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…
Parking in South Miami Just Got More Interesting
Videogame at Sunset Place Broke Kid’s Leg
Illegal Immigrant Crackdown
Black-Market Cigarettes: Miami’s New Vice
Markos “Kos” Moulitsas of the Daily Kos has a dream that one day Charlie Crist will do some soul searching, look deep inside himself, and finally come out… as a Democrat. And it will all be Marco Rubio’s fault. See, Rubio is calling upon the dark forces of the right…
Seems like Floridians didn’t do too well on their diets in 2008. Between 2007 and 2008, the annual F as in Fat report shows the percentage of adult obesity in Florida creeped up from 23.3% to 24.1%. The good news for those who take pleasure in others’ pain is that…
It’s summer in Miami, and you’re either wet because of the rain or because the humidity and heat have conspired to drench you in sweat. Which means right now deodorant is your best friend. Well, Old Spice has gone ahead and named the top 20 “Sweatiest Cities of All Time” in America,…
Normally racing ins’t very adorable. NASCAR? So not adorable. Sweat soaked marathoners in lycra? Typically not adorable. Mud covered BMXers? Totally not adorable. Chihuahuas? Muy adorable! PETCO is calling for the fastest chihuahuas in South Florida to their tracks. The fifth annual chihuahua races are set to start in August, with the…
Somehow we haven’t done a “South Beach art deco at night” shot yet. There’s a lot to pick from, but we like this one from Wyntuition’s Flickr. …
The great magazine die-off claimed another victim yesterday: Vibe, one of the largest mags covering hip-hop and R&B. But Quincy Jones, who founded the magazine in 1993, is looking to step back in and make the periodical a fully online venture. In his reasoning, he dissed some of America’s most troubled…
Sometimes Miami-Dade County Hall reminds me of that guy who’s always dreaming up wacky get-rich-quick schemes and shady money-making ideas (“Dude, I just bought that book from the guy who wears question-mark-print suits…” “If I hit up every sperm bank in the tri-county area once a month…” “I just met…
In this week’s New Times, we report new statistics showing how President Obama’s “Secure Communities” program pulls Miami cops into the deportation game. The program, which runs anyone booked into any Miami-Dade County jail through a national Homeland Security database, has already flagged 8,407 illegal immigrants since January. Critics fear…
What… the…? Slot machines at MIA? Like that airport needs to be any more of a circus than it already is. [Herald]Miami-Dade commissioners have no problem with Carrie Meek representing Wackenhut and the county, even while the two are in a legal dispute. [Herald]Adam Tavss, the Miami Beach Police officer…
“It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop ever, until you are dead.” That was said about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator, but it also applies to the US women’s volleyball team (except for the death…
Back in April, staff writer Tim Elfrink reported that the crap-tastic economy was leading boat-owners, overburdened by docking and maintenance costs, to abandon ship all over South Florida. Naturally, we thought he had fabricated the whole thing. But yesterday, we spotted a dilapidated yacht beached on the South shore of…
The Palm Beach Post decided to check the time sheets of gubernatorial candidates and current cabinet members Republican Bill McCollum and Democrat Alex Sink. Turns out, in the past two months neither has been working that hard. McCollum averages about 22 hours of work a week as attorney general — a job…
Here’s some bottom feeding gossip to close out the day: Britain’s Daily Star is claiming that alleged Miami mobster and owner of The Forge Al Malnik is the biological father of Prince Michael “Blanket” Jackson II, Jackson’s youngest son. The rumor comes on the heels of revelations that Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie…
Being the subject of a Gawker field guide is a mixed blessing. It’s like being hate-fucked by the internet. On one hand, it ups your name recognition stock in media circles; on the other, it means there’s a whole lot of snark, derision, and mockery coming your way from a…
The Miami-Dade Medical Examiners district still leads the state in the number of autopsies where heroine and cocaine were found, but the amount of deaths linked to pharmaceutical abuse remains relatively mild compared to other urban areas of the state. State-wide the 2008 “Drugs Identified in Deceased Bodies” reports shows that while deaths related to…
We’re not going to lie to you with some happy, sunny picture. The weather has been terrible as of late, so today’s picture is a reminder that it could always be worse. We picked up the photos of an afternoon thunderstorm shaping up over Miami from Joiseyshowaa’s Flickr…
