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Busta Rhymes’ antics at the closing of B.E.D. last Monday, demanding complimentary cocktails, made noise for about a day, but other events from a weekend on Miami Beach have the Miami gossip queens motor-mouthin’ as always. Jennifer Nicole Lee From www.jennifernicolelee.com Friday night, admirers of Twinkie’s former No. 1 fan,…

Dude, pull those up In major cities nationwide, lawmakers are getting serious about crack. No, not the rocky cousin of cocaine. Butt crack. CNN is reporting that sagging pants are being outlawed in Atlanta, Trenton, and other cities where the powers that be are deciding that rear-end cleavage should only…

Asking for tap water can be touchy when eating at a restaurant that typically exceeds one’s budget. But the waiter at The Restaurant at The Setai on South Beach didn’t even toss us a haughty, “cheapskates” glance when a dining mate asked for “normal water” during our Miami Spice lunch…

C’mon Juice. You tried to hustle us with that book about if you did it. And now you’re being investigated for trying to steal from a casino. You’ve got a problem. You shouldn’t be living in Kendall. You should get yourself to a nunnery. And fast. Or maybe to a…

Uli Herzner, loving life on the set of Project Runway. Photo from www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway Life as a loser does go on. Runner-up of Project Runway Season 3, Uli Herzner dined at new SoBe hotspot, ISHQ on Ocean Drive Monday night. The German- American designer came clad in a low-key ensemble with…

Ultimately, Diane Lawrence, a 67-year-old Kendall grandmother, wants to go to jail. She plans to plant herself at the offices of Florida’s Democratic Reps. Kendrick Meek and Debbie Wasserman Schultz and demand their support in impeaching President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. But, for now, she’ll settle…

Don’t let it come to this, people Ever been told you have an uncanny knack for picking up trash? Now’s your chance to put your talents to good use and join the thousands of volunteers expected to gather at coastlines worldwide tomorrow in celebration of the 22nd Annual International Coastal…

Terence Pinder symbolizes all that is crooked and wrong in the city of Opa-locka. The Herald has done a great job of telling his story thus far: a slick, charismatic populist with an affinity for ladies, P.F Chang’s, and Baptist melodrama. He was arrested last November and charged with, among…

Today feels like the “Darkest Day,” the name Miami-Dade Police have coined for the day in early Seventies when a trio of auto-theft detectives were shot and killed. But, today, authorities are hunting for Shawn Sherwin LaBeet, the 25-year-old suspected of shooting four officers — killing one — in Cutler…

Hurricane season is in full swing, and although we’ve been spared so far, there is plenty of time left for a strike. Hurricanes are a part of life in South Florida, and part of hurricanes is the hurricane party. There is nothing like hunkering down in your favorite pub with…

Florida’s alligators are notorious for their predilection for human flesh, and even Miami’s golf courses have become fabled crime scenes. But in the small Central African nation of Burundi, one Crocodile by the name of Gustave, has been responsible for two hundred deaths alone. And in Burundi’s capital city, no…

Hats off, chef It was standing room only at Starbucks Hear Music Store on Lincoln Road yesterday. Must’ve been 70 or 80 people crowded in to see star chef Marcus Samuelsson and Starbucks’ master coffee blender Andrew Linnemann demonstrate the pleasurable pairing possibilities of coffee and comestibles. Samuelsson is the…

Alan Rigerman pokes his head out the door of his little gray house in Northwest Miami-Dade and emits a crackle of excited greetings. He is dressed, as always, in a black T-shirt and Sportif khaki shorts; his hair is pasted to the side of his head with a heavy dose…

The Debate You Didn’t See Filed under: News Mr. Griff, a middle-age man with loose cornrows and baggy brown pants, sits in a green plastic chair and orders students not to cut through the parking lot at the University of Miami campus. He’s been there since 8:00 a.m. It’s now…

Arnold Cohen wants your tushy clean. The desire took seed in the tall, polite gentleman sometime in the 1960s and has grown into a lifelong obsession. It’s not weird either. The Hollywood resident believes America should catch up with the Old World where tushies are concerned; he believes in the…

When a friend called Heather Friday morning, she answered the phone groggy. The night before, she had been partying at Hard Rock or Mansion or somewhere. “Pack your shit,” said the voice on the line. “We’re going on a two-day, two-night cruise to the Bahamas.” “When?” “Today.” “For free?” “Of…

Miami’s beaches, nightlife, and style attract stars from all over the world. Running into musicians, actors, and other major players is part of the attraction of South Beach and other area hot spots. With our new blog, The Party Crasher, we will deliver all of the celebrity news that you…

Like so many Florida kids, Eric Suarez visited Walt Disney World often as a youngster. “I’ve lived in Miami my whole life, and I’ve been to Disney a good 20, 30 times. I used to go every year with my cousins. And when we went on the rides, there was…

He’s our man! Let’s face it: Miami Police Chief John Timoney is dead meat. Sure he apologized for taking an SUV from Lexus of Kendall without paying. And maybe he didn’t cook the books on crime, as city police officers contend. But whether chiefy baby likes it or not, last…

In a matter of minutes, TV stations across the nation will be flipped through angrily as General David Petraeus eats up our precious daytime tube-watching with his much-anticipated testimony before Congress on the progress of the Iraq troop surge. You know, the report that president Bush has called the “Petraeus…