“What Do Gus Barreiro and the Aurora Mass Murderer Have in Common?” reads the latest headline on TeaPartyMiami.org. Yes, Tea Party Miami chairman Eric Von Tausch is shamelessly using the murder of 12 people to attack a politician he doesn’t like…
Let’s be honest. The first instinct most people have when a Republican politician’s seminude photos emerge online is that a sex scandal is about to unfold. Probably a gay sex scandal. So when pics of state Rep. Peter Nehr leaked online in, of all places, the political blog of the…
Also read “Ricky Williams: NFL Football Healer.”When the Ricky Williams Foundation lost out on a $32 million investment in the spring, founder and former NFL star Ricky Williams thought his charity was finished. But along came Gary Douglas, the founder of a self-help group called Access Consciousness. He agreed to…
On The Franchise, Showtime’s series following the Marlins this season, GM Michael Hill recently had this to say about the team’s core, lead by Hanley Ramirez: “The veterans have crapped all over themselves.”That smack-down may not have been the best strategy for pumping up Ramirez’s trade value, but it was…
Some Miami-born celebrities never let anyone forget where they’re from. Take Pitbull, for example, who just shouts out “305” at least once every 15 seconds.Other celebs born under the sign of the 305 aren’t as conspicuous. For many, that’s because they were born here but moved as young kids, and…
Victoria’s Secret model Selita Ebanks apparently is a stunner not only in fashion mags but also in cat fights. The model, who has graced the pages of a myriad of publications, including Vogue to the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, is being sued by another model, Liza Irizarry, for allegedly breaking her nose during…
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Robert Brown was about as successful a puppeteer as a puppeteer can be in Tampa Bay. He regularly performed in high schools, at kids’ parties, and even for the Tampa Bay Rays.In his free time, though, he liked to log on to the Internet and discuss his fantasies about kidnapping,…
In 2007 and 2008, just as the Florida housing bubble was exploding spectacularly, Miami officials were scrambling to keep their budget afloat. One little trick they used, the Miami Herald later found, was shifting $26.4 million into the general fund so it looked like the city was balancing its books…
There was a time in May, when the Heat were on their way to a championship, the Panthers had won their first ever division title, and the Marlins completed the best record that month in MLB, when we had a glimmer of hope (albeit somewhat tempered by the Dolphins) that…
All of Tampa is preparing for the Republican National Convention in late August, but no industry seems as excited for the conservative conference as the Tampa Bay area’s strip clubs. Several titty bars are undergoing renovations and trying to outdo themselves to lure GOP fat cats’ fat wallets, but one…
This week’s New Times cover story is a profile of enigmatic former Miami Dolphins superstar running back Ricky Williams, who retired from football for the second time at the end of last season. These days, he administers spiritual sessions in South Florida and around the world. I attended one of…
Joseph Loprete has a Google problem. The first search result for his name is a Sun-Sentinel article about his DUI arrest in 2010 for driving his car into his Boca Raton house. The article, citing a police report, calls the accident the result of mixing alcohol and “jealous rage.” The…
Sadly, the words Chad Ochocinco will never appear on a Dolphins jersey. That’s because the wide receiver has changed his moniker back to his birth name, Chad Johnson. It’s fitting, we guess, because he’ll be playing his first professional season in his hometown of Miami. Yet we’re somewhat disappointed — the…
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Another summer, another report from Yahoo! Sports making allegations about the University of Miami football program. The latest, which hit the web late Friday, are decidedly less dramatic than last summer’s stories of hooker yacht parties and such. However, the newest allegations do implicate current football coach Al Golden. However,…
The most dramatic thing about Genting Group’s new plans for the Miami Herald site is how unambitious they are. Ten months after sending shockwaves through Miami by unveiling ostentatious plans that called for giant undulating towers surging into the sky around a full-service casino, the Malaysian gambling powerhouse is now pursuing a…
Anti-drinking campaigns tend to focus on things like cirrhosis of the liver and drunk driving, but really they should also include all the stupid things that people end up doing when they’re drunk.Stupid things like losing their keys and then breaking into the wrong apartment. Stupid things like 25-year-old Gainesville…
Coral Gables cop Eric Plescow was arrested yesterday after he allegedly tried to strangle his girlfriend. This is not the first time the 26-year-old police officers has found himself on the wrong side of the law in his relatively short career. He also once caused a three car accident on…
Hector Sarna isn’t surprised that his friend Rosita Hidalgo was killed. As a transgender woman who was a sex worker, she was putting herself at risk. He warned her that one of the men she brought home would hurt her, or worse. He remembers a day almost a year ago…
When Florida slapped Bob Sherin’s software company with a monstrous $45,000 tax bill back in 1976, the small business owner went ballistic. Up to that point, his upstart industry had been exempt from state sales tax. But he couldn’t find a lawyer to take his case. Instead, Sherin camped out…
If you’re in South Miami-Dade and use Comcast as your television and Internet service provider, you probably aren’t reading this. Comcast service is out in a large section of the southern part of the county thanks to a construction crew accidentally tearing out about 1,000 feet of fiber optic cable…
