How many Vontaes are there in the world? How many of those have the last name Davis? Well, if there happens to be more than one, Miami Dolphins first-round draft pick Vontae Davis wants you to know he wasn’t the Vontae Davis who was arrested earlier this month in Champaign,…
What are our dear friends at Burger King and Crispin Porter + Bogusky doing now? Making blowjob jokes about their new “Super Seven Incher” sandwich. Congratulations, guys. Not only have you introduced your new disgusting-looking sandwich in the most disgusting-looking way (though you could have added a subtle dollop of mayo on the model/blow-up doll’s face),…
A taxi driver was shot early this morning as he was working near NW 91st Street and Seventh Avenue.Jacques Milien, 64, was shot multiple times after what appeared to be an armed robbery at 6:15 a.m., Miami-Dade Police spokeswoman Det. Rebeca Perez said. He is in stable condition at Jackson Memorial…
A Super Cab driver was shot in a burglary attempt early this morning. He’s recovering at Jackson Memorial. [CBS4] A venomous lionfish was caught off the coast of Miami. They’re not very big, but their habit of eating everything makes them a threat to ecosystems. [Herald] The neighborhood surrounding the old Orange Bowl site…
In my nocturnal travels, I’ve come across some very cool, easygoing, wonderful fellow Banana Republicans — you know, us locals who can lay claim to being raised in Dade and are proud of it. One of these chums is Maria Teresa Goobs, a gregarious local porn magazine editor who is a…
Around 11:20 this morning, a slim black man — about six-foot-one and wearing camouflage pants, a yellow shirt, and a black skull cap — walked into the Wachovia Bank at 160 SW Eighth St. He waited patiently in line, and when he got to a teller, he handed her a…
Every week at Jackson Memorial Hospital, teens and young adults who were either born with HIV or infected at a young age meet. They call themselves the Kool-Aid Kids. They’ve defied the odds and lived to a time when HIV is a manageable, albeit chronic, disease. CNN recently profiled them, and…
Word that this endorsement might be coming has been in the pipeline for weeks, but now it’s official: Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate and current Fox News host Mike Huckabee has endorsed Marco Rubio in the Republican primary for Senate. Huckabee’s endorsement is as much a celebration of…
Coral Gables Police have identified and charged armed robbery suspect Kenneth Maurice Smith, 20, who attempted an escape that led police on a two-hour chase that close U.S. 1 Sunday night.Smith is charged with armed robbery, attempted burglary to a residence, and resisting police without violence.The northbound lanes of South Dixie Highway…
At this point, Riptide is following the ongoing Father Alberto Cutié story only to keep notes for an upcoming, slightly fictionalized off-Broadway play we plan on writing (working title: Father Hottié). Well, what do ya know — Spanish-language TV y Novelas has introduced a plot point that not even we could have imagined. Jose Linares…
I’m a book nerd, so I’m not sure how you celebrity bloggers do this, but here goes:OMG, did you see JuDrew at the Marlins-Yankees game this past Sunday?! I think this is a CWOT, but I just spent 15 minutes posting it to the world!!!! Orwellian DoubleThink!!!]And they were both…
Sometimes when you make a post about something, you feel indebted to blog about any major updates in the story. Other times, you find a picture so marvelous you need to find any excuse to use it. So here we are continuing our coverage of Perez Hilton v. Will.i.am: Boom…
A leading research lab in Port St. Lucie thinks it might have made a potential breakthrough in the treatment and eradication of HIV. Current medications suppress the virus to undetectable levels in patients’ bodies, allowing them to live relatively normal, long lives. However, the crafty little bug hides elsewhere in the body and can…
Earlier this month, authorities confirmed an outbreak of the H1N1 virus at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, known as the Krome Service Processing Center, in Miami. Now the 19-month-old child of an employee at the center has a confirmed case of the virus, and the American Federation of Government Employees…
Last month, Riptide received a vague but alarming email invitation with this headline: “JIMMY BUFFETT, MIAMI DOLPHINS AND DOLPHIN STADIUM TO HOST MAJOR CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENT.”Riptide quickly RSVPed and was treated to one of the most disturbing displays in sports history: Jimmy Buffett playing to a crowd of Parrotheads and getting…
I don’t know if you’ve been following the recent mess going on in the New York State legislature, but one of the key figures behind it reportedly considering a run for Mel Martinez’s soon-to-be vacated senate seat. Lucky us!Tom Galisano is the billionaire founder of Paychex, a payroll processing company, and co-owns…
Boy, it’s hot out. How hot is it? It’s so hot that we’re actually thinking of drinking LandShark lager to cool down. It’s so hot that Father Cutié is glad that he doesn’t have to wear that heavy black robe anymore.It’s so hot that cats are pissed their owners no longer have a…
A Miami-Dade Transit supervisor was struck and killed by the Metro Mover late Friday night while inspecting the rails, said Miami-Dade police.Joseph Bryant, 54, was on the tracks of the station at 100 Northeast 5th Street when he was hit at 11:49 p.m. Miami-Dade police are still investigating the cause of the accident…
Four days after being cleared of any wrongdoing in shooting an unarmed tourist, Miami Beach Police Officer Adam Tavss has been involved in another shooting death. The incident reports have not been made public because the fatal shootings are “still under investigation,” police say. Facts though have started to creep…
Edgy ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky has brought us The King rapping about butts, Facebook friend sacrifices, stereotypical Mexican wrestlers, and bewildered foreigners all in the name of advertising Burger King’s greasy wares. They’ve garnered a lot of attention, and won lots of awards for their efforts. But apparently the ads aren’t…
Which side do you take in a squirmish between one of the most loathsome gossip mongers in the world and a musician whose latest song un-ironically includes the lyrics “Fill up my cup (Drink)/Mozolotov (La Chaim)?” Perez Hilton, who once appeared on our cover with a black eye, is claiming…
