Inside Grove Liquors on SW 32nd Avenue at South Dixie Highway, two leggy, long-haired brunettes in yellow Colombian national soccer team jerseys walk in front of a mound of curly blond hair that is universally familiar to the avid fútbol fan.Carlos “El Pibe” Valderrama signs autographs as the young ladies…
To hear University of Miami music school dean Shelton Berg tell it, jazz piano professor Doug Bickel was pulling stunts that would make John Coltrane blanch. The 41-year-old jazz pianist, says Berg, smoked pot in his office, tried to barbecue inside a classroom, mooned his students, and sexually harassed them…
In 2005, Dallas resident Richard Silverman returned from vacation in Costa Rica convinced the Central American paradise was a perfect spot for a second home. So after searching online, Silverman discovered something called Paragon Properties of Costa Rica. Its website was chock full of Sims-quality computer renderings of elegant villas,…
Last week we mentioned how Google TV is giving Apple TV a run for its money. Well, maybe not. Engadget received a tip on Friday that was confirmed by a source close to Apple regarding specs of the next Apple TV: Brace yourselves and hold on to your tiny remote…
Holy June! What the what? Weren’t we just at the Winter bashes of Art Basel and Winter Music Conference? Time sure does fly when you’re overworked. Still we toil on, presenting a free event for every day of the work week. For the next five days, you can dance at…
Millions of Colombians turned out to the polls yesterday to elect a new president, and the environment, Facebook, and free-thinking lost out to security, money and familiarity.That’s oversimplifying, of course, but for the last couple weeks it looked like Colombians might throw a wrench into the system by backing a…
Those hippies up in Washington state have done it again. When it comes to bicycle awesomeness, they ranked first in the nation on Friday, according to the League of American Bicyclists. But if the Pacific Northwest is the bike world’s straight-A student, Florida deserves some props too. Not for being…
Nobody pimps it harder than Ponzi schemers. Yachts, Bentleys, Bugattis, Waverunners, Ferraris, Corvettes, Cadillacs, Maseratis, Mercedes-Benzes, and Lambos … That’s just a small sampling of the super-expensive stuff that con man Scott W. Rothstein purchased with his 1.2 billion ill-gotten American dollars. Now, you could never equal Rothstein’s extravagance, right?…
While his ex-fiance Evelyn Lozada is living it up on the hit show Basketball Wives, former Heat star Antoine Walker has filed for bankruptcy. The forward helped the Heat secure their 2006 NBA championship, but his professional life has faltered ever since.The bankruptcy was filed last week in the Southern…
Print’s death rattle has birthed a new online start-up based here in Florida. The Florida Independent launched earlier this week with a focus on original, daily reporting on state and local issues. But what’s notable about the start-up is its place in a growing list of news organizations that are…
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A young man in his 20s visiting Miami for Memorial Day weekend fell to his death off the MacArthur Causeway this morning.Police say he was in a car with two friends driving toward Miami Beach when they pulled over to the shoulder, possibly to take pictures. That’s when he decided…
Color us confused. TMZ reported the Jersey Shore cast had left Miami last week, but yesterday it reported the cast was still (or back?) in town. They weren’t up to their usual hair-gelled high jinks, but rather shooting a music video with Enrique Iglesias (who we believe used to have…
One day after Phillip Merling’s arrest for allegedly punching a pregnant woman, the Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating why the Dolphins’ defensive end received special treatment during his release from jail.Merling posted $15,000 bail yesterday, but instead of going through standard procedure where inmates are released through the jail’s front door, Merling…
Last night, your Florida Marlins finished a three-game series with the Atlanta Braves and their tomahawk-choppin’ entourage (still doing that, Braves fans? Awesome.) Here’s how it all went down:Game 1, Marlins 6 – Braves 4: Tuesday night, the Braves trotted out starter Kenshin Kawakami, a guy whose season so far…
The FBI is investigating at least one member of the Miami Police Department’s undercover squad. One or more members is alleged to have stolen money and drugs from dealers. Mayor Tomés Regalado is aware of the investigation but doesn’t have details. Police Chief Miguel Exposito says the department is conducting…
The wave of the TV watching future possibly came with the advent of TiVos and the ability to DVR your favorite shows, leaving you to come and go as you please. Or maybe it was through Hulu and YouTube, when television watching was transferred from the big screen to the…
Two young boys, believed to be only 3 and 7-years-old, were the victims of random AK-47 gunfire this afternoon. Both kids were transported to a hospital, and neither appeared to have life threatening injuries. The shooting happened today around 58th Terrace and NW 12th Avenue. Police are searching for four black men wearing…
Gov. Charlie Crist, who it should be noted is no stranger to people snooping around trying to figure out his sexuality, says he would now be “inclined” to support repealing the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. It’s just the latest shift that separates Crist from his former party, and his own…
Gerald Posner has apparently landed a TV deal for Miami Babylon, a book that New Times has proved includes dozens of plagiarized passages. Cary Woods, a producer and Plum TV cofounder, tells the New York Post he plans to turn Babylon into a “tropical” version of The Wire. The Post reports…
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One of the few things that is not in short supply in Cuba is apparently condoms. The government heavily subsidizes and promotes Chinese made condoms and sells three of them for the equivalent of a U.S. penny. While this may contribute to the lowest HIV rate in the western hemisphere,…
