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Canes Aren’t Getting Respect, but Beating Virginia Tech Would Change That

By Ryan YousefiNovember 3, 2017

The College Football Playoff Selection Committee doesn’t respect the Miami Hurricanes. UM fans know this for a fact after the undefeated Canes were slotted only tenth in the committee’s initial playoff rankings. Even though the Canes are one of only five undefeated teams in college football, the decisive championship rankings place Miami behind six one-loss teams. UM will need help to make the four-team playoffs in January.

Miami Beach Community Church Stops Serving Breakfast for the Homeless

By Jessica LipscombNovember 3, 2017

For years, the Miami Beach Community Church on Lincoln Road has been known for its homeless outreach. Four mornings a week, homeless residents would line up outside and wait to be seated in two shifts for breakfast. But in recent weeks, the church has halted the morning tradition, citing security issues and a decrease in the local homeless population.

Government Warns Not to Trust DJ Khaled’s Shady Online Currency-Investing Advice

By Jerry IannelliNovember 3, 2017

They don’t want you to invest in Bitcoin-style cryptocurrencies. Seriously: The Securities and Exchange Commission this past Wednesday warned people to be wary about investing in the extremely sketchy, online-only currencies advertised lately by celebrities — including Floyd Mayweather, Paris Hilton, Jamie Foxx, rapper the Game, and none other than Miami’s own DJ Khaled.

Here Are the Photos That Got Six Miami Firefighters Fired UPDATED

By Jerry IannelliNovember 2, 2017

What the hell is going on with racist South Florida firefighters lately? Months after a Pompano Beach firefighter was canned in August for hanging a noose over a black firefighter’s seat in a city truck, Miami now has its own disgusting racism scandal. Six firefighters were terminated this week for…

Miami Nurse: Spanish-Speaking Staff Retaliated When She Snitched on Them for Drinking Coquito in O.R.

By Brittany ShammasNovember 2, 2017

After leaving Indiana for a nursing job at Miami’s Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Daniele Hoffman says she never fit in because she’s white and doesn’t speak Spanish. In a federal lawsuit against the hospital, Hoffman says staff discriminated against her, called her “gringa” and “skinny white girl,” and insisted on speaking Spanish around her.

Here’s All the Crazy Stuff Gubernatorial Candidate Phil Levine Did as Mayor of Miami Beach

By Jerry IannelliNovember 1, 2017

Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine at long last announced his run for Florida’s governor today at a Wynwood news conference. With a campaign based on raising the state minimum wage, expanding access to green energy, and fighting sea-level rise —  plus a sizable personal fortune to spend — he has a real shot at snagging the Democratic nomination against three less-than-imposing competitors.

Sex Toy Website: South Beach Leads Nation in Sales, Loves “Ball Stretchers”

By Jerry IannelliNovember 1, 2017

Miami Beach residents tend to do “self-care” a little differently from most others. Where the average person might relieve some stress by sipping Chardonnay and paging through a dog-eared Nora Roberts romance novel, Beach residents head straight for the hard stuff: They vacuum club drugs into their nostrils and, according to new data from a fairly large sex toy website, finish off their weekend nights with never-ending rounds of (consensually) painful male bondage.

Coke-Snorting Dolphins Coach Is the Funniest Miami Halloween Costume of 2017

By Jerry IannelliOctober 31, 2017

To be honest, a cocaine-addicted Miami Dolphins executive costume would have made sense for each of the past 50 Halloweens. But after Fins offensive line coach Chris Foerster was caught on video earlier this month snorting cocaine in the team’s offices, asking to lick cocaine off a Nevada model’s “pussy,” and using said model as a “cocaine platter,” the now-disgraced coach had to expect that some Schadenfreude-obsessed folks would make fun of him at Halloween parties.

Miami Has the Second-Most Stressed-Out Drivers in America, Study Says

By Jerry IannelliOctober 31, 2017

For the past eight years, Miamians have ranked as one of the most stressed-out populations in America. And being trapped in an overpopulated city without adequate public transportation doesn’t help. Metrorail sucks so bad it’s referred to as “Metrofail,” and somehow we still haven’t figured out a way to build a train across the bay to South Beach.

Roger Stone Banned From Twitter as Paul Manafort Indicted by Feds

By Tim ElfrinkOctober 30, 2017

When news broke Friday that a grand jury had approved its first indictments in Roger Mueller’s probe into the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia, longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone lashed out hard at the messengers. The South Florida resident exploded on Twitter at CNN’s Don Lemon and the New York Times’ Charles Blow — and now has been banned from the site for his tirade.

Report: Miami-Dade Schools Hide Suspension Numbers by Shipping Students Off-Campus

By Isabella Vi GomesOctober 27, 2017

Since 2015, Miami-Dade’s school district has been sending suspended students to off-campus sites, where they allegedly receive one-on-one instruction and counseling as an alternative to out-of-school suspensions. Two years later, district officials praise the program’s success, though little data is available to confirm it. However, this past month, local nonprofit Power U released a report that discredits these centers, calling them enablers of the school-to-prison pipeline. In most cases, students — predominantly black and Hispanic youth — were not only forced to sit in silence for hours every day but also struggled upon returning to the classroom.