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South Florida Town: Stop Photoshopping Our Logo or We’ll Sue You

By Jerry IannelliMarch 2, 2017

Tamarac, a sprawling South Florida suburb, is not all that special. For starters, the city’s name doesn’t come from a special natural wonder like a lake or, as it was long rumored, a nearby Native American tribe. No, the city was simply named for a local car wash called Caramat. “Tamarac” is just “Caramat” spelled backward. Caramat’s owner, Ken Behring, founded the city.

Miami’s Clubgoers Are America’s Drunkest, Study Shows

By Jerry IannelliMarch 1, 2017

It turns out the city where Diddy punched Drake in the face, Nicki Minaj made fun of a homeless person, Joaquin Phoenix fought a fake heckler, Pitbull built a thriving rap career, and Cuba Gooding Jr. ate a smartphone has something of a drinking problem when it goes clubbing. Who knew?

There’s Reportedly a Gigantic #FakeNews Operation Run From Miami (and It’s Not New Times!)

By Jerry IannelliFebruary 28, 2017

Things that are not true: Denzel Washington endorsed Donald Trump; Miley Cyrus is leaving the country now that Trump is president; Barack Obama is about to be charged with treason. Things that are true: According to a BuzzFeed News investigation, two dudes are cranking out totally false headlines from a house in Miami as part of a huge bipartisan #FakeNews operation.

Florida Highway Patrol Cop Arrested for Covering Up Miami Beach Hit-and-Run

By Jerry IannelliFebruary 28, 2017

On June 30, 2015, Miami dentist Jesus Enrique Del Valle’s Ranger Rover hit a landscape worker on the road in Miami Beach, reportedly leaving the victim with permanent brain damage. But police say Del Valle didn’t stop to see if the worker was OK. Instead, he drove to a body shop owned by his girlfriend’s cousin to hide the damage to his SUV, the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office says. Del Valle apparently couldn’t cover the repairs in cash alone and needed an insurance quote, so he called Florida Highway Patrol Officer David Casillas to write a fake accident report.

Miami Gardens Is Spending $2 Million on License-Plate Readers

By Brittany ShammasFebruary 27, 2017

Last summer, the Miami Gardens Police Department held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new “Real Time Crime Center” — a command-center-like room equipped with video walls and laptops where detectives monitor what’s happening around town. The city pitches the center as a boon for a high-crime corner of Miami-Dade, but the heavy surveillance also makes civil rights activists uncomfortable in a city already rattled by one major police harassment scandal.

The Five Weirdest Things Marco Rubio Has Ever Lied About

By Jerry IannelliFebruary 26, 2017

In addition to being a charlatan, power-grabber, and unbridled coward, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is also just really, really bad at lying. He doesn’t lie like Donald Trump, who vomits falsehoods so outlandish that they take four full news-cycle days to rebut. He also doesn’t lie like, say, most mainstream Democrats, who promise people things such as universal health care or student-loan forgiveness every four years while blatantly knowing they won’t accomplish any of those things while in office.

Ask a Stoner: How Does a Percolator Work in a Bong?

By Herbert FuegoFebruary 24, 2017

Dear Stoner: How does a percolator work in a bong? Huff. Dear Huff: Percolators, vaporizers, blasting hash — they all require scientific processes that most of us don’t want to learn, despite how important they are to cannabis consumption. Percolators use water to filter compounds and mixtures; they were around…

Cameron Wake Is the New Face of South Florida Sports

By Ryan YousefiFebruary 24, 2017

Here’s a tough question: Who’s the most recognizable face of South Florida sports today? For decades, that was an easy answer. First, it was Dan Marino. Then, even through the LeBron era, it was Dwyane Wade. These days, however, there’s no clear choice for the big dog of South Florida sports.

Miami’s Undocumented Immigrants Contribute $437 Million in Taxes Each Year

By Jessica LipscombFebruary 24, 2017

Last week, as Miami-Dade commissioners voted 9-3 to comply with President Donald Trump’s harsh new immigration policies, dozens of residents stormed out of County Hall, shouting, “Shame on you!” The pleas of mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons who had asked commissioners to reconsider seemingly weren’t enough. Commissioner Rebeca Sosa went as far as to say those emotional appeals for empathy were irrelevant.

Here’s Video of Protesters Confronting Marco Rubio in Miami

By Jerry IannelliFebruary 23, 2017

Marco Rubio spent the first half of the week in Europe on some sort of mystery tour through Germany and/or France. Details of that trip are remarkably scarce — but in that time, the U.S. senator from Florida used the journey as an excuse to skip out on a citizen-organized town-hall meeting in Tampa.