Well, at least one prominent Republican doesn’t want Marco Rubio running as the party’s VP candidate. Always polarizing pundit Ann Coulter was on ABC’s This Week yesterday, and she said that picking the exciting but still unproven Rubio would be a “mistake.”…
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Move over, PETA — there’s a new publicity-hungry organization in town that isn’t afraid to shock. To protest hot dogs, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group of vegan doctors, is unveiling a billboard linking hot dogs to “butt cancer” right outside the new Marlins Stadium…
Fun is not really in the job description of being a doctor. Bal Harbour plastic surgeon Michael Salzhauer found that out the hard way after facing heat by commissioning a teen-targeting music video promoting nose jobs called “Jewcan Sam, a Nose Job Love song.” Salzhauer even planned to have people submit…
There are already 35 incorporated municipalities within Miami-Dade County, and if the county commission lifts a ban on incorporating others, five new ones could pop up. Some people say a government can be held more accountable the more local it is. From our point of view, more governments just mean…
The Miami Heat has been unstoppable at home since the All-Star break. On the road, however, the team has been a big, heaping pile of ass. And that was certainly the case yesterday during their 91-72 gag reflex of a loss to the Boston Celtics.Rajon Rondo recorded a triple-double against…
In an off-season filled with godawful personnel moves, add dissing former first-round pick Vernon Carey to the list of Miami Dolphins blunders. During eight seasons with the Dolphins, Carey started 105 of 112 regular-season games ping-ponging between the left tackle, right tackle, and right guard on the offensive line. Not…
If you have a Miami-area phone number, there’s a good chance that in the past few months, you’ve received texts seeking “junk cars.” The message is all uppercase in both English and Spanish and promises $400 to $450 for your clunker. “It irritates the hell out of me,” says a…
Congrats, South Beach residents! You’ve survived the beer-bonging, glowstick-waving trafficpocalypse of spring break and Miami Music Week. Now enjoy the fresh air and (semi)abundant parking while it lasts, because you’re only a few weeks away from the massive crowds of Memorial Day weekend.Even worse news: Riptide has gotten its hands…
When the Miami Marlins signed Jose Reyes, there was a lot of speculation as to how the speedy Dominican superstar shortstop would mesh with the team’s existing speedy Dominican superstar shortstop, Hanley Ramirez. The answer: They’re basically the Siegfried and Roy of America’s pastime…
In a statement released today, new Miami Beach Police Chief Raymond Martinez identified Michael Veski as the officer under investigation for drinking a beer in a police car, and said that the officer has now been relieved of duty. Random Pixels also reports that a second officer, Eric Dominguez, has…
Two men pretending to be cops ransacked a Little Havana home this morning and tied up a woman in front of her two children. The incident occurred in the 300 block of SW 12th Avenue shortly before 11:30 a.m. …
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Looks like Star Island is losing one of its longtime celebrity residents. Comedian and talk show host Rosie O’Donnell has put her 11,000-square-foot spread on the market for a whopping $19.5 million. The real estate move comes just days after O’Donnell’s talk show on Oprah’s OWN network was cancelled…
Well, not really, but the fourth installment of the dance series Step Up takes place in Miami and centers around some of the city’s most pressing issues: over-development and gentrification. Oh yeah, shit gets serious. Might this be the most important Miami political dance film ever? The first official trailer…
Thousands are expected to show up at Bayfront Park this weekend for a planned hometown rally to remember slain 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson is organizing the rally, and Rev. Jesse Jackson and singer Chaka Kahn are scheduled to attend…
The family that grows drugs together takes mugs together.Over in Charlotte County, Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a mother, father and son after they discovered that the family was growing psychedelic mushrooms…
What a load of crap. Earlier this week, county officials warned that unless unruly Miami Beach condo owners allowed for construction on a waste pipeline stretching to Virginia Key, the sewer line could soon break. “I can tell you it’s going to rupture, I just can’t tell you when,” said…
Attention Miami-area anarchists, liberals, and Occupiers: Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is worried about “knuckleheads” causing trouble during the Republican National Convention this August. So to keep all the Romney-disturbers in line, last night he proposed a “Clean Zone” across most of downtown Tampa where police will have broad power to…
Running a meth lab out of a mobile camper honestly isn’t the worst idea in the world. Actually, if AMC’s Breaking Bad is half as knowledgeable as it seems, hauling a camper into the the wilderness to cook up crystal is the safest way to evade Johnny Law. The plan…
A decade ago, Hector Pesquera was rumored to be a top candidate for Miami Police chief. Instead, the former FBI man — perhaps dogged by questionable ties to convicted felons — embarked on ever more obscure positions: first as head of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, lately as head of security…
The racist smear campaign against Trayvon Martin has hit a stomach churning low. Gawker reports that a self proclaimed white supremacist using the internet handle “Klanklannon” has hacked into multiple email and social media accounts used by the deceased teen…
