Next time you have a few minutes to burn in Palm City, Florida, why not book a leisurely afternoon at Negrohead Point? No? Perhaps a relaxing drive over Negro Jim Hammock Bridge near Moore Haven would calm your nerves. Then you could hop up to Jefferson County to cool off in…
It’s gringos versus catrachos in tonight’s international friendly soccer match at Sun Life Stadium.The U.S. soccer team is looking for its first win under new coach Jurgen Klinsmann, while Honduras is looking for a bit o’ respeto against its normally dominant northern neighbor.We’re live blogging the game. After a crappy…
Can’t quite get enough of the controversy surrounding Urban Beach Week? Well, rest assured a planned event dubbed Freaknik Miami is about to stir the coals two months earlier next year. Named after the infamous Atlanta spring break parties aimed at African-American college kids that got shut down by politicians…
Miami-Dade Police Officers reportedly fatally shot a man after he allegedly attacked his ex-girlfriend and a male friend with a machete in Northwest Miami-Dade. The Police Department has yet to issue an official statement on the incident, but several startling details have emerged. …
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Back when he was running for Governor, Rick Scott promised that he’d add 700,000 jobs in Florida over seven years in addition to what the economy would produce regardless of who was Governor. It seemed like a simple enough promise at the time, but now ten months into his term he’s still…
Jose Cassola claims that the Miami Herald , where he worked as a Neighbors reporter until Wednesday, is trying to throw him under the bus by publicizing his recent DUI arrest. He also claims that he’s innocent– although he admits to driving after five to seven cocktails– and the victim…
You thought the Marlins’ rumored new logo could cause eye cancer? Well, if you value your sense of sight, you might not want to take a peek at the absolutely insane robotic structure the Marlins plan to install in their new stadium. It’s like someone vomited a bunch of cliché South…
Justina Threadgill, the owner of an assisted living facility in Daytona Beach, Florida, found herself the victim of a vicious, near-fatal attack all because she talked with an accent and refused to fix the cable TV in one of her client’s rooms. 49-year-old Thomas Clifton Wilkes now faces charges of…
New details are coming out about the investigation that lead to the arrest of Anthony V. Mangione, South Florida’s top immigration cop. The Sun-Sentinel reports that AOL e-mail accounts registered to Mangione regularly sent nude and pornographic images of children, including several images of nude children being spanked. Miami’s chief of…
Chad Henne isn’t the only Miami quarterback struggling.After leading Miami Central High School to its first ever state title last year, Rakeem Cato has had an up-and-down season so far at Marshall. He’s started all five games, but has thrown as many interceptions (7) as touchdowns.Tomorrow he’s back in Florida…
Puppet the Psycho Dwarf is the ultimate bad boy in the world of little people. Half Pint Brawlers, his troupe of “midget wrestlers” was recently featured on their own reality show on Spike. They have been battling the stodgy goodniks of Little People of America (LPA) for years. I went on…
There was a strange news story published on Miami Herald’s website Wednesday. The article, titled “Herald writer charged with DUI, leaves paper,” reported that little-known Neighbors reporter Jose Cassola was pulled over for running a stop sign with his headlights off at 4 am on Monday. He admitted to the…
While serving on the jury of a federal criminal trial, Italo Campagna tried to bribe the defendant’s family for $20,000 to convince other jurors to deliver a not guilty verdict and keep the man out of jail. Instead, now Campagna likely faces a jury of his own…
Who’s Florida’s political golden boy? Well, based on all the fawning press and attention he’s received, you might believe it’s our first-time Republican Senator Marco Rubio. Well, apparently the honeymoon is coming to end. Now more Floridians disapprove of the way Rubio is handling his job than disapprove of the milquetoast Democratic Senator…
Charges have been dropped against Carlos King, the suspect involved in the second police shooting during the hectic Monday, May 20th Miami Beach morning during Urban Beach Week. King, a 45-year-old fire captain from South Carolina, was driving his car at a high speed, seemingly uncontrollably, at a female Miami…
Two indigenous Florida species may have gone extinct sometime in the past few decades according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. No one has seen any fairy shrimps or rainbow snakes in years. We don’t want to make any assumptions based on their names, but, you know, Florida unfortunately isn’t exactly…
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Be careful what you wish for Dolphins fans. Sure, a lot of us had hoped to have a Henne-less season, we just dreamed it would be because the team brought in someone better. Now we just have a gaping Quarterback void, because anonymous sources snitching to the Associated Press say…
Amanda Brumfield, the estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thorton, has been sentenced to 20-years in a Florida prison after being convicted of aggravated manslaughter of a child. The 1-year-old daughter of a friend mysteriously died while in Brumfield’s care back in 2008 near Orlando. …
Genting’s Resorts World Miami may have the most concrete and eye popping plans, but if the Florida legislature approves resort-style casinos don’t expect it to be the only mega gambling venue to pop up in our community. Two South Florida Republicans are preparing to unveil their gambling bill as early as this…
Rep. Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne, is tired of Florida’s Big Brother government standing in the way of people getting jobs. Jobs that include being tossed around by drunk dudes specifically, so he’s on a mission to repeal the state’s two-decade-old ban on dwarf tossing. …
