Cuba’s Raúl Castro has rocketed up the rankings of Foreign Policy’s list of the world’s worst dictators. He now sits at fourth in the world, up from just 21st last year. Sure, Castro has done a lousy, despotic job at leadership in the past year, but we can’t give him…
The University of Miami has risen nine spots in the latest edition of US News & World Report’s annual college rankings. The school is now ranked the 38th best in the nation, up from the 47th position last year. For the second year in a row, the school is the…
Donna Shalala’s month keeps getting worse. Fresh off a public flogging over failing to sniff out Nevin Shapiro, the University of Miami prez allowed a shady, drug-company-funded professor to be hired as psychiatry department chair because new funding was on the line, according to a new report in i>Forbes this…
All the talk before this season began was how Chad Henne and the Miami Dolphins offense was just a massive pile of deer shit. But when Henne started things off last night’s season opener against the New England Patriots by leading the Fins on a 12-play, 84-yard opening touchdown drive,…
Miami Beach Police Chief Carlos Noriega sure is tired of answering questions about Nevin Shapiro. We reported yesterday that Noriega blew a digital fuse when a resident repeatedly questioned him via email about the since-convicted Ponzi schemer’s role on the Police Athletic League board. When we asked Noriega about bizarre correspondence…
Download our jellyfish guide in PDF format here.One day you’re floating in the ocean, playing “spot Lady Gaga” among the billowy tropical clouds. The next thing you know, something has enveloped your outstretched hand. It feels like a plastic bag. But when you look down, you realize you’re surrounded by…
Controversial former All-Star slugger Manny Ramirez was arrested in Broward County earlier tonight on charges of domestic battery. Ramirez, 39, allegedly slapped his wife so hard she fell back and hit her head on the headboard in the bedroom of their Weston home. Updated…
Well, undoubtedly the line President Obama used most during his jobs speech last week was “Pass this jobs bill.” Though, he also managed to slip in the phrase “Lets get to work.” Which, besides being a somewhat common phrase in its own right, it also the favored slogan of Florida…
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See ya, Expo! Miami’s finest reality-show filming, mayor-baiting police chief catastrophe is officially looking for a new job thanks to Michelle Spence-Jones’s vote.MSJ evidently decided her district’s outrage over the Miami Police Department’s wave of seven fatal cop-involved shootings this past year outweighed her own desire to stick it to…
Tayshana Murphy, an 18-year-old basketball star in Manhattan who was being heavily recruited by the University of Miami women’s basketball team, was fatally gunned down this past weekend in what appears to be a tragic case of mistaken identity. Murphy, ranked the 16th best point guard in the nation in…
John Stemberger, the top dog of Florida’s religious right and the man who spearheaded the amendment that banned gay marriage and civil unions in Florida, has officially endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry in the presidential nomination. Though Stemberger is chummy with Michele Bachmann, he doesn’t think she can win, and as for Mitt Romney,…
Dwyane Wade has spent a good chunk of his lockout time hobnobbing with the fashion elite. First he was spotted at the men’s shows in Milan and Paris before introducing his own designer watch. Then he played model for VMan, and just last week, he was in New York for Fashion’s Night…
The Dolphins home opener is tonight at Sun Life Stadium.Everybody in the world is talking about the keys to the game. Can Chad Henne pass? Can Reggie Bush run? Can that damn defensive line get to that damn pretty boy… um, what’s his name… Brady?Well, forget about it. Brady has beat us…
Miami Beach Police Chief Carlos Noriega is already in hot water. This summer, his cops seized cameras after a fatal police-involved shooting. And two officers on a drunken ATV joyride ran over beachgoers. So he probably should avoid berating a resident who’s simply asking questions — particularly when they relate…
Guys, do you ever wonder what you would call yourself if you woke up one day and suddenly found yourself in a woman’s body (*cough* Kylie, obviously *cough*)? Because LeBron James certainly has. He took to Twitter today to introduce the world to his “sister” (AKA drag persona) LeBre’sha…
So, the University of Miami has decided it’s time to let Jacory Harris say words in public agai. They trotted their starting quarterback in front of the media today after he was suspended for the Maryland game for taking about $140 in impermissible benefits from Nevin Shapiro. Harris wanted to…
It’s suspended police chief Miguel Exposito’s big day in front of the City Commission. The Miami Herald’s been furiously tweeting away over their @MiamiHeraldLive Twitter account, and the Tweets are likely to be more entertaining than what you’ll end up reading in the actual Miami Herald tomorrow. Especially the part where…
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It used to be you could contemplatively hold a water jug naked outside of your Liberty City house without fear that your photo would end up on the internet. Used to be. Bill Cooke, the blogging brain behind Random Pixels, chuckled a lot as he told us to Google the…
After unloading the Coral Gables spread he shared with his ex a few years ago, Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has finally found new digs in Miami-Dade. A-Rod just shelled out a reported $24 million for a Miami Beach mansion that he plans to share with current girlfriend Cameron Diaz…
Officials stress there have been no specific threats made against the Port of Miami in relation to the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, but local, state, and federal agencies will step up security at the port this weekend…
