305 Photo of the Day: Dock of the Bay
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Showing 22199 - 22220 of 31909Accused Cat Killer May Blame Kitty Deaths on Wild Pit Bulls
It’s been nearly a year since Tyler Weinman was arrested and charged with a string of cat killings in the Palmetto and Cutler Bay neighborhoods. His trial isn’t even set to begin until October 25, but the Miami-Dade justice system trudges on. Weinman made an appearance in court today, during…
Jason Taylor Says Jets More “Calm,” “Positive” Than Dolphins
In 1997, when Bill Parcells was engineering a turnaround of the New York Jets, the New York Times said he was a man of two sides. One that was “loyal, brilliant, passionate, caring and uncomplicated,” and another that was “bullying, manipulative, nasty and extremely complex.” Parcells’ professional style is notoriously…
Philipe and Sherrine Mathieu Made Their Daughter Live Outside Like a Dog for Eight Years
Philipe and Sherrine Mathieu have been arrested and charged with 860 counts of child neglect after forcing their own daughter to live outside for eight years. The child, now 16, was forbidden from eating, sleeping, or even using the restroom in the family home, and was forced to do it…
Timothy Bodden Charged in Death of One-Year-Old Girl
One-year-old Kianna Meus was found dead in the North Miami home of her grandmother on Monday. Originally reports and quotes from the family indicated that the death was an accident, but now police have charged Timothy Bodden, 23, with second degree murder for the death.Bodden is the boyfriend of the…
Cloud Music Storage Software Promises Access to Your Entire Music Library From Any Computer or Cell Phone
In a perfect world, you’d be able to access your entire music library from any computer, iPhone, iPad or any other cellphone, sans USB. You wouldn’t have to transfer files or carry around a portable hard drive. Finally, that world is here, but it’s not perfect… yet. Let me introduce…
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Raices de Esperanza Aims to Change Cuba One Free Cell Phone At A Time
From anti-Castro bromides beamed for decades into Cuban airspace to Everglades training camps for squads of never-used, would-be invaders, Miami has a long, mostly futile history of trying to spark change in Cuba from afar. That’s why it’s so refreshing when someone comes up with a common-sense idea that could…
Rubio, Meek Celebrate Cuban Independence Day With Appeal For More Cash
Yesterday was Cuban independence day, a holiday as ignored by Cubans as President’s Day is by Americans. But for every Florida politician with an election coming up, it was the perfect opportunity to suck up to the pickiest voting bloc in the state. The three enemigos — Charlie Crist, Marco…
Governor Crist Declares State of Emergency in Miami-Dade Due to Oil Threat
On news that some oil had begun leaking into the Loop Current, Governor Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency for Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Collier, Lee, Charlotte and Monroe counties. A state of emergency had already been declared in the pandhandle and central Florida counties on the Gulf Coast…
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Marlins Ballpark is On Time and Under Budget
Almost everyone who opposed the new Marlins ballpark balked at the price (“yeah, just wait until it goes over budget”) and the time line (“They’ll be lucky if they’re open for the 2015 season”), but surprisingly a year after breaking ground the thing is actually on time and even slightly…
305 Photo of the Day: Tyrant Lizard
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Jury Acquits Transgender Woman of Back-Alley Silicone Injections
The 41-year-old transgender woman arrested for back-alley silicone injections was acquitted Tuesday in Flagler County Court. After an hour, a jury found her not guilty of practicing without a health care license. Donnie Hendrix, who New Times profiled last year, was convicted of the same crime in 2003. She and…
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NBC6’s Bob Mayer Set to Retire in June
South Florida Today anchor Bob Mayer has spent the majority of his career at WTVJ. He’s been there since 1969, when he started as an intern. That was back when the station was a CBS affiliate on channel 4. Since then he’s done everything from interviewing presidents to exposing dirty…
Zach Thomas to Sign With the Dolphins Again Just to Immediately Retire
Good news, Dolphans! Zach Thomas, who spent 12 years with the Dolphins and racked up seven Pro Bowl appearances, is going to re-sign with the team! Then he will immediately retire.According to the AP, this afternoon Thomas will sign a ceremonial contract and then announce his retirement as a member…
“Eat Ass” Listed as Woman’s Address on Florida Driver’s License
A Florida driver’s license has been making the Internet rounds because it accidentally lists the driver’s address simply as “Eat Ass.” Yesterday we saw a version with her face and information blurred out. Originally we thought maybe it was Ann Coulter, but the birthday was 1979 (we all know Ann…
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Outlandish Arrests and Bizarre Bans in Technology and Social Media This Week
This is definitely the week for outlandish arrests and bizarre bans in technology and social media. Bloggers are getting arrested. Internet programs are getting banned. Students are being sentenced to jail for posting images on Facebook. Frustrated tweets are being taken seriously. Here, then, are this week’s top five ridiculous…
Vladimir Santos Shot By Landlord for Not Paying Rent, Leaves Behind Three Kids and Pregnant Wife
Twenty-five-year-old Vladimir Santos has been with his wife, Maria, since they were 13. Together the couple already had three sons under the age of five, with their first little girl on the way. The young family was renting a house in North Miami Beach, but Santos was told the house…
Riptide Presents the All-Asshole Major League Baseball Team
So Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez has apologized– after much coercion–for not running after a kicked ball and then lashing out at his teammates and manager Fredi Gonzalez. He’s been reinstated into his God-given spot in the lineup, where he promptly collected three hits. But the ugly episode set the always-contemplative…
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Police Searching for Guy Who Flashed 13-Year-Old at Bus Stop
We’re not really sure what it is that drives people to expose themselves to teenagers in public. Psychologically at least. In this case we know the man was driving in a dark-colored, older- model, four-door car when he pulled up to a bus stop yesterday morning at NW 87th Avenue…
Rubberdoll Plays with Power Tools at Exxxotica
It was late afternoon on Sunday and the Exxxotica Expo was dwindling toward its end. The porn stars were bored and the cockring salesmen were counting their cash while the rest of us mooks humped along in pursuit of a few final fits of action. We were waiting for some…
Dada for Mom
At the Design District art walk this month, hordes of collectors and attenuated hipsters streamed in and out of Spinello Gallery. Mucho dinero collector Marty Margulies was there; so was Miami Art Museum board member and collector Dennis Scholl. They mixed uneasily with the hoi polloi at the opening of…
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Poor Rich People
Mary Anne Shula, wife of Hall of Fame Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula, is still raking in a fortune from her previous husband. But she’s not satisfied. In 1991, when the woman born Mary Anne Hurst divorced Little Rock investment bank tycoon Jackson T. “Jack” Stephens Sr. — her third…