The paint has long dried on the victory signs declaring billionaire Norman Braman’s success in his drive to recall Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez, and yet it’s hard to discern any meaningful policy change that has occurred in Miami-Dade since then. So, it’s not surprising that Braman is now threatening further…
The Marlins don’t officially reveal the full details of their branding makeover until Friday, but on the heels of the leak of the new logo and hats, it appears that details of the new uniform have also found their way online early. And if they’re accurate, you can say goodbye…
A leftist former guerrilla retains his grip on power while an ex-general promising mano dura sweeps into office.Yesterday was election day in two Central American countries. In Nicaragua, early results show Hugo Chavez ally and current president Daniel Ortega easily winning re-election. Meanwhile, in Guatemala, ex-general Otto Perez Molina took…
Kelly Osbourne, a person who continues to remain relatively famous for reasons we’re not entirely sure of, cracked her head open in Miami this weekend and was sent to Mercy Hospital. The woman who helped pioneer the genre of “Hey, lets watch rich, famous families do inane things” television shows…
Finally, just when it mattered the least, when a win couldn’t possibly do anything to change the fortunes of this season, this coaching staff, or this fan base’s hopes, the Dolphins FINALLY pulled off a victory.Somehow, someway, led by one of the marionette puppets from Team America QB Matt Moore,…
On Sunday, Donald Mason climbed a chair in an upstairs bedroom of his historic Little Havana house to deal with a swarm of bees so massive that it “sounded like the walls were alive,” according to police. Mason fell from the chair while fighting off the insects, and when paramedics…
Allen Henshaw is pretty recognizable, what with the permanent war paint, the word “Indian” tattooed across his chin, and– most notably– “Fuck You” lovingly penned on his neck.So it only makes sense when he’s evading police after doing drunken push-ups in front of a corner store, that our hero would…
Police in Titusville, a town near the Kennedy Space Center, are investigating a gruesome tragedy this morning. Local police say a 19-month-old child was killed when his grandmother accidentally ran him over with a lawnmower…
Maybe its the fact that all three Florida teams suck this year. Maybe its the fact that financially strapped Floridians don’t want to shell out for tickets. Whatever the case, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins have all had to deal with the threat or reality of…
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The only surprise here is that we’re not ranked first. Between Miami’s unique brand at driving, old folks who flock to other parts of the state, and people who drive pick ups with truck nuts in our more rural area, no one is going to make a claim that Floridians…
Police are on the lookout for a possibly armed man who posed as a cop and then sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl who was on her way to school.The incident occurred Wednesday morning between 6:45 and 7:15. The suspect approached the young victim near Northeast 166th Street and Eighth Avenue…
As Florida residents, Rachel and Charlotte Lambert-Jolley knew that their marriage in Connecticut, where same sex weddings are legal, wouldn’t be recognized in their own home state. They at least hoped, however, that it would help expedite the process of legally changing their last names to their new hyphened surname…
As children we were fascinated by those tubes at the drive-in at the bank. It was the closest thing to sci-fi technology we regularly encountered in our suburban lives. Needless to say, it does not sit well with us that some Florida derelict has decimated this grand technology with his…
As part of his “Let’s Get to Work” publicity stunt, Florida Governor Rick Scott will be spending the day working at the Port of Miami. Scott was spotted in a hardhat, orange vest and work gloves at the port early this morning, and will spend time working for ocean transportation company…
The reign of Miami Beach Police Chief Carlos Noriega is all but officially over. The chief was scheduled to retire on December 31st, but City Manager Jorge Gonzalez has announced that the chief will use his leftover vacation days, and has now officially relinquished control of the department. Assistant Chief…
Let’s take a moment to remember back to the distant past. Cue the theremins. The time: Last November. The place: Miami-Dade. The conflict: County residents enraged over the economic free fall are close to recalling Mayor Carlos Alvarez over a host of missteps. That’s when Riptide and Random Pixels published…
Ever wonder what’s in the back of all those Ryder trucks?Your tax dollars, apparently.According to a new study by Citizens for Tax Justice, the Miami-based Fortune 500 company paid -7.3 percent federal income tax from 2008-10. That’s negative 7.3 percent. Kinda makes you want to torch the nearest moving van,…
”Occupy Miami is hidden,” one woman randomly complained to us over the phone earlier this week. “No one even knows that they are there!”To be fair, she may have a point. Tucked behind the Stephen P. Clark Government Center like a cozy small-town college tailgating party, Occupy Miami has proved…
A graffiti artist’s effigy of a banker hanging alongside Miami’s I-95 has struck a global chord. Since we first reported on the suit-and-tie (and head-covering sack) wearing mannequin that guerrilla artist Above hung to complement his Occupy Miami-themed 255-foot-long mural reading “Give a Wall Street banker enough rope and he…
For fifty years, all Cuban property sales have been strictly under the cigar-stained thumbs of Fidel and Raul Castro — until today. The regime announced that starting next week citizens can own up to two houses, move without government approval, and buy and sell their houses. Some experts see a…
A second round of excerpts from Shaquille O’Neal upcoming Autobiography have hit the web. In the first round, Shaq detailed his near-fight with Pat Riley, but in the latest the first Miami Heat messiah criticizes our current one, LeBron James…
