In Wynwood, even the sky often seems spray-painted. On a recent evening, two young women were suspended in midair on metal scaffolding, masks over their mouths, aerosol cans in their hands. As the setting sun shifted heaven’s hues above them, the women unleashed waves of color onto a white warehouse…
Touchdown Tommy has been one of the University of Miami’s most memorable traditions since 1945. Each time the Canes football team scores, members of the Sigma Chi fraternity fire a small cannon in celebration. Seniors from Gamma Phi, as the local chapter is known, shoot blanks out of the wheeled…
An amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Florida could find itself before Florida voters in 2014, but Attorney General Pam Bondi is trying her damnedest to make sure it doesn’t. The Florida Supreme Court today heard initial arguments in a case that will decide whether or not Floridians will get…
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It’s not just the lower classes that continue to get hit hard by foreclosures in South Florida. The Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro area leads the nation in foreclosures on properties worth more than $5 million, according to real estate website RealtyTrac. In fact, about a fourth of all high-end foreclosures in…
Let’s imagine a terrible scenario in which the Miami Heat’s five starters all magically develop some sort of injury that collectively keeps all five out until the playoffs, Would the team even make the playoffs? Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem thinks the bench players could get them there on their…
Despite the fact there’s no argument that Derek Medina pulled the trigger that killed his wife shortly before he posted a photo of her dead body on Facebook, Medina plead not guilty to first-degree murder charges in court this morning. Medina’s case will now head to trial as soon as…
How did Miami drivers become the worst in the state? If clues exist, they’re buried inside a mammoth beige building tucked behind palm trees off Flagler Street just South of Doral. Here, down a hallway whiter than a psychiatric ward, are the offices of Alex Hanna — South Florida’s most…
Once again the Miami Heat replaced its regular brand of basketball with Equate for three quarters, except this time the rabid fourth quarter run fell short . The Pistons stormed out to a double-digit lead early, took an 11 point lead into the half, and survived the Heat’s fourth quarter…
Few things arouse a man’s anger like American football. When the Dolphins lose, a thousand dudes across South Florida launch their remotes in unison at their TV screens. Road rage rises and bar fights break out. But murder? That’s exactly what happened earlier this week in North Miami Beach, however,…
One of you out there is about to miss out on your chance to be a millionaire. A winning Mega Money ticket was sold back in June in Miami, but so far, the holder hasn’t come forward to claim the $1.3 million prize. The ticket will expire on December 15…
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Four Miami Beach buildings were tagged with messages of hate last night, and two of those were associated with the city’s Jewish community. Messages and symbols including “KKK,” the anarchist symbol and bulls’ eyes were scrawled in red paint…
Twerk game so strong it set off fire alarms? That booty friction making smoke? Nah, twerk game so weak, kid slipped and accidentally hit the fire alarm. SMH…
Daniel Medina, who fatally shot his 26-year-old wife and uploaded a picture of her corpse onto Facebook aside a confession, now faces a first-degree murder charge and, if convicted, the death penalty. Initially the state only charged Medina, who claimed he’d shot his wife out of self defense, with second…
Art Basel week: where fine art brings out the crudeness in people. Something about all that free booze, the nagging sense there’s always a better party than the one you’re at, and viewing copious amounts of art in a setting akin to Black Friday can bring out the worst conduct…
In Wynwood, even the sky often seems spray-painted. On a recent evening, two young women were suspended in midair on metal scaffolding, masks over their mouths, aerosol cans in their hands. As the setting sun shifted heaven’s hues above them, the women unleashed waves of color onto a white warehouse…
Touchdown Tommy has been one of the University of Miami’s most memorable traditions since 1945. After each Canes football score, members of the Sigma Chi fraternity fire a small cannon in celebration. Seniors shoot blanks out of the wheeled piece of artillery in the corner of Sun Life Stadium, near…
Michael Vivanco, a 22-year-old substitute teacher and coach at Felix Varela Senior High School, is behind bars today after admitting to a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy he met on a gay hook up app for mobile phones. He faces charges of harmful material to a minor, lewd and…
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In a post Anthony Weiner-gate world, does this even count as a scandal? First-term Miami-Dade Congressman Joe Garcia made it onto TMZ’s television show last week for the *gasp* controversial act of being in close proximity to a woman wearing a thong while on the beach…
Last month’s elections in Miami Beach were a clear call for change. Four incumbents and past office holders were defeated at the polls in favor flesh blood. But that notably left Miami Beach, a city with a 53 percent Hispanic majority population, without a single elected Hispanic civil servant in…
