Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with “rent boy”
Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with “rent boy”
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Who vandalized Hanley Ramirez’s cars?
Mold and sick teachers at Shenandoah Elementary
Mold and sick teachers at Shenandoah Elementary
Ski slopes and mayoral sleaze in North Miami
Ski slopes and mayoral sleaze in North Miami
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s reign of terror becomes state policy, thanks to Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce and Gov. Jan Brewer
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s reign of terror becomes state policy, thanks to Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce and Gov. Jan Brewer
Magic City Casino gets a big tax cut
Magic City Casino gets a big tax cut
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NARTH Responds to Rekers’ Eurotrip With a Non-Response (Updated)
By now, you’ve likely read about George Alan Rekers, the luxuriously mustachioed Christian fundie and co-founder of the Family Research Council, whom we caught coming home from Europe with a young male escort. Rekers claims his ill health necessitated hiring the boy as a luggage handler — or high-price bellboy,…
Comptroller Carolyn Modeste Accused of Stealing Over $200,000 from Miami Shores
As Comptroller of Miami Shores 44-year-old Carolyn Modeste was in charge of the village’s bank accounts. Now the public servent has been arrested from stealing $203,293.70 between September 2007 and September 2008.According to Miami Shore Police, instead of placing cash fees paid by citizizens in the banks, she’d instead put…
Decapitated Goat Found a Quarter Mile From New Times Building
To the person or people who lost their sacrificial goat — don’t worry, we found it. You can reclaim it at the end of NE 25th Street, just over the sea wall.Unless someone calls in the team from CSI: Miami, there’s no way of knowing if this poor animal was…
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Jay Leno Tells Something Resembling a Joke About Dr. Rekers Rent Boy Scandal
While Jay Leno wasn’t taking classless lowblows at Conan O’Brien during last night’s monologue he found time to tell a “joke” about New Times’ scoop on Dr. George Rekers…
305 Photo of the Day: Shady Lady and Bright Art
Today’s photo comes from Rober1000x’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr group…
Man Armed With Toy Gun Puts University of Miami on Lockdown
For the second time in less than a year, the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus was put on a brief lockdown after police suspected an armed man was on the loose. The latest incident occurred today, according to CBS4, and just like last time, the man was caught and…
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Dan Fanelli, Alan Grayson’s Tea Party Opponent, Runs Pro-Racial Profiling Ad
Hot liberal mess Congressman Alan Grayson is one of the Tea Party movement’s biggest congressional targets for 2010. Respected politician Dan Webster, who served in the state legislature from 1980 until 2008, is the biggest name and presumed front runner in the Republican primary. That hasn’t stopped a tea party-affiliated…
Photo: Anti-Gay Activist George Rekers and His Rent Boy at Miami International Airport
Here’s the photo referred to in yesterday’s story about anti-gay activist George Rekers and his rent-boy. Note that Mr. Rekers is handling the baggage. So who’s helping whom?…
Rent Boy Customer Dr. George Rekers’ Damage Control: Jesus Hung Out with Prostitutes Too
Yesterday, a report from New Times contributors Penn Bullock and Brandon K. Thorp went up bringing to light the fact that Dr. George Rekers, a leading “scientific” voice in the anti-gay movement, had hired a male prostitute who advertises on an explicit gay website as a travel companion. The internet…
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Divorce Lawsuit: Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union Accused of Engaging in Sexual Foreplay In Front of Children
Dwyane Wade’s divorce continues to be one of the nastiest in recent sports history, and now his ex-wife Siohvaughn Wade filed a bombshell new lawsuit. The suit however isn’t against Wade, its against his Hollywood actress girlfriend Gabrielle Union. She’s seeking more than $50,000 from the actress.Siohvaughn claims that Union…
Magic City Casino, Pari-Mutuels Get Millions In Tax Cuts By Lobbying, Union Busting
Today, under the council oak tree, Charlie Crist will powwow with the Seminole Tribe. At their Hollywood casino, the powerful tribe will host the signing ceremony of the Seminole Compact, a gaming deal that is expected to generate billions for the state, and many more for the already flush Seminoles,…
Jeb Bush Finally Acknowledges His Love for Marco Rubio
For months now Jeb Bush has had to keep his political love for Marco Rubio silent in deference to Charlie Crist. But now that Crist is running as an independent (a move that, at least in the short run, seems to be paying off), Bush is free to shout his…
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Manuel Diaz’s Weird Wine Scam Ripped Off the Elderly
Manuel Diaz, 60, of Hialeah, has been caught in a weird wine scam. The con artist suggested to several elderly people that a case of wine might be the perfect present for the birthdays of friends, loved ones, and even, apparently, their doctors. He told his victims that he’d deliver…
Soledad O’Brien Peddles Documentary in Hot Pink Dress and Killer Heels
The University of Miami’s Cosford Cinema’s breezeway was decorated with a sweet Bacardi cocktail layout last night. High tables were dressed in green and orange hues of the “U.” Nearly 200 people came to catch a sneak peak of CNN’s Soledad O’Brien’s newest documentary, Rescued. The one-hour doc describes the…
Social Media Addiction Now Akin to Drug and Alcohol Addictions? We Don’t Think So
@Everyone I think I’m a social media addict. Can’t stop clicking every link. #ISpeakIn140characters #HaveAProblem #NeedHelp. RT! Seems I’m not the only one to transition from everyday Facebooker (my gateway drug) to Twitter. Finding out about news and events before they’ve reached the mainstream is its own high, and re-tweeting…
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Clubber Outside Mekka Declines to Bum A Cigarette, Gets Punched In The Head, Dies
A clubber in downtown Miami died early this morning after a man punched him in the head, apparently in retaliation for not bumming him a cigarette. Around 5:30 this morning, 26-year-old Lisney Oliveira and a friend were walking outside Club Mekka downtown when a man approached and asked for a…