Mayan Calendar Predictions vs. Miami Reality
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Raees Qazi: Accused Terrorist’s Real Story
Miami New Times’ Dirty Dozen 2012
Miami New Times’ 2012 Dirty Dozen
WTF Florida Awards: 2012’s Worst Politicians and Best Sex Scandals
WTF Florida Awards: 2012’s Worst Politicians and Best Sex Scandals
Manuel Alonso-Poch Won’t Fix Conflicts of Interest at His Charter School, New Audit Finds
Manuel Alonso-Poch Won’t Fix Conflicts of Interest at His Charter School, New Audit Finds
Georgia Has Inherited Florida’s Old Pill Mill Problem
Florida — and Broward County in particular — used to be America’s illicit pain pill capital until Florida politicians actually got around to drafting laws that effectively stamped out the problem. That hasn’t stopped the pill heads of the South from getting their fix, though. The problem has now just…
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305 Photo of the Day: Bridge and Bright Lights
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Real Housewife Alexia Echevarria and Her Husband Herman Owe Nearly $100K in Taxes
Original Real Housewives of Miami cast member Alexia Echevarria, the self proclaimed “Cuban Barbie,” and her Hialeah powerbroker husband Herman have had a whirlwind year that has now been capped off by having a lien placed on their house for failing to pay nearly $100,000 in back taxes from 2009…
Ten Things That Made Us Proud to Be a Miamian In 2012
There are a lot of things that go down in Miami that, if we were sane, would make us ashamed to live here. Of course, true Miamians don’t really experience “shame” like other humans do. We prefer to fixate on the positive. You know, the things that we can brag…
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Is This the New Miami Dolphins Logo?
The Miami Dolphins hinted earlier this year that they might soon change their logo, and at first we figured the change would only be minimal. After all, the team has been using variations of the same basic “jumping helmeted dolphins in the sun” motif for its entire existence, but then…
FHP Trooper Who Pulled Over Miami Cop Fausto Lopez Claims She Was Harassed and Forced to Live Like a Hermit
More than 14 months after the saga of Fausto Lopez, the City of Miami police officer who was stopped by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper while speeding 120 mph down the Florida Turnpike to an off-duty job, is still causing embarrassment for the department.Now the trooper, Donna “Jane” Watts, has…
Florida Hotel Thieves Busted After Pocket Dialing Front Desk
Perhaps only the occasional horrors of AutoCorrect top the accidental pocket dial as the greatest nightmare of modern cellphone use. There’s nothing worse than calling a person without knowing it. Especially if you happen to be talking about that person at the time.For two thieves in Naples, Florida, a pocket…
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Florida Led The Country In Death Sentences This Year
Nationwide, the use of the death penalty is in steep decline, with only nine states carrying out any executions at all last year. But in the Sunshine State, sentencing prisoners to die is as in vogue as ever.>In fact, Florida led the country in new death sentences handed down in…
Bad Week For Ex-Dolphins: Chad Johnson’s Sex Tape Leaks, Joey Porter Goes To Jail
The Miami Dolphins didn’t have the best Christmas week: Despite smothering the Bills on Sunday, they were knocked out of the playoffs yet again when the Bengals later won. But the team can at least take comfort that their holidays weren’t nearly as awful as two former Fins stars.Loudmouth linebacker…
Miami New Times Best Investigations of 2012: A Wrongly Charged Boxer, Corrupt Mayors and Bogus Pot Busts
Here at Riptide we do plenty of joking about mugshots and celebrating the sheer insanity that is life in the Sunshine State. But Miami New Times’ staff writers also spend months investigating the kinds of stories that daily newspapers just don’t have the time or resources to focus on any…
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Dolphins Rout Bills 24-10, Are Knocked Out of the Playoffs Anyway
The Miami Dolphins trounced the Bills yesterday behind a 3 TD day from Reggie “LaMontelle Pussyhammer” Bush, a balls-up performance from Reshad Jones and an efficient day from Ryan Tannehill that saw the rookie join the 3,000-yard club for the season. However, a few hours later the Fins found out…
Miami’s Very Own Christmas Carol… Including Snow You Can Snort
Merry Christmas (Eve) Miami. By now, you are probably sick of crappy carols that bear no resemblance to your lush tropical life. Gold rings make sense. But colly birds? Not so much. And what the f*ck is this es-no that is supposed to be falling everywhere? The only powder we…
Miami Dolphins Five Keys to Victory Versus Buffalo
Last week, the Dolphins managed to put their season on life support with a strong performance against a terrible Jags team. With a 6-8 record, the Dolphins have a roughly .0000000000081% chance of getting into the playoffs if certain scenarios play out. JOY!…
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305 Photo of the Day: Meta Mural
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Raleigh Hotel Sold for $55 Million, Huge Expansion Planned
South Beach’s famous Raleigh Hotel has been sold for $55 million, and the new owners are already quite familiar with the area’s hospitality industry. They own some of the Raleigh’s rivals. Sam Nazarian, who just opened the SLS Hotel on the same block, and David Edelstein, owner of the W…
Krishna Maharaj, Convicted of 1986 Murders, Now Claims He Was Framed By Miami Cops
Krishna Maharaj was a powerful local newspaper publisher when he was arrested in 1986 and accused of a grisly crime: the brutal double murder of a father and son in a downtown Miami hotel room. Maharaj was convicted, but as we reported back in 2007, the Trinidadian millionaire insisted he…
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2012 In Weird Florida Crime and Drugs: Part Three of the WTF Florida Awards
Welcome to the first annual WTF Florida Awards ceremony. It’s the only award show celebrating the special brand of bizarre depravity we excel at down here in the Sunshine State. Black tie isn’t required. In fact, jorts and a NASCAR cap are preferred.Earlier this week we handed out awards in…