Booze Bills Could Help Florida’s Craft Alcohol Industry
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Florida Man Arrested for Motorcycle Chase Caught on Buddy’s Helmet Camera
A life lesson for Miami’s legion of borderline-insane bikers: If you’re going to lead police on a high-speed chase, make sure your buddy isn’t filming the whole thing on his helmet camera. Sure, it makes great YouTube fodder, but if police catch your friend, your own daring escape won’t mean…
Marlins Threaten to Sue Longtime Season-Ticket Holders Who Complained About View-Obscuring Sign
First the Marlins alienated every taxpayer in Miami with their stadium deal. Then they pissed off every casual fan with a mass offseason firesale. Now the team is burning bridges with the only true-blue Fish fanatics left — longtime season-ticket holders.That’s how Jan and Bill Leon are feeling, at least…
Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado To Unveil “Profound” Mystery Lawsuit
In a few hours, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and Commissioner Marc Sarnoff will announce a mysterious new lawsuit they promise will have a “profound” impact on Overtown, Omni and downtown Miami. What could it be? New regulations for Ultra Music Fest? Stricter controls on police? JETPACKS FOR EVERYONE?Nah, chances are…
University of Central Florida on Lockdown After Police Find Explosives, Dead Man in Dorm UPDATE
When police at the University of Central Florida responded to a fire alarm in a dorm early this morning, they found a nightmare scenario: one man dead of a gunshot wound inside a dorm room full of improvised explosives and heavy weaponry.UCF has now canceled classes and evacuated hundreds of…
Key West Man Arrested For Breaking Into Airport To Steal Beer
If Jimmy Buffett hasn’t already written a sappy acoustic ballad about the foibles of Thomas Knight, it’s probably only a matter of time. The 57-year-old Conch had such a strong hankering for another cold one, local police say, that he broke into the Key West Airport to steal a six…
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Fla. Legislators, Including Miami Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, Took $1 Million From Internet Gaming Front
When the dust clears, will Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll be the only Florida politician whose career goes up in smoke over the federal bust of an Internet gaming ring posing as a veterans’ charity? An AP investigation this morning suggests not, because Carroll was far from the only one in…
Ultra Music Festival Stage Collapses During Sound Check, Several “Critically” Injured UPDATED
A stage has collapsed in Bayfront Park during a sound check for this weekend’s Ultra Music Festival, injuring several and sending police cruisers and ambulances swarming to the park. At least three people are en route to local hospitals, and several more are being treated at the scene, Gossip Extra…
Nine Mile Music Festival Trashed Virginia Key
Nine Mile Music Festival Trashed Virginia Key
Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll Resigns Over Ties to Racketeering Case
Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll resigned this morning over ties to a nonprofit busted by the IRS and Secret Service on racketeering and fraud charges. It’s a shocking end to a stormy tenure for Carroll, who managed to turn a lesbian-love-affair scandal into an insult to the LGBT community and…
MDPD Kills Man Who Jumped Into Cruiser, Tried to Run Down Cops
What started as a simple check into a man suspiciously peering into cars on a residential block in southwest Dade turned into a violent showdown when the suspect jumped into a police cruiser and tried to run down the cops.Before he could strike any police, though, an officer shot and…
Man in Wheelchair Shoots Up Lincoln Road Bar After Arguing Over Seating
Ernesto Velazquez did not want to sit outside last night. In fact, the 29-year-old who uses a wheelchair was so insulted when a waitress at Finnegan’s 2 tried to give him a table on Lincoln Road Mall that he pulled out a pistol and fired into the air.Panicked managers called…
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Seventy-Year-Old Florida Man Shoots and Kills His 41-Year-Old Wife’s Lover
Five months ago in Brandon, Florida, 70-year-old Ralph Lewis Wald married his neighbor Johnna Flores. Flores is 29 years younger than Wald, who also notched his fifth wife in the ceremony. That doesn’t mean he wasn’t as jealous as any newlywed, though.So when he walked out of his bedroom for a…
Nine Mile Music Festival Trashed Virginia Key Last Weekend, Marine Students Say
Sean Bignami was taking his usual Sunday-afternoon jog through Virginia Key when his jaw dropped at what he saw: Covering the usually pristine island was a sea of garbage, swirling over protected dunes and floating away into Bear Cut. Bignami quickly realized that revelers at the Nine Mile Music Festival…
Marco Rubio Takes Rap Obsession to Senate Floor, Quotes Wiz Khalifa, Jay-Z in Filibuster
Marco Rubio has never been shy about his rap fandom, telling GQ that Tupac’s “Killuminati” is among his favorite songs and offering Spotify playlists packed with Kanye, Pitbull, and Flo Rida.But last night probably marked the first time Rubio took his hip-hop love to the Senate floor, where he quoted…
Florida Legislature’s Weirdest Bills of 2013
Florida Legislature’s Weirdest Bills of 2013
Miami Marlins Refuse Venezuelan Team a Moment of Silence for Hugo Chavez
You could trace the Miami Marlins’ tailspin to last April, when new manager Ozzie Guillen pissed off the most important exiles in town by praising Fidel Castro. Surely the team had that fiasco in mind when news of the death of Miami’s second-most-hated strongman, Hugo Chávez, was announced shortly before…
Hugo Chavez Is Dead
After months of battling a recurring bout of cancer, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has died. His vice president, Nicolas Maduro, announced the news on Venezuelan television about a half-hour ago, at 4:30 p.m., CNN reports.His death is likely to lead to political turmoil in a nation he’s dominated for the…
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As Chavez’s Condition Worsens, Government Asks Supporters to Be “On War Footing”
Venezuela’s government inched closer last night to admitting what its opponents have been saying for months: Hugo Chávez is on death’s door. A government spokesman announced that Chávez’s condition has become “very delicate” after another round of strong chemotherapy.More worrying, Communications Minister Ernesto Villegas also called on Chávez’s supporters to…
Florida’s Best, Worst, and Weirdest Bills as Tallahassee’s 2013 Session Kicks Off
Every spring, they pour into Tallahassee like a gaggle of clowns falling out of a tiny car, except much less funny and far more harmful to Florida’s residents. They’re members of the Florida House of Representatives, and as 2013’s legislative session opens this week, they’re set to wreak havoc on…
Hugo Chavez Is “Battling For His Life,” Venezuelan VP Confirms
OK, so those rumors flying around Twitter that Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has been brain dead since last weekend may not be true. But that doesn’t mean Chavez is recovering well from his latest bout with cancer.Venezuela’s vice president confirmed this morning that Chavez is in fact “battling for his…
Florida Man Swallowed, Likely Killed by Giant Sinkhole Under His Bed
Among the many natural calamities in Florida that are foreign to the average American — killer alligators, Category 5 hurricanes, bath-salts abusing maniacs — sinkholes are perhaps the most quietly terrifying. Think about it: At this very minute, you could be standing on a small layer of swampy dirt ready…