Sherry Marks, the 19-year-old driver whose Ford Mustang struck and killed Miami firefighter Leslie Luma two weeks ago, admitted she had taken drugs at the time of the crash. Marks admitted to taking Xanax and Lexapro, which she may have been prescribed, but she was also high on nitrous oxide,…
So the Florida Atlantic University Owls and the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky were all set to wage a friendly contest of baseball earlier this week up in Boca when some rain showers moved in and pretty much ruined everything. Did FAU mope about it? Did they lay around the clubhouse…
On Friday, the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust sent out a self-congratulatory press release announcing it had finally shut down the sex offender shantytown under the Julia Tuttle bridge.”From the very first report of people moving in under the Julia Tuttle Causeway, the men and women of The Homeless Trust had been…
Local pride took another hit today. Fresh off that embarrassing #4 party school ranking from Playboy, a Web site run by a white British blonde reports Miami is not one of the country’s top 40 pot-smoking cities. Tina Brown’s The Daily Beast compiled a list of America’s most stoned cities…
The saga of Jason Taylor’s off-season has finally come to an end. The linebacker — who spent 12 seasons with the Dolphins (six of those as a Pro Bowler), was active in the South Florida community, and was one of the franchise’s most popular players, even during low points –…
The Urban League of Greater Miami helped to desegregate public housing in Dade County, supported Miami’s Fair Housing Ordinance, and over the past seven decades has spearheaded a number of housing projects in the county. Now, shockingly, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has charged the group with discrimination of its own. HUD claims…
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Teenagers have unfortunately become experts in the area of getting high off legal substances, and a practice known as “robo-tripping” has become a standard for those looking to get a buzz off drugs readily available over the counter at pharmacies. Dextromethorphan, an active ingredient found in Robitussin and other cough medicines, in…
Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s decision to hold a swanky $30,400-per-couple fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee featuring Barack Obama didn’t sit well with many in Miami’s largely Republican Cuban-American community. Hell, Herald columnist Jackie Bueno Sousa even gave ink to the idea that some folks should throw out their entire Estefan…
An orange-looking girl with no tan lines desperate for her next session in a tanning booth might exhibit similar behaviors to a crackhead looking for his next hit. Yes, science suggests that indoor tanning could become addictive just like drugs and alcohol. Researchers at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and…
The AP reports this morning that the pope has accepted the resignation of Miami Archbishop John Favalora, who has led the Catholic Church in Miami, Broward, and Monroe counties since 1994. Favalora’s move seems curious — if he had stayed until December, he would have been 75 years old and eligible…
A South Florida helicopter pilot found himself under attack by a laser. No, we do not live in some Star Wars age where helicopters can be brought down by laser blasters. But as anyone who attended Ultra Music Festival knows, we have harnessed the power of lasers for ultimate distraction, annoyance,…
It started with good intentions. Two sets of gay parents — all close friends — would make and raise a baby together. Ray Janssen, a fit war vet, would artificially inseminate Katherine Alicea, an ambitious real estate agent. Katherine’s partner would be a second mother and Ray’s partner a second…
Will Charlie Crist buck the two-party system and run as an independent in the face of declining poll numbers against Marco Rubio? Everyone seems to think so. Speculation is so rampant that President Obama’s press secretary, Robert Gibbs, was questioned about it this morning. (He said he wasn’t aware of any conversation the…
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Bill Clinton was all over town this weekend leading conferences, partying at LIV, looking back on the Elián González saga, being interviewed by George W. Bush’s daughter, fixing up homeless shelters, and all that jazz. But really the most important thing he did was place four fingers on each hand upright, put his…
With the saga of sex offenders living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway finally coming to something of an end, a new state law seeks to dictate not where registered sex offenders live, but rather how they dress. The Sun-Sentinel reports that criminals convicted of sex crimes involving children would be…
AskMen.com is one of the foremost sources of Internet browsing for bros, with its in-depth coverage of boobs, exercise, breasts, videogames, titties, sports, and fun bags. The site decided to rank the world’s 29 best cities for men to live, which apparently takes into account factors other than deciding the…
At an event where a former U.S. president is present, you’d expect to be patted down, have your bags ripped open, and then maybe be carted away by the Secret Service because you forgot to remove that nail file from your purse.But those who went to the Clinton Global Initiative…
Edwin Valero racked up an impressive 29-0 record in his professional boxing career, all ending with KOs, with 19 in the first round. The Venezuelan was never destined to be popular in Miami, considering he had a giant portrait of Hugo Chávez tattooed on his chest, but he’s dead now. He…
Three years ago, former Miami Northwestern Senior High principal Dwight Bernard was indicted for allegedly covering up sex that happened in a school bathroom between an 18-year-old football star and a 14-year-old girl. Now he’s headed to trial. Antwain Easterling, the player in question, went on to help the school win…
Not far from Miami International Airport, there’s a little pink house where one man lives with 24 pigeons. Adrian Acosta-Gonzalez is a 37-year-old, Cuban-born landscaper with bronze skin and good bone structure. He slides open a birdcage in his back yard and snaps his fingers twice.Out hops a plump pigeon…
