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Miami’s mayoral frontrunners struggle to raise campaign money in recession

Fatal accident on Tamiami Trail puts Miccosukee Police under scrutiny

Hugo Chávez, super socialist that he is, had a dream to make cellular phones that cost about $15 and it has come to pass thanks to a to a company that’s 85% owned by the Venezuela. He took the Venezuela’s government TV station on Mother’s Day to personally unveil the phone…

Listen up, foreign billionaires who enjoy pimping out your pleasure yachts with the finest in endangered African animal skins: You might want to keep that luxury boat away from Florida.Surrounded by stuffed lions, mounted, roaring tiger heads and massive carved ivory tusks, U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta announced this morning a…

We get a lot of press releases here at the Miami New Times, some are very helpful, most are boring, and a rare, rare few are worthy of blog posting, like this one from the Mexico Tourism Board, whose offices are in South Miami.The subject line of the email reads:…

After a couple of high-profile murder cases in which the victim and killer met through Craigslist’s “Erotic Services,” the popular website has announced it’s dropping the section. However, a new adult category has debuted to take its place; company staff will review all of those advertisements. The section became known as the…

It’s not often you hear about a new magazine launching. But then, Local Mug Shots operates under a different sort of business model: The writing is minimal/nonexistent, the photography is free, and its most important contributors grace the pages against their will. We just got our copy of Volume I…

At best, it was a heartfelt sociological experiment. At worst, it was a half-baked publicity stunt. Yesterday afternoon, a masked avenger of greed — who goes by the name Atlas — began giving away money to strangers on Biscayne Boulevard. Free cash. Atlas wore a handmade mask with comics pasted…

As reported in “Renegade Road,” New Times’ feature published today about the suspicious secrecy surrounding a tribal police department’s handling of a fatal car accident, Miccosukee cops have not uttered public word one about the death of Tatiana Furry.Unless you count a deeply unprofessional rant on a gossipy law enforcement message…

Exxxotica has left us with many things, including plenty of porn for the next few months weeks days, a slideshow and something probably only antibiotics can take care of. But before we close out the chapter on this year’s porn convention, videographer Jacob Katel gives us a glimpse of the…

The judicial saga of men who came to be known as “The Liberty Six” reached what may be the beginning of the end today. After two mistrials, and a total bill that cost taxpayers over $10 million, five of the men were convicted. Another was acquitted. The men were charged…

You’ve probably already heard about Since you live in Florida, you’ve probably also heard that the film prominently features our own tanned gubernatorial whiz-kid and maybe gay guy Charlie Crist. In part through some fine reporting by New Times’ own Bob Norman, the film offers no proof that Florida’s guv…

Just after 11 AM, Riptide encountered this minutes-old accident on Arthur Godfrey Road between Sheridan and Pinetree Drive. From what a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue paramedic who declined to give his name told us, an elderly man driving a Toyota Yaris (he’s pictured after the jump, with a paramedic touching his…

For the most part, we’ve made our choices for this year’s Best of Miami. Who won? Ha! You’ll have to wait until June 11 to find out, but in the meantime, our Readers’ Poll is open and awaiting your picks.Can’t say we remember the last time readers and the editorial staff…