It almost seems as obvious as saying that Florida is sunny, or that it has a lot of oranges, but a new study confirms that we live in the fourth most corrupt state in the union.University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public…
Chris Paciello is an old school South Beach legend, a Bonnano crime family goon who conquered the nightclub scene before being sent to federal prison for his role in a murder. These days, he’s back in his old stomping grounds working for the Delano Hotel, and is very sorry about…
A: “Did you hear about the two chicks who got really drunk at a bar?”B: “That doesn’t sound like much of a story.”A: “Well, they ran out of beer money and tried to flash other patrons for cash.”B: “Ah, how resourceful.”A: “But no one took them up on the offer.”B:…
Lavont Flanders will spend life in prison, a federal judge decided yesterday. The former Miami Beach cop was convicted in December of more than a dozen counts related to drugging and raping women on camera. The films were then sold around town as a porno series called “Miami’s Nastiest Nymphos.”Last…
When police arrested 25-year-old Michele Traverso yesterday on charges that he fatally struck a cyclist on the Rickenbacker Causeway before speeding away, Miami cyclists felt a tragic sense of déjà vu. Just over two years ago, police say another young driver named Carlos Bertonatti ran after fatally hitting another cyclist…
Oh, sure, the Miami Marlins have got a loaded new roster, an expensive new home, and new logos and uniforms of divisive aesthetic quality. Hell they’ve even got a new name. None of that matters now. It’s boring in comparison. Yawn. Do you hear us yawning?Clearly the most exciting MLB…
Florida’s Democratic Senator Bill Nelson has apparently really pissed off one furry. A man in a full plushy cow costume showed up at the State Capitol building this morning to declare that Nelson was in the business of “udder hypocrisy.”…
Aaron Cohen, one of the two bicyclist who were injured in an early morning hit-and-run car crash on the Rickenbacker Causeway on Wednesday morning, has died.Meanwhile, police have arrested the driver Michele Traverso, 25, after he turned himself in early this morning. Traverso was driving with a suspended license and…
Quentin Wyche stands accused of murdering FIU football running back Kendall Berry after an on-campus brawl in 2010, but his lawyer had hoped to get him off the hook without even facing trial. Wyche’s attorneys cited the controversial 2005 “Stand Your Ground” law signed by former Gov. Jeb Bush that…
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Yesterday, we asked if a mysterious woman with a stroller was responsible for setting fire to a Michaels arts and crafts stores down in Kendall. Well, police have now located the mystery woman according to CBS Miami. She denied any wrongdoing and, apparently, persuaded police enough of her innocence that…
Well, this certainly doesn’t disprove that weird rumor that popped up last month that LeBron James wasn’t always on the same page with Heat Prez Pat Riley and was planning an eventual return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. James has now said he could see himself one day playing in Cleveland…
Most moms are worried sick when their sons and daughters are deployed to serve in the Middle East. Not, apparently, Paula Barker of Volusia County. She’s been arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from her son while he was deployed with the Marines in Afghanistan…
Remember when the Miami Heat sucked? Good golly, did they suck. This was a team so horrible they didn’t get a single win until the 18th game of their inaugural 1988-89 season. In fact, the team’s all-time record had never been above .500. Yep, when taking into consideration every single…
What do a nonprofit hellbent on ending drunk driving and a Miami Gardens shop selling crotchless panties and see-through negligees have in common? Far too much, at least according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. MADD has filed a federal lawsuit against MaddSexy Lingerie claiming it’s illegally profiting from the anti-DUI…
It’s not so much that neighbors in the Upper Eastside of Miami want the Tokyo Valentino closed simply because it’s a gay club. In fact, they’re more upset that it may not actually be quite such a proper gay club. They think the club, which sounds like it was named…
Jackie Gleason may have thought, “As always, the Miami Beach audience is the greatest audience in the world,” but the best place for a party pad in Miami? Apparently he thought that was on a golf course just outside of Hialeah. The television icon’s former home in the Country Club…
Circumcision activists square off against thousands of years of tradition
Cell-phone tracking: Miami cops know where you are
Wacky waving tube men threaten real human sign wavers
Jeremy Alters, big-time Democratic fundraiser, fights off legal challenges as he wins big in court
Farmers’ market fiasco: Miami-Dade Health Department squanders $15 million
