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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
So Joe Carollo never did make that last-minute, dramatic entrance into the last mayoral race, but one of Miami’s most colorful former mayors is apparently gearing up for a return to elected office.According to Naked Politics, he has his eyes on a state Senate seat in District 36. But he’d…
In 2008, a New Times investigation brought you the story of the growing problem of South American gangs targeting local jewelers in violent robberies. “Highly organized South American theft gangs” are targeting local merchants, we wrote, employing “sophisticated surveillance and commando-style assault tactics.” The gangs struck again two weeks ago,…
Since 1980, the Pro Bowl has been played in Hawaii, and because our 50th state doesn’t have a team of its own, it’s been a nice opportunity for locals to catch some NFL action, even if the players don’t typically bring their best game. But this year’s Pro Bowl will take…
Has anyone thought Florida’s cold snap is the physical manifestation of the cold glare Hillary Clinton is sure to have shot Sen. Bill Nelson when she learned that while publicly supporting her in the Democratic primary, he was privately urging Barack Obama to run? The revelations in Mark Halperin and John…
Police are searching for a new person of interest in the murder of Paula Sladewski, the aspiring model who was found burned to death in a dumpster in North Miami-Dade after traveling to Miami for a Lady Gaga concert New Year’s Eve.Surveillance video from that weekend shows Sladewski leaving Club Space alone…
Last Wednesday, the early contender for young 2010’s most senseless murder of the year went down at the People’s Self-Storage on NW 79th Street. Just after 12:30 in the afternoon, a 55-year-old Haitian-American woman named Joslin Augustin visited the center to pick up some blankets and warm clothes she’d stored…
A family brought a charcoal grill inside to keep warm. They had to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. [JustNews] A 9-year-old girl and her stepfather were found shot to death in their apartment. Police believe it could be a murder-suicide. [FoxNews] Today’s 36-degree temperature is record-breaking. [CBS4] A former…
For years Publix has been giving away free calendars to its costumers as a simple little thank you. This was nice and all until Jeff Katz and Joyce Kaufman, conservative blowhards on 850WFTL, complained that December 7th was marked as Islamic New Years, and not as Pearl Harbor Day. That’s…
Is that all Nick Saban wanted? A statue? Because, the former Dolphins coach is actually going to get one in Alabama after leading the Crimson Tide to a BCS Championship. We could have erected a statue of you Saban! You didn’t have to sneak out of town with your lying…
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Riptide is wearing flip-flops today just because we can. It’s 73 degrees out and beautiful after a long, horrible week of prolonged cold. Our winter wardrobe — some hoodies and sweatpants — is in serious need of laundering, and we are really enjoying this T-shirt weather. Alas, the gods of…
