Deep in the caves of Afghanistan, soldiers use hidden robots the size of children to detect enemy movement. The rolling hunks of metal have less personality than a garbage can — you won’t find them drinking beer with George Jetson — but in the realm of high-tech battlefield tools, they…
Until now, Club Space, the last place tourist Paula Sladewski was seen alive before turning up dead in a burning dumpster, has remained relatively silent about the case.That changed after Kevin Klym, Sladewski’s boyfriend, went on the Today show last week and said the recently released sketch of the man…
As we mentioned in our live blog, Riptide still isn’t entirely sure how it got an invite to the Super Bowl. And we have no comment on whether blackmail may or may not have been involved.Either way, we were there dammit! We saw Drew Brees carve up the Colts secondary, we watched…
Workers at a Pollo Tropical across the street from Sun O))) Sun Life Stadium attempted to break the world record for biggest bowl of salsa. [CBS4]Economists say Florida’s jobless rated should peak this year at about 12.3 percent before finally turning around before the end of the year. [CBS4]A man…
Riptide got invited to the Super Bowl!We know. We couldn’t believe it either. It’s amazing what twenty bucks and some extremely compromising Polaroids of Roger Goodell at King of Diamonds will get you. Not that we have anything like that.Anyway, the point is we are at the muthaflippin Super Bowl…
We decided to go with the High Five video on Friday as our Super Bowl viral video, but upon further review we love this way too much to ignore. Slate V imagines what the Super Bowl would be like if it was directed by famous film auteurs. Unsurprisingly we think the styles…
With Super Bowl XLIV festivities in full swing, we hope we’ve given you a look into the sporting event the only way New Times knows how — with plenty of sex, drugs, and other questionable activities. Our big game coverage will reach its climax Sunday, when staff writer Tim Elfrink…
Lately, Miami’s got this glow. It’s a summery shimmering that one can only call … Orange. And we should all thank the cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore and its very special skin tone for our city’s newfound luminescence. So bless you, Snooki, JWoww, the Situation, and the rest. You’ve immeasurably…
Isiah Thomas hasn’t even spent a full year at FIU, but the school’s men’s basketball coach and NBA legend could be headed back to the NBA. Reports have surfaced that the long-suffering Los Angeles Clippers have put Thomas near the top of their list to replace recently fired coach Mike…
A piece of a flying plane fell from the sky, crashing into the parking lot at Miami International Mall in Doral this morning around 11:30. Luckily, no one was hurt and the plane landed safely.The 17-foot-long panel fell from an Atlas Air Cargo 747 en route from Santiago, Chile, and…
“I’ve never seen these levels of awesomeness before in Miami. They’re getting way too high… high-five, that is.” Um, this video. There’s not really a punch line, but it’s awesome nonetheless. Two Funny or Die operatives have spent the past week in Miami documenting as many high-fives and, apparently, dramatic…
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Kevin Klym, the boyfriend of murdered tourist Paula Sladewski, went on the Today show this morning and said the recently released sketch of the man supposedly last seen with her looks like a bouncer from Club Space.In his first TV interview, he placed blame on Club Space. He said the…
It happened early in the first quarter. An errant pass by Quentin Richardson was picked up midcourt by Cleveland Cavaliers power forward J.J. Hickson. Dwyane Wade rushed down the court in an attempt to contest Hickson’s layup (because who the hell else is gonna do it? Rafer Alston? Pfft!). The…
We have pretty much stripped away any wholesomeness associated with this year’s Super Bowl with our guide to sex, drugs, gambling, and living large in South Florida, but we can never denigrate the Puppy Bowl.And this year’s version of Animal Planet’s annual cute-splotation extravaganza promises to be at least 300 percent more…
If you’re wondering what the new construction is just behind Lincoln Road near the corner of Washington Avenue in South Beach, it’s not just a new fancy building by Frank Gehry, but a cutting edge facility that will put Miami Beach on the map for music and technology.It all started…
Jimmy Johnson’s little Jimmy feels amazing, and he wants you all to know about it.The former Miami Dolphins and Hurricanes coach (who also coached for some team somewhere in Texas) has signed on to be the new spokesman for ExtenZe, a line of “male enhancement” pills, as the company tries…
Your liberal grandmother and all of her friends got together to protest the Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad. [NBCMiami]Police believe a masked rapist who struck in Coral Gables late last year, may have struck again. [CBS4]Don’t let your dog eat a dead iguana, it could paralyze the poor thing. [Herald]A…
Last summer, New Times brought you the story of Roman Vidal, a quiet Cutler Bay resident whom authorities linked to a very troubling international conspiracy. Starting in 2001, the 57-year-old smuggled millions of South American cigarettes through the Port of Miami, hidden beneath floorboards and shipments of yarn on freighters, bound…
In a cramped county jail cell in Doral, Tavares Calloway has been awaiting his sentence for 13 years.On Wednesday, a jury finally recommended death for his murder of five Liberty City drug dealers in 1997.Seven jurors decided the crimes were too heinous to give him life, but five disagreed. His…
It sounds like a reality TV show in the making: A see-through bus full of babes on a cross-country roadtrip through the Bible belt, pole-dancing as they drive. You future producers can expect little old ladies to crap in their diapers, grown men to — literally — lick the side…
According to a new study by the listicle-loving Men’s Health, Miami is the fifth least drunk city in all of America. Yes, 100 of America’s biggest cities were tallied up and arranged from most drunk (which happens to be Fresno, California) to least, and Miami came in at 96.See, we…
