Considering most runners in the 2010 Senate race haven’t held a position higher than congressman, it might behoove anyone with a stronger resumé to think about entering the fray, and what better job to have in your past when seeking a Senate seat than senator? Reportedly, former New Hampshire Sen…
Who says the electric chair should stand in the way of your dream job? Not Michael Lambrix. Sure, the 48-year-old waits on death row for fatally bludgeoning and strangling two people outside Fort Myers in 1983. But that hasn’t stopped the articulate, overachieving inmate from applying to be Florida’s newest…
Oh, look, an update from our old friends the sex offenders under the bridge. It’s nice to hear from them every once in a while. [NBC6]It is going to get really, really cold this weekend. [CBS4]Fidel Castro wants Obama to give back Guantánamo Bay. [NBC6]Some dumb kid accidentally shot his…
The Pew Research Center exists to call you up on your phone and ask you weird questions in order to gauge public opinion. Sometimes these questions are important, other times it seems they exist just for editorial fodder and the pleasure of statistics freaks. Recently, they picked the top 30…
Haulover Beach, the clothing optional beach, is on my list of local places to visit, just because going to a nude beach seems like one of those things you should do before you die. The problem is I am doubtful I would participate in the rampant nakedness (What if I…
Adrienne Arsht makes her debut this year on the The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s top 50 American philanthropists, thanks largely to her donation last year of $30 million to the downtown performing arts center that now bears her name. In total, Arsht donated $43.3 million in 2008, placing her at number…
This week’s Sun Post has an interesting story about a robotic parking garage at 1826 Collins Ave on South Beach. Yes, automated robotic parking. Reading about it is one thing, but this is clearly something that needs to be seen, so here’s this video from Popular Mechanics which demonstrates automated…
Here is the map Republican death map that has been going around from Gallup. According to their calculations, there’s only five states left where Republicans have a strong advantage of adults who are likely to vote for their party. 536 has all the caveats and explanation of what this actually…
Absent amongst all this hullabaloo over who might seek the senate seat in 2010 is any murmur, any indication, any rumor of who the Dems might put up for Governor. Yeah, there’s this wild card chance that Charlie Crist might run for senate, and if that happens expect CFO Alex…
As resident Loon Elyse Wanshel illustrated in September, when she set out to ruthlessly mock a $55 brunch for dogs but couldn’t bring herself to do it, it’s really difficult to hate on animal lovers, even frivolous ones.Even more so when we’re talking about a good cause. So imagine our…
For far too long, Riptide has singled out Burger King as our favorite locally based company with desperately attention-seeking advertising to blog about. At least BK’s stunts take a bit of thought and steer clear of the cheap and easy “sex sells” mode of advertising. Not so for the Miramar-based…
Recently, I was trying to explain my job to a witty older lady largely unfamiliar with the concept of blogging. After viewing a few of my posts, she asked me if it was now common practice for daily newspapers, too, to employ foulmouthed, angry youths to espouse on any topic…
Randy Shannon has been in Catholic nun mode trying to steer his football players clear of the rich thug history of the UM football program, but we’re guessing after yesterday’s shenanigans, Frank Haith may want to borrow Shannon’s habit and ruler to slap the knuckles of his basketball team. Suspended…
31 Cubans landed near the Turkey Point Power Plant. Now authorities are trying to figure out how 31 people in a boat got so close to what is supposed to be a super-secure nuclear plant. [NBC6]A UM student and Iraq vet is being charged with battery and kidnapping. [CBS4]Citrix, a…
Past the scowling Puerto Rico National Guard sentries and razor-wire fences, down a rutted gravel road into the heart of Guantánamo Bay’s Camp Delta detention facility, Army Col. Bruce Vargo bursts with gusto into an air-conditioned double-wide trailer. In Washington, the ink has barely dried on President Obama’s order officially…
Miami-Dade County just can’t get it right. In 2006, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts opened more than two years behind schedule, costing taxpayers $472 million, which was almost twice the original construction estimate. Now similar problems are dogging the county’s construction of the smaller-scale South Miami-Dade Cultural…
Tibor Hollo has seen it all before. In fact, the building boom that preceded this bust would never have happened without the extraordinary vision of the Holocaust survivor.
When it comes to breaking the law in Miami, no place is sacred. The greasy claw of crime will dig its fingernails in anywhere. Churches and synagogues? Be damned. Schools and hospitals? Fair game. That apparently doesn’t stop at the bathroom door. Our classy city’s latest claim to fame: The…
Researchers may never be able to prove that manatees are objectively the most adorable thing ever (even though they clearly are), but they are able to report that the state-wide manatee population is on the rise. Back in 2001, researchers counted 3,300 manatees. There were only 1,706 in a 1997…
I know this is a little bit out of our coverage range, especially now that we have The Juice, but please forgive me, because I can’t pass this up. Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter is involved in a bit of a scandal. As a state representative, she voted for legislation that…
Both sides of the Senate 2010 fray just lost significant rumored candidates. Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum and Democratic Congressmen Allen Boyd have both said they won’t seek the open seat. McCollum has sought a Senate seat twice before. He claimed his party’s nomination in 2000, but lost to Democrat…
All Matt Damon wanted to do this weekend was read about himself in The Miami Herald and other noted bastions of journalism and drink at White Room? Is that too much to ask? Can he not do these things with all sorts of backlash? Apparently not. As previous reported right…
