305 Photo of the Day: Artist at Work
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What exactly does Miami need to do to confirm it’s a culturally competent city? It seems as if the Big Orange is always going above and beyond to prove itself, yet it’s never enough. Pamela Druckerman, a Miami native who moved away after high school to do things like collect…
Car Crashes Into Lincoln Road Souvenir Shop
Two people were injured this morning after a car somehow ended up plowing through the front door of Lincoln Road souvenir shop Alvin’s Island. Details are short at the moment, but the two victims were walking by the store when the vehicle apparently lost control. The driver of the red…
Yuri Sucart Faces a Decade in Prison After Years of Doing A-Rod’s Dirty Work
It would be hard to imagine a character less suited to Alex Rodriguez’s luxury lifestyle of private jets and South of Fifth condos than the shackled man federal agents led into the DEA’s Weston headquarters the morning of August 5. Yuri Sucart was clad in a baggy white T-shirt, ill-fitting…
Miami Beach Cops Made $377,000 Working Nightclub Security in the Past Year
After Miami Beach Police Sgt. Mike Muley was caught drunk while working an off-duty assignment at Mango’s last month, new Miami Beach Police Chief Dan Oates responded with a harsh edict: Beginning this month, MBPD cops are banned from working nightclub security jobs. The union balked, complaining that banning the…
Miami Beach Community Church Controversy: Developer Donated $500,000 Before Key Vote
A miracle. A blessing. A prayer answered by god. That is what Miami Beach Community Church leaders call a plan to replace the congregation’s historic courtyard with a clothing store. The $100 million deal will save the struggling church, they say, and help ensure it’s longterm future. But preservationists and…
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Dolphins’ Reshad Jones Suspended for PED Use
Further cementing the notion that Miami is now the American capital of performance enhancing drugs controversy, the Miami Dolphins’ safety Reshad Jones had been suspended for the first four games of the season by the NFL. He’s the second members of the Dolphins defense to receive the fate after testing…
305 Photo of the Day: The Squid and The Eel
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Rick Scott Will Finally Meet With Climate Change Scientists … For 30 Minutes
Climate change — the accompanying rising sea levels — is one of the biggest issues facing Florida’s future. Yet, Governor Rick Scott has done very little to address it. Well, he’s finally decided to at least listen. His office announced today that he’ll meet with climate change scientists later this…
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No, Miami Does Not Need a 400-Foot American Flag Downtown
Apparently the hot new trend in Miami is billionaires wanting to erect giant things in downtown just for the heck of it. Of course, there’s developer Jeff Berkowitz’s ‘R’-shaped Skyrise observational tower that will go before voters later this month. Now there’s Coral Gables healthcare billionaire Mike Fernandez’s idea to…
Five Reasons to Get Excited About the Dolphins Preseason Opener Tonight
Tonight is the Dolphins’ first preseason game as they travel to Atlanta. Unfortunately, Miami fans, we no longer have a LeBron-sized blankie to help us feel better come November when shit in the South Florida sports world starts to turn south due to that annual rite of passage we’ve unfortunately…
Video: Marlins Pitcher Dan Jennings Hit in Head by 101 MPH Line Drive
The ball screamed off Pirates shortstop Jordy Mercer’s bat, clocking 101 mph as it rocketed toward the outfield. Sixty feet later, it smacked into the head of Marlins relief pitcher Dan Jennings, catching him flush before he could react. It’s a nightmare scenario for any pitcher, and the video of…
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Dan Le Batard Suspended by ESPN for LeBron Billboards
No stranger to stirring shit up, Dan Le Batard has found himself in hot water once again after erecting a LeBron-trolling billboard in Akron, Ohio. USA Today’s the Big Lead confirms ESPN has suspended Le Batard from his ESPN2 show for two days. See also: “You’re Welcome, LeBron – Love,…
305 Photo of the Day: Creepy Crawler
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Rick Scott’s Primary Challenger Wants to Smack Him With a Chancleta
Despite running against incumbent Gov. Rick Scott in the Republican primary, Elizabeth Cuevas-Neunder hasn’t made many headlines. Scott’s win is nearly guaranteed. Yet, Cuevas-Neunder has a strong message that will surely resonate with Florida’s Latina moms. She wants to smack Scott (and Charlie Crist) with her chancleta…
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Forbes Thinks There Are 12 Cities “Cooler” Than Miami: Here’s Why They’re Wrong
Forbes, ever the arbiters of cool, have decided to rank America’s coolest city. The good news: Miami came in 13th in the top twenty. The bad news: apparently a dozen other cities are cooler than ours. Uh, nah uh, Forbes…
Greg Oden Arrested for Punching Ex-Girlfriend
After being dusted off by the Miami Heat last season, former number one draft pick Greg Oden has found himself in some off-the-court trouble. The oft-injured center was arrested in Lawrence, Indiana, early this morning after allegedly brutally punching his ex-girlfriend…
Biogenesis Scandal: Miami-Dade High School Athletes Will Be Drug-Tested This Year
As teenagers in neon cleats stutter-step between lines of orange cones on the sun-baked grass behind Norland Senior High, coach Daryle Heidelburg punctuates the sweltering afternoon with a booming outburst. “Damian, get on the ground, please!” he hollers to a receiver, who falls at once and starts doing pushups. “First…
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Miami Herald Runs Front-Page Ad From Candidate It Just Bashed
To write for a newspaper nowadays is to compromise endlessly. Want to obscure my story on military veterans being mistreated with a cover-page ad? Fine! None of us is exactly in a place to complain about ad dollars coming in the front door. But there has to be some kind…
Dinner Key Tragedy Hero: “I Didn’t Even Realize There Were Two Bodies On Board”
Four were killed and several seriously injured in the Fourth of July Dinner Key boating tragedy, when a 32-foot Contender powerboat slammed into the side of a 36-foot Carrera. But the carnage might actually have been worse if not for the heroic response of a marine tow crew, which was…
One Year Later, Reefa Supporters Rally on Miami Beach and Demand Answers
More than 200 people gathered at the corner of 71st Street and Collins Avenue last night with skateboards, armbands, and signs scrawled with the message “#JusticeForReefa.” The corner is the same spot where one year earlier, 18-year-old Israel “Reefa” Hernandez died after a Miami Beach Police officer shot him in…
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Florida Panther’s Return Spells Doom for Gladesmen
“No good those cats ever did nobody,” Jack Laban says before spitting onto the sand in the Big Cypress Preserve. Laban and other rural Florida residents say the Florida panther’s rebound is destroying their way of life. Gladesmen believe a monster cat created in 1995 to save the species is…