Norman Braman is arguably the most powerful man in Miami-Dade. He sits atop $1.6 billion, owns the city’s largest auto dealership, recalls county mayors as if they were unruly children, and funnels small fortunes to political candidates. In short, the octogenarian practically rules this town. But one of Braman’s ex-employees…
During the darkest months of winter, half of Canada flees to South Florida. So you’d think police would have some respect for the maple-syrup-guzzling visitors who fuel the local economy through spring break. That’s not what one pair of sisters from Toronto found in Miami Beach last month. The women…
The video titled “Thank you, I will miss you guys” is barely more than a minute long — all one shaky, handheld shot trained on the face of then — 21-year-old Ben Vacas. Vacas, known online as Braindeadly, has big brown eyes, a faux hawk, a stubbly goatee and a…
Days before this past November’s election at a cramped deli off Biscayne Boulevard in Aventura, a new yellow Camaro glided into the parking lot and hummed to a rest. An Obama 2012 sticker was pasted onto its bumper. The driver was five hours late. But inside Mo’s Bagels, none of…
If there was one silver lining to the NFL season for Dolphins fans this year, it was the fact that while our team might have been mediocre at best, at least we weren’t the laughing stock the New York Jets became this year.They’ve fired their General Manager Mike Tannenbaum, and…
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The animals at Zoo Miami were reminded of their own mortality in a big way on Monday; once again warned that every second that ticks by is a second closer to their own unavoidable death.Reminded that one day they too will end up like Mohan the rhino and Tevy the…
Yesterday it was confirmed that 2012 was indeed the hottest year on record in the Lower 48, and yes maybe global warming may mean doom and gloom for the future of humanity.But don’t worry. There’s a cute side to the story. Thanks to a warmer winter, fewer manatees died in…
Florida Republicans are perhaps the most loyal lapdogs of the National Rifle Association. So maybe it’s not much of a surprise that Rick Scott gave a gun manufacturer a “sweetheart” $1.6 million tax subsidy back in 2011…
On Friday afternoon, two small-time criminals entered a CVS pharmacy in Kendall and allegedly began pocketing some of the goods. By the time Miami-Dade Police officers arrived, Yolanda Thomas and Xavier Johnson were already pulling out of the parking lot and making their getaway.Cops pursued the shoplifting suspects for 20…
Up at Florida Atlantic University, communications professor James Tracy has been regaling students for a decade with his thoughts on 9-11, the Oklahoma City bombing and the Kennedy assassination. He’s basically that uncle who spends all week reading Infowars so he can corner you at Thanksgiving to tell you how…
Before last night’s game, LeBron James said the Heat would ‘be ready’ to face a Pacers team that had done a ton of trash talking against the Heat dating back to last year’s Eastern Conference Semifinals when the Heat started that series down 2-1. Then the Pacers came out and…
Take a deep breath, Doral, Weston, and every other Venezuelan enclave in Miami: As of Thursday, Hugo Chavez will technically no longer be president of your homeland. Chavez’s allies confirmed this afternoon that he’s not healthy enough to come back from Cuba for his swearing in ceremony on January 10…
Who knew Fidel Castro and the Kardashians had anything in common?Turns out few things are actually less popular than the United State Congress right now. According to a poll by Public Policy Polling, Americans find head lice, Brussels sprouts, traffic jams and cockroaches more preferable than Congress right now.Though, Americans…
Nick Saban won his third BCS championship with Alabama in four years last night by steamrolling through Notre Dame is a mind numbingly boring game, but, because the game was held in Miami, the local press corp gon the chance to grill him once again on his controversial stint as…
Vultures have never had a particularly good reputation, despite providing an important ecological service. So, apparently vultures in the Everglades have gotten together and decided, “Hell, we might as well give humans a reason to really hate us.”Now they will eat your cars…
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Looking for the perfect date this weekend? Apparently you can’t go wrong with taking your date to an Italian joint on Lincoln Road and ordering a bottle of chianti. According to an analysis of data from dating website HowAboutWe.com, that’s most Miamians idea of a perfect date…
Last night’s BCS game is in the history books, but Las Vegas never sleeps. Two odds makers are already out with betting lines for next year’s championship, and they’ve both given the Miami Hurricanes 25-1 odds. Those are by no means spectacular odds, but better than one might expect for…
Brenda Schumann found her husband, a man almost a decade younger, in a bed with a naked woman who in turn was his junior by almost a decade. So what did she decide to do? She decided to relieve herself all around their apartment and pull out a rifle…
Violence once again erupted in Liberty City last night as a pregnant woman was gunned down in the streets at 10 p.m. last night. The incident happened in the 1200 block of Northwest 53rd Street.It’s unknown if the woman was an innocent bystander or the intended target of the attack…
With a matchup between Nick Satan and the preachy half of the Catholics vs Convicts rivalry, South Florida would have been perfectly happy if an epic bout of Montezuma’s revenge had cancelled the whole BCS title game last night. Unfortunately for the rest of the country, only one of the…
