The Marlins Gave Up Hanley, but There’s Plenty Left to Trade
The Marlins Gave Up Hanley, but There’s Plenty Left to Trade
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Showing 15621 - 15642 of 31923Danell Leyva, Miami’s Olympic Prodigy, Goes for Gold
Danell Leyva, Miami’s Olympic Prodigy, Goes for Gold
For-Profit Colleges Cheat Students and Get Away With It
For-Profit Colleges Cheat Students and Get Away With It
Miami Beach Commissioners Still Aren’t Sure Why They Gave Axed Manager Jorge Gonzalez an Extra Payday
Miami Beach Commissioners Still Aren’t Sure Why They Gave Axed Manager Jorge Gonzalez an Extra Payday
Even Miami’s Chick-Fil-As Were Packed With Homophobes Today
Chick-Fil-A has long had ties and donated to several anti-gay groups, including one that lobbied congress to not condemn Uganda for killing homosexuals. COO Dan Cathy’s recent anti-gay marriage remarks drew criticism from several gay groups, and, because this America, the fast food restaurant is the now focal point in…
Lady Gaga’s Office Depot Partnership Slammed by Florida Family Association for Promoting Homosexuality
The culture trolls at the Florida Family Association are at it again.Office Depot announced a back-to-school partnership with Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, but the FFA is worried that this “will influence many teens to embrace homosexuality for their lifetime who may have otherwise worked through their crisis with…
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305 Photo of the Day: Loveism
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Danell Leyva’s Gold Dream Dashed By Japan’s Kohei Uchimura; Leyva Takes Bronze in All-Around
Read “Danell Leyva, Miami’s Olympic Prodigy Goes for Gold,” and “Danell Leyva, Team USA Fall Flat in Quest for Olympic Gold in Gymnastics.”Miami’s Danell Leyva won a spot on the medal stand today, but he will only be showing off bronze hardware.After his team’s disappointing finish in the men’s final…
Florida Woman Lured Man to Her Home with Sex, But Had Her Cousins Rob and Beat Him Instead
Like no good love stories before it, this one started at a West Florida gas station. An unidentified man met Rebecca Rodriguez there, and they exchanged numbers. After a bit of sexting, they agreed to meet at Rodriguez’s home for a bit of a fill-up earlier this week. Rodriguez, however,…
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Bicyclist Hit on Rickenbacker Causeway in Critical Condition
A cyclist was hit on the Rickenbacker Causeway and remains in the hospital in critical condition. The incident occurred yesterday near the Rusty Pelican restaurant.The Miami Herald reports that a BMW hit the cyclist, but Local 10 has pictures of a dark-green Jeep SUV with a dented windshield that was…
Q Poll: Obama Up 51-45 in Florida
Another day, another poll. The latest Quinnipiac Poll shows Barack Obama with a six-point lead in Florida, much larger than the one-point lead a PPP poll reported yesterday. It’s the largest lead for Obama that any poll has shown in months.Meanwhile, Quinnipiac also has Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson up 47-40…
Ten Forgotten Miami Professional Sports Teams
Today, for better or worse, the Miami market has teams in each of the big four major leagues. It wasn’t always that way, though, and besides the Dolphins, Heat, Marlins, and Panthers, several other professional sports teams have called Miami home. In fact, the Magic City’s colorful pro sports history dates back…
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Suspect Killed, Miami-Dade Detective Shot on Coral Way Grow-House Raid
One suspect is dead and a Miami-Dade detective is recovering at Jackson Memorial Hospital this morning after an undercover raid on a suspected grow house on Coral Way erupted into a fierce gunfight last night.A narcotics unit that included FBI agents in plainclothes was investigating the house near 60th Avenue…
Miami Herald Endorses Mark Weithorn Despite His Financial Baggage
The Miami Herald editorial board sure knows how to back sketchy candidates. Last week, it recommended that voters go with Mark Weithorn in the race to replace Richard Steinberg, the Miami Beach state house rep who resigned in February after getting busted for sending inappropriate text messages to a married…
DJ Seasunz Found Guilty of Murder of Teen Girlfriend
Juan Carlos Portieles used to sit behind the decks of Miami nightclubs like Space as DJ Seasunz. Now, for the rest of his life, he’ll sit behind bars.A jury sentenced Portieles today to life in prison for the 2009 murder of his 18-year-old girlfriend, Jaclyn Torrealba…
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Poll: Romney Would Lead in Florida With Rubio or Rice as Running Mate
The latest poll from Democrat-affiliated polling firm Public Policy Polling [PDF] shows Barack Obama with a teeny, tiny lead in Florida. It’s 48-47 in favor of Obama, but since the race is so close Mitt Romney’s choice of running mate could play a pivotal part of Florida’s choice. Picking either…
305 Photo of the Day: Delano
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7-Year-Old Forced to Smoke Pot at Gunpoint
“Honestly officer, I didn’t mean to get high. Someone pointed a gun to my head and made me do it.””Yeah, likely story, kid.””No, seriously. I’m a seven-year-old and some crazy f’n mad man pointed a gun to my head and forced me to smoke pot.”…
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Batman Screening Scare: Man Arrested for Causing Panic in Miami Beach Movie Theater
David Escamillo was arrested last night for causing a panic during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises at the Regal multiplex on South Beach. The 44-year-old screamed, “This is it!” from the back of the theater, and later yelled, “I didn’t shoot anybody” once outside the theater. The scare…
Homestead Teacher Andre Martinez Arrested for Sex with Former Students
Andre Martinez, a teacher at a charter school in Homestead, was arrested yesterday on allegations that he carried on long-term sexual relationships with two former underage students. Martinez taught cinematography at Keys Gate Charter School, and the abuse is believed to have started back in 2010…
Olympic Ratings: Miami’s Not That Interested
Two years ago, the Miami market lead the nation in viewership of the World Cup, so you’d figure we’d be really into all international sporting competitions. Apparently not so much. NBC has released its ratings by markets, and the Miami market didn’t even crack the top 20. Which is odd,…
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At Miami-Dade Gun Show, Steady Sales And Clear Consciences After Colorado Massacre
The father picked the gun off the table and held it up for his son to see. “This is a shotgun,” he said, pointing it into the small crowd walking past the table. “You remember this one, right?” Then he pretended to cock the gun and pull the trigger. “Blam!…