Even though Raul Castro remains President of Cuba in name, Newsweek reports that for all intents and purposes Fidel is “back in charge” of the communist island, putting an end to many of his brother’s flirtations with reform and modernization. Despite his convalescence far from public view, Fidel is once…
Ah, last night Florida’s hot liberal mess (who is actually, relatively not that liberal at all) Rep. Alan Grayson took on noted Conservative gaffe machine Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota on CNN’s Larry King Live. Unfortunately, for those of us who follow politics like the WWE, it did not break out…
The Agency for Health Care Administration is in charge of policing registered nurses for complaints and criminal acts. Last month, it zeroed in on an ominous target: a South Florida nurse with a spray gun. Make that, a nurse who had once used a spray gun.Ray Fetcho, a registered nurse…
Just when we were starting to worry that Miami was losing cachet as ground zero for all crimes cocaine-fueled — maybe that study about coke making your heart explode in the Miami heat really freaked everyone out? — the DEA swoops in to remind us that we’re still number one,…
The American Family Association is another one of those radically right “Christian” groups, whose website right now includes stories such as “Obama’s New Military: Gays Showering With Straights,” and “The Biblical Case for the Death Penalty.”They want Tilikum, the whale that killed a trainer at SeaWorld, dead. Why? Because the…
Electronic tracking tags say there are three great white sharks off the coast of Florida right now. Don’t worry — so far they’ve made it only as far south as Jacksonville. [JustNews]Mayor Alvarez will not receive any additional power over Jackson Health. [Herald]The week will get colder, with temps dipping into the…
What do we really know about Armando Codina? You know, aside from his role in suspended Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones’s alleged bribery. Her indictment, filed yesterday, claims she solicited $25,000 from the self-made multimillionaire developer, who then poured $12,500 into her non-profit. Codina has not been charged criminally. Still, Riptide…
Did fringe movement Sovereign Citizens trick a Miami man into filing a $14 trillion tax return?
If you thought Cuba’s National Mule Census is dumb, think again
Miami real estate tycoon Edward Falcone ditches the ghetto and his kid
UM basketball fan claims his identity was stolen when his conch shell was seized
“I didn’t put this together to get a pat on the back, but to show the world it can be done rather quickly, and with limited funds,” said Michael Capponi, a noteworthy South Beach promoter turned property developer told the Associated Press. After volunteering with the University of Miami’s Project…
Remember Khia? She did that “My Neck, My Back,” song, had it remixed into one of the greatest mash-ups of all time, oddly popped up on a VH1 amateur rap competition and then kind of faded into obscurity.Well, in her head the Tampa-bred rapper is still a relevant MC and…
For reasons unbeknown to us, our office copy of The Miami Herald came with two packs of NBA All Stars trading cards today! Apparently it was part of a promotion for Panini, and not an effort to lure potentially lucrative 12 year-old boy subscribers (that’s our demo, OK, they keep…
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In this corner, wearing the blue trunks, we have the hot liberal mess who is not apologizing for himself. The man who told Dick Cheney to “STFU,” he could be a contender like Brando and he comes from Orlando — Alan Grayson!And in this corner, wearing the red trunks with tea stains,…
For better or worse, Miami has become an ideal place for jet-setting partiers to indulge in a bit of cocaine, but a new report says you might be safer using coke in a colder climate — like, say, snorting “snow” where it actually snows.That’s because cocaine raises the body’s core…
Prominent Miami businessman Gaston E. Cantens and his wife Teresita have been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for running a $135 million ponzi scheme that defrauded elderly Cuban-Americans. Gaston Cantens served as an advisory board member for Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, and the two are parents of former…
A friend of mine looking for writing jobs recently expressed her frustration on Twitter about skill requirements: “This makes me *so* angry: Why do people hiring writers expect us to do web design? That’s what a graphic/web designer is for.”The job posting she was referring to is on Journalismjobs.com and…
Soon after a killer whale named Tilikum dragged a SeaWorld Orlando trainer to her death last week, news emerged that the incident wasn’t the whale’s first violent outburst. Tilikum, in fact, had already killed twice before, drowning a trainer in 1991 in a Vancouver park and fatally injuring an after-hours…
Next time you make a shopping trip to West Palm Beach to stock up on your Lily Pulitzer sundresses and whatnot, be sure to hit up the hottest new store in town: former Congressman Mark Foley’s new “Celebrity Consignment” boutique.After getting caught sending naughty messages to twinky male interns, the…
A couple of Wednesdays ago, as the University of Miami basketball team battled Duke on ESPN, a strange noise rang out in the stadium. It sounded like a broken flute — or an animal dying slowly? — and was so loud that Duke’s longtime “Coach K” pulled aside a referee…
