Here’s the good news, Heat fans: The LA Lakers are now probably once again the most hated team in the NBA, as it should be. Here’s the bad news, Heat fans: The Lakers now have a super team with the addition of Dwight Howard that could rival the Heat. …
Given Florida’s swing state importance, large population and Southern-but-not-quite status, you’d think that someone from this state would have been on a national presidential ticket by now, at least as a running mate.The media is currently rife with speculation that Senator Marco Rubio could be Mitt Romney’s veep choice. We’ve…
After Miami police got a tip that a man, Gabriel de Jesus Orellana, was beating his young daughter out on the street and offering her up as a prostitute, an undercover cop was sent to investigate. The officer inquired about paying for sex, but instead was given the phone number…
Mitt Romney’s still mum on who he’ll pick as his VP to share the stage at this month’s Republican National Convention in Tampa, but conservative voters sure aren’t conflicted about who they’d choose. A new poll by CNN finds GOP-leaning voters want Marco Rubio as the veep by a wide margin.Of…
Read the New Times investigation: “Cheaters Prosper at Calder Race Course”This week’s feature story focuses on horse doping and fraud allegations at Calder Race Course, Florida’s biggest and most lucrative track.During our two-month investigation, we also got our hands on more than 600 pages of city and state police records…
Jack Hakimian, a controversial North Miami pastor who preaches that homosexuality is akin to witchcraft and drug abuse, faced a group of LGBT activists last night at Temple Beth Moshe after his statements caused a string of public controversies this summer. During the town hall Aleen Sirgany, a former national…
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The blog No Upside recently decided to put together an interactive map of the United States using Google’s auto-complete search results. For all 50 states in the Union, No Upside asked Google, “Why is [State] so … ?” to harvest the top four options suggested options. You shouldn’t be surprised…
After getting a tip that two kidnapped teenagers were being held at a trailer park in Homestead, police shot and killed an armed female suspect. Five men were also arrested following the incident…
Despite Barack Obama’s campaign promises to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the place is still open and home to 168 detainees. So what do these suspected enemies of America do all day? Well, they watch The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, of course. It’s overtaken Harry Potter as the most popular…
Ray-Ray just won’t go away-way.>Last month Hurricanes senior safety Ray-Ray Armstrong was kicked off the team. The school still hasn’t officially explained why, but he may have had something to do with either tweeting about improper meetings with a booster or a dinner he took with a friend who worked…
Congratulations, William Jenkins! We’re pretty sure you’re now in the running for the worst son of the year award.Jenkins was arrested on Tuesday after he got mad at his mother for refusing to give him a shot of vodka and decided to smear dog poop on her face…
Until recently, Jeffrey Goldmacher was just another Republican running for local office, a bald, mustachioed fellow promising to “streamline government” and cut spending. Now, thanks to an attack flier mailed to voters in his Orlando-area district, Goldmacher has become a true pioneer: An openly nudist conservative.”At least there’s one candidate…
Ronald Poppo was blunt about the horrific Memorial Day weekend attack by Rudy Eugene that left him blind and disfigured. “He attacked me,” Poppo said. “He just ripped me to ribbons. He chewed up my face. He plucked out my eyes. Basically, that’s all there is to say about it.”…
Nowadays, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has got plenty of money. More than $200 million of it in secret accounts around the world, in fact. But when he launched Bain Capital in 1983, Romney had trouble raising the cash for the private equity project. So he turned to super-wealthy Central…
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Republican Senate Candidate Connie Mack’s wayward youth spent getting into bar fights and road rage incidents is well known to those who have been following this race closely, but incumbent Bill Nelson is about to blast that history across the state with an attack ad.The Nelson campaign characterizes Mack as,…
In continuing evidence that Florida nightlife outside of Miami is a sad, depressing suckfest full of streaky highlights and Ed Hardy bought at the TJ Maxx, Applebee’s is the hottest new club in Central Florida. Yes, Applebee’s, the suburban restaurant staple that’s known for cluttering its walls with garage sale…
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