We’re not sure whether former Gov. Charlie Crist is actually a rampant drunk and closeted homosexual, but we do know that former Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer is a desperate, desperate man. Greer is currently awaiting trial for allegedly misappropriate party money. Crist is not cooperating with the…
Back in August 2010, Luka Rocco Magnotta joined Miami Beach 411 and posted a new thread to the popular discussion board: “I just moved to Miami and love it,” he announced over a self portrait in Moscow. Later that day, he posted photos of himself in a Lotus, supposedly parked…
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On Saturday, Danell Leyva lost the men’s national gymnastics championship by a mere .05 percentage points, but the 20-year-old Cuban American gymnast is pretty much a lock for a spot on the United States Olympic men’s team. Leyva was edged out by John Orozco, a 19-year-old from the Bronx who…
After blowing up the Boston Celtics Big Three Era (for the second straight season) in last night’s 101-88 Game 7 triumph, the Miami Heat are headed to their second-straight NBA Finals.The Big Three known as LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh scored Miami’s final 31 points, including all 28…
Tonight, at last, it ends: Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals starts at 8:30 p.m., and it may well destroy the world as we know it. Okay, the game may only result in the destruction of a few TV sets and cars in the greater Boston and Miami areas,…
Floridians continue to hate Gov. Rick Scott. In fact, 56 presently disapprove of his job handling, while only 31 percent approve. Things as polarizing as the Miami Heat and gay marriage are actually more popular in the state right now. Public Policy Polling decided to just ask Floridians how they…
Bubba the Love Sponge, the horrible Tampa-based shock jock who last showed up in this space when he suggested that the death of half a million Haitians would actually be a good thing, has decided to hold a face eating contest in the wake of the horrific attack that occurred…
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Study up on the numbers on the bottom of your plastic bottles, Miami Beach residents, because the City Commission has passed an ordinance that will make recycling mandatory in the city. Those who don’t comply could face fines of up to $2,500. Well, not really, because the city doesn’t actually…
Two months after five Miami Beach code inspectors and two members of the Miami Beach Fire Department were arrested on charges of shaking down a Miami Beach nightclub, Chai Footman, a fire inspector, has plead guilty to charges of corruption…
Like the band playing on as the Titanic sank, what remained of the rapidly dissipating crowd last night at TD Garden took to their feet and chanted “Let’s Go Celtics.” A display that will probably be twisted as proof positive that Boston fans are superior in every way to Miami…
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A 16-year-old boy was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital yesterday afternoon after a spear from a spear gun was lodged in his forehead during a freak accident. The boy and a 15-year-old friend were fishing in Southwest Miami-Dade when the spear gun accidentally launched…
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Archbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski likes to say that he’s “political with a capital P,” meaning he doesn’t tow a particular party line. And in his two years in charge of South Florida Catholics he has, in fact, criticized everyone from Barack Obama to Marco Rubio and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. But…
During last year’s string of questionable fatal shootings by Miami police, Officer Reinaldo Goyo shot and killed Travis McNeill, a 28-year-old unarmed black man during a traffic stop. The controversy stemming from the death was, in part, the reason that former police chief Miguel Exposito was fired, but prosecutors have…
Barring any sort of crazy scandal or shakeup, you might as well refer to Rep. Connie Mack IV as the GOP’s presumptive senate nominee in Florida. He continues to poll heads and tails above his Republican primary competitors (and is now refusing to show up to debates, as he’s already…
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On Sunday, The New York Times Magazine published a Q&A and photo spread with Dwyane Wade entitled, “Dwyane Wade Loves His Jordans and His Body Lotion”. That title tells you everything you need to know about this story, in which Wade speaks on his love for baby wipes, “the powders…
Forget this so called “zombie apocalypse” — Florida is currently in the throes of a full blown, naked ladies on roadsides apocalypse. For the second time in just over a week, a woman has been arrested for getting naked and causing a traffic hazard. And the threat is getting closer…
