Despite the Christian Family Coalition’s regular habit of hurling hate-fueled messages towards the LGBT community and tirelessly working to strip gays of even the most basic rights, spineless local politicians desperate for any vote continue to legitimize the group by courting its members.Miami Gardens Mayor Shirley Gibson is currently running…
Unlike Riptide, most local news outlets do not take shots at other media in their stories. But local CBS affiliate WFOR took a big swipe at Fox affiliate WSVN in the opening paragraph of a story about Ray Allen. You might remember WSVN broke into its 11 p.m. newscast Thursday…
Imagine you’re an 11-year-old girl who lives with her deaf mother who is on disability, and while you’re on your summer vacation your own father breaks into your home and sets fire to your house, destroying almost all of your possessions, including your mattress and brand new computer. One girl…
Police are searching for the driver of a car that plowed into a man on North Miami Avenue on early Saturday morning, but didn’t even bother to stop. The victim was Carl Jones, a homeless man who was trying to cross the street and was killed on the scene. The…
Damn you, Fidel. Don’t you have enough to occupy your attention with a cholera outbreak spreading across Cuba, and your all-star baseball team trying to topple the Yanquis in Havana? Can’t you stop sending secret messages to our crazy people in California demanding that they hijack helicopters for your nefarious…
In May, Robert T. Williams, the director of the Miami Springs Public Works, stepped down from his position after 23 years. Asked by the Miami Herald why he was leaving so suddenly, Williams said he felt disrespected by management’s attempts to privatize his department.”There’s just too much stress and friction…
Among the placards lining the streets ahead of the August 14 elections, you might have noticed a blue-and-red poster with the name “De Yurre.” If that rings a bell, there’s a good reason: 59-year-old Victor De Yurre is the same guy who escaped a parade of investigations during his eight-year…
He’s going from being part of one big three to backing up another. Ray Allen has decided to sign with the Miami Heat, according to Yahoo! Sports. The decision comes after Allen’s two-day trip to Miami to meet with team execs. He’ll be leaving the Boston Celtics, a team that…
Stephen Tilbury, 17, of DeLand, Florida, had a really, really bad ‘shroom trip. How bad? He decided that shooting himself directly in the forehead would be a better option than carrying on with the experience. Granted, no ‘shroom trip is really worth the possibility of death, but that just goes…
George Zimmerman, the self-proclaimed neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed Miami teen Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, is once again out of jail. He posted his $1 million bond and walked out of jail at about 3 p.m. Though he originally bailed out after his initial arrest, he was…
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So, remember those two local porn stars who are planning on giving Heat fans free blow jobs in a big, messy, double mouthed gang bang? Yeah, well, apparently the NBA is none too pleased. Who would have thought?Because the two porn stars (well, OK, let’s be honest, porn actresses) are…
Vanessa Olmos, a hotel maid, allegedly attempted to fluff more than just pillows when she walked into a room of an Orlando-area Days Inn and found a 14-year-old boy alone. Police say she groped the boy, and told him “you hot” while the boy’s mother was out of the room…
If you were watching WSVN’s 11 p.m. newscast last night you were blasted with the news that Ray Allen had reached a 3-year, $11 million deal with the Miami Heat. You were also totally misinformed. Turns out WSVN got its scoop from a single source: a fake Twitter account…
Despite a campaign from local authorities and a stern, profanity-ridden warning from Riptide, someone out there still decided it was a good idea to shoot his or her gun into the air during the Fourth of July. However, what goes up must come down, and the bullets hit two revelers…
Ever notice that sign for the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians on Marlins Park? Well, the management of Magic City Casino sure has, and they are not happy with it. The casino believes that it violates a contract it has with the county that forbids Miami-Dade from harming their slot revenue,…
Like most families in South Florida, Edy Martinez Lezcano’s clan in Key Largo had a weird mid-week holiday to fill thanks to the Fourth of July. How to best make some family bonding happen on a weird Wednesday off work? A day fishing? A road trip to Sloppy Joes?Nah, Lezcano’s…
Also read “Cuban Baseball Agents: Risks and Lies.”Last time around, the U.S. really couldn’t have picked a worse moment to send a baseball team down to Havana to take on Cuba’s best bats. The year was 1996, and Fidel’s fighter pilots had just shot down a pair of planes operated…
The internet is scornful again. This time, it’s a music video called “Booty Pop”, in which a 6-year-old South Florida aspiring rapper named Albert Roundtree, Jr. uses a super soaker to hose down gyrating chicks in bikinis, which has made the world wide web very angry. Vibe thought about calling…
Today’s most controversial viral video comes with the following description: “This is a Music Video we did called “Booty Pop” by Albert. Albert is a 6 year old rapper from South Florida.” If the idea of a 6-year-old singing a song called “Booty Pop” isn’t immediately skeezy to you, then…
David Lee Sinnett, a 32-year-old Bartow, Florida man, sits behind bars for beating a two-year-old boy with a wire clothes hanger for mispronouncing his sister’s name. Even worse, the boy suffers from a speech impediment. Police, however, did not immediately release the relationship between Sinnett and the boy…
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