The Week That Was: A Beacon of Participatory Democracy

Hey, there were some elections this week. You probably didn’t vote, but we liveblogged them for you, and here are your winners for Miami, Miami Beach and Hialeah. In Miami voters loved name recognition (aka voting for people related to former Mayors), and in Miami Beach the most entertaining local election of…

Hurricanes Host Cavaliers for Homecoming

​Virginia Cavaliers @ Miami Hurricanes, Saturday 12pm on ESPN360.com and 90.5 FM. College football is a ridiculously frustrating thing, and playing in the ACC only magnifies that. Listen, we know the chances of it happening are slight, but if Duke beats NC and somehow knocked off Georgia Tech next weekend they’d…

305 Photo of the Day: Robo Lizard

​Sunset Place is a horrible place where teenage stereotypes go to die, but it is also home to the last of the giant, metallic robo-iguanas. The photo comes from MigRodz’s Flickr…

Copycat Killer in Orlando? [Updated]

Several media are reporting that eight people have been shot and two killed in an Orlando office building. It happened just before noon at the Gateway Office Center near Lake Ivanhoe. The Orlando Sentinel says that one victim has been killed, and two are in serious condition. Police have taken suspect Jason…

Silicon Beach: Local Geek Helps the Homeless

Robert Murray, a freelance Flash and iPhone developer, is practically a Miami native considering he’s lived here since 1990. But it was a recent trip to New York City that inspired him to set up the city’s first Social Media for Social Change event.Social Media for Social Change (SM4SC) started…

News Roundup

Manny Diaz on the “breather” citizens apparently wanted by elected Regalado: “We are now competing with the rest of the world. If we take a breather, the rest of the world will pass us by.” [CBS4]A Miami native who spent 17 years in jail for stealing Rolexes got out of jail…

305 Photo of the Day: Crushing the Jets

We still don’t know what to make of the Dolphins this year, but it’s nice to know we’re unequivocally better than those New York Jets (is that even saying much?). Flickr user Ed Yourdon has a nice series of photographs from the game…

Florida Has the Harshest Marijuana Penalties in America

Carrying just one ounce of pot in Florida could get you 5 years in prison and a $5,000 fine. That’s by far the harshest penalty on the books in any state in America. Arizona, which has the second toughest sentencing guidelines for being found with an ounce of marijuana will…

NRSC Decides to Back Off in Florida Primary

Looks like Marco Rubio might have pulled off a bit of a victory thanks to the results of New York’s 23rd congressional district. Sen. John Cornyn announced yesterday that the National Republican Senatorial Committee won’t be inserting itself into primary’s anymore. Though the NRSC’s endorsement still stands, it seems like Cornyn is…

News Roundup

Amongst other changes, Mayor-elect Regalado plans to start talking about Cuba and Venezuela more. Right after he fixes those potholes and fires Chief Timoney I presume. [Herald]The Coast Guard will unload nearly 5 tons of Cocaine in Miami (or roughly a New Year’s Eve worth for SoBe partying) today. [CBS4]200…

Counterpoint: A-Rod is Still a Douche

Maybe it’s a bad idea to publicly disagree with your boss. But I gotta say, watching this postseason only confirmed my belief that Alex Rodriguez is a world-class douche. It’s not just the strangely purple lips or the gingerly smug way that he digs in at bat like he’s got…

Legendary Cuban Band Septeto Nacional Back After 76 Years

It’s a measure of the new exile tolerance that a heralded band from Cuba is headed for Miami, and — at least so far — no one is talking about protests, pain or politics. The Septeto Nacional made its last U.S. appearance at the 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago, where…

Magic City Kitty: My Mom is a Facebook Lesbian

Hello, Kitty: After 34 years of being my mom, my lovely mother has become a lady-licking, full-blown lesbian. She and my dad divorced nearly ten years ago, but judging from the parade of guys who followed, I thought she was hetero. She and I aren’t close enough to discuss her…