Your mother is the person who is supposed to believe in you no matter what — the woman who says you can be anything you want to be. Of course, Barbara Bush has never been a woman who’s afraid to tell it like she sees it, and on Today this…
On Tuesday, New Times reported the backstory behind the recent police and code enforcement crackdown in Wynwood, which has led bar owners to suspect that Operation Dry Hour is more about downtown clubs stifling competition than about safety. When we looked into the allegations, we found that downtown clubs do, in…
In August 2010, three Miami police officers fired at least 130 rounds into 21-year-old Gibson Belizaire, who died from his wounds behind a Little Haiti shop. Belizaire was the sixth young black man killed that year by MPD under then-Chief Miguel Exposito. Belizaire’s mother then sued the city, the officers involved, and…
With the NFL’s annual tradition of wealthy, white-haired men selecting young, able-bodied (mostly) black men to perform physical endeavors for comparatively negligible pay aimed at aggrandizing the wealthy men’s financial station, we’re taking a look at who the Dolphins SHOULD pick — and how they’ll inevitably fuck that up –…
Wynwood Bar Owners Say There’s a Conspiracy to Kill the Neighborhood
Ultra Partiers Say Club Space Made Them Buy Back-Alley Pants
Police Mistake RoboCop Videogame for Gambling Machine
Top Cop Accuses Commissioner Tobin of Bending the Rules
Don’t expect @KingJames to be updated any time soon, and on the off chance you happen to have LeBron James cell phone number, don’t expect him to text back. It’s not personal. It’s just a part of his game.In order to fully concentrate on the playoffs, James has gone off…
We were mildly surprised the first time Miami made Amazon’s “Most Well Read Cities” list, but year after year we found ourselves included again. This year we’ve improved our position and moved up the county’s third “most well read city.” The city was ranked sixth last year…
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The only time you hear the word “Retard” anymore is on middle-school playgrounds, bro-centric Internet message boards and, apparently, if you overheard someone reading Florida’s state statutes. Phrases like “mental retardation,” “mental retard” and “retard” are used frequently in numerous state laws despite the fact the phrase is considered outdated…
It’s not exactly a secret that traffic in Miami is bad, so the only thing surprising about a new list out today is that Miami didn’t make the top ten.According to data released today by the INRIX Traffic Scorecard, Miami has the 11th most congested traffic of any city in…
The problem with drug dealers is there’s really no recourse to take if you don’t find their business practices up to par. You can’t lodge a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. You can’t call up their supervisor. And you sure as hell can’t call the police to complain.Katrina Tisdale…
What time is it? Booty Time! What time is it? Booty, booty time! But you better wrap it up before you have some fun, according to Miami hip-hop icon, community activist, and alternative weekly columnist Luther Campbell. As part of an endorsement deal with New York-based b Condoms, Uncle Luke…
When Portman-CMC, one of two finalists for a billion-dollar Miami Beach Convention Center renovation, unveiled plans to raze the historic Jackie Gleason Theater and replace it with a hotel, residents were not shy about slamming the idea. More than 1,200 people signed on to a “Save the Fillmore” Facebook petition…
For Miami power couple Carlos and Rosa de la Cruz, wealth has begotten cultural influence. The Cuban immigrants have built a business empire and used the profits to assemble one of the best private art collections in the country.Last week, however, the De la Cruzes’ wealth became a liability when…
The Heat survived an off night from LeBron and a sluggish first half to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 98-86 Tuesday night, taking a 2-0 lead in this best of seven first round matchup. Dwyane Wade led all Heat scorers with 21 points, and looked like the 2006 version of himself…
Someone contact Cedric Gervais, because molly was found at the Feinberg Fisher K-8 school in Miami Beach this afternoon. Two 14-year-old students were apparently experimenting with the drug and had to be rushed to the hospital after complaining about a rapid heartbeat…
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The new Miami Dolphins uniforms weren’t supposed to be unveiled until Thursday, but it looks like they’ve hit the web a little earlier than scheduled. The only part of the new unis we’d seen till now had been a bit of white face mask…
Recently, the Miami Heat’s Shane Battier admitted that his only pregame superstition is sticking to drinking the same beer.”I try to drink the same beer — Bud Light — but that’s about it,” Battier told an NBA.com blog. “You never know. I don’t want to chance luck and switch up…
