A conversation in a Panhandle Waffle House may lead to a barbaric change in Florida’s death penalty policy. After meeting with constituents, Rep. Brad Drake, a Republican from Eucheeanna, has introduced a bill that would do away with using lethal injections for the death penalty. Instead he’d like to see…
Close to 30 bicyclists were involved in an accident this morning on the Rickenbacker Causeway that sent three people to the hospital and injured several others. A large peloton was riding across the Key Biscayne bridge at up to 35 mph when some bikes lost control…
For weeks after a joyriding Miami Beach cop crashed his ATV following a night of on-duty drinking on Ocean Drive, some in the department have argued that a couple rogue cops were to blame. That argument won’t hold water today with the release of an internal investigation.At least three more officers…
Socked with a $53,000 fine for fielding a boy’s basketball team that repeatedly trampled the rules last season, Dr. Michael M. Krop’s new principal is battling the penalty. In an appeal filed in September with the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA), Dawn Baglos doesn’t deny that her school cheated…
This weekend, Port of Miami director Bill Johnson wrote to The Miami Herald to rebut “naysayers” who just don’t understand what an “enviable position” the city will be in once we’ve blasted Biscayne Bay to accommodate super-sized freight ships. He refuted the warnings of local boat captain Dan Kipnis and called the dredge…
Rick Scott can’t open his mouth without causing some sort of controversy. While pushing the need to get more Florida college students to major in things like science and math, he dissed anthropologists.”Is it a vital interest of the state to have more anthropologists? I don’t think so,” he said.Now…
Is LeBron James thinking of pulling a Michael Jordan? Well, we all know he wants to win six rings, but we’re talking about another career move echoing Jordan. As in temporarily quitting basketball to pursuit a career in another sport. With the cancellation of the first two weeks of the…
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Sometimes it seems Miami International Airport is in the business of landing spots on various unflattering lists rather than landing plans. Well, they really could pay better attention to that whole landing airplanes thing, because according to Travel & Leisure, MIA is the sixth most dangerous airport in America…
Tim Tebow has been named the new starting quarterback of the Denver Broncos according to several reports, and now he’ll be looking forward to the opposing team hosting a celebration partially in his honor during his first starting game. As if the Dolphins’ plan to honor the 2009 University of…
Gov. Rick Scott’s latest target for major reforms: the state’s university system. It’s not like his concerns are without merit. The state could use more students majoring in things like engineering and science. And, yes, it would be nice if more classes were taught by actual professors and not graduate…
Our sister paper in New York City just published a list of ten things that city’s citizens need to stop doing. But let’s face it: Even when you consider the number of Williamsburg hipsters, Miamians are still way more annoying than New Yorkers.Miamians are space invaders. Which is to say,…
Last Friday afternoon, Miami-Dade police shot and killed a man who went on a machete rampage in Northwest Miami-Dade. The man attacked his ex-girlfriend and her male friend. Now new details of the incident have emerged, and the victims of the attack are speaking to local media…
We know it’s hard to keep track of all the various scandals involving anti-gay Republican politicians being caught in gay sex scandals, but maybe you remember the tale of Indiana state Rep. Phil Hinkle. He promised to pay a teenager he met on Craiglist $140 for a “really good time.”…
If you’re going to break in and steal items from cars, targeting the valet garage at the ritzy Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach isn’t a bad idea. It’s also a good idea to make sure you’ve gotten a full night’s rest before attempting such a heist. Nineteen-year-old Joe Jesus German…
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Nike knows LeBron James is special. He has the heart of a lion they say, but the new logo they’ve unveiled or the Heat star’s latest apparel line is pretty generic. Dubbed the “Lion 6” logo, LeBron actually debuted the logo while wearing a prototype of an off-the-court jacket during…
A bizarre series of event early this morning lead to Miami-Dade Police fatally shooting a suspect who had stolen a police cruiser. The incident started after the man fled the scene of a deadly car crash that claimed the life of a cab driver…
Suck for Luck fever has struck the Miami Dolphins fan base in part because the team hasn’t had a decent pigskin slinger since Dan Marino. Yeah, well, Marino thinks purposely tanking for the number one pick in the next NFL draft is “ridiculous.” Perhaps he has a point. He was…
Tacos are not recognized as legal forms of identification in the state of Florida [insert bad joke about immigration laws here].
December 6, 1982 was the last time that neither the University of Miami, Florida State or University of Florida football teams were in the AP poll. Since then the college football teams of the state of Florida had gone on to dominated modern college football, winning 10 national championship between…
In the beginning was the swamp. Then God said, “Let there be Miami.” And there was. Then he said, “Gimme some beaches with bikini-clad models while I’m at it.” And there was that too. All was good.But sometime during the past century, we Miamians went way wrong. Maybe it was…
