Horse Slaughter Legal Once Again in U.S., Maybe Even in Florida

Woah, Nelly. Horse slaughter is once again legal thanks to Congress.Florida currently has some of the toughest laws against horse slaughter in the nation, but activists disagree over whether the practice could soon be booming in the Sunshine State.”If someone were to open a licensed slaughter house in Florida and…

Clubber Crime: Five Types

September’s fatal shooting at Nocturnal got us wondering: What really goes on behind the velvet ropes in Miami’s most chichi clubs? Our sickly journalist physique hardly qualified us to infiltrate the tanned and Ed Hardy-clad world, so instead we requested 12 months of police reports from one SoBe hot spot:…

Miami’s Federal Detention Center Barely Paralegal

Stripteases, sexual favors, booze, porn mags, and fat stacks of cash would be run-of-the-mill in many Miami strip clubs. But at downtown’s maximum security Federal Detention Center? Multiple attorneys interviewed by Riptide say the FDC visitor rooms have been taken over by South American pole dancers posing as paralegals for…

Environmentalists Sue to Stop Port of Miami Deep Dredge Project

Faced with up to two years of underwater blasting that they say will forever scar Biscayne Bay, local environmentalists played their last card yesterday to stop the Port of Miami “Deep Dredge” project: They sued.Now a judge will determine whether the Florida Department of Environmental Protection followed proper procedures to…