Herald Finds Carol Rosenberg Not Guilty

After keeping relatively tight lipped about the matter, The Miami Herald has unveiled the results of its internal investigation into claims by a Navy Commander Jeff Gordon that he was “sexually harassed” by the paper’s GitMo correspondent Carol Rosenberg. In short, Rosenberg will continue her duties. Gordon complained that Rosenberg made a number of disparaging and…

Will Marco Rubio Lead The March of Conservatives out of the GOP?

If there’s one point Riptide has been consistently making about Marco Rubio is that his values and policies are more in line with the right-wing, super-conservative blogosphere then they are with Florida voters. He pretty much hammered that point home this weekend by speaking at the RedState Gathering. RedState.com being…

Volusia County GOP Censures Charlie Crist

Some of the county-level Repulican party organizations have been mumbling not-so-nice things about Gov. Charlie Crist, but yesterday the Volusia County GOP passed a motion censuring him. Among Crist’s crimes: Appointing Democrats to political positions, appointing so-called liberal judge James Perry to the state Supreme Court, supporting the stimulus bill, nationalization of property…

Guy Shot by Cops Yesterday Once Got Picked up for Soliciting Boys

Around 3:20 p.m. yesterday, Miami-Dade Police responded to a call at 11210 SW 157th St. that a man was threatening someone with a gun over a landlord-tenant dispute.View Larger MapWhen the cops arrived, a 39-year-old named Iran Delima pulled out a gun. One of the officers pulled his own piece…

Local Improv Group Gets Love from Funny or Die

Duel (2009) – watch more funny videos Dealing with traffic accidents in Miami is a tricky thing. Why can’t we act like civilized 17th-centuary gentlemen? Oh right, because they settled everything with duels. The latest video by local improv group A Pair of Nuts and production crew Peripheral Films was the…

News Roundup

A flight heading to Brazil made an emergency landing in Miami this morning; 26 of the passengers were injured. [Herald]Myriam Marquez has decided, for the good of all Miami, that Mr. Clucky should be brutally slaughtered and feasted upon by a group of homeless sex offenders. Cherry. [Herald] Could you be…

Mr. Clucky Has a Slow-News Summer to Thank for His Notoriety

If you’ve turned on the TV news or glanced at the front page of the Miami Herald in the past week, you’re familiar with the plight of South Beach’s most famous cock. Newsrooms across South Florida have been stricken with Mr. Clucky fever. Its dominant symptom: the uncontrollable urge to publicize…

Marlins Acquire Nick Johnson

The Marlins finally showed some trade deadline sac and ordered one large Johnson.Washington National 1B Nick Johnson, he of the .295 average, 44 RBI, and most importantly for the free-swinging Fish, a .408 on-base-percentage, is heading to the Land of Teal and Empty Seats for AA left-hander Aaron Thompson, according…

Seventeen-Foot Python Caught in Okeechobee

Here’s the giant snake that’s on the front page of every local news website, so why not ours too? Slow news day. As part of the insane/awesome new government initiative to kill every Burmese python in the wild, this 17-footer was caught yesterday in Okeechobee County. The beast weighed 207 pounds and measured 26 inches…

Father Cutié and Wife Land People en Español Cover

You can’t accuse Father Cutié of not loving the spotlight a little. The former Catholic priest and current reluctant anti-celibacy poster boy sat down with People en Español for an exclusive cover story interview. He even provided some wedding photos and honeymoon shots. Then again, it’s only fitting that a couple…

News Roundup

Some sex offenders don’t want to leave their home under the bridge. [Herald]Four divers died during lobster mini-season. [CBS4]Meet the Miami doctor who is the son of a Nazi, converted to Judaism, and is now writing a book. [NBCMiami]Miami horse owners are fearful their animals might be the next that end up…

Lamar Odom Reportedly Staying in LA

Just this morning we were wondering when Lamar Odom would make up his mind about joining the Heat or not. Well today he reportedly did, and it wasn’t the outcome we were hoping for, but at least the suspence is over. ESPN.com reports an NBA source told them that Odom will stay put…

President Alex Sink?

One day, when we are all living under the Sink administration –no, no, not just in Florida, but in the entire nation– we can look back at this Washington Post blog post as the first public utterance of a possible Alex Sink presidential run. Chris Cillizza isn’t saying Sink will be President, or…