mile-long artificial reef off the South Florida coast using 2 million old tires. Goodyear donated the rubber, Broward County forked over the funds, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed off. The plan quickly went to…
When Fidel Castro swept down from the mountains and routed Fulgencio Batista’s forces, one of the first things his revolutionary regime did was to seize the property of American citizens and companies.In the more than 50 years since, nearly 6,000 American citizens have filed certified claims against the Cuban government…
More than two dozen cops swarmed Occupy Miami’s Overtown safehouse yesterday afternoon after responding to what appears to have been a bogus terrorism tip The raid was the second on Occupy Miami in the past six weeks. On January 31, Miami-Dade cops evicted protesters from Government Center. This time it…
For years, Miami has been a movie wasteland. Despite stellar recent shorts by local filmmakers like Lucas Leyva, Jillian Mayer, and the rest of the Borscht family, good full-length films are as rare as snowflakes in the Magic City. (Renting Snow Dogs, Miami Vice, or Marley & Me is the…
A Miami condo king fudges a famous relative
Miami condo king Cristiano Piquet says Formula 1 champion Nelson Piquet is his uncle
Cristiano Piquet has it all: fast cars, luxury boats, beautiful women, and a booming business. Since 2005, Piquet Realty has sold hundreds of millions of dollars of prime Miami condos to his fellow Brazilians. His handsome, freckled face has graced business segments on CNN and Al Jazeera. He even has…
In an epic political fail for Senate Republicans, the Florida Supreme Court ruled this morning that recent redistricting efforts amount to illegal gerrymandering.”We conclude that the challengers have demonstrated that the Senate plan… violates the constitutional requirements,” Justice Barbara Pariente wrote in a 5-2 majority opinion. She argued that politicians…
Today is one of our least favorite times of the year: the final day of the Florida legislative session. It’s like the dying moments of a drunken high school party, when everyone makes hasty, poor decisions that they will come to regret. So, how have our duly elected representatives spent…
Peyton Manning is one fickle football bastard. Just hours after leaving the Indianapolis Colts in a teary press conference, the quarterback arrived in Miami on a private jet yesterday evening. But just as Dolfans and local media thought they had their hands on the NFL veteran, Manning called an audible, saying:…
Bungling criminal Miguel Esquilin dropped his booking photo while robbing a liquor store
Robert Andrew Powell, ex-New Times writer, chronicles soccer in deadly Juarez
When Rafael Quinones Jimenez arrived in Orlando on a flight from his native Guatemala on Friday, U.S. Customs inspectors noted that he was “very nervous and was sweating profusely.” For good reason. When they searched his luggage they found seven pounds of heroin disguised as candy lollipops.So how many licks…
Florida is not known for its criminal brilliance. Just in the last past month, the Sunshine State has seen a meth addict accidentally burn down the state’s oldest tree, a drunk driver rear-end another car while wearing a butt plug, and a man arrested for masturbating while making monkey sounds…
“The bodies slump on the ground next to a car parked in the store’s drive-through lane. The car is a white Dodge Intrigue with Colorado plates like mine and a soapy For Sale sign scribbled onto its tinted back glass. Two bullets flew through the passenger-side window, one for each…
An art deco hotel on South Beach is locked in a battle with the federal government over the kind of accusations that have gotten the 99 percent so riled up recently. The U.S. Department of Labor says the Cavalier Hotel and Crab Shack on Ocean Drive owes its employees $160,000…
A handful of family members and friends gathered last night at 8 p.m. at La Ermita de la Caridad to say goodbye to Raúl Galindo, the king of the Cuban sandwich. It was a sad, sudden end to what had been a lively life spent behind lunch counters in Havana, Chicago,…
The fight over Biscayne Bay is heating up.Environmentalists who have sued to stop the Port of Miami’s Deep Dredge have adopted a new tactic: a public appeal for sympathy — and funds — to stop the controversial project. Meanwhile, a bill is barreling through the Florida Senate that will force…
What do an aspiring pop star, a South Beach music mogul, Florida’s most powerful lobbyist, and Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade have in common? They’re all involved in one of the most bizarre, sordid recording-industry lawsuits ever filed in Miami-Dade County, complete with allegations of backstabbing, unsolicited foot-licking, and sexual…
All Samuel Douglas Day wanted was to sit down at a beach-side restaurant on a Saturday night, eat a good steak, and drink a beer. He really didn’t want to deal with anything else. Like his tab, for instance. So Day allegedly left the restaurant without paying — then threatened…
What do an aspiring pop star, a South Beach music mogul, Florida’s most powerful lobbyist, and Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade have in common? They’re all involved in one of the most bizarre, sordid recording-industry lawsuits ever filed in Miami-Dade County, complete with allegations of backstabbing, unsolicited foot-licking, and sexual assault.Phyllisia…
This week’s profile of Otis Wallace raises serious questions about corruption in Florida City, from accusations of bribery and secret real estate deals to stolen votes. The article also reveals for the first time FBI and Miami-Dade investigations into the mayor and his administration.To help you sort through the evidence,…
Carlos Lopez-Cantera is having a helluva week in Tallahassee. On Monday, the Miami-based state rep requested an amendment to Florida law so that the City of Miami wouldn’t have to pay taxes on the new Marlins Stadium parking garages — never mind that such an exemption is probably unconstitutional. On…
