Lord knows being an assistant state attorney can be a stressful job, but that doesn’t mean you have to punch your pizza lady. When the attorney hits your arm carrying a big pizza pie, well that just isn’t amore. According to NBCMiami, David Ranck, a Miami-Dade prosecutor, got in a verbal fight with…
Last Thursday, a gray Toyota Tundra was driving west on NE 6th Street next to the Freedom Tower when it slammed full-speed into a southbound, red Honda CRV on Biscayne Boulevard.The truck spun out and skidded onto the sidewalk in front of the Freedom Center. Two women stood in its…
Maybe Riptide has been living off of spaghetti and buying beer with couch change for too long. Maybe seeing the parade of Hummers and yachts in South Beach rubs salt in the wound. Maybe. Because it’s not very nice. It’s kind of mean, actually, that a recent study gives us…
If you thought some of the things that came out of Newt Gingrich’s mouth were ridiculous, wait until you get a load of his Twitter. The former speaker tried on his best Tom Tancredo impersonation and Tweeted out this:”Imagine a judicial nominee said ‘my experience as a white man makes me…
Hey, remember back in April when Dwyane Wade’s former business partner Richard von Houtman unleashed a Riptide smear tirade against the Miami Heat superstar?Von Houtman, one of Wade’s partners in the thwarted D Wade’s Place restaurant chain, cast Wade as a naive businessman, controlled by his entourage, who cheated on…
President Obama’s relationship with religion is complex, but you can’t accuse him of not being thoughtful. When it comes to appointing an ambassador to the Holy See, all but President George W. Bush’s third and final appointee have been chosen much like any other Ambassador — big time donors, friends of the…
The rain doesn’t stop! We know it’s “the rainy season,” but this is getting ridiculous. We can’t remember the last time it rained this much. Let’s hope rain is all we get this season, because hurricane season has officially started. So while we stock up on canned good and batteries,…
The notion of any real divisive, state-wide primaries in Florida seems to be dead, as state Sen. Den Gelber has announced that he’s “stepping back” from the US Senate Race. Which more or less means he’s out. He made the announcement on his blog: It makes little sense — when we do…
LocalFather Lay Minister Cutié gave his first sermon as an Episcopalian, and apparently his old Church is a little pissed he’s made such a big deal about the switch. [USAToday]No, but seriously. It’s not a good week for the Catholic Church in Miami. They’ll be closing 13 churches. [Herald]An amber alert had been…
The Miami Hurricane baseball team traditionally wears white baseball cleats at the College World Series in Omaha. But in this year, the Canes will save the money needed to purchase 31 pairs. On Sunday, the Florida Gators ended the team’s season with a 16-5 win in Gainesville. Starting pitcher Iden…
A few weeks ago, New Times published a story about racial tension at Barry University, a private Catholic school that ranked most diverse in the south. Part of the story focused on Oswald Jones, a Jamaican-Born Barry technician who says he was harassed repeatedly because of his race. It came…
Westminster Christian right fielder David Thompson can’t legally drive or grow facial hair all that well. But the high school freshman is no longer a boy. He became a man when he led his team on May 26 to a state championship on a sprained ankle that required a cortisone…
The image of Miami Hurricane reliever Rene Guerra’s glove getting knocked off of his hand by a crushed line-drive à la Charlie Brown perfectly summarized the Florida Gators’ crushing victory Saturday. Briefly, and it was very brief, the Canes held a 2-0 lead, but the Gators rallied and never looked…
It has been close to a year since I wrote my cover story about Lilly Aramburo, a 24-year-old single mother and drug addict who disappeared from her boyfriend’s apartment June 1, 2007. Today, there is still no trace of her, but friend Janet Forte presses on with her social media crusade to find…
First Fidel Castro’s cronies took his father’s car dealership. Then, they took his father’s life.Now, Gustavo Villoldo has a legal verdict for $1 billion against El Commandante himself. And he fully intends to collect, as crazy as it sounds.Miami-Dade County Judge Peter Adrien awarded Villoldo $1.179 billion today for lost…
Gustavo Villoldo, an ex-CIA operative who claims to have personally buried Che Guevara, was awarded a settlement today of $1 billion from Guevara and Fidel Castro by Miami-Dade Judge Peter Adrian. Villoldo claims that the pair was personally responsible for his father’s suicide. It’s the largest civil judgment against the…
Mariela Castro, Raul’s daughter and head of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education, announced yesterday that Cuba will reverse a ban on sex change operations on the communist island.Castro has identified 19 individuals ready to undergo the operation, and said that the government will pick up the cost.While the…
Miami Police Chief John Timoney isn’t exactly beloved by locals, and his BFF Manny Diaz will vacate the mayor’s office later this year. What’s “America’s Worst Cop” to do? Well, there’s a job opening in San Francisco. The search for San Fran’s next police chief is closely under wraps and appears to be…
In Chanel’s spring/summer 2009 collection, designer Karl Lagerfeld introduced a sly take on ankle monitoring bracelets that seemed to be all the rage with Lindsay Lohan. He dubbed the ankle purses “the rehab bag.” Now Floridians who are ordered to wear actual ankle monitoring bracelets will have to pay Chanel-like prices. Gov. Charlie Crist…
On Thursday, TV personality, beach canoodler, and sometime Catholic priest Alberto Cutié joined the Episcopal Church. His official reason: He had “searched [his] soul and sought God’s guidance.” Of course, the fact that Episcopal priests are allowed to marry (and, we assume, canoodle) had absolutely nothing to do with his…
Ridiculous civil limitation in the vague name of security never makes us smile, but one state has now literally outlawed smiling in the name of safety. Virginia has forbidden anyone from cracking a smile in driver’s license photos because it interferes with facial recognition technology.The Palm Beach Post, who we guess…
LocalA racial slur was spray-painted on a poster for North Miami mayoral candidate Andre Pierre. [Herald]More details on the MDC cuts. [Herald]A Bal Harbor Police officer has allegedly confessed to sex crimes involving a 7-year-old girl. [CBS4]The state is calling in Boba Fett, Dog, and other bounty hunters to control…
