Poor Mike Lowell. The Miami native has already been through a lot. In between World Series wins with the Marlins and Boston, he endured testicular cancer, a massive John Henry fire sale, and a badly fractured hand.But now he has really invited a true stain on his good name: He…
As GossipCop reminds us, today is the two-year anniversary of Fidel Castro’s death. Well, the two-year anniversary of when Perez Hilton declared him dead, by doodling the word dead over the dictator’s wrinkled forehead, in his trademark MS Paint white. Of course, a new photo of the former leader was released…
The state is being forced to ante up $12,500 in taxpayer money for the defense of accused cat killer Tyler Weinman, according to the Miami Herald. Circuit Judge John Thornton ordered the state to pay up after Weinman’s lawyer argued the kid didn’t have enough money to properly fund his defense. Ten…
Gov. Charlie Crist has asked yet another round of former politicians to fill out applications for Senate. When will this end? When every Republicans to ever hold public office in Florida has submitted answers to Charlie Crist’s questionnaire. The latest round includes former U.S. Reps. Mike Bilirakis, Lou Frey, and Clay…
A bunch of protesters came out this weekend against health-care reform, and Charlie Crist called the bill a “cockamamie” idea. [CBS4]Erik Fresen, a Miami-area representative who wants to be speaker of Florida’s House one day, is facing foreclosure. [Herald]Heat player Michael Beasley got what is probably the stupidest tattoo outside…
Just a few weeks ago, at a county school board meeting, Bernie Winer — a consultant for the Miami Beach Police Athletic League — received a standing ovation. A month before that, Miami Beach city commissioners handed him an award. But Riptide has uncovered a PAL expense report that helped…
You know why we haven’t had a major hurricane in quite some time? Because Gov. Charlie Crist gets down on his knees. Crist left a payer note on the Western Wall in Jerusalem in 2007 while on a trade mission that read, “Dear God, please protect our Florida from storms and…
Today’s photo is of Tiger Tail camp. It’s from Isaac Z1’s Flickr and our Miami New Times Flickr pool. …
Thomas Jones. Running back for our heated rivals the New York Jets. 2009 Pro Bowl starter. First round draft pick in 2000. Star of a Trina video. Even if he does play for our rivals, you have to admit he’s pretty much a bad ass. So how does he like to…
Sales for single-family homes soared 64 percent in July in the Miami metropolitan area compared to the same numbers for July 2008. Meanwhile, sales for existing condos rose 48 percent over last year. The numbers continue a trend of home sales rising in each of the past 12 months, according…
Albert Gonzalez (aka Soupnazi), the Miami-man accused of stealing data from 130 million credit cards, isn’t a ruthless criminal says his lawyer, he’s just a poor, helpless computer addict.”He was self-taught,” said his lawyer Rene Palamino in an interview with PC World. “He didn’t go out in the sandbox or play…
Florida’s unemployment numbers for July are in, and things have stayed pretty much stable since June. The state’s jobless rate is still at 10.7%, which represents 987,000 out of work Floridians. That’s still 4.4% higher than one year ago, and 1.3% higher than the national level. Meanwhile Miami-Dade’s jobless rate also…
Manny Diaz is going to try bringing Miami 21 before the commission again, and is confident it will pass this time. [Herald] Miami, along with 27 other cities, has made the US’s shortlist to host World Cup Games. All that needs to happen now is for the US to actually…
Charlie Crist has added former state legislator Dan Webster to his ever-growing shortlist of possible Senate appointees. The Central Florida political vet has already said he’d be open to the job, because “it would be prety cool.” Webster served in the Florida House for 18 years and became the first Republican speaker…
National Review, a serious political journal of wingnuttery, which has recently featured Carrie Prejean and a Buddha-fied Sonia Sotomayor with the words “Wise Latina” on its cover has chosen Marco Rubio as its next coverboy. Why don’t they proclaim Rubio the “Wise Latino”? I guess because they make only sorta-racist covers when they…
Carmen Cusack, a Miami resident who runs AHIMSA, a local animal rights advocacy group with her husband, really loves tofu. So much so she wanted to proclaim it on her license plate, and requested a vanity plate saying, “ILVTOFU.” Either Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is rabidly carnivorous, or it misunderstood…
Classic David and Goliath: Small local blogger criticizes big, powerful daily newspaper. Daily newspaper doesn’t like it and sends a cease-and-desist order even though when the local blogger gave the daily praise, it found no problem with that. This is basically the drama unfolding between local blogger Bill Cooke of…
For some reason, Miami-Dade still hasn’t gotten around to renaming Jose Canseco Street, but Mr. Canseco is wasting no time in bringing more ridiculous schadenfreude to his already shamfeul legacy. Apparently, admitting to steroid abuse, appearing in such fine fare as The Surreal Life Season 5, Stripper’s Ball, My Life on the…
According to a new Quinnipiac poll, 58 percent of Floridians support creating a government health insurance plan, while only 36 percent oppose it. So it should be good news for supporters of the so-called public option that voters in a notoriously moderate swing state seem to be down with government health insurance. Yet,…
I don’t think anyone is going to start throwing around the term “Florida Ivies” anytime soon, but for the first time, two Sunshine State schools rank in the top 50 of US News & World Report’s annual college rankings. Getting a slight bump from the 51st spot last year, University of Miami officially…
Venus and Serena Williams are the latest celebs to take a tiny part of Dolphins ownership. Let’s hope their winning ways rub off on the Fins. [AP]The Miami man who allegedly stole data from 130 million credit and debit cards had an unusual high school habit: hacking into government message…
