Usually it’s the people of Florida that act wild, but this week it’s actual animals that are garnering bizarre headlines across the state. In one incident, a loose kangaroo was tackled by a former high school wrestler. Then llamas were involved in two separate incidents this week across the state,…
Miami has a serious pot problem. According to a study released yesterday by the ACLU, Miami-Dade is one of the most aggressive and racially biased counties in the country when it comes to marijuana arrests. Not only did Miami have the ninth most marijuana arrests of any American city in…
Last month, editors held the final afternoon news meeting at One Herald Plaza. A few minutes later, some moving vans parked in front of the building, and employees and movers packed up what was left and said goodbye to the paper’s home for exactly 50 years. A few staffers stopped…
Major League Baseball has made a major break in its investigation of a Miami-based clinic that provided performance-enhancing drugs to about 20 players, including the New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez and the Milwaukee Brewers Ryan Braun. ESPN reports that the league could hand out 100-game suspensions to the players in…
Las Vegas and online bookies have had the Heat as the favorites to repeat since before this season even began, and as the Heat prepare to take on the Spurs in the finals, the oddsmakers haven’t changed their mind despite a seven-game struggle against the Pacers. The online line is…
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Kevin Olsen could be the offensive savior of the Miami Hurricanes, but the kid has already found himself in trouble before he’s come to campus. One of the top prospects of the ‘Canes incoming recruiting class, Olsen was charged in a one-car accident during which he may have been under…
In a bid to stir up some PR and reaffirm his party’s opposition to Obamacare, Florida Senator Marco Rubio proposed a constitutional amendment today that would effectively eliminate the personal mandate section of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The thing has about zero chance of actually going anywhere,…
Oh, you didn’t think the NCAA’s investigation into the Miami Hurricanes could get any messier? Well, now Miami Hurricanes players Dyron Dye has filed a police report against an NCAA investigator claiming that an NCAA investigator coerced and intimidated him into answering questions. See also: — NCAA Probe of UM…
Father Daniel Kubala of Miami’s St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church and Parish is on leave after a lawsuit was filed last month claiming that the priest twice made sexual advances on an unidentified adult male who worked at the church. Kubala, however, denies the accusations, and claims he voluntarily…
David Beckham was there. So was Justin Bieber, who dressed like a leather daddy to celebrate the return of Arrested Development. But of all the famous faces who peppered the crowd at last night’s Game Seven against Indiana, it was Flo Rida, his gigantic Jesus piece, and his manager who…
Sorry America, the Miami Heat aren’t done. When they needed it the most, the Miami Heat played perhaps their most complete game of the series eliminating the Indiana Pacers with a 99-76 victory that was all of the exhales. LeBron James led all scorers with another classic MVP performance, scoring…
Wrongly imprisoned. Reborn behind bars. It’s not quite Shawshank Redemption, but when Tony Galeota walked out of a Panama City jail cell May 23, it was still a small serving of justice. Galeota is no angelic Andy Dufresne, the main character in Shawshank who serves two decades behind bars for…
We thought Christian Bale’s infamous “Senor Bale” interview with local “film critic” Maria Salas might have been the most awkward exchange between a local journo and a celebrity A-lister ever. Apparently we were wrong. Hollywood’s go-to-leading nerd Jesse Eisenberg was in Miami recently for a junket to promote his new…
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Forget Birdman’s $2 million bet on the Heat in the 2011 finals. It’s got nothing on Floyd Mayweather’s $5.9 million bet on the team tonight. Well, at least if a single tweet is to be believed…
Anna Burgese, a New Jersey woman on vacation, claims she was just chilling in the lobby of the W South Beach when a gang of drunken prostitutes mistook her for a competitor and violently attacked her to defend their turf. Now Burgese and her husband Joseph are suing the W,…
Pranking your co-workers can be fun and all, but do try and make sure that your prank victim is mentally stable. Or else things can go terribly wrong. Andrew Joseph Lobban, 31, was arrested and charged with three counts of first degree murder after gunning down three of his co-workers…
It’s the first Monday of hurricane season, which means all across the Sunshine State thousands are heading into work with the vague feeling they’ve forgotten something important (PSSST! Hurricane supplies, people. Specifically: vodka and board games.). Well, here’s a kick in the ass to get that kit together: Storms brewing…
Miami Heat point guard Mario Chalmers is known for his steals. Thanks to quick hands and crafty defense, he was near the top of the league with 118 on the court this year. Chalmers’ dad, meanwhile, excelled at a very different kind of theft, at least according to a local…
Sure, there’s still a lot more baseball to be played this season, but as of right now the Marlins have a winning percentage of .241, putting them dead last in the league. They’ve racked up just 13 wins, four wins less than the next worst team. And if things keep…
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