Jeffrey Darnell Paul had a dream. A very, very poorly thought out dream. He dreamed that it would be totally OK to put Martin Luther King Jr.’s image on a flyer promoting a party at a Miami strip club. Turns out he was a bit surprised when most people with…
Ken Salazar, our cowboy hat-wearing Secretary of the Interior, is expected to announce a ban on importing Burmese pythons today while visiting the Everglades. “The Burmese python has already gained a foothold in the Florida Everglades, and we must do all we can to battle its spread and to prevent…
Sure, it’s hard to muster much sympathy for O.J. Simpson, but remember, he hasn’t been making much use of his house in Kendall lately. He’s got a steady residence for the next six to 27 years: a jail cell in Nevada. So don’t feel too bad that his Miami home…
If you’d told Larcenia Bullard 35-years ago – back when she was teaching school kids for a living — that she’d one day use her lofty platform as a Florida state Senator to advocate for marijuana reform, she would have banished you to the principal’s office. “I would not have…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez says his country will close its consulate in Miami. The news comes after a Venezuelan diplomat headquartered in Miami was expelled by the state department earlier this week for her alleged role in a cyber-terrorism plot against the United States…
After a diva-like and dramatic decision period that a so-so coach really didn’t deserve, Jeff Fisher has decided he’ll be the coach of the Los Angeles St. Louis Rams instead of the Miami Dolphinsnext season . This, of course, means the Dolphins’ search for a new coach is basically back to…
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Last November, “Occupy FIU” gathered at the Deuxieme Maison pit on the school’s West Miami-Dade campus and decried excessive student loans, Wall Street bankers, and money in politics.Yesterday, they tried to do it again. This time, seven people — including two FIU students — were arrested.The arrests just might be…
The Miami Herald have sold their bayside building to the Genting Group, the casino-happy Malaysian conglomerate, and today publisher David Landsberg sent out a memo to the staff confirming that they’ll vacate their current digs by May 2013.Random Pixels has obtained that memo, and in it Landsberg lays out a…
For now, Florida’s invasive python population has largely been relegated to the fresh water of the Everglades and surrounding areas, but a new study shows the alien snakes can survive for up to a month in saltwater. That means there’s potential the snakes could expand their range and start popping…
How much money would you pay for a four-ounce bottle of water alleged to have come from a pool in which Tom Cruise swam? If your answer is anything less than $130, you’re out of luck. That’s the current highest bid on an eBay auction for water taken from the…
Sometime between his arrest on narcotic charges and sitting for this mugshot, Rodgerick Everett Jr. sustained several scraped to his face, a swollen lip, and a neck injury that required a cervical collar. Miami-Dade Police says that Everett, the son of a long-time South Florida officer, inflicted the injuries on…
German car giant Mercedes-Benz and its comically mustachioed CEO Dieter Zetsche are getting railroaded on the Interwebs today after advertising a new car sharing program under Che Guevara’s face and the slogan: Viva la revolucion!Nein! Cuban activists including Felix Rodriguez — one of the guys who helped hunt Che down…
Ladies, are you sick of meeting South Beach douchebags who are about as emotionally numb as their nostrils after snorting a line? Tired of those Hialeah pigs who don’t even consider your feelings when they’re hollering at you from their ’97 Nissans? Fed up with those Brickell pricks who think…
It’s well known that if it bleeds it leads on South Florida FOX affiliate WSVN, but local DirecTV costumers could be missing all that blood and a lot more if the station doesn’t come to an agreement with the satellite provider. Channel 7’s parent company and DirecTV have until midnight…
Twenty-five people were arrested yesterday after Miami-Dade police discovered 25 separate hydroponics labs in the county during a crackdown dubbed “Operation Machete.” Besides the alleged criminals, police also seized more than 1,300 pot plants during the daylong sweep…
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Back in 2010, we dubbed The Webster the “best place to shop like there’s no recession,” but now the pricey Miami Beach boutique has partnered with a far more recession-friendly shopping destination: Target. Soon the place that sells, uh, whatever the hell this is for $9,000 will be opening limited-run…
All the racial tension simmering beneath North Miami’s political surface — where the Haitian-born mayor has faced corruption probes and blamed the accusations in part on white enmity — came to a head on Tuesday night in the city council. Mayor Andre Pierre exploded at Commissioner Michael Blynn, calling Blynn’s…
George W. Bush has remained relatively quiet throughout the Republican primary race. That’s not unusual for former presidents, and, perhaps, most candidates may not have been rushing for his support anyway. But it seems that none of the current candidates were Bush’s favorites. He much would have preferred that his…
If you ask some of your more ill-informed Republican friends they’ll probably tell you that Barack Obama and Fidel Castro are like totally BFF4eva, but Cuba’s ailing retired dictator isn’t a big fan of Obama. Nor does he like the Republican candidates much either, or so he seems to think…
For the second time in the row, Florida politicians decided to ignore the rules of the Republican National Committee and moved ahead with their plan for an early primary. Like 2008, this means that Florida Republicans will lose half of their delegates at the national convention, but this time around…
