Charlie Crist’s possible return to the top of Florida’s government, this time as a “Democrat,” just got a whole lot easier. Alex Sink, the state’s former CFO and the Democratic nominee in 2010 who lost to Rick Scott by about one point, has announced that she will not run again…
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There were clear skies and good weather for the Orlando University High and Boone High football game on Friday. The band was in the middle of a chill marimba-assisted halftime show, when all the sudden the skies decided to remind everyone that this was Friday the 13th and sent a…
A child who fell out of a second story window of a Hialeah motel has died. On September 13, 23-month-old Luis Rodriguez was staying at the Paraiso Motel at 1615 W. Okeechobee Road with his parents and younger brother when he fell out of the window. The motel’s website bills…
“Dear Florida, your sweet oranges are second only to your sweet spring break parties,” started the intervention for Florida held last night on FX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. “But you are out of control and we no longer feel safe around you. I mean, you have a lot…
With the federal government facing a shutdown over Obamacare, Miami workers are taking action today. Dozens of members of a local union plan to sit in at the offices of Hialeah Republican State Rep. Manny Diaz until he talks to them about the state’s refusal to accept $5 billion in…
The Dolphins are now 2-0 for only the second time in a decade, and optimism about the team is all over the place. RYAN TANNEHILL WAS BORN FROM THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST! JOE PHILBIN FINALLY NABBED THOSE RASCALLY KIDS — WATCH OUT, WORLD! COCKCAKES = SUPER BOWL! BRIAN HARTLINE…
Raymond Francois is a semi-retired driver who doesn’t miss his days piloting a yellow Crown Victoria for Miami Dade Taxi. The 47-year-old Haitian used to leave the house before his kids woke up and come back after they had already gone back to sleep each night. He claims that many…
A Homestead woman was walking her dog earlier today in Biscayne National Park when she came across two square groupers…
It’s September 19, 1983. Scarface had yet to premiere in theaters. The Heat, Marlins and Panthers didn’t even exist. The Miami Hurricanes had yet to win a national championship. LeBron James hadn’t even been born. So many icons associated with modern day Miami had yet to exist. On that night,…
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So, as you might have heard, Miami Beach is probably going to be underwater someday — possibly within your lifetime. Of course, as giant portion the Netherlands knows, just because you’re living below sea level that doesn’t mean you have to necessarily be living underwater. So it’s smart thinking that…
The tragic trail that Antonio J. Feliu left behind yesterday already involved the double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her daughter; a high-speed, cross-county car chase that ended when he struck and killed a mother of two; a roadside SWAT standoff; and his own suicide. Now police have uncovered another…
Those Taiwanese animators move fast. News of the bizarre “double catfishing” involving the Miami Heat’s Chris “Birdman” Andersen only broke late yesterday afternoon, and they’ve already gone and animated the thing. The bizarre video features Andersen portrayed as Big Bird, naturally. See also: Heat’s Chris “Birdman” Andersen Victim in Bizarre…
Apparently 54-year-old David Edward Benes wasn’t so concerned with the May/December aspect of his relationship with his 80-year-old girlfriend, but rather what he saw as the demon/non-demon problem. The Holiday, Florida, man was arrested after forcibly trying to perform an exorcism on his senior citizen gal pal…
After locals were stung by the revelation that Miami leaders have known for two years that toxic ash is poisoning the Coconut Grove neighborhood surrounding its long-closed “Old Smokey” trash incinerator, city officials wasted little time last week confronting the latest environmental crisis. Just four days after learning that soil…
WLRN Radio, the area’s largest and best public radio station, on Wednesday publicly spanked longtime radio talk-show host Joseph Cooper. An open letter to the community from station general manager John Labonia states, “We want to apologize to our South Florida listeners for the decision made this week by Joseph…
Historically speaking, Marizel Almirall was not the first adolescent to ever feel “different.” Nor did she pioneer the concept of the black-clad teenage outcast. But the South Beach-native might be the only person in the world who can say she tattooed a large upside-down cross on herself at age 13…
The grin was a dead giveaway. Bob Sellers spotted the smile on his friend’s face as he pulled up to the end of the tarmac. Bill Warner was still straddling his race bike, a ‘roided-up 1,000-horsepower Suzuki Hayabusa. The black Bell helmet was sitting on the gas tank. Warner’s bathwater-blue…
The first thing you notice when approaching Candelo Kimbisa’s house in Hialeah is the Marlboro Red smoke that swirls around the porch and clogs his foyer. “Don’t worry,” he says, proffering a cigarette with a smile that reveals three gold teeth. “Spirits love tobacco.” Although the back half of the…
A distinguished, handsome Italian gentleman saunters into a Miami Beach tattoo shop that’s drenched in purple neon light. He’s out of place in multiple ways. First off, it’s a hot July evening, and he’s bundled up in a long beige scarf. Second, he’s dressed straight out of GQ with his…
Get this: The national engineering firm in the driver’s seat to oversee Miami-Dade’s $1.6 billion overhaul of the county’s monumentally dilapidated sewer system has a history of violating the Clean Water Act, mishandling radioactive waste, billing for phantom work, and paying kickbacks. In most places, that track record would get…
