People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was founded in 1980 as an animal rights group. Today it’s the premier producer of subversive sexual pop-culture fodder. It’s gotten to the point where people talk more about PETA’s tacky tactics than their actual message. Shouldn’t they get back to the business…
Nightlife in Coconut Grove has had to deal with two crushing blows in the past few years that haven’t left bar and restaurant owners thrilled. First, in 2008, the city council, in a move supported by Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, voted to curb the Grove’s last call from 5 a.m. to…
A Miami Lakes special needs teacher was found guilty of abuse for spiking an autistic student’s soda with hot sauce to teach him a lesson. [AP]Mel Martinez made good on his promise to return to private law practice and will be a partner at a Tampa law firm. [Tribune]Miami Beach…
VOIS.com is one of South Florida’s homegrown startups, founded in 2006 by Craig Agranoff (@lapp) and Herb Tabin (@herbtabin). The Boca Raton-based company began when Tabin approached Agranoff, wondering how to improve the model of existing websites where buyers post jobs and consultants and freelancers sell services. Both VOIS founders…
Dozens of police cars and an ambulance have shut down an entire neighborhood on the western edge of Little Havana this afternoon as SWAT teams and canine units look for two armed men on the run. Cops are swarming along NW Seventh Avenue, shutting every southbound street from 30th to…
More than one in five Floridians don’t have health insurance, according to a new report by the US Census Bureau. That’s almost the worst in the nation. Only three other states — Texas, New Jersey, and New Mexico — have a higher percentage than Florida’s 20.8. Massachusetts, meanwhile, has the…
Today’s photos of tiny naked baby statues at the Standard Hotel come from Ohcarolinea’s Flickr. Be sure to join our Miami New Times Flickr pool…
8:38 p.m. wish I was as fast as Dallas Clark…9:02 p.m. @chadaccurate nice pass buddy! Feel like the chemistry is there tonight!9:10 p.m. @ronniecat whats it feel like to run over somebody?9:41 p.m. @chadaccurate no defenders in sight. I’m literally lonely. take a shot in the endzone?9:42 p.m. @chadaccurate oops!…
Yesterday, I received a letter from a sociologist who lives in the high-rise 500 Brickell. The tenant reports that this past Saturday, a young man jumped from the luxury building. It’s the 17th case in Miami-Dade since the condo boom of 2007. The email begins, “I happen to live in…
Despite rumors, Mark Foley and Charlie Crist say they weren’t roommates (or “roommates”) when they were in the state legislature, but we were under the impression the two were at least chummy. So why does Foley seem to be rooting for Marco Rubio?He attended a recent Rubio fundraiser and later…
Not long ago, a 47-year-old Liberty City guy named Slim died. His brother Larry and sister Helen are unemployed, so they didn’t have the money for a standard funeral. What to do? They headed for Opa-locka’s Funeral Store, a drab pink building on NW 119th Street bearing the slogan “Caskets-4-less.”…
Last night in the Colts vs. Fins game, we saw two offenses: one with a gimmick and one with solid talent. Even though the Colts’ offense had the ball for less than 15 minutes the entire game, they still won 27-23. [Reuters]But hey, at least there were tons of celebs…
Troubled Carol City High, which saw six students murdered from a single class and vacillates between Ds and Fs (see the “The Curse”), finally has achieved national ranking. In a study released yesterday by USA Football, a youth and amateur organization, Carol City High tied for second place in number of alumni…
Today’s photo comes from Roger@elaw’s Flickr…
Indianapolis Colts @ Miami Dolphins, tonight at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN WSFL locallyThere have been a lot of superficial changes since the last time the Dolphins played a regular-season game in their home stadium. For one, it’s now named for a Jimmy Buffett-endorsed Corona rip-off beer and undergone a few…
In February 2008, then-Herald writer Natalie McNeal challenged herself to not spend a single dollar that month. That spawned her semi-popular Herald blog, the Frugalista Files.McNeal might be the diva of pinching pennies, but there’s one expense she’s not scrimping on lately: lawyer fees.McNeal trademarked frugalista in 2008 and has…
The story of Father Cutié had all the makings of a Hollywood romantic comedy, albeit slightly subversive: Boy meets girl. Boy gets girl. Boy happens to be a celebrity Catholic priest. Boy and girl get caught frolicking on a beach. Boy leaves the church amid a media storm. Girl gets…
Before I moved to the Magic City, I wrote at a paper in Cleveland, where uttering the word yoga is considered as egregious a sin to your manhood as eating sorbet. But here in toned-body-capital Miami, I feel secure enough to tell you the following without fear of my boss barreling…
There’s nothing quite like waking up bleary-eyed and hung over to a swift kick in the balls from the Gray Lady. No, seriously, that’s why we subscribe to the New York Times. It’s better than a stiff colada.The Times delivered big-time this weekend, with a Messi-esque shot to the groin in the…
Apparently it is a horrible thing for people living under a Communist regime to ever hear live music. This is why a bunch of people smashed Juanes CDs (or if you watched the news footage closely, quite a few homemade copies of Juanes CDs) on Calle Ocho yesterday. [NBCMiami | Herald…
Technology is both a blessing and a curse. It helps connect people, but also keeps them from having real lives. The first true Internet addiction residential treatment center opened its doors earlier this year, according to USA Today: The center, called ReSTART, is somewhat ironically located near Redmond, Washington, headquarters…
