305 Photo of the Day: Cha Cha
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Donna Shalala hasn’t even left yet, but already the University of Miami’s party school reputation is back. Playboy released its list of the top ten party schools this year, and the University of Miami comes in at number seven. See also: Donna Shalala Announces Plans to Retire From University of…
Canes QB Kevin Olsen Arrested on DUI Charges, Had Five IDs on Him
Is Kevin Olsen the next Seantrel Henderson? He’s starting to seem like yet another highly touted University of Miami recruit who will end up being remembered more for his off-the-field antics. Olson was arrested and booked at 4 a.m. this morning for driving under the influence and for possession of…
Ex-Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman Goes To Trial on Corruption Charges Today
Today may not technically be a holiday, but for Miami-Dade residents, it marks one of the treasured moments in the yearly calendar: Another former public official starts their corruption trial! Former Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman is the man on the stand in criminal court this morning, facing down two felony…
Who Killed JFK? UM Professors Get To the Bottom of Conspiracy Theories in New Book
The CIA created lesbianism. The Walt Disney Company was secretly in league with spies. A Batman movie predicted multiple mass shootings. Spend five minutes on the Internet and you can find a conspiracy theory to fit any warped frame of reference on the planet. But the more interesting question is…
Knowshon Moreno’s Elbow Bent the Completely Wrong Direction in Fins Loss to Bills
Miami has the Dolphins, the greatest most frustrating football team. A week after getting a plethora of good-job-smiley-faces on their Patriots test, the Dolphins came out and bombed their follow-up Buffalo Bills exam 29-10 like they had been out the night before playing Fireball shots flip-cup. Even worse, the team’s…
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305 Photo of the Day: Downward Spiral
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Dangerous Floridian George Zimmerman Allegedly Threatened to Take More Lives During Road Rage Incident
George Zimmerman, the man who killed unarmed Miami teenager Trayvon Martin, has allegedly threatened to kill again. Zimmerman was involved in a road-rage incident near Orlando and allegedly asked another driver, “Do you know who I am?,” undoubtedly referring to his known status as a someone who taken another person’s…
Ethics Commission on David Rivera’s Shenanigans: “We’re Over It”
It’s not been a good week for troubled ex-congressman David Rivera. First, a former confidant was sentenced to a slap on the wrist for her role in running a puppet primary candidate against Rivera’s political rival Joe Garcia, with everyone suspecting that when he’s eventually charged he’ll take the blunt…
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“Fire Al Golden” Banner Set to Fly at FSU Game After Disgruntled Canes Fans Raise $1,000
Well, that escalated quickly. A crowd-funded campaign to raise cash to fly a “Fire Al Golden” banner at an upcoming UM game has already reached its $1,000 goal; the banner is tentatively scheduled to fly at the November 15th Florida State game, the GoFundMe movement’s founder tells Riptide. Now the…
Miami Preservation Group Appeals Lincoln Road Church’s Plans To Sell Courtyard
The day before a Miami Beach city board voted on whether to let one of the city’s most historic churches sell its courtyard to a retail developer, New Times threw a wrench in the proceedings with a new allegation: The developer “donated” $500,000 to the church’s leadership just before the…
Video: Marlins Star Giancarlo Stanton Takes Fastball to the Face
In a lot of ways, 2014 has been a damned good year for the the Miami Marlins, with the Fish unexpectedly hanging around the wild-card race all summer with a record right around .500. But they’ve also had a truly brutal brush of injuries. Team ace Jose Fernandez was lost…
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WTF Florida Friday: What Is Your “WTF Florida” Name?
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here every Friday morning to give you the week’s weirdest. This week: a special guide to find your “WTF Florida name” in honor of Ms. Cherries Waffles Tennis, a missing corpse, and Seinfeld phobia…
City of Miami Might Ban Stores From Selling Puppies
The city of Miami is looking into the idea of banning the sale of puppies. It’s not that the city commission doesn’t like puppies and wants to make the city some sort of dystopian puppy-free police state. They like puppies a lot. In fact, that’s why they’re toying with the…
305 Photo of the Day: Mind Game
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Eight Things Miamians Really Don’t Care About
People like to think of Miami as a passionate city, but there are some things even we can’t muster up energy enough to care for. See also: Six Problems Miami-Dade Leaders Can No Longer Afford to Ignore…
Children’s Shelter Staffer Accused of Driving Two Runaways to Miami to Become Prostitutes
Ricky Atkins, an employee at Florida Keys Children’s Shelter in Tavernier, is behind bars after allegedly driving two teenage runaways to Miami where they were forced to work as prostitutes. On September 1, one of the girls called police to report what happened and the investigation soon turned to Atkins…
Tropical Disturbance Will Soak South Florida But Probably Won’t Develop Into Bigger Storm
South Florida may see a run on umbrellas today thanks to a weather system churning off the coast of the Bahamas this morning. But we’ll have to wait another week for our first run on hurricane supplies, as forecasters now say the system isn’t likely to develop into anything more…
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Miami Beach Cops, Parking, and Code Officials Will Wear Body Cameras
Miami Beach is no stranger to contentious claims of police abuse, from the case of an allegedly drunken officer joyriding on an ATV to multiple fatal shootings. Now, Beach officers — for better and for worse — will catch all those incidents on film. Thanks to a 6-1 vote at…
One Year After Ban, Only 352 People Have Been Cited For Texting While Driving in Miami
As of last October 1, texting while driving in Florida is illegal. But almost one year after the ban went into effect, it’s clear police across the state — and in Miami-Dade County — are rarely enforcing the law. Only 352 texting while driving citations have been issued in the…
Dreams of WWE Stardom Motivate Broward Grappler Ernest Valdes
Ernest Valdes is a 27-year-old from Pembroke Pines who’s been enamored with professional wrestling since he was a kid. In high school, he dreamed of becoming an R&B singer, but that aspiration was derailed, and at age 17, he discovered Body Slam University — a professional wrestling gym in Fort…
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Miami Is the New Epicenter of “Camming,” Interactive Online Porn
Inside a windowless warehouse across from the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance, workers rip up carpet and pressure-clean AstroTurf. Construction of several film sets is underway. One is meant to look like a college library; another, a receptionist’s office. A third is modeled after a stereotypical 20-something girly-girl’s bedroom, complete with…