305 Photo of the Day: Walking on Water
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Showing 15093 - 15114 of 31923Body of Florida Crime Reporter Found Encased in Concrete
Sean Dugas used to work the crime beat at the Pensacola News Journal, and sadly his death might be just as bizarre as the crimes he covered. Dugas had been missing since late August. His body was uncovered this weekend, buried in a Georgia back yard in a plastic container encased…
LeBron James to Get His Own Marvel Comic Book
LeBron James is joining the ranks of Wolverine, Captain America, and Spider-Man. He’s getting his own Marvel comic book. The publishing company has teamed up with (new Disney corporate cousin) ESPN to produce a special one-off issue of a LeBron comic that will be inserted into the next issue of…
Photos: Birdman Buys Scott Storch’s Old Miami Mansion for $14.5 Million
The 20,000-square-foot Palm Island mansion that once belonged to fallen prince of hip hop Scott Storch is now rightfully back in the hands of rap royalty. Birdman, the guy everyone from Nicki Minaj to Drake calls “boss,” just scooped up the massive home for $14.5 million. …
Polls: Romney Gains Five Points In Florida, Closes Gap On Hispanic Voters
If Barack Obama wants to win Florida and nab its vital 29 electoral votes, he’s got some big-time work to do at tomorrow’s debate. Two new polls out today find not only that Mitt Romney has gained five points in Florida since dominating in the first debate, but more worryingly for…
Dolphins Beat Rams 17-14 Despite Rushing for Only 20 Yards
The Miami Dolphins are 3-3 today in spite of absolutely listless performances by both teams in a boring game, a second straight game of questionable (read: crappy) officiating and the Dolphins only rushing for a total of 20 yards all game. However, the continued influence of Ryan Tannehill’s burgeoning awesomeness…
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Fidel Castro Just Reads and Exercises All Day, According to His Son
This week saw the latest rumors circulating about the health of Fidel Castro, and the Cuban government remained suspiciously quiet. Though, now Fidel’s son Alex Castro has broken the silence and says that his father is doing “well.”…
305 Photo of the Day: Masked Women
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Jeremy Kaiser Attacked Police Officer at Aventura Whole Foods: Did Not Come Out Looking Good
Jeremy Kaiser attacked an off-duty police officer who was working security at the Whole Foods in Aventura. Both Kaiser and the officer are recovering from their wounds, with Kaiser appearing in his mugshot with lacerations on his face and a turban of gauze around his head. Kaiser is being held…
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Mitt Romney Officially in the Lead in Florida
For the past few months, most electoral maps have painted Florida a faint shade of blue, but ever since last week’s debate Mitt Romney has made a comeback in Florida and turned our peninsula into a speculative shade of light red…
Secret Service Agent Arrested After Passing Out Drunk on Brickell Avenue
Barack Obama may have left shortly after his address at the University of Miami yesterday, but not all of his Secret Service agents jetted off with him.Miami Police found one of those agents, Aaron Francis Engler, passed out drunk this morning along Brickell Avenue and 7th Street…
Florida Man Tells Police He Needs to Die to Prove “Science and God are the Same” and to “Save Mankind”
A man in Niceville, Florida told police that he was God, but then because he was God he was actually also science, and, much like Jesus, he needed to die in order to save mankind.It all went down last Sunday, when police responded to a man trespassing at the Crossroads…
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Laughin’ Joe Biden Edges Out P90X Malarkey Machine Paul Ryan In Vice Presidential Debate
There is blood in the water, b*tches.Unlike the snooze-fest of a first presidential debate, last night’s vice presidential debate was political pugilism at its finest. And after a 90-minute bout, Laughin’ Joe Biden edged out an exhausting win over blue-eyed Republican budget boy toy Paul Ryan.Here’s your ten-second breakdown:Paul Ryan…
Nuclear Fidel? Cuba Was This Close To Keeping a Hundred Nukes After The Missile Crisis
Imagine how the last fifty years of Miami history would have played out if Fidel Castro had been sitting on an arsenal of 100 tactical nuclear missiles just 90 miles away from Florida.That’s exactly what nearly happened after the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to new documents made public this morning…
Mayor Andre Pierre, Ex-Mayor Joe Celestin Supported Racketeering Suspect’s $270K Contract
On Tuesday, Faustin Denis, general manager of IMECO, Inc., got a $270,000 contract from North Miami despite an ongoing felony racketeering and fraud case against him over a bribery scandal in Opa-locka. It was his fourth contract from the city in just over a year despite questions over whether his…
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Barack Obama Loves Rick Scott’s Tweet
Politics make strange Tweetfellows. While Mitt Romney has tried to claim Florida’s economy under Barack Obama has been lagging, Florida Governor Rick Scott has maintained, for his own political future, that the economy in the state is improving.So, while it might be strange that the Barack Obama campaign is highlighting…
305 Photo of the Day: Purple Sky
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North Miami Beach Grants Swinging Richards Strippers the Right to Dance Nude
Do you hear that? It’s the sound of dongs flapping unencumbered; flapping for freedom; flapping for strip club nudity equality.Swinging Richard, the slyly named male strip club, has finally won its fight against the City of North Miami. Now, their beefcake dancers will be allowed to gyrate sans g-string…
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Rumors Spread of Fidel Castro’s Dementia As He Offers No Congratulations To Hugo Chavez
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Cuba’s Fidel Castro are socialist brothers-in-arms, so the fact that Castro didn’t issue a public congratulations to Chavez on his win in Sunday’s election raised some eyebrows. Twitter took off with rumors of the dictator’s death, while others theorize that Castro’s health is failing and he’s…
Three Victims in Miami-Dade College Garage Collapse Confirmed Dead
Authorities have just confirmed that a third victim has died in yesterday’s garage collapse at Miami-Dade College’s West Campus in Doral.Samuel Perez, a 52-year-old construction worker, was trapped below his knees. Rescue workers had to amputate both of his legs in order to free him around 1 a.m. He was…
North Miami Gives Racketeering Suspect’s Company $270K For Landscaping Contract
Apparently, it takes more than felony charges to dissuade the North Miami City Council from giving your company a six-digit payout. On October 9, by a vote of 4-1, council members in North Miami awarded a $270,000 contract to IMECO, Inc., for a streetscaping project at Pioneer Boulevard. That winning…
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Jonathan Eismann, Former Pacific Time Chef/Owner, Kills Pedestrian In Alleged Hit-and-Run Accident
Just a short 18 months ago, chef Jonathan Eismann was one of the biggest names in Miami’s restaurant scene with acclaimed eateries Pacific Time, Fin, Q, and Pizza Volante under his management. By last April, his enterprises began toppling: The restaurants folded, lawsuits piled up, and his Venetian Islands home…