Either Florida International University’s Ronald Berkman is a dedicated New Times reader or he just screwed up the most significant moment in FIU’s history. Last Wednesday, after mentioning nearly every politician in Miami-Dade County by name, from Sweetwater Mayor Manual Morono to Hialeah Gardens Mayor Yioset de la Cruz to…
Last Sunday, the Atlanta Hawks walloped the Miami Heat in the first game of the playoffs — and team hero Dwyane Wade managed only 19 points. We weren’t celebrating — and we’re still confident D-Wade is gonna right the ship. But while we believe the superstar can take the Heat…
Hybrid Hell: The Toyota Prius can be a devil to drive
This morning in the news roundup, we told you about British schoolteacher Jade Thomas, who saved up to take her dream vacation in Miami Beach, only to sadly catch fatal meningitis. Apparently that wasn’t an isolated case. Miami-Dade health officials say the rare strain of the disease has infected 12 people…
In politics nothing is ever guaranteed, but lets be honest the conventional wisdom is that come November 2010 Charlie Crist will be attending his electoral victory party. The only question is whether he’ll be popping the champaign for a re-election to the Governor’s mansion or a Senate victory. A group of solidly conservative Republicans…
Corey Smith presses his face up against the thick glass window cut into the heavy steel door outside his jail cell, his shaggy hair and whispy sideburns curling off his face and the black wire of a single headphone dangling from one ear. Smith’s eyes light up as he sees the…
Last time a momentous occasion to bring awareness to eco-friendly causes came around we failed horribly, but for Earth Day we’re trying to make it up to Miami Beach. About two months ago popular eco-blog Tree Hugger tore Miami Beach to shreds for its horrendous insistence on trying to make…
Local This is the saddest thing ever: An English teacher saved up for her dream vacation in Miami Beach and then died of meningitis. [ThisIs] The Miami City Commission will not let the Marlins ballpark borrow $9 million from the general fund to build a parking garage. This is because they promised…
After watching the press hubbub over Bo Obama unfold we wondered last week if any local Pols had any cute puppies of their own. A few quick Google searches didn’t turn up much, but we’ve had a few blanks filled in for us since then. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s office…
God bless anyone starting a new print publication in these economic times. Especially in Miami, and especially during the summer, but to be honest we’re kind of excited to see someone try. Details are sketchy at this point and nothing is confirmed, but a new Miami Beach-centric paper seems to…
The search for Florida International University’s next president began with 26 willing, talented contestants, but not everyone could make the grade. Some just weren’t fierce enough. Others couldn’t quite smile with their eyes. Some just didn’t have that fire burning in their soul. The panel in charge with the search…
As reported by The New York Times and Generation Miami, a new poll by Bendixen & Associates paints a picture of Cuban Americans firmly supporting President Obama and his efforts in regards to Cuba. The poll, based on 400 phone surveys carried out last week in Florida, New Jersey and…
If you read Gus Garcia-Roberts’ article about the sex offenders under the bridge and how Liberty City Pastor Vincent Spann wants to house them in a warehouse on an industrial side of town, then you already know about the Julia Tuttle Causeway Bridge under which some sex offenders are living…
One of the side effects of starting your own eponymous, one-man news source like The Drudge Report, rather than being part of a more traditional institution is that it’s only natural that people will become curious about the man behind the medium. This has apparently troubled Matt Drudge, who’s kept…
LocalFour teens were shot in Liberty City. Including one girl. Three are in stable condition, while another is still in serious condition. [Herald]Another teen shooting took place in South Dade. 1 killed. 1 hurt. [Herald]Charlie Crist is wary of a change to Florida’s voting laws, as he should be, because…
Has ever a public figure come completely unhinged so quickly and publicly as “Sir” Allen Stanford? Who? Richard Nixon? Lindsay Lohan? Stanford — whose sordid fall from grace we brought you last month — has now given two interviews in the weeks since the SEC charged his company with running an…
Sources on the street exclusively tell Riptide that today is some sort of unofficial holiday during which users of the illicit substance known as marijuana (the kids apparently call it “bammy,” “lamb’s bread,” or “burrito”) celebrate their devious habit. Apparently the only people who partake in this have not…
It’s probably the Miami Herald’s duty to be covering this boring, but potentially substantial breaking news. But apparently they’re too busy smoking it up in honor of Pulitzer Day! So now I have to trudge through this extremely boring (but potentially substantial!) bit of news to make sure that you,…
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The Miami Herald remains far and away the most Pulitzer-decorated paper in Florida, and even in its weakened state, today the rag added another medal to its award shelves, bringing the total to 20. Patrick Farrell’s powerful photos of a storm ravaged Haiti took home the award for Breaking News…
When we toured and wrote about Guantánamo Bay a couple of months ago, the military had already tossed out any pretense that waterboarding and other torture techniques had been used on inmates. But no one really knew how often the military and the CIA decided to violate the Geneva Conventions…
There were a thousand little reasons to cheer — or laugh or cry — at the first Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade this past Saturday. To name a few: A sweet-faced elderly couple carried a sign that read “George and Peter. Together 65 years.” Then there was the tight-bodied pack…
