South Beach Plans for Memorial Day Weekend: Traffic Loops and DUI Checks
South Beach Plans for Memorial Day Weekend: Traffic Loops and DUI Checks
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“Junk Cars” Text Spams Miami Phones; One Man Fights Back
Otis Pitts Owes Miami-Dade $10 Million in Failed Liberty City Plan
Otis Pitts Owes Miami-Dade $10 Million in Failed Liberty City Plan
Marco Rubio Tells Everyone to Buy Nicki Minaj’s New Album
Uh……..Hold on let us figure out what to say about this.Um……OK, so, Marco Rubio told all his Twitter followers today to buy Nicki Minaj’s new album “to hear what good music sounds like.”…
Panthers Painfully Close to Clinching Playoffs, but Keep Blowing It
With the Marlins Park opening today and the Heat clinching a playoff birth, South Florida hasn’t been paying too much attention to another potential milestone sports story. The Florida Panthers (that’s our hockey team in case you’re wondering) are painfully close to not only reaching the playoffs for the first…
305 Photo of the Day: Easter Bunny’s Cousin Likes to Party
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Video: Marlins Park Includes a “Bobblehead Museum”
There are just so many bizarre features at the new Marlins Park that apparently we in the media haven’t been able to keep up with all the insanity. Like, did you even know that the stadium includes a Bobblehead Museum? Seriously, there are 588 different bobbleheads encased behind glass, and…
Belén Jesuit Ponzi Schemer Gaston E. Cantens Sentenced to Five Years Behind Bars
Gaston E. Cantens, a former advisory board member for Belen Jesuit Preparatory School who used his prominence in Miami’s Cuban-American community to target the elderly, has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to running a $135 million Ponzi scheme…
Florida Man Molested Boys in Party Van Full of Video Games
Leonard Filipkowski drove what police describe as “a predator’s paradise” — a giant, colorfully painted van with darkened windows and a sophisticated system of flat screen TVs and video games installed in the back. Filipkowski has now been charged with 20 counts of counts lewd and lascivious acts involving children…
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Commission Votes to Lift Ban on Incorporating New Cities
In an 11-0 vote, the Miami-Dade County Commission lifted a five-year-old moratorium on incorporating new cities. The ban will officially be lifted in ten days, unless Mayor Carlos Gimenez vetoes it. Gimenez did send a memo to the commission in which he seemed wary about the potential impact new incorporated…
Survey: Republicans Are Sick of Hearing About Trayvon Martin
The reaction to the Trayvon Martin shooting has deeply divided Americans. According to a new Pew Research Center, African Americans and Democrats say they are following the case closely, while whites and Republicans are more likely to say that the case is getting too much media attention…
Heat Clinch Playoff Berth With 16th Consecutive Home Win
Weirdly enough, the Miami Heat only play like a bag of shit on the road, because they remain as dominant as ever at home. LeBron James dropped a season-high 41 points — 15 in the fourth quarter — as the Heat took down the Philadelphia 76ers 99-93 last night, winning their…
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Will Obama Throw Out the First Pitch Tonight? Five Better Ways to Inaugurate Marlins Stadium
Two years ago, Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at the Washington National’s stadium to inaugurate the 2010 MLB season. The Marlins haven’t announced who will toss out the ceremonial first ball tonight. Could the president come running out of the brand-new bullpen?Today’s White House schedule ends at 11:55…
Fidel Castro May Have Photobombed His Way Onto Colombia’s 1,000 Peso Bill
There’s no denying that the guy behind the Mariel Boatlift and the Cuban Missile Crisis can cook up a damned devious trick when he wants to. But did Fidel Castro really photobomb the Colombian 1,000 peso bill?Colombia has been rumbling this week with the conspiracy theory that a young Castro’s…
Lawsuit: Carnival Cruise Employee Strip Searched a 17-Year-Old Girl UPDATED With Response
Carnival Cruise Lines hasn’t had much good PR recently, what with that protest against its tax shenanigans and labor policies, the horrific and deadly Costa Concordia accident, and its plummeting stock. A lawsuit claiming that employees forced a 17-year-old girl to remove her tampon and then strip-searched her for weed…
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Florida Woman Offers Sex in Exchange for Two McDonald’s Dollar Menu Cheeseburgers
We’re not sure that sex with a prostitute whose fee is two cheeseburgers would actually be worth it. In fact, maybe just eating the cheeseburgers ourselves would be a better use of our resources. How good could it be for two cheap burgers? We’ll never know though, because the cheeseburger…
305 Photo of the Day: Be There, The Fair
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Marco Rubio Hates Disco Music, Says Civil Rights Movement Was Part of “A Scary Time”
Marco Rubio has some interesting taste in music. He loves Nicki Minaj, but apparently hates disco. He attacked the dance genre at a Lincoln Day Dinner in Pinellas, Florida, over the weekend and hurled an insult to the Bee Gees in a bizarre, fear-mongering speech filled with spooky stories, bad…
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Luis Garcia Pulls out of David Rivera Race, and Now Dems Have No Candidate
Rep. David Rivera is one of the most vulnerable Republican congressman in the entire country. He’s under numerous criminal investigations, and his seat in District 25 is quickly seeing its Republican voter advantage fade. It could be a slam dunk for Democrats, assuming, of course, they had anyone to run.They…
It Will Soon Be Legal to Dye Baby Chicks Any Color You Want in Florida
What the hell happens up in Tallahassee sometimes? Seriously?See, the apparently powerful dog grooming lobby convinced our elected officials to take time out of their busy legislative session to lift an old ban on dying live animals. They were actually successful, but the ban now means that the controversial practice…
Hotel Drama: Setai Ousts Management at Midnight, Eden Roc Takes Theirs to Court
Big drama at two of Miami’s best known hotels this weekend, as two iconic resorts had some dramatic shake-ups on the business side. The owners of the Eden Roc, a Miami Beach classic, are taking their management company to court. Meanwhile, the owners of the Setai, a member of the…
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North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre Played $29,000 of Soccer For Free on City Field
Anyone who plays soccer in Miami knows how frustrating it is to find a good game; fields are scarce, so either you pony up the cash for an organized game or you play free pickup on some forlorn, lumpy turf that hasn’t been mowed since the Carter Administration. As mayor…