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Showing 24663 - 24684 of 31940And Now Some Words from a Major Republican Who Doesn’t Seem Totally Insane …Jeb Bush
For all his annoying bow-tied smarm and often embarrassing behavior (Dancing With the Stars, anyone?) Tucker Carlson has emerged as one of the few high-profile conservative journalists who seems unafraid — or able — to get to the root of the Republican party’s dire problems. It’s through Carlson’s eyes that the latest…
Miami Has Fourth Worst Traffic in America
What could the citizens of South Florida do with 146.6 million extra hours a year? We won’t know until our serious traffic problems are tamed… so, basically, we will never know. The Miami area ranked fourth in hours spent in traffic delays, according to a new study by the Texas Traffic Institute. That…
Victoria Jackson: Obama Is Hitler Jr. and Wants to Kill Your Grandma
So apparently Victoria Jackson’s heartfelt column about breaking into tears over Year One’s sheep-fucking jokes was the first in what we can only hope is a long line of columns for (former Drudge collaborator) Andrew Breitbart’s conservative site Big Hollywood.Unfortunately, the SNL alum and Miami native’s screeds seem to have gotten…
Joe Garcia Gets a Job in the Obama Administration
Joe Garcia put up a good fight against Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart in last year’s election but came up just a few percentage points shy. No matter, because he’s headed to D.C. anyway. Garcia landed a job in the Obama administration as director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity in the…
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The true cost of the Marlins stadium might be closer to $2.4 billion [NBCMiami]The stars of Miami Ink have a new reality show in the works for the Travel Channel. [Herald]UPenn is partnering with Miami-Dade Public Schools to increase academic recruiting in the county. [NYtimes]Does travel editor Nathan Lump mean…
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Transsexual Charged Again with Back-Alley Silicone Injections
The male-to-female transsexual sent to jail after a client’s botched cosmetic procedure ended in death was arrested again this morning. Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Florida Department of Health agents raided the quiet two-story home of Donnie Hendrix at 8 a.m. They collared her for practicing medicine without a…
Video: Dwyane Wade Does Not Enjoy Talking About Richard von Houtman
This week, New Times publishes “Dwyane’s Disaster,” a cover story about Dwyane Wade’s catastrophic partnership with Richard von Houtman, a British baron with a sordid past. Von Houtman has been making wild allegations about the Heat superstar’s personal life since their business relationship dissolved. Two weeks after Wade responded by…
Miami-Dade Transit Discovers the Power of Email and Text Messages
In Boston, citizens can now download an iPhone app that lets them send their complaints directly to city hall. In Miami, we now have… um… text messages and emails to let you know when Metrorail is down. “The Miami-Dade Transit Rider Alerts system is another example of how we’re using…
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High Temps Tie Records
You know what happens when it is a slow news day and particularly hot? We write posts about how hot it is. According to CBS4, today’s temperature of 95 degrees tied the all-time high for any July 7. It hasn’t been this hot since 2004. Yesterday’s mercury reading of 95…
Annette Taddeo Won’t Run For CFO
Miami-are business woman and former House candidate Annette Taddeo announced today she won’t run for CFO, despite mentioning interest back in May. The Democrats are currently with out a CFO candidate, and considering CFO is the only state wide elected office the party currently holds aside from Bill Nelson’s senate seat…
Stallworth Drank Four Shots of Tequila Before Fatal Crash
What’s the saying? One tequila …two tequila …three tequila …floor. Well, sadly Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth downed four shots of tequila and didn’t hit the floor. He hit the road in his Bentley, and then hit a pedestrian crossing the MacArthur Causeway.Miami beach Police released an interview they conducted…
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305 Photo of the Day: Spooky Scary
Miamism visited the Miami Center Cemetery this weekend, here’s a shot from her Flickr…
Palin and Crist Played Phone Tag
Could Charlie Crist have been tempting Sarah Palin to through her two cents into the Republican primary for senate? Records show that the two tried to speak on the phone a few days before Crist announced his Senate bid, and ABC seems to think Charlie might have been seeking an…
Ex-CEO’s ‘Porn Star’ Wife Shocks St. Stephen’s and White & Case
The email arrived just before lunchtime June 15. In it, a photo showed a tanned nude blonde bending over, underpants around her thighs. With seductive eyes, she gazed at the camera. Below the image was a list of her interests: “Role-playing, cuckolding, slaves, ATM piggies, verbal humiliation…” The subject line…
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Crist, Meek Each Bring in About $3 Million for Senate Race; Rubio Closer to $300k
Campaign fundraising filings for the quarter that ended last week are due to the FEC next week. No candidate in the race to replace Sen. Mel Martinez has officially released numbers, but a report by the Hill claims Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek are each expected to…
Senator Nelson Takes Strong Stance Against Burmese Pythons
Last week, a 12-foot-long pet Burmese python snuck into the crib of a 2-year-old Florida girl and killed her. Now, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson has taken to the Senate floor to push a ban on importing the potentially dangerous snakes. “Sooner or later, a Burmese python will get the endangered Florida panther…
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MDC’s Wolfson Campus will hold a public screening of the Michael Jackson Memorial today. [Herald]Someone went on a car vandalizing spree in Hialeah. [CBS4]Charlie Crist has a pretty humble net worth for a high-profile politician. [NakedPolitics]Meanwhile, Marco Rubio is $900,000 in debt. [NakedPolitics]A new park-and-ride lot will open in Cutler Bay. [SFBJ]Halle…
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SoBe’s Security Guards Fight to Unionize, Get Harassed Instead
Every day, Richard Ruiz maneuvers his mountain bike through swarms of tourists in neon “I’m in Miami Bitch” T-shirts on Lincoln Road. Sweating through his white uniform, he watches for shoplifters and herds away panhandlers. Once in a while, he breaks up a drunken shoving match. Ruiz still thinks he…
Dwyane Wade’s Baron Nemesis Files Libel Counterclaim
For those keeping score at home, there are now three lawsuits involving Heat superstar Dwyane Wade and his former partners in an aborted South Florida restaurant chain bearing his name. In June, Riptide first reported Wade had filed a libel suit in Miami-Dade court against Richard von Houtman, the vociferous British…
Perez Hilton Wanted to Call Will.I.Am The N-Word, But Decided F-Word was More Appropriate
Ah, the travesty of putting a celebrity profile to bed right before the subject implodes in scandal. You might recall Details scribe Jason Gay talked to Alex Rodriguez a mere 48 hours before news of his steroid use hit. A-Rod was smart enough to not be available for any follow-ups. …
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Architects of Gay Marriage Ban Need Money to Defend Florida from Evils of Jon & Kate
Once apon a time, Jon & Kate Gosselin were folk heroes in the pro-life movement for refusing to selectively reduce a few embryos after Kate’s in vitro fertilization resulted in six fertilized eggs. Instead, they chose to take their chances with having sextuplets, which they promptly exploited on national television for fame, fortune, and the right…