Think all the craziness in Iran is far away and meaningless to you? Think again. For two hours yesterday, from around 6 to 8 p.m., the plaza near The Torch of Friendship was taken over by a crowd of about 200 people waving signs and chanting in Farsi and English…
Are you in for some early morning schaudenfraud with your coffee? If not, move along. We all know sexting is a very dangerous thing for teens. The cover of Reader’s Digest and various local news “special” “reports” have told us so. Unfortunately, it can also ensnare white collar professionals in its dangerous ways. …
This past May 31, after renouncing Catholicism, international celebrity priest Alberto Cutié delivered his first sermon as an Episcopal minister. TV cameras and tabloid reporters filled the parking lot of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Biscayne Park. The scene was played repeatedly on television screens across Latin America.Father…
Woah boy, that Marco Rubio sure is doing some interesting political gymnastics. Today, on the heels of his Senate endorsement from uber-conservative Senator Jim DeMint, Rubio affirms that he supports making English the official language of the United States. DeMint is a strong supporter of the English only movement, supports offering…
Todays photo of the day comes from Philip Bradford, used with permission. …
Miami Beach residents have a new reason to wake up at 4 in the afternoon — the all new Miami Beach INcard! Released yesterday, the free sliver of black plastic issued by the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce gives residents discounts at clubs, museums, hotels, restaurants and shops. And since…
After all that deception, Alberto Cutié has finally been made an honest man. NBCMiami reports that Cutié and his girlfriend Ruhama Canellis were married today in a Coral Gables courthouse. A courthouse? Apparently Cutié wasn’t ready to get hitched in an Episcopal church. (Update: apparently there will be a religious service at a…
We don’t even know why we’re trying to meet our energy needs with oil anymore, when we all know if we could tap into the source that powers Sen. Bill Nelson, we’d be able to meet the global projected power needs for the next two centuries, at least. Bill Nelson is…
Paul Wight is known as one of the biggest men in wrestling, with a billed height of seven feet and a weight of 485 pounds. Wrestling in WCW as “the Giant” and WWE as “the Big Show,” he captured the heavyweight title in both, and SoBe Entertainment hoped to expand…
Giovanni Gonzalez, a 23-year-old Miami-Dade Police officer in Kendall, died this morning when his marked patrol car collided with a dump truck while traveling southbound on Florida’s Turnpike near SW 152nd Street. The vehicles collided at 4:07 a.m. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived at the scene shortly thereafter. Firefighters cut through…
Watch more Comedy Central videos on AOL Video So on Sunday, cops arrested the alleged cat killer, a clean-cut kid who likes to blow shit up and has friends that call him “niggercake” but otherwise seems nice enough. The exposure of Tyler Weinman has simply given a face to the…
For the past four years, Miami has reigned supreme as the U.S. city with the angriest and most aggressive drivers, but not anymore. According to Reuters, New York City has stolen our crown. This year, we didn’t even make the top five; we placed seventh. Which is still to say drivers…
The H1N1 virus has claimed its first death in Florida and Miami-Dade County, killing a 9-year-old, according to the Miami-Dade County Health Department. The total number of confirmed swine flu cases in the county now tops 143. The state’s count is up to 417. Nationally, the virus is said to…
Local In Miami Beach, a police officer shot and killed Husien Shehada, suspecting he had a gun. Then the cop arrested his brother, but family and friends think the reasoning doesn’t line up. [Herald] A class-action lawsuit filed in Miami asks that “phantom fees” be returned to Bernie Madoff’s victims…
If flocks of chickens suddenly grow the size of buildings and take over the world, Miami Beach residents better run for cover. The angry fowl would stomp with a vengeance to homes of city commissioners, peck off their roofs, and set fire to an ordinance on their doorsteps. Why? Well,…
Hey now, not every Republican Senator is ready to warmly welcome Charlie Crist into his or her little club. Nope. Jim DeMint, the junior Senator from South Carolina, is ready to endorse Crist’s fledgling primary opponent Marco Rubio, according to Politico, at least. Lets see what wonderful things Sen. DeMint stands for. …
Tyler Hayes Weinman, the suspect in the cat killing spree, will not get bail his bail set at a hefty $250,000. He’s also being forced to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. ”I can say the investigation is being led by a lynch-mob mentality, steam-rolling Mr. Weinman’s constitutional rights,” his attorney David Macey…
Sometimes this city we live in is just so gosh-dang beautiful. Here’s a view of the Eighth Street Bridge and downtown (excuse me, DWNTWN) from Brickell Key, courtesy of dgilmalle’s flickr stream…
So, our old friends at Crispin Porter + Bogusky and Burger King somehow got a certain Britain’s Got Talent star to strip it all off to hawk their burger-scented body spray. No, for the love of God, it’s not Susan Boyle. Rather, it’s Piers Morgan, who also carries out judging duties on…
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz’s time as head of the U.S. Conference of Mayors has come to an end, and usually the sitting American president sends administration officials to the conference — this year held in Providence, Rhode Island — but the Obama administration pulled out. The reason: Providence Mayor David Cicilline…
Before the NBA Finals began, there were quite a few columns written about this Magic-Lakers series being haunted by the Ghost of Shaquille O’Neal — you know, because the former Miami fixture played for both teams and has had such a contentious history with Kobe Bryant. Seemed like a bit of…
Today was the day the Supreme Court decided if we are all — in the words of my editor, Chuck Strouse — “scum-sucking Cuba haters.” Apparently, we aren’t. The court declined to hear the case of the Cuban Five, who claim their 2001 trial and conviction for spying for the Cuban government was…
