Another day, another pointed reminder that Miami is an economic nightmare for all but the elite. Interest.com compared the average expenses for residents of the county’s major metro areas to the average income to find out how much “savings opportunity” a regular citizen might have at the end of the…
Over the weekend, the Miami Dolphins swiftly fined and temporarily suspended defensive back Donald Jones after he tweeted that seeing Michael Sam kiss his boyfriend was “horrible.” If we’re being cynical, it was basically a giant corporation that wants nothing more than to avoid off-the-field controversy administering what amounts to…
File this under “questionable rumors.” There’s a story spreading on social media that Paul Pierce punched LeBron James in the jaw after the game Monday night, and that ten men (!) had to stop LeBron from killing Pierce. I mean, internet rumor so hard, internet. World Star! This really is…
My God! Rick Scott did something right. Florida’s governor announced yesterday he will veto a bill, approved by the state Senate and House, that would raise the speed limit on much oft the state’s highway system. Though law enforcement mostly supported the plan — Scott proposed the veto after attending…
A month ago Chicken Kitchen owner Christian de Berdouare stirred controversy by applying to demolish the North Bay Road home where he lives and where the Beatles were once famously photographed. Last Thursday he made bigger real estate news: For nearly $10 million, he bought the coral-pink waterfront mansion once…
Elected as Rick Scott’s running mate, Jennifer Carroll became Florida first black female lieutenant governor ever. But to hear her tell it now it doesn’t appear that Scott was particularly eager to have a woman serving as his number two. In a candid interview yesterday with a Cocoa Beach AM…
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Dwyane Wade is actually on the hunt for two types of rings this summer: his fourth NBA championship ring and, of course, a wedding ring. Apparently, one isn’t necessarily taking precedence over the other at the moment. His fiancée, Gabrielle Union, says Wade has turned into a “groomzilla” and has…
Who says C-SPAN is boring? If you watch closely enough, there’s all sorts of entertaining stuff going on. Like Miami-area congressman Joe Garcia digging into his ear and then apparently tasting the bounty during a House Judiciary Committee meeting last week…
Remember when in the summer of 2012, just months before the presidential election, Gov. Rick Scott launched a purge of potentially ineligible voters? Thousands of Floridians — including World War II veterans — mistakenly received the threatening letters. The state spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the effort but…
Paul Pierce asked for LeBron James. Paul Pierce got LeBron James. Be careful what you wish for, kids — you just might get it. LeBron James strapped the Heat on his back Monday night and carried the team to a thrilling 102-96 win that leaves Miami one win away from…
For a half-century the imposing Miami Herald building stood like a sentinel on Biscayne Bay. Massive, bulky, and featuring the tan and canary-yellow color scheme of your grandmother’s first apartment, the building wasn’t exactly an architectural gem. OK, let’s just say it: It was ugly. Like Soviet-military-barracks ugly. But through…
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Unless Ana Maria Moreta Folch wanted the undisputed title of “worst neighbor ever,” we’re not sure what she was thinking. In any case, the woman clearly does not mess around. After deciding she didn’t like her neighbors, Folch hired a contractor to demolish their home…
If you’re on a team that just went through a high-profile bullying scandal that involved lots of homophobic insults, it’s probably not a good idea to take to Twitter to react negatively to news that the man who could become the NFL’s first openly gay player was drafted. But homophobes…
“People should either be caressed or crushed,” Niccolò Machiavelli once wrote. “If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is nothing they can do.” Seth Cohen clearly did not get the civics lesson. In summer 2012, the then 43-year-old New Yorker…
Nearly a year after the Biogenesis scandal ended with a record round of baseball suspensions, one mystery has lingered. It centers on boxes of medical files that were stolen from the car of whistleblower Porter Fischer, the source behind the New Times story that sparked the whole affair. The files…
The U.S. Coast Guard recently unveiled some new high-tech, high-speed boats and already they’re showing spoils. The coast guard cutters Charles Sexton and Paul Clark last week intercepted two drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean and seized about $3 million worth of pot and cocaine. The drugs will be offloaded…
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The mother of the victim of a fatal accident involving a boat being driven by DJ Laz has filed suit against the popular radio personality. Maricel Valdez is seeking damages following the death of her 23-year-old son Ernesto Hernandez that names Laz (real named Lazaro Mendez), Voli Spirits, Park Street…
Ray Allen came up big when he was needed most, hitting three huge threes, and pulling down grown man rebounds late, leading the Heat to a 94-82 win over the Brooklyn Nets that pushes their series lead to 2-0. The Big 3 had their second straight meh game, combining for…
Back in the day MTV Cribs was the finest showcase of outrageous celebrity home interior design, but few places could touch Missy Elliott’s Aventura condo in the “I can’t tell if that’s awesome as hell or totally tacky” category. She had a chair with fish tanks for arm rests, Lamborghini…
