We Robot 2012 Conference at UM Plans for Violent Machine Uprising
We Robot 2012 Conference at UM Plans for Violent Machine Uprising
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David Rivera Cleared of State Charges Thanks to Lax Rules, Statute of Limitations UPDATE
No one really disputes the facts: While he was a powerful state representative, David Rivera accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars for an obscure post as a state “committeeman.” Investigators say he spent at least $65,000 from the funds on dry cleaning, dental bills, pet care, and even travel costs…
Haitian President Michel Martelly in Miami Hospital as Armed Ex-Troops Storm Parliament
On Monday, Haitian President Michel Martelly quietly flew to Miami for medical treatment of a blood clot in his shoulder. In case anyone in Little Haiti needed a stark reminder of how fragile their homeland’s stability remains, as Martelly recuperated yesterday in a Miami hospital, busloads of armed ex-soldiers stormed Haiti’s parliament.The…
Miami Beach Officials Arrested In Bribery Sting Had Awful Records, Yet Still Made Six Figures
When the FBI swooped into Miami Beach last week to arrest seven city workers for extorting thousands from a South Beach club, the higher-ups in City Hall shouldn’t have been shocked. The Miami Herald got their hands on the personnel records of the five code officers and two fire inspectors…
Hillary Clinton Parties at Cuban-Themed Bar, Sparks Dumbest Scandal Ever
Forget about the Secret Service agents and their Colombian hookers. Ozzie Guillen praising Fidel Castro? Old news. The raging hot scandal this morning, according more than 100 articles on Google News at last count, is that Hillary Clinton spent last night in Cartagena dancing and drinking beer at a “Cuban-themed”…
When Robots Attack: UM Conference Prepares For Mechanical Rebellion
The year: a not-too-distant future. The place: a dark Miami-Dade alley. The crime: A police robot, built and programed to recognize wanted criminals, mistakes an innocent teenager for a fugitive. As the teen flees in terror, the machine shoots to kill. Who’s responsible? The cops who deployed the killer device?…
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Twenty-One Years After New Times‘ Sean Rowe Navigated Miami By Canoe, Another Writer Is Trying Again
Twenty-one years ago, then-Miami New Times writer Sean Rowe pushed his 17-foot canoe into Biscayne Bay, jumped in — and immediately capsized. Rowe dried himself off, jumped back in, and so began a four-day journey navigating Miami-Dade via 30-miles of seldom used drainage canals. Rowe eventually passed through seven cities,…
Agustín Román, America’s First Cuban Bishop, Dies at 83
If Miami’s Cuban community had a patron saint, it was surely Agustín Román, who fled Castro with a boatload of other priests and then, as America’s first Cuban-born bishop, made such a political mark that current Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski compared him to Felix Varela.Román was found dead of a…
Marlins Traffic Disaster: We Raced by Bus, Car, Bike, Kayak, Rickshaw, and Potato Sack (VIDEO)
For months, anyone writing about the Marlins’ new ballpark has had to mention the catastrophe sure to ensue whenever 37,000 fans descend on Little Havana’s tiny side streets, only to find that Miami’s finest civil engineers included only 5,000 new parking spots. But how bad would it really be? There was only…
Protesters Outside Marlins Park Call for Ozzie Guillen’s Firing (Video)
Inside Marlins Park, Ozzie Guillen apologized for “betraying his Hispanic community,” but outside the front gates, a sizable crowd of Cuban-American protesters made it clear they were in no mood to forgive or forget his statements praising Fidel Castro.”We never can forgive what he said,” Blanco Garcia said. Click through…
Rick Scott Vetoes Bill to Give Non-Violent Drug Addicts Treatment Instead of Jail
After all time wasted in Tally by Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff this session — from the wrongheaded, like bills to bring casinos to Miami and move Dade’s reaches further into the Everglades, to the absurd, like her plan making it legal to dye animals crazy colors — it’s somehow poetic justice…
Ozzie Guillen Apologizes For Praising Fidel as Cuban Group Plans to Protest UPDATE
Yesterday, Ozzie Guillen backtracked quicker than Emilio Bonifacio evading a pickoff after Time magazine quoted him admitting he kinda respects Fidel Castro for not falling for the CIA’s best exploding cigar tricks. Guillen now says he didn’t mean to come off as a Fidelista, telling the Miami Herald that in…
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Anders Gyllenhaal, Ex-Miami Herald Editor, Made Almost $1.3 Million at McClatchy Last Year
At the Miami Herald, staffers are facing two weeks of unpaid furloughs this year and a hiring freeze has left key jobs unfilled for months. The paper’s parent company, McClatchy, saw revenues drop 8 percent last year while advertising plummeted by 9 percent. So news that McClatchy has handsomely rewarded…
How Awkward Was Muhammad Ali’s First Pitch Last Night?
On the opening night of the Marlins new ballpark, a lot of things went right: Parking wasn’t a catastrophe. The weather was South Florida perfection. On national TV, the new ballpark looked damned gorgeous — lime green facades, swimming polls and all. And in the best news of the night,…
One in Every 17 Floridians Can Carry a Concealed Gun
Ever casually glance around the supermarket and wonder just how many folks loading milk into their cart are also secretly packing heat? The answer, based on new data from the state, is one in every 17 of them. Or at least that’s how many Floridians now have valid concealed carry…
South Beach Plans for Memorial Day Weekend: Traffic Loops and DUI Checks
South Beach Plans for Memorial Day Weekend: Traffic Loops and DUI Checks
Fidel Castro May Have Photobombed His Way Onto Colombia’s 1,000 Peso Bill
There’s no denying that the guy behind the Mariel Boatlift and the Cuban Missile Crisis can cook up a damned devious trick when he wants to. But did Fidel Castro really photobomb the Colombian 1,000 peso bill?Colombia has been rumbling this week with the conspiracy theory that a young Castro’s…
North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre Played $29,000 of Soccer For Free on City Field
Anyone who plays soccer in Miami knows how frustrating it is to find a good game; fields are scarce, so either you pony up the cash for an organized game or you play free pickup on some forlorn, lumpy turf that hasn’t been mowed since the Carter Administration. As mayor…
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South Beach Prepares for Memorial Day Weekend: Traffic Loops and DUI Checks on Tap
Congrats, South Beach residents! You’ve survived the beer-bonging, glowstick-waving trafficpocalypse of spring break and Miami Music Week. Now enjoy the fresh air and (semi)abundant parking while it lasts, because you’re only a few weeks away from the massive crowds of Memorial Day weekend.Even worse news: Riptide has gotten its hands…
Want to Protest GOP Convention In Tampa? Be Ready to Pay $50, Leave Knives at Home
Attention Miami-area anarchists, liberals, and Occupiers: Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is worried about “knuckleheads” causing trouble during the Republican National Convention this August. So to keep all the Romney-disturbers in line, last night he proposed a “Clean Zone” across most of downtown Tampa where police will have broad power to…
Andrew Britt Busted For Running Meth Lab In Camper Parked On Strangers’ Lawn
Running a meth lab out of a mobile camper honestly isn’t the worst idea in the world. Actually, if AMC’s Breaking Bad is half as knowledgeable as it seems, hauling a camper into the the wilderness to cook up crystal is the safest way to evade Johnny Law. The plan…
Keys Mail Carrier Veronica Johnson Arrested For Delivering Ten-Pound Package of Pot
Veronica Johnson is Riptide’s kind of mail carrier. Mixed in with all the glossy fliers from pizza-by-the-slice places and the gas company bills, Johnson’s mailbag often included some more intriguing packages. Police say they caught her on her route on Tuesday in Marathon with a 10-pound package of weed addressed…