The recession is “over,” maybe nationally thanks to economic growth, but it’s still hanging around in Florida. [StPeteTimes]The world’s largest boat, a 1,200-foot cruise ship, is on its way to South Florida. [NBCMiami]SportsRay Ray Armstrong and Javarris James join Sean Spence on the Canes injured list. [Herald]Ted Ginn Jr. promises…
Forget Flagler, Tuttle, and Brickell. We need to start naming streets and bridges after a historical figure whose legacy is honored every day here in South Florida: Charles Ponzi. With heavyweight scammers Bernie Madoff and Allen Stanford basing their operations here, we’ve become the nation’s undisputed champion of the classic…
Running off the pure optimism of Wednesday night’s opening beat-down of the New York Knicks, I present to you the top five Miami Heat starting lineups for the 2010-2011 season.As most fans know, the Heat will have perhaps the best cap space situation in the league next summer to lure…
Hey, Marco Rubio, do you think the President of the United States was born in America? “I don’t know the answer to that.”That’s what he told a Republican club meeting last night in the Panhandle. The rest of the quote, from Naked Politics: “He’s been sworn in already…If someone had evidence they…
There’s two wars going on, Iran’s got nukes, the economy is still in the dumps, and so much more, but what has Republican Iowa Congressman Steve King (and possible future Presidential candidate) upset? The fact that Jennifer Lopez and Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson can own an NFL team while Rush Limbaugh…
Here we have a cake made to look like the head of popular rap artist and Miami resident Lil’ Wayne, apparently made for the daughter of Kim Bassinger and Alec Baldwin, complete with licorice dreads and chocolate sunglasses.We’re not sure if Ireland is a Miami Heat fan, but the Dwyane…
A swastika was found drawn on a University of Miami bathroom wall near the Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies. Another swastika was found in the same area almost a year ago.President Donna Shalala released a statement condemning the act:On Tuesday someone drew a swastika on a wall in the…
For the past few days, a manatee known as Ilya has experience a fate worse than death: He’s been stuck in New Jersey.Marine scientists have tracked Ilya as he’s made his way up and down the East Coast for the past ten years, even going as far as Massachusetts this…
In a move only slightly less stupid than demanding that the persons responsible for LOLCats, Chuck Norris facts, or “All your base are belong to us” be brought to justice, the Republican Party of Florida has issued a statement demanding “a full investigation to find out who is behind” that dumb…
Last night, likenesses of your Miami Dolphins were literally slaughtered on South Park, which was a lot more enjoyable than watching them get figuratively slaughtered on the field most Sundays. We just pretended every player was Ted Ginn Jr., and it was rather cathartic.For some context: In last night’s episode,…
GeneralBoston-area investor Dennis Stackhouse has been arrested and charged with bilking almost $1 million from a county-supported plan to build a biotech business park in Liberty City. [Herald]After a large amount of cases of swine flu this past spring, there haven’t been many cases reported in Miami-Dade this fall, but…
Hello, Kitty: My roommate and I had sex a few days ago, and now things are weird. I never knew he was into me, but we were drinking and the night went in a totally different direction than I expected. Now he barely makes eye contact, never speaks to me,…
South Florida’s Daniel “Diamond Dan” Kerness of Justice Junkies is a video vigilante
President Obama fails to go after those responsible for the financial meltdown
Breakfast at Timoney’s: This Miami Police eatery breaks the law
Miami Gardens residents claim suspicious man swiped their ducks
Ten ways Ted Ginn Jr. can repay Miami for the Dolphins’ loss to the Saints
Next American City is a quarterly magazine that covers the progress and change of cities across the nation, so you’d expect them have something to say about the Miami 21 zoning code that was finally passed earlier this month. In fact they say, “Miami 21 is an historic, and perhaps…
This hat and dress look like something your grandmother would wear, but those stockings, thankfully, sure don’t. Today’s photo comes from Michele Eve’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your Miami-area photos posted here, submit them to our Flickr pool…
Is this the last year in Dade for Dwyane Wade? Can Michael Beasley overcome his Twitter and TMZ problems to prove he deserves that starting slot? These are the questions on the minds of Heat fans the day of the season opener. Not, noticeably, “Are we going to win another championship?…
Almost a month after Riptide broke the story that likely mayor-in-waiting Tomas Regalado once helped lead a fundraiser for Miami’s most infamous terrorist, it looks like Regalado has finally admitted his role on the record.Just don’t hold your breath for any real explanation from the candidate.A quick recap: in 1983, a…
Tomas Regalado’s vision for Miami for the next four to eight years: basic services and nothing else. [Herald]Miami-Fort Lauderdale has the most foreign-born residents than any other area in the nation, with 36.9 percent. [CBSNews]For once, Alan Grayson apologizes: He’s sorry for calling that lady a “K Street whore.” [Salon]Barack…
