Last time President Obama had a surprise opening for Commerce Secretary The League of United Latin American Citizens sent a him a list of ten possible candidates including Mayor Manny Diaz. Well, here we are again with another opening for Commerce, and LULAC again sent their list. Missing this time? Manny…
Here is one of our local state House members, Republican J.C. Planas, belting out “Walking in Memphis” at Disney’s new American Idol attraction, as first seen on Naked Politics about a week ago. So far it only has 898 views. Which by YouTube standards is paltry, but by politician standards…
The economic stimulus is likely to be one of the defining actions of President Obama’s first term. If it’s perceived to be successful by November 2012, we’re more than likely looking at four more years. But if, even as Obama himself admitted last week in Fort Myers, it’s not, we…
So, last month, during one of those long, drawn-out, often-surreal meetings that local political bodies tend to have, Miami Beach Mayor Matti Herrera Bower said something that could be construed as anti-Colombian: ”The drug dealers have a lot of money too.They’re from Colombia; they’re making all the money. They can come…
It appears the divorce of Dwyane Wade and his wonderfully named wife Siohvaughn is going to be one of the ugliest high-profile sports star divorces in recent memory. Siohvaughn’s lawyers fired the first shot by claiming Wade gave her an unnamed STD. Then came some rumors that Siohvaughn went ballistic…
Yuri Sucart’s Google search will never be the same again. On Tuesday, Alex Rodriguez held a press conference saying his cousin provided and injected him with ‘roids. A day later, ESPN has identified that cousin as Kendall resident Sucart, A-Rod’s right-hand man. His name has today’s top rank in Google…
Well, gosh darn it, ya’ll. Your Miami Hurricanes basketballing team lost pretty badly to FSU: 80-67. There goes hopes of finishing out ACC regular-season play with more wins than losses. [Democrat]One of the top producers at Stanford Group’s Miami office says he raised red flags about something fishy going on…
Just after 6 p.m. on a warm December Tuesday, two unseasoned cops cruised up to a dark videogame arcade on NW Third Avenue in Overtown. After they swaggered through the front door, one of them, a brash Cuban-American with a thick mustache, noticed the telltale bulge of a .22-caliber pistol…
Madonna mia! Mobster Al Capone, who died 62 years ago in his palace on Palm Island, has a gay grandson. So claims Chris Knight Capone, author of the memoir Son of Scarface, who has been staying at the notorious gangster’s Miami estate for more than a month. Standing by the…
They serve your food. They sort your mail. They man the ladder trucks. They are your accountants. Your nurses. Your personal trainers. But when they are finished cooking your food and bagging your groceries and driving your children home from school, they become something bigger: a heavily armored stormtrooper, battle…
If you’ve been to Little Haiti, chances are you’ve seen his work: fat, glistening, cartoonish acrylic depictions of everything from hair grease tins to roast chickens to his trademark soda cans, which sport the brand “Serge” in place of Pepsi. “I don’t want to say I’m the best muralist in…
Miami’s colony of sex offenders is a lot like a big, stubborn pimple on the nose of the city: Nobody likes it, yet it just keeps growing. So it’s no surprise that after nearly two years of policymakers ignoring the problem, it has gotten uglier. The number of men living…
Irene Marie Models, one of the first modeling agencies to call South Beach home has shut its doors and may file for bankruptcy. While we’d like to blame that dismal reality show 8th & Ocean for ruining its credibility, The Herald has the official reason. Spoiler alert: it’s the recession…
The Miami Herald has an official obituary and a link to an internet guest book up for Loki Rourke, the dog of famous person Mickey Rourke, in a prominent spot on its home page. Well…
About a year ago Bryce Brown as a promising, young high school running back orally committed to the University of Miami footballing concern. Makes sense, considering his older brother Arthur is also a Cane, but then Brown found him self the top rated recruit in the entire US of A,…
Change may have come to Washington but the Bush era in all its absurd, truth-defying glory is alive and well in Miami’s federal courthouse.This morning, the third case kicked off against six Miami men who are accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower and FBI offices. When they…
Academy Award nominee Mickey Rourke’s constant companion, a plump little chihuahua named Loki, passed on just a day before the award ballots were due. Rourke gave a memorable heart felt thank you to his dogs during his Golden Globe acceptance speech, and became a PETA advocate on their behalf. Loki…
Robert Allen Stanford is the latest money manager accused of defrauding his investors out of billions. He is also the latest major Bill Nelson donor caught up in controversy. Yesterday, we told you about the tens of thousands of dollars Sen. Bill Nelson accepted from embattled lobbying firm PMA. Now we’re…
After a series of heartbreaking overtime losses, the Canes have fallen to 4-7 in ACC play and desperately need to rack up a few more conference wins to keep those NCAA tourney hopes alive. The good news for UM is that the remaining ACC teams left to play are more…
Oh, that Charlie Crist — he’s so popular. Quinnipiac, always interested in exactly how popular, finds that Charlie can be pretty much elected to anything he wants. But 41 percent of Floridians prefer he seeks re-election as governor, compared to 22 percent who would like to see him run for…
Myriam Marquez takes a closer look at why Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart changed his position on SCHIP. The bill this time included health coverage for legal immigrant children and didn’t rely too heavily on tobacco taxes. [Herald]Ex-2 Live Crew frontman and local treasure Uncle Luke was arrested last night for failing…
Now that Pretty in the City has been touring the salons and spas of Miami for over a year (we missed our own anniversary – January 14!) we can look back and reminisce on some of the finest establishments in the city. And we gotta say, we’ve seen the top…
