305 Photo of the Day: Taking a Deuce
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Showing 15203 - 15224 of 31922Ozzie Guillen: I Don’t Respect Heath Bell “As a Person”
It’s never a good sign when a baseball team’s locker room drama is so much more interesting to follow then their on field efforts.The fish fight between Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen and pitcher Heath Bell continues with Guillen throwing the latest bomb. It’s not that he’s lost respect for…
Florida Stripper Arrested for Sex with Teen Boy
A Florida stripper was found carrying out an illicit affair with a boy so young he wouldn’t even be admitted into her place of work.Lauralee Beckham Jones of Gulfport, Florida, was arrested this week for having sex with a boy under the age of 16 for two weeks…
Florida Woman Beheads Kids’ Pet Rabbit in Front of Them
Leave it to someone from Florida to one-up the rabbit-related craziness of Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.Tina Sandlin of Bay County, Florida, called two children out of their home and then decapitated their pet rabbit in front of them. When police finally arrested her, they found her hiding underneath a…
Michael Putney Got Soaked by Shady Candidate Justin Lamar Sternad’s Wife
Ah, the perils of an intrepid TV reporter. Sometimes crazed interview subjects attack you. Sometimes horses poop on your head. And sometimes the wives of shady, fake Democrats at the center of an FBI investigation throw a whole pitcher of water in your face.OK, maybe that last part happens only in Miami…
As Obama Opens 9-Point Lead In Florida, Republicans Claim Polls Are Bogus
If the Quinnipiac poll released last night is even close to accurate, Mitt Romney is in big trouble in Florida. The survey found Obama with a commanding nine point lead in the Sunshine State — a huge swing from the last Q-poll before the conventions, which found the two candidates…
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Employees At Las Culebrinas In Coconut Grove Went Weeks Without Pay, Lawsuit Claims
Cuban chain restaurant Las Culebrinas is the latest Miami eatery to face charges of withholding employee salaries. According to a lawsuit filed on September 17 in District Court, the franchise’s Coconut Grove outlet didn’t pay one employee for close to five years, and also kept other workers in the dark…
Murder-Suicide in the Keys Unravels a Doctor’s Decades-Long Mystery
Murder-Suicide in the Florida Keys Unravels a Doctor’s Decades-Long Mystery
Keon Hardemon Could Carry Liberty City’s Most Notorious Political Family Into County Hall
Keon Hardemon Could Carry Liberty City’s Most Notorious Political Family Into County Hall
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Mitt Romney Greets Convicted Criminals Fausto and Remedios Diaz-Oliver in Miami
Mitt Romney Greets Convicted Criminals Fausto and Remedios Diaz-Oliver in Miami
Miami Beach Police Salaries Some of the Highest in the City
Miami Beach Police Salaries Some of the Highest in the City
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Floridians’ Consumer Confidence Hits Highest Level Since Before the Recession
When it comes to the economy Florida consumers have been muttering “Oh man, I hate that stupid thing” for the past five or so years, but according to numbers released today Florida’ consumer confidence has hit its highest level in five year. Which means Floridians are feeling more optimistic than…
305 Photo of the Day: Purple Bloom
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Connie Mack: Pay No Attention to Those Other Biased Polls, My Poll Shows I’m Losing Too
Florida Senate nominee Connie Mack IV isn’t fighting Democrat Bill Nelson as much as he’s scrapping with polling and perception. For weeks now, polls have shown Nelson with a huge lead over Mack, and the challenger is in danger of having his campaign written off as unwinnable by donors. So…
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Floridians Now Renting Alligators to Swim in Pools for Kids’ Parties
While the rest of the world may throw a side-eye our way and think, “Oh, Florida, you backwards swamp,” the native Floridian in us reads this kind of a news story and thinks, “Umm … this is kind of awesome.”Apparently a Florida entrepreneurial genius, Bob Barrett, owner of Alligator Attractions…
How a Keys Murder-Suicide Exposed a Disappearing Doc Who Faked His Own Death
In May 2011, I wrote a short piece for Riptide about an 80-year-old Keys man who’d shot and killed his wife and his pet cat before ending his own life. I called it the “saddest story of the morning.” Like most of Glen Tucker’s neighbors and the local police, I assumed…
Baby Girls Dies After Dad Leaves Her in Hot Car All Day in Doral
A six-month-old baby girl died yesterday after her father forgot she was in his car, and left her there all day. The unidentified father says he dropped an older sibling off at the Doral Academy Elementary school and then went about his day. He didn’t remember that the baby was…
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Miami Northwestern Band Members Appeared in Raunchy Video With Lil’ Wayne and a Porn Star
Rapper Juicy J’s music video for his strip club anthem “Bandz A Make Her Dance” features gyrating women, porn star Alexis Texas wearing a t-shirt for adult studio Brazzers, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz and …members of the Miami Northwestern High School band.Six drummers from the school’s band appear in the…
Fire Jeff Ireland Watch: A Jets-Sized Nail In the Coffin
Last week, we introduced “Fire Jeff Ireland Watch,” Riptide’s newest feature, where our crack team of employment termination scientists gauge just how fireable the Dolphins loathed general manager is at the moment following his latest series of horrific blunders. This week, the Ginger Devil’s awful drafting, terrible personnel decisions and general…
Joe Garcia Releases Campaign Video Featuring Otis Wallace, South Florida’s Shadiest Mayor
In any sane world, Democratic congressional candidate Joe Garcia would easily defeat Republican Rep. David Rivera this November. Rivera has been called the most corrupt politician in Washington, and is currently at the center of a bizarre FBI investigation involving a fake Democrat and a female campaign consultant known to…
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Justin Lamar Sternad Tells FBI That David Rivera Was Behind His Campaign
Leave it to Rep. David Rivera, who was already entering into his reelection effort with a serious amount of scandalous baggage, to somehow found himself in even more ridiculous scandal.Justin “Lamar” Sternad, a political novice who ran in the Democrat primary in District 26 against eventual winner Joe Garcia, has…