Miami Heat Playoff Games Will Look like Goth Festivals

Black is the color or mourning, evil and high school goths who’s parents just don’t understand. It is also now the color of the Miami Heat’s playoff hopes. Every time the Heat get into the playoffs they seem to get color crazy, picking red, white or black to rally around…

Rhum Barbancourt Survives: Some Rare Good News From Haiti

One week after January’s earthquakes devastated Haiti, former New Times staff writer Tristram Korten visited Port au Prince and made a remarkable discovery.​Against all odds, somehow Rhum Barbancourt has survived.Outside of Wyclef (who’s post-earthquake conduct has been less than Nobel Prize-worthy), Barbancourt is probably Haiti’s best-known and most successful export…

Dolphins Trade Ted Ginn Jr. to the 49ers

We had such hopes for Ted Ginn Jr., but the guy just didn’t live up to them. Hell, we suggested after his game-losing, disastrous performance against the Saints last year the only way he could make it up to the Miami community was by swimming to Cuba and personally deposing…

Miami-Dade Bans Bus Ads Encouraging People to Leave Islam

Miami-Dade Transit had ten public buses driving around the county this week with ads imploring followers to leave the Islamic faith. “Fatwa on your head? Is your community or family threatening you?” read the ads, along with the URL for a website asking Muslims to basically stop being Muslims.Stop the…

Jason Taylor Drags His Feet on Decision

Jason Taylor is like the pretty girl at the High School prom who used to go steady with the prom king (The Dolphins), and showed up single just in case there was a chance they could rekindle it. But The Dolphins seem taken with the hot new exchange student at…

Is Jeb Bush Still in Charge of Florida?

Jeb Bush left office four years ago, but Associated Press writer Martin Merzer thinks he may still be in charge of the state — or at the very least still the most influential voice in the governing Republican party.”He’s become a legislative Wizard of Oz — thunder and lightning and…

Gov. Charlie Crist Vetoes SB6

Gov. Charlie Crist has vetoed the Jeb Bush-backed, controversial SB6. The education bill would have eliminated tenure for newly hired teachers, and would have tied a portion of teachers’ salaries to test score results.”I say we must start over. This bill has negatively affected the morale of our parents, teachers…

New Poll: Crist Would Win in Three-Way Race

Republican voters may be wild over Marco Rubio, but a new Quinnipiac poll shows that no matter what the situation Charlie Crist would be a more viable general election candidate. In fact, if he decided to run as an independent he leads in the polls. Which doesn’t do anything to…

Miami Prepares to Worship Brandon Marshall for the Next Five Years

It’s official, the Dolphins signed talented but sometimes controversial Brandon Marshall to a $50 million, five season contract making him the highest paid receiver in NFL history. We were hoping the Fins would have some big trick under their sleeves this off season, and this apparently was it. Let’s see what the…

Baby Injured in Attempted Homestead Kidnapping

What is the deal with all this baby-related violence down in Homestead lately? Now a women is behind bars after she tried to snatch a one-month-old from its mother outside a medical center.Twenty-five-year-old Shalese Nicole Mostiller is behind bars after attempting to abduct the child. She sprayed an unknown substance…

Miami World Center Front Man Marc Roberts Files Bankruptcy

Back in 2006, New Jersey boxing promoter-turned-South Florida real estate mogul Marc Roberts was the face of the largest urban renewal project in the country. It was called the Miami World Center , and it was supposed to transform a rundown ghetto into a glitzy strip of shops, restaurants, and…