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Showing 15071 - 15092 of 31923Convicted Cocaine Trafficker Alexander I. Perez Gets Huge Tax Breaks for a Questionable Sugar Company
Convicted Cocaine Trafficker Alexander I. Perez Gets Huge Tax Breaks for a Questionable Sugar Company
North Miami Gives Hundreds of Thousands to a Racketeering Suspect
North Miami Gives Hundreds of Thousands to a Racketeering Suspect
North Miami Faustin Denis Opa-locka Racketeering
Could Alex Rodriguez Be a Miami Marlin Next Season? Keith Olbermann Says So
Are the New York Yankees looking to unload Alex Rodriguez on the Miami Marlins next season? That’s what Keith Olbermann, of all people, is reporting. The liberal newsman turned baseball blogger says that the teams are discussing a deal that could see A-Rod traded to Miami in exchange for Heath…
305 Photo of the Day: Baby Costumes are the Best Thing About Halloween
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Florida Man Smuggled Tyrannosaurus Skeleton into U.S.
Eric Prokopi, a Gainesville, Florida resident, faces federal charges for illegally importing a nearly compete Tyrannosaurus skeleton into America along with other fossils. Prosecutors call him a “a one-man black market in prehistoric fossils.”…
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Alanis Morissette Argument Leads to Domestic Violence Arrest in Florida
Not to stereotype, but it’s not exactly news that some gay men take their female singers very, very seriously. Try and tell a Beyonce fan that Christina Aguilera is a better singer at your own risk, OK? So up in Jacksonville, 24-year-old Allen Casey was booked into jail after he hit…
Florida AFL-CIO Literally Tells Members to “Vote Early, Vote Often”
“Vote early, vote often” is such an infamous political quip indicating voter fraud that it literally has its own Wikipedia page. So, it doesn’t look good that the Florida AFL-CIO’s website proclaimed that their mantra is to “vote early, vote often.”…
Florida Man Would Like His Lock Of Simon Bolivar’s Hair Back, Sues Venezuela
In Miami’s federal courthouse downtown, thousands of lawsuits are filed every day over every conceivable kind of property: houses, boats, cars, drug money, jewelry, fine art. It’s a fair bet, though, that a suit filed two weeks ago is a first: A demand that the Venezuelan government give a lock…
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Coral Gables, Pinecrest Now Home To One Of America’s Most Expensive ZIP Codes
Ever spend your weekend biking around Coral Gables and Pinecrest, looking longingly at those stately old houses under shady mango trees and thinking to yourself, “Man, I could definitely live here”? Well, no, you can’t. Not unless you’ve recently become an international arms baron or sold your shares in Facebook,…
Barack Obama Makes Mitt Romney His B*tch In Second Presidential Debate
For more than a year, Mitt Romney has jetted across the country, calling Barack Obama an utter failure. The president has done his fair share of name-calling too, but it wasn’t until two weeks ago that he had a chance to stand up to his challenger in person. Instead of…
University of Florida Has Been Overtaken by Feral Cats
The University of Florida’s Gainesville campus is starting to resemble the smelly apartment of an old cat lady. The school has been overtaken by more than 100 feral cats, and it’s ignited a war on campus over what to do with them. While the school current’s policy could lead to…
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Obama Has a Nine-Point Lead Among Florida’s Children
We all know Obama hates the 1 percent, and Romney could care less about the 47 percent, but the cold hard truth is that neither campaign has done anything to gain support from the 24.6 percent. Yes, we’re talking about the 24.6 percent under the legal age to vote. America’s…
305 Photo of the Day: Puppy Power
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Report: Miami Is A Finalist to Host Super Bowl L
Remember when NFL officials inferred that Miami might never host another Super Bowl unless serious upgrades were made to Sun Life Stadium? Apparently they weren’t too serious about that threat. According to USA Today, Miami will be announced as one of two finalists to host Super Bowl L in 2016…
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Floridians Drink 27.8 Gallons of Beer on Average Each Year (Which Actually Isn’t a Lot)
If you’re an average Floridian, you would have consumed exactly 27.8 gallons of beer in the 2011. That sort of sounds like a lot, but it turns out that compared to other states, Florida only ranks 33rd when it comes to per capita beer consumption according to a new report…
Cuba Lifts Exit Visa Requirements, Raising Possibility of Exodus to Latin America
The change could make a massive difference in the lives of the Cuban people, not to mention U.S.-Cuba relations. Could Miami soon see a brand new influx of Cubans? Maybe…
Poisoned: A New Times Investigation Into a Neighborhood’s Toxic History and Cancer Scare
Last month, the Miami-Dade County Commission quietly passed a terrifying-sounding resolution, voting to ask health officials to travel to the small neighborhood of Broadmoor in Northwest Dade to investigate whether a recycling plant had caused a cancer cluster. Residents there made frightening claims: Eight people had died from cancer in the past…
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Fidel Castro Recruited Nazi Death Squad Leaders During Missile Crisis
As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis this month, disturbing new details about the near-nuclear war keep leaking out. Last week, newly declassified papers showed that the Soviets left 100 nuclear bombs in Cuba for a month after the crisis.Now, just released German files show…
Miami Rapper Bizzle Shot And Killed At Liberty City Car Wash
Last night, Labranche got into an argument at a car wash that ended with a hail of gunshots, killing the musician on the spot.See also: – Bizzle, Murdered Miami Rapper, Was A Strip Club Star and a Family Man -Hip-Hop Fame at South Florida Strip Clubs-Top Ten Stripper Songs of the Moment…
Romney Campaign: Obama Doesn’t Have Enough ‘Macho Bravado’ For Latinos
A new poll released this morning insinuated that President Obama was losing ground to Mitt Romney among Florida’s Latino voters, and apparently Romney staffers have a theory why: Obama doesn’t have enough “macho bravado” for Latinos. …
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Wrestlemania Had a Record Setting $100 Million Impact on Miami’s Economy
If only we could find a way to host Wrestlemania not just every few years, but all year long. Then maybe we’d get our economy heading back in the right direction. According to a study commissioned by World Wrestling Entertainment, this past year’s Wrestlemania, held at Sun Life Stadium, had a…