Ah, the 1950s. An innocent time in Miami when a boxing fight at the Coral Gables Coliseum was just a buck, and a dog race at the West Flagler Kennel Club was only a quarter.Care to travel to Havana direct? Choose from a $30 plane ride or a $46 steamer…
Gloria Estefan, perhaps the most famous Cuban exhile, announced today she will lead a march in support of Cuban protesters in Little Havana.The Ladies in White, or Damas de Blanco, are the wives and relatives of jailed Cuban dissidents. They marched on the Capitol last Wednesday to protest the seventh anniversary of…
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Oh, Mary J. Blige, how we believed you when you told us you were “So tired. Tired of all this drama.” But now sources are telling the New York Daily News that you brought your drama A game to this past weekend’s Jazz in the Gardens festival at Sun Life Stadium,…
The Kardashian sisters aren’t exactly known for being paparazzi-shy, but an incident with a photog yesterday on Miami Beach led to the police visiting Kim Kardashian’s hotel room, TMZ reports.Kim and sister Kourtney were getting out of their car when a photographer claims he got a bit too close and…
As the former president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, ex-mayor of Miami Manny Diaz was able to squeeze himself into national issues in a way few of his predecessors did. Now that he’s out of office, he’s taken on the role of vice chairman of the Alliance for Digital…
A bill that defines sexting as its own distinct crime is gliding through the Florida House. While the bill would shield horny teens from harsher child pornography laws, repeat offenders could wind up in jail for up to five years. The bill defines sexting as the use of “a computer or…
Lost luggage? Overpriced beers? Another canceled flight back to Pittsburgh? It’s not clear what exactly set off Michael John Jones at Miami International Airport yesterday, but damn if the Pennsylvania native wasn’t angry about something. A little after 2 a.m., the 44-year-old went nuts on two MIA employees in Concourse…
Kendrick Meek wants $238 million for earmarks that would go toward things such as teaching children healthful eating habits and dredging the Miami harbor. [Herald]An ex-Marco Rubio aide who made $175,000 a year put hefty expenses on a GOP credit card, including luxury hotels and handmade chairs. [Herald]A former X Games…
With basketball demigod Dwyane Wade’s Miami Heat contract expiring after this season, speculation has reached a fever pitch: Will he stay? Will fellow superstar LeBron James, currently a Cleveland Cavalier, join him on the Heat to form a championship juggernaut? Or will Wade instead return to his hometown of Chicago,…
There’s a band named Radiohead, a band named Horse the Band, another band named Band of Horses, and now there’s a horse named Radiohead, after the band. Got it?Radiohead, like his musical namesake, is from England. A 3-year-old chestnut colt whose trainer says he’s a “cool, happy, curious horse” who’s…
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Marco Rubio’s stunning gains against Charlie Crist in the Republican Senate primary largely stems from the Tea Party movement, whose main focus over the past year has been to defeat the Democrat’s health-care reform efforts. Well, it passed yesterday, so what’s a politician like Rubio to do? Well, he’s starting…
Although this weekend’s warmer weather inspired some Miamians to hit the beach and bare all, others broke out their bow ties, ascots, and knee socks for the Tweed Ride. Nearly 100 cyclists, and one architecture historian, showed up for the leisurely ride through Coral Gables. If you missed it, you’ll…
Two men have been arrested in connection with a large South Florida shoplifting scheme, possibly putting an end to a streak that spanned three counties. Hector Collazo and Carlos Ramirez Martinez were caught after allegedly putting their sticky fingers to action in multiple stores at Aventura Mall this past weekend. Boca Raton…
We’ve had a hard time figuring out where presumptive gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink lies on the Democratic Party’s spectrum.Is she a dyed-in-the-wool, bleeding-heart liberal? Eh, probably not.Is she a staunch Blue Dog? Doesn’t quite seem like it.Is she, like so many Florida politicians, a cautious moderate whose vaguely expressed public…
Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence this weekend. Unlike the majority of athlete DUI arrests we hear about, this one didn’t happen on South Beach and did not involve a Bentley.Brown was arrested near Atlanta in his hometown late Friday, according to the…
Sherdavia Jenkins, a 9-year-old Liberty City girl who was killed by a stray bullet in 2006, has had a park named after her. [CBS4]A public health trust will vote today on a restructuring plan for Jackson Memorial Health System. [CBS4]Even in this crappy climate for media companies, Telemundo and Univisión…
If you’re half as cool as the staff here at Riptide, you were flipping between March Madness and C-SPAN last night like your life depended on it. Which to choose?On CBS, Korie Lucious was pouring in a three at the buzzer and killing every Terp fan in the country, and…
We like making sure you’re well-rounded. So again, we present five things to this week that are not only free, but 100%, grade-A fun. Start off the week with a free film screening at a posh hotel pool and end the week with a book signing by Chelsea Handler. If…
Old hippie lifeguard turned hero for Haiti Jim Goodnow pops open the side of an ambulance, where he’s been sleeping for the past two months. “Let’s see what’s behind door number one!” the ponytailed 70-year-old hollers. Inside, it looks like the Grateful Dead decided to run a hospital. There are…
Here is a job that exists only in Miami: tanning butler. And the Ritz-Carlton South Beach has lost theirs. Boo hoo.But that’s good news for the masses of sexy, needy unemployeds currently lollygagging in our beaches. The hotel is looking for a new one. Only men are asked to apply…
