Read Jeb Bush’s lips: “Maybe a few new taxes.”The former Republican Governor of Florida came out today in favor of slight increases in taxes to reduce the federal budget deficit. Though he had one big caveat: every $1 in new taxes should be accompanied with a $10 cut to federal…
We might have been a bit grossed out by the amount of borderline-pervy attention Lauren Tannehill, the wife of Dolphins’ first-round pick Ryan Tannehill, received after draft day, but apparently she wasn’t. She may or may not have already shot a photo spread for Maxim. However, as far as Maxim…
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George Zimmerman is headed back to jail. The man who killed Trayvon Martin has had his bond revoked after prosecutors alleged he lied during testimony during his bond hearing. Zimmerman and his wife failed to disclose that they had raised $200,000 from supporters online and that Zimmerman had two passports…
Woah, woah, woah, buddy, who do you think you are? A TSA agent? Sorry, but airport U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Officers have no right to touch passengers against their will.Officer Paulo Morales, 47, was arrested today after being indicted yesterday on charges related to groping female passengers…
The “Taj Miami” is not exactly a regularly penthouse, as much as it is a unique glass mansion literally built atop a 40-story skyscraper in Brickell. The unique piece of Miami real estate is now back on the market and could be yours for just $4.2 million…
Do you think Boston fans are blaming Wednesday’s Celtics loss on the weak play of team’s veteran core? No, of course not. They’re blaming it on the refs. That’s just what Boston Celtics fans do. They may have a long list of rivalries with other actual teams, but everyone knows…
Miami likes to pride itself as a trendsetting metro, but this is ridiculous.In the wake of the now infamous “Miami Zombie” face-eating attack, several other stories about mentally disturbed people either eating or doing other horrifically bizarre things to body parts have popped up in the media. Which either means…
When Gov. Rick Scott’s administration began a statewide purge of “non-citizen” voters, it didn’t seem like a coincidence that the Miami Herald found the GOP-led effort disproportionately targeted Democrats, Hispanics and independents — many of whom were in fact eligible to vote. It was also no great shock that Scott’s…
Somewhere in Biscayne Bay there is a pod of manatees laughing their fat, mossy asses off.Aristides Lorenzo Rodriguez, 43, was sentenced to a year of probation yesterday for repeatedly violating speed limits in a manatee zone. Clearly, a federal judge Jonathan Goodman is trying to scare Rodriguez into giving a…
Well, it’s better than Brett Ratner Day.Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sally Heyman has issued a proclamation officially recognizing June 5 as “Michael Bay Day.” Yes, Michael Bay the director of Bad Boys, Transformers, and the upcoming Pain and Gain.Unfortunately, the day will probably not be celebrated appropriately by crashing a tractor-trailer…
Riptide used to get a sick kick out of driving over the Julia Tuttle Causeway and informing our visiting friends we were now directly above America’s most infamous sex offender colony. Of course, that’s no longer there, so instead we’ll just take the MacArthur Causeway to the Beach and casually…
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Talk about an exhibitionist streak. Ashley Holton, 35, was arrested this weekend after she was masturbating on the side of Highway 484 in Ocala, Florida. Her self-pleasuring antics even slowed down traffic on the roadway.Holton didn’t seem to mind. She was enjoying herself so much that when a police officer…
By all accounts, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi was supposed to fly this weekend to a lavish luxury resort with a couple dozen of her closest friends, family and colleagues (including Gov. Rick Scott) and tie the knot with her fiance, Dr. Greg Henderson. Then something happened. No one is…
The Miami Marlins started the season with the most expensive tickets in the league. Granted, that was for their opening day game against the defending world champs in their brand new stadium, but according to a site that aggregates secondary market tickets prices, the Marlins now have the least in…
The Miami Heat aren’t going to make this easy. Assholes. The Heat overcame a sluggish start, a dickload of missed free throws, a motivated undead Celtics team, and an All-World epic playoff performance from Rajon Rondo to get their 115-111 overtime win over Boston and take a 2-0 lead in these Eastern…
For two years, Miguel Exposito was the head honcho at the Miami Police Department. They were jolly times for the Magic City’s muckrakers, who made an easy living as Exposito butted heads with Mayor Tomas Regalado and produced a too-crazy-to-be-true litany of scandals and shootings. When he was fired in…
For the past month, British adventurer Dave Cornthwaite has peddled a small bike-car from Memphis to Miami. Along the way he’s burned more calories than the Miami Marlins’ entire roster and braved hordes of alligators, snakes, and blood-sucking mosquitoes. But the most dangerous creature he’s met is one Miami knows…
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