Steven Posner lived with abandon. Perhaps a little too much, according to county records.Posner, who died last week in a high-speed boat crash on Biscayne Bay, was an avid car and boat enthusiast. But his need for speed sometimes led him to run afoul of the law. County records show…
If state senator Evelyn Lynn has her way, there will be no more rush-hour digital hankypanky on Florida highways. In fact, there would be no more digital anything allowed while driving in the Sunshine State.Lynn’s recently introduced Senate Bill 80 would ban “text messaging, e-mail, instant messaging, or paging, while…
Heads up, Miami-Dade. Tyler Weinman is going to sue yo’ ass.Weinman, 19, was arrested last summer and charged with 19 felony counts of animal cruelty after investigators found dozens of dead cats in several Miami neighborhoods. The charges were eventually dropped, but not before Weinman was imprisoned, forced to undergo…
Anger over public spending is all the rage these days. Unemployment checks? Undeserved. The Obama stimulus plan? An abomination. Now Carlos Alvarez is facing a fierce recall campaign fueled by bitterness over his tax-heavy budget and leased BMWs. The county mayor has been forced to fight for his job like…
Win the division? Check. Knock-off Northwestern? Check.There’s not much left between Miami Central High School and its first-ever state football title. The Rockets trounced their arch-rivals last week to earn a spot in the quarterfinals tonight against South Dade. Central is favored to win, but you wouldn’t know it talking…
Miami Science Museum’s asbestos scare
The Miami Museum of Science is open once again after closing for a week to remove asbestos uncovered by a New Times investigation.The museum is back up and running just in time for a party tomorrow night to celebrate Art Basel and the unveiling of plans for a new science…
Miami may not produce delicious paella, world-class wine, or soccer teams so good an entire nation has an orgasm every time its scores.But we will soon have an art museum to rival classy Barcelona’s fancy institutions. At least, that’s what a parade of city and county officials promised today during…
“Cat owners can breathe a sigh of relief today.”That was Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez speaking in July of last year about the arrest of alleged “cat killer” Tyler Weinman. The 18-year-old was charged with 19 felony counts of animal cruelty after a score of dead cats was discovered near where…
Miami-Dade police have identified human remains found in a storage container near the Country Club of Miami as the torso of a male.Two fisherman found the container floating in a canal near NW 183rd Street and 73rd Avenue on Friday afternoon, according to Miami-Dade Detective Alvaro Zabaleta. They opened the…
Northwestern’s suffering is now over. And the executioner? Cross-town rival Miami Central.The Bulls, whose season has been plagued by off-the-field problems and an on-the-field brawl, were put out of their misery by Central on Friday night. The Rockets ran, threw, and sacked their way to a third consecutive victory over…
Miami’s Museum of Science was shut down today after the museum reported discovering asbestos in the popular Space Transit Planetarium.But museum staff had been told about the possibility of asbestos weeks before, first from an ex-employee and later from a New Times reporter last Friday.The ex-employee, Vasko Jontschev, says his…
A New Times investigation into an ex-employee’s complaints of asbestos in the Miami planetarium has led the Museum of Science to shut down temporarily…
Devonta Freeman grew up running through the thick mud on the riverbanks in Georgia. By the time he was a teenager, he was sprinting for cash on the street corners of Little Haiti.Now the 18-year-old running back is lighting up South Florida defenses as one of the stars of the…
In a report on HIV released this morning, Human Rights Watch criticizes Florida and other southern states for neglecting the epidemic and, in some cases, fueling the deadly disease.The report, “Southern Exposure: Human Rights and HIV in the Southern United States,” lambasts the Sunshine State and the rest of the…
For a company that’s in the business of providing light, FPL apparently likes to keep some things in the dark.Last month a jury found Florida Power & Light partly responsible for an accident at the Port of Miami in 2004 that left longshoreman Willie Walker crippled. Walker’s attorneys say FPL…
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Hell hath no fury like the typo-ridden scorn of a retired Miami policeman denied his franks and beans. At least, that’s the impression we got this morning when we looked in our mailbox and found a doozy of a letter to the editor.Apparently, the Miami Police Benevolent Association’s yearly barbecue…
Just when you think God has forgotten about South Florida, he goes and completely makes up for it by sending hordes of hideous lionfish our way.We know what you’re thinking: But Riptide, isn’t that a bad thing?Not if you get to kill them with a clean conscience, dear reader. And…
Brace yourself. This news is as newsy and shocking as it gets: Hugo Chávez is running for president… again.The Venezuelan comandante has been in office for 12 years and has said he plans to stay there — elections willing — for another decade. But Chávez made his plans for 2012…
