We know Alan Grayson only has a tenious connection to our local readership, but important news on our favorite hot liberal mess has just come to our intention: He has told former Vice President Dick Cheney to, and we quote, “STFU.”Dick Cheney occasionally pops out of his underground torture dungeon…
Ok, so you’re cruising north on the Florida Turnpike. The cops pull you over and you’re freaking out, man, because you’re holding some seriously illicit shit: A cooler full of 232 lobster tails — 167 of which are undersized. Undersized! Alberto Varea, age 54, of Hialeah isn’t the coolest arrestee…
Hello, Kitty: I’m having issues with a new girl. I can’t figure out if I’m settling for less or just being shallow. We’ve been dating for about three months and things are pretty great. Emotionally and mentally we really click, but physically she’s just not clearing the bar. The problem…
The most effective and frequent bit in Marco Rubio’s Senate campaign ads: that picture of Republican rival Charlie Crist embracing Barack Obama at a rally for the president’s stimulus plan. Of course, every Republican governor ended up accepting money from the stimulus plan, including more colorful and conservative characters such as…
At first glance, it seems a little strange that despite the fact Florida is a classic swing state that actually has more registered Democrats than Republicans, the GOP controls both houses of the state legislative by large majorities and sends more Republicans to the House in DC.That’s because after the…
Unless your studio nickname is Babyface or you wear shades with slats, the Grammys probably mean nothing to you. As a ego-massaging spectacle, the music industry’s award show is even more irritating than the Oscars. That being said, we think it’s pretty awesome that “I’m on a Boat” — the…
How unalienable is a man’s right to enjoy a delicious Frosty© without getting flattened by two and a half tons of AmericaMobile©? Apparently, pretty freakin’ alienable. This week, Riptide brought you the story of the French professor who claimed he was walking across a Miami Wendy’s parking lot when he…
The number of homes in foreclosure in Miami-Dade fell by 5.62 percent last month, but that’s still higher than the same month last year. [Herald]A 4-year-old boy in pajamas was found this morning wandering the streets in NW Dade, but his parents haven’t been found. [NBCMiami]Remember how this summer we had all of those…
Scott Rothstein’s drunken adventure
Miami Dade College professor claims a Hummer hit him; driver says he’s nuts
Assistant State Attorney Richard Scruggs squirms on the stand
Sports betting magnate James Giordano goes to jail
Burger King sued for annoying text messages
At Florida Memorial University, surviving assaults is part of the curriculum
Palm Beach County circuit judge Krista Marx sat down with The Palm Beach Post and warned that crime, in the words of the paper, “is inexorably moving northward from Miami-Dade like red tide.”Yes, because apparently crime is a mysterious and uncontrollable force of nature that is impossible to talk about in…
I don’t know if you can consider a hotel a “guilty pleasure,” but the Gansevoort South certainly comes close. Home to reality TV mess Miami Social and having a strong spot on the list of Miami party spots, the Gansy can also be added to the list of South Beach…
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When The Miami Herald was the only American paper to run a world-wide op-ed about Climate Change by London newspaper The Guardian we thought either they must be the only daily in this country with balls on that particular issue, or because they’ve fired so much of their staff they…
The horrible eight months in which we’ve had to refer to our football stadium as “Land Shark” in honor of a horrible Chevy Chase sketch Jimmy Buffet’s beer is just about over.As soon as the Dolphins play their January 3 game against the Steelers. the stadium will revert back to…
Used to be Playboy was a culturally relevant publication that was an institution in itself. Then Internet porn came along and made the magazine pretty much irrelevant.It didn’t help matters that founder Hugh Hefner turned himself into a Viagra-addled punch line, and his “girlfriends'” E! TV show cemented the Playboy…
Andrew Nelson (@andrewnelson) found a new way to explore Miami that didn’t involve a glossy brochure or lengthy travel guide. Instead, he crowdsourced his travel plans on Twitter, relying on the advice of locals to plan his five-day itinerary, almost all of it spontaneous.Nelson, a contributing writer for National Geographic…
Miami students got some of the best math scores in the nation for urban schools. [CBS4]The Florida Senate passed SunRail legislation yesterday. Now the bill goes to the governor, who is expected to sign it. [Reuters]A mother of seven was killed in a hit-and-run early this morning. [Herald]SportsMarlins stand-out Ross Gload…
