Gov. Charlie Crist certainly put himself on the political line by appearing with President Obama in Fort Myers during the latter’s tour in support of his stimulus package. Meanwhile, Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, met numerous times with administration officials to discuss the package. A lot of…
A new anti-Alex Sink political group — cleverly named Don’t Bank on Sink — has hired the worst Robin Leach impersonator for a new YouTube ad that hits the state’s CFO and Democratic candidate for governor for her questionable private plane use. The only thing funny about the ad: It fails to…
What better way to start off your post-holiday week than getting some gruesome new details in the case of alleged serial cat killer Tyler Weinman? After weeks of local media fighting for its release, the arrest affidavit for the case is finally available. Police had their eyes on Weinman for…
Way back in April, New Times reported on how Sir Allen Stanford built a $7 billion Ponzi scheme in the Caribbean thanks to blind regulators and political influence. Yesterday, the Miami Herald fleshed out the local incompetance and greed that helped Stanford rake in more than $600 million from a plush…
Since 2007, the Marlins have held their free Super Saturday concerts after Saturday-night home matchups in a ploy to get people to attend games even if not for the baseball. The concerts sometimes snare an extra 10,000 fans, and KC and the Sunshine Band were last season’s biggest draw, so the corporate-disco outfit…
Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 points, Adrian Peterson’s 296 rushing yards, and Roger Clemens’ 20 strikeouts all prove that a single player can win a game in a team sport. While her name doesn’t carry nearly as much weight as the aforementioned fellows, Puerto Rico’s Aurea Cruz can be added to the list…
Brazilians have a natural happy-go-lucky attitude and have a saying for when life gets difficult: “Tudo bem” basically is a combination of “it’s all good” and “no worries.” That carefree outlook was on display when a well-rested, undefeated US team playing on its homecourt punched the Brazilians squarely in the mouth by taking…
The atmosphere at the Intercontinental Hotel in Downtown Miami last November during the Republican Governor’s Conference was hopeful. The GOP governors where the only national wing of the party to actually gain membership in the 2008 election, and the line was it was they who would bring their party back on track, emerge as the leadership…
Visitors often comment on how “European” or “South American” South Beach feels, but it’s nice to get a reminder once in a while that, yes, you are indeed in America and we tend to love our Country as much as any other place in it. Maybe that means we express…
In April, we reported on the Craigslist Killings, in which murderers lured victims to their deaths using the classifieds site. Maybe my tale of barely escaping the jaws of a Craiglist predator won’t make national news, but fuck me if it wasn’t traumatizing. I almost sent my PlayStation 3 to…
As a reward for a perfect 5-0 run through the first round of the Pan-American Cup, the US women’s volleyball team had today off. But they could still be seen in the BankUnited Center scouting Thursday’s 8 p.m. marquee match-up between Puerto Rico and Argentina. IPuerto Rico defeated Argentina in four sets; 25-18,…
Time to party like it’s 1776.Over at the Night & Day calendar, the Magic City Kitty and I constructed a “perfect day” of kickin’ it on Uncle Sam’s birthday, but we’re so excited about the national holiday that our bras are freaking exploding……and we just had to list a few…
Swine Flu has claimed two more lives in Miami-Dade County according to the Miami Health Department. The total number of confirmed cases in the county has ballooned to 493. A 31 year-old female and a 69 year-old male are the latest confirmed deaths. Meanwhile, an outbreak of the influenza strain has struck…
Woah, hold on their St. Petersrbug Times, you’re given us a major case of nostalgia. Remember “Mold-A-Rama” machines? You’d put a few dollars in and the machine would make a wax toy in front of your eyes. Apparently Florida has more of these machines left than any other state, and The…
When Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtnin got the call that she was invited to the Oval Office for the signing of a bill she apparently didn’t hang up this time. Yesterday, President Obama signed legislation that would award Congressional Gold Medals to the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II. Ros-Lehtinen…
Aroldis Chapman is considering one of the best left-handed pitching prospects in the world. If he was born anywhere else in the world a lucrative contract with the MLB would be a given, but Chapman was born in Cuba. So this week, while the national team was playing in the…
Al Malnik continued his “I am going to talk about Michael Jackson until everyone stops caring” tour yesterday on the Today Show. He brought new personal photos, but wanted to clear up a few things. Like the rumor he is the biological father of Jackson’s youngest son Blanket. “Of course I’m not…
Everglades Correctional Officer Shamel Watson thought he was negotiating with an inmate’s family member to smuggle in 1 lb of marijuana, 4 ounce of cocaine, and two cellphones to the inmate. Everglades Correctional Officer Shamel Watson is apparently stupid. When he went to go collect the contraband in Collier County instead…
Hello, Kitty: Last weekend, my boyfriend and I argued after he woke me up by yelling in my ear while I was hung-over. Well, it was his normal speaking voice, but at 10 a.m. it sounded like he had a megaphone to my ear. I asked him: “Why the fuck…
Men’s Health has stuck us with another label: the least sports obsessed city. The mag took into account number of ticket sales and attendance on the pro, college and high school level for baseball, basketball football, and NASCAR as well as memorabilia sales. Miami came in dead last. That’s kind of sad considering…
Negotiations are under way for the return of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. But here in Miami, a different conflict is brewing. On Tuesday, the Miami Herald ran an opinion piece about the removal of the mustachioed political leader. Writer Glenn Garvin described President Zelaya as “an erratic leftist who…
Your Florida Marlins defeated the Washington Nationals 5-3 yesterday, running their record against the MLB bottom dwellers to 9 – on the season, with 7 of those wins of the “come-from-behind” variety.Perhaps that’s why the Nationals have agreed to make a uniform change. The next time the two teams…
