When there are two massive systems of angry hot air traveling across the East Coast at the same time, they’re bound to interfere with each other.Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann spent her weekend in Florida and was supposed to leave today. However, the fallout from Hurricane Irene has made her…
A video tip sent to the Department of Children and Families led to the arrest of 19-year-old Elizabeth Garcia over the weekend in the Florida Keys. Investigators say they were sent a video of Garcia trying to beat her 2-month-old child with a slab of concrete…
Authorities including Port of Miami director Bill Johnson are betting a three-part, $1.5 billion program to open the Port of Miami to super-freighters that pass through the revamped Panama Canal will mean a boom. But you’d be safer putting your money on the Marlins to make the World Series.A $50 million…
First we discover that our childhood hero is a giant horndog. (Say it ain’t so, Kazaam!) Now we find out that Kardashian-news-leader TMZ pays for stories!? In Shaquille O’Neal’s personal emails, it seems nothing is holy. A judge sealed the stash of messages, which were filed in court in a…
The Dolphins lost 17-13 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last night. But Chad Henne played well, so… EVERYTHING IS TOTALLY GOING TO BE OKAY NOW!The third pre-season game is generally considered the most important, since it’s where the first-teamers get the most playing time before the real games begin. It’s…
Former Miami Beach Police chief Donald DeLucca has been named top cop of the Golden Beach force despite possibly facilitating Nevin Shapiro’s Ponzi scheme. We broke the news yesterday that DeLucca was in the habit of reserving South Beach Ritz-Carlton rooms for Shapiro, using his police office to secure an…
Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s memoir In My Time, hits book stores on Tuesday and Cheney promises the book will pack tons of shocking revelations. Perhaps not the most jaw dropping, but interesting none the less is that it could have been former Florida Senator Connie Mack serving as Vice…
Thirty-eight kids at a Catholic school in Cocoa Beach appear to be the biggest Florida victims of Hurricane Irene. Strong winds caused by Irene swept through the sleepy beach town yesterday, knocking over a hive of possibly “Africanized” bees, who then attacked the schoolchildren…
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A good portion of the posts on the popular blog Coconut Grove Grapevine emanate from blogger Tom Falco walking around the streets, taking pictures of things he doesn’t like, and then complaining about them online.Apparently, Falco has run out of things to complain about, because now he’s angrily typing off…
Miami may have avoided Hurricane Irene, but its not a bad idea to watch how the Feds respond to hurricane disaster, considering we never know how soon we’ll be the next seeking help. So maybe we should be a little worried that Eric Cantor, the Republican House Majority leader, is trying…
We may have avoided a natural disaster, but it figures we’d be greeted with some sort of disaster this week. AT&T 3G service seems to be down in Miami right now, which means your iPhone is nothing more than a glorified paperweight at the moment unless you turn 3G off…
Despite the fact that the unemployment rate in Miami remains savagely high, there’s some emerging signs that certain segments of our economy are bouncing back. The tourism industry has been doing surprisingly well over the summer, leading some to wonder if tourist season now extends year round. Room booking rates…
A brief car chase on I-95 last night led to Miami-Dade Police shooting and injuring a suspect. The incident began when an erratic driver refused to stop for police near NE 79th Street and Second Avenue a little after 9 p.m. The driver tried to hit an officer with his…
eople tend to have hypocritical views about porn. Sure, it’s a billion-dollar industry and almost everyone has watched some (and a whole lot of people have attempted making their own for private use), but we have a tendency to disparage the people who actually produce it.Earlier this week, Riptide brought…
The City of Miami just declared another “state of financial urgency” last week. Credit agencies have been slapping down the city’s bond ratings like mosquitoes. Mayor Tomás Regalado has a $40 million budget gap looming and no clear ideas on how to close it.But there are still 737 city employees who…
It was a big week for blow here in Miami, with Feds busting both the cocaine supply chain and yet another bank that accepted the illicit proceeds no questions asked.The first case involves fake passports, smuggled radio equipment, and dramatic, multi-ton ocean drops of cocaine. The second involves bankers in…
As reports earlier in the day suggested, ESPN is now confirming the University of Miami has officially declared 13 football players ineligible. Yahoo! Sports had reported earlier in the night that only 8 players faced ineligibility.That doesn’t mean the 13 players in question won’t play in the season opener against Maryland,…
“The Chief’s good friend Nevin Shapiro needs two rooms for tonight (8/15/06) at the Ritz-Carlton. Would you be able to help him with that? Thanks for your help!” So reads an email sent five years ago from then-Miami Beach Police chief Don Delucca’s assistant to a manager at the posh…
Despite the recent surges of the more conservative Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney still seems like the man to beat. The latest Mason-Dixon Florida Poll shows that Romney not only has a healthy lead in the primary, but has taking a large lead over President Obama in a…
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Alicia Bouchard, 41, and her 26-year-old husband Matthew Bouchard are now both behind bars. Police recently uncovered a sickening scheme in which Mrs. Bouchard encouraged her husband to rape a 12-year-old girl, living in their household, with the intent of impregnating her. Mrs. Bouchard hoped the new child would provide…
