305 Photo of the Day: Life Guarded
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Showing 23299 - 23320 of 31910Rob Zombie Set to Direct Non-Miami Episode of CSI: Miami
Does anyone care about CSI: Miami? We don’t, so we’ll keep this short. Heavy-metal-icon-turned-horror-film-director Rob Zombie is set to direct an upcoming episode of the series that’s actually shot in California. He’ll cut the bullshit though, and his episode will send the team to LA. It’s kind of sad the one potentially awesome…
Rev. Pat Robertson: Haitians Have Been Cursed Since Deal with the Devil
Rev. Pat Robertson, host of The 700 Club, former Republican Presidential candidate, and influential leader of the Christian Right, seems to know the cause of the earth quake that devastated Haiti yesterday.He made these statement on TV today, via Politico: “Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people…
Spence-Jones Won’t Be Suspended for at Least Four Days
Click here to view photos as we followed Michelle Spence-Jones on campaign day.The morning after suspended Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones won a special election and delivered a defiant speech to supporters, her lawyer Dennis Bedard headed to court. He asked a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge for an emergency hearing. Bedard…
12 South Florida College Students Stuck in Haiti; Phone Line Set Up For those Seeking Info on Relatives
Twelve students from Lynn University in Boca Raton are amongst those stuck in Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday’s devastating earth quake. One student was able to send a text message to a parent, and reports that all twelve are safe. The group was traveling with Food for the Poor, a…
Herald Blogger Calls New Times Article Baloney, Forgets to Read Past the Second Section
This morning, Miami Herald columnist Steve Rothaus criticized New Times’ cover story “Escape from South Beach.” The blogger, who focuses on gay issues, cites one statistic, writing: “It’s a bit over the top.”The article — if you haven’t seen it — takes a look at three things. 1) The fact…
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Marco Rubio: Who You Calling a Tea Bagger?
This weekend The New York Times magazine asked if Marco Rubio is “The First Senator from the Tea Party?”Rubios Answer: apparently, “Umm, no, not really.” Rubio, at the end of the day, is much more interested in being the 35th Senator from Florida than being the First Senator of Tea…
Silicon Beach: Twitter Hits Ground Running for Haiti Earthquake Relief
Twitter proved a powerful communication tool when a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the island nation of Haiti yesterday afternoon, followed by a series of additional earthquakes well past midnight. Tweets began immediately after the first quake.Trending topics on Twitter this morning about the earthquake are, thankfully, beating out American…
News Roundup: Heat Want to be Paying Lebron and Dwyane Wade
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti yesterday afternoon, and the first reports of causalities are coming in. [Herald]Public officials through out South Florida are pledging help for Haiti. [CBS4]Miami-Dade finally did something about it’s illegal slaughter house problem as a range of federal, state and county officers made a giant…
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‘The World Is Coming To An End’: YouTube Video Of Disastrous Haiti Quake
A massive 7.0 earthquake struck just south of Port-au-Prince last night, devastating a Haitian capital still rebuilding from multiple serious hurricanes two summers ago.Even in this age of instant information, news is only trickling out of Haiti. CNN reports this morning that there’s no casualty count yet, but that the…
Michelle Spence-Jones and Willy Gort Prevail in Special Elections
Today’s special election to fill two vacant city commission seats resulted with two familiar names returning to City Hall. Or maybe not. Voters in District 1 gave Willy Gort one slot. He previously held a seat until 2001, when he made an unsuccessful bid for the Mayor’s office. He replaces…
Miami Election: Low Turnout Expected, Spence-Jones Chases Last Minute Voters
At noon today, Michelle Spence-Jones was at her Liberty City headquarters furiously calling supporters to come out and vote for her.Again. The message to her troops regarding today’s hotly contested Miami City Commission election was clear: “I just don’t want nobody sitting around doing nothing around the campaign office.” When…
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Miami Still Part of USA’s World Cup Bid
Dolphins Stadium might not be good enough for the Super Bowl anymore according the NFL, but the U.S. World Cup bid commission just put it on the shortlist to host games for their bid for either 2018 or 2022. Previously the committee had its eyes on 29 cities, and narrowed it…
305 Photo of the Day: Towers on the Bay
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Miami Heat Bans Gambling on Team Flights
In the aftermath of Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards unloading a handgun in the team’s locker room over a gambling debt, the Miami Heat have become the second team in the NBA to officially ban card games and gambling on team flights.So now Heat players are left with lots…
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Senator Storms Warns Against Evil Locker Room Sexting
Kids seem horrible these days. Probably because their parents are getting too high to raise them correctly.So much so that four students at a Tampa Bay-area middle school raped a 13-year-old flag-football teammate with a broomstick in a school locker room before a game in April.Let’s hope that’s an extreme example, but…
Still Tokin’: 4 Million Adults Over 50 Still Get High
Drugs: They’re not just for young people. Old people are getting high in record numbers. A new government study suggests more than 4 million Americans over the age of 50 still smoke pot and abuse prescription drugs, a finding that should surprise no one. Especially if you know ex-hippies. Baby boomers who came of…
Sex Offenders Find Little Relief From the Cold
There’s no relief in sight for the sex offenders living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway. As Miami experienced record low temperatures, the group was forced to huddle for warmth in the makeshift halfway house.Because of county rules that forbid sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet of schools and other…
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News Roundup: Manny Headed to Harvard; Voters Head to Polls
It’s Election Day! All over again! Voters in Districts 1 and 5 will head to the polls to replace Angel Gonzalez and maybe Michelle Spence-Jones. [CBS4]Former Mayor Manny Diaz is headed to Harvard to be a resident fellow at the JFK School of Government. Guess this means his name is completely out…
Fashion Faux Pas: Wearing Your High School Letter Jacket While Shooting Somebody
Your pride at making the varsity squad notwithstanding, if you’re the type of person who might conceivably bust a cap in some fool’s ass over a dispute at the corner store, you should probably leave your high school letter jacket in the closet. You really can’t go wrong with a…
Win Over Wake Forest Puts Miami Basketball in the Polls
Despite the fact UM Basketball has only lost one game this season they’ve lingered in the “also receiving votes” section of the AP’s college basketball poll. Most likely because detractors pointed to the team’s relatively easy early season schedule. But Saturday’s win against ACC rival Wake Forest set the Hurricanes…
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Silicon Beach: Miami Freezes Ass Off, But Fingers Still Warm Enough to Twitter
Record low temperatures, plummeting today into the low 30s, seems to have stunned Miamians more than the iguanas that are falling out of trees. Activity has been warm online, with a few brave souls publishing status updates while braving the cold. The freezing temperatures prompted Miami Beach 411 contributor Carlos…