An iPhone buzzes inside a Wynwood restaurant, and Naudimar Herrera’s bright brown eyes light up when he sees the caller: the downtown Federal Detention Center. ”Patrick, what’s up, my brother?” he barks into the phone. “You got to hang in there, man.” On the other end, Patrick Abraham sits in…
On October 19, a near-riot erupted at the student center at Miami Gardens’ Florida Memorial University. As captured in amateur video filmed by junior Jeffrey Y. Martin, security guards barricaded another student, 19-year old Emory Mitchell, in a bathroom. After students slammed through the door, an Allied Barton security guard…
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The big legal battle over a little book has come to an end today. The U.S. Supreme Court decided it won’t take up the case.The Miami-Dade County School Board removed Vamos a Cuba from library shelves in 2006 after a parent complained that the 32-page book for young readers portrayed…
It took awhile, but the Marlins finally beat the Philadelphia Phillies this season.Fish rookie outfielder Chris Coghlan won the National League Rookie of the Year Award today, narrowly beating out Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ, according to ABC News.In 128 games this season, Cogs hit .321 with nine home runs and…
One of South Florida’s leading serious gay news sources, South Florida Blade, has shut down, according to reports. Its owner, Window Media LLC, which is the largest publisher of gay newspapers in the nation, has abruptly closed all of its titles.Originally founded in 2000 as the Express Gay News, it…
Surprise, surprise! Politicians who were in favor of easing sanctions on Cuba changed their minds once they got big donations from the U.S.-Cuba Democracy Political Action Committee. [Herald] City of Miami politics sucks so much, sort of like a vacuum. So now there is a vacuum of power, if you will,…
Just before 8 last night, two dozen protesters in white T-shirts stared at the hulking Federal Detention Center downtown and held their breath. From one of the highest slit-like windows cut into the massive concrete face, a pinprick of light suddenly waved back and forth. The crowd erupted. “That’s Sunny!”…
Well, we did say in our preview that this one felt like it was going to be closer than it should be? And, Christ, was it ever. Ugly win? This was lady-bitten-in-the-face-by-a-crazy-ass-chimp ugly as the Dolphins mangled, bungled, and stumbled their way to a 25-23 victory over the lowly Buccaneers…
Patrick Alexander loves the work of French novelist Marcel Proust so much, he’s bringing him back to life today @Proustlive.But the romance between author and reader had a rocky start. Alexander, a British guy who settled in France with his family during the ’70s, had no telephone or television to…
This past week, we brought you the story of Rudy and Robert Pedraza, the Miami brothers who have taken on Apple by hacking its OS X to run on cheap PCs.Although the self-funded, self-taught programmers are taking on a computer giant, we wrote, they might just have a chance to…
So, the Dolphins clearly cannot hang with the likes of the Colts, Saints, Falcons or Patriots. We get that. But this Sunday, the Fins host what is most likely the worst team in the NFL this side of Detroit – the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And while Miami does have the…
When circling big games at the beginning of the season, I think we all ran out of ink after we got past the first four.When those were over with, then everyone decided to paint North Carolina as an easy win when we were all more eager to talk about the…
In regards to the stupid YouTube video we talked about Wednesday, popular conservative Blogger Erik Erikson of RedState.com declares that Charlie Crist is playing the race card. Here’s the Headline: “Charlie Crist Finally Pulls Race Card. Jealous of Rubio’s Better Tan.””The video shows Marco Rubio speaking in Spanish, then has a…
Say whatever you want about over-development, but it sure photographs great. Pay no mind to the number of units with their lights out. They’re probably out partying or something. Photo from Ebenhazard’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here, feel free to join our Flickr group…
CNN’s Rick Sanchez was in extreme overshare mode last night on Twitter. Apparently a combination of not being picked to replace Lou Dobbs and flying to FIU parents’ weekend to see his son had him feeling emotional, a bit edgy, and finally confessional, admitting to something we’ve long known: He…
A day after being sworn in for her second term on the Miami city commission, Michelle Spence-Jones has surrendered to police and faces grand theft charges. Prosecutors allege Spence-Jones forged letters, at least one in the name of a former county commissioner, and steered $50,000 in county grants to a…
Commissioner Angel Gonzalez will resign Friday as part of an agreement with prosecutors, after setting his daughter up with a no-show job. He’ll now face only misdemeanor charges. [CBS4]In his first public comments since resigning, John Timoney says he’s pleased and proud with the job he’s done as police chief. [NBCMiami]An elderly…
This month’s Social Media Club South Florida was a massive tweetup to wish Social Fresh Cruise guests a warm bon voyage, Miami style. The event took place November 11 at the Doubletree Grand Hotel on Biscayne Bay.Joining the well-wishers were local organizations Refresh Miami, the Association for Women in Communications, the Public…
Well, this is just delightful. In fact, Riptide would like to nominate this video for Best Unintentionally Funny Clip of the Week.We don’t want to give too much away. No, no. It would spoil the climax. But let’s just say you can count on the following (in chronological order):1. A…
Blessed is the life of the anonymous Major League middle reliever. You work six months of a year, spend half of your team’s games shooting the shit in the bullpen, and make as much money as the president.But the key is to not get too good. Because then people start…
As mentioned yesterday, Wade has been personally picked to be the spokesman for the new shoe, the first time Jordan has shared the spotlight for his Nike-owned brand. He’ll be wearing them for the first time during All-Star weekend. Dime Mag was there for the unveiling of the new kicks, and…
