Mark Gold, the lawyer who founded and owns the Ticket Clinic firm, found himself so drunk at the Goldrush strip club in downtown Miami back in 2010 that he wound up charging nearly $19,000 to his credit card. He ended up suing Goldrush, and claimed they never should have accepted his money…
Talk about an occupational hazard. An airtboat captain lost his hand to the jaws of an alligator while giving a tour of the Everglades on Tuesday. Though, officials were later able to capture the gator and retrieve the man’s hand. …
Game 1 of the 2012 NBA Finals was a tale of two halves.The Miami Heat shot out of the gate strong, hitting shots, making threes and getting a huge game from *record scratch* Shane Battier!But the second half was a whole other bag of salted cock n’ balls as Kevin…
Luis Davilo was just livin’ the dream — drinking some beers, cruising his A-Team van around suburban Orlando, pityin’ fools — when the Man unwisely intervened. An Orlando cop pulled Davilo over for not having his lights on. That’s when Davilo sprang into Mr. T-worthy action, repeatedly ramming the cop…
For North Bay Village Police Sgt. Amy Suarez, getting her hair done is more important than patrolling the streets of the city she is sworn to protect. So claims Crime Watch volunteer Amy Lee, who alleges she saw Suarez, in full uniform and on-duty, getting her hair washed and flat-ironed…
Among the many stark questions at the heart of the Trayvon Martin case is one simple query with huge implications: Does Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law encourage guys like George Zimmerman to take justice into their own hands? Or, as Florida Republicans argue, does it deter crime by ensuring anyone…
George Zimmerman’s wife, Shellie Zimmerman, now finds herself behind bars in the same facility where her husband is being held on second-degree murder charges. Seminole County Sheriff’s deputies arrested her this afternoon on a single perjury charge. The charge stems from accusations that the Zimmermans lied to the court during…
So here’s the bad news: In terms of American cities, Miami is the fifth most expensive place to live for expatriates. However, on a global scale, things aren’t so bad. According to Mercer’s Worldwide Cost of Living Survey 2012, we’re only the 110th most expensive city in the world. Things…
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Two weeks after having most of his face chewed off by a crazed Rudy Eugene near the MacArthur Causeway in downtown Miami, victim Ronald Poppo is slowly recovering. Jackson Memorial Hospital says the 65-year-old is awake and alert, and the hospital has released new photos of his face after undergoing…
It seems as if Hugo Chávez is going to be a vindictive, democracy-skewering bastard right down to the very end.South Florida may have the largest concentration of Venezuelan exiles in the entire world, but Chávez’s government isn’t going to make it easy for them to vote in the next Venezuelan presidential election…
Florida’s public-masturbation crisis has now crossed over to the other gender. Jeffery Marriott, a 50-year-old resident of Port St. Lucie, was arrested late last month after being caught in the middle of an epic wank session in his own front yard. One neighbor who witnessed the display said Marriott was “working…
In a serious bid to bolster their Hard Knocks reality show ratings — and an outside chance to firm up the wide receiver position a little — the Miami Dolphins reportedly signed hometown class clown Chad Ochocinco last night. Ochocinco celebrated the best way he knew how: updating his Twitter…
North Miami is stewing right now over an age-old question: Can Big Bird and Elmo co-exist with lap dances and champagne rooms? A proposed strip club with a full liquor license neighboring WPBT Channel 2’s headquarters and a number of schools has residents fuming. Take Pastor Jack Hakimian, leader of…
Maritime and Science Technology (MAST) Academy is one of Miami’s best public schools. Each year, the magnet on the Rickenbacker Causeway draws 560 kids from across Dade and turns them into aspiring doctors, scientists, and engineers. Now, however, cash-strapped Miami-Dade County Public Schools appear ready to sell that small-school soul…
You don’t get much different than Seattle and Miami. The differences are as big as Northwest and Southeast, orcas and alligators, Starbucks and cafecitos, and, very literally, apples and oranges. Yet, might Seattle be the only city in America, outside of South Florida, that will be rooting for the Heat…
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There isn’t a home in America quite like the Versace mansion (otherwise known as Casa Casuarina and now the Villa by Barton G), and its astonishing price tag reflects its exquisiteness and notoriety. The historic mansion was just put on the market for $125 million, which ties it with a…
Jose Rosario-Gonzalez, a middle school history teacher in Volusia County, has resigned after a YouTube video titled “Gay Sex Threesome” accidentally popped up during class. Of course, YouTube doesn’t allow hard-core pornography on its site, and the video actually never played in front of the students, but it appears Rosario-Gonzalez…
Chad Ochocinco was born in Miami and played for Miami Beach Senior High. His career may be about to come full circle, as the Dolphins are seriously exploring the possibility of signing the most interesting man in the NFL. Based solely on potential blog post fodder, Riptide approves of this…
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