305 Photo of the Day: Best Public Art
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Club Play is a relative newcomer on South Beach’s party scene, but the Fifth Street hot spot has already hosted major events featuring sports and music stars. Unfortunately for them, they’ve just made a powerful enemy: the National Football League. The NFL is investigating a flyer for the club’s May…
Classless DeShawn Stevenson Arrested For Being Drunk and Lost
Dallas Maverick and all-around shitty person DeShawn Stevenson done got himself arrested. What a pity.Stevenson, who called the Miami Heat “classless” after game 6 and then showed up in Dallas the next day wearing a T-shirt that said “Hey LeBron! How’s my Dirk taste,” was arrested last night after he…
South Florida Has A Winning Team: Men’s Beach Soccer
We get it already — the Heat lost. It was sad. But another team has been defending Miami’s honor, and these guys actually won a championship — Florida Beach Soccer FC, a five-man team of footballers with professional credentials who are now the North American Sand Soccer champions.It’s more serious…
Black Tuna Pot Smuggler Gets Five Years In Prison After Three Decades On The Run
One of the strangest chapters from Miami’s pot-smuggling glory days came to an end in federal court today, when a judge sentenced Mark Steven Phillips — a long-lost associate of the Black Tuna ring — to five years in prison. Phillips fled during the gang’s infamous 1979 trial and hid…
Police Bust Massive Miami Theft Ring That Swiped $6 Million Worth of Jewels in Two Years
America’s pawnshop and jewelry store owners can rest a little easier tonight, because authorities have arrested eight South Florida men accused of running a burglary ring that stole $6 million worth of jewelry from stores in six states over the past two years. All eight have been charged with racketeering…
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Shaq’s Bizarre Sex Tape and Kidnapping Scandal
LeBron James might be the most hated man in basketball, but at least he’s not involved in a bizarre scandal involving gang members, robbery, kidnapping, and a sex tape. Can’t say the same for Shaquille O’Neal. Los Angeles prosecutors are investigating a weird case allegedly centered on a tape showing the…
Send Your Kids to Florida’s Tea Party Summer Camp
Are you a faithful member of the Tea Party? Are you worried that your kids, little Ronnie and Reagan, aren’t fully committed to your political cause? Well, why not have them stay with a relative in Tampa for a week to attend a Tea Party summer camp where they can…
Shawn “The MILF Hunter” Rees Sued For Breaking 7-Year Sex Contract
We have a fascination with the mundane, workaday reality of the porn industry. It’s strange to think of being in porn as a job like any other, where you sign boring contracts and receive health benefits, and if you excel at your task, other firms might headhunt you, and before…
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Many Think Miami Is Nice Place for Free Wedding (updated)
About 9,000 people from across the country entered the “Marry Me in Miami” contest for a wedding at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables worth $150,000, according to organizers at the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau.Five couples were randomly chosen from as far away as Chicago to compete June…
Best of Miami 2011 Rises From the Dead
BRAAAAAAIIIIIIINSSS! Er, excuse us. We meant to say the wait is finally over. Best of Miami 2011 is finally here. Winners were chosen by the New Times editorial board in 345 categories such as Best New Restaurant, Best Dance Club, Best Art Museum, Best Tattoo Shop, and others.If you are waiting…
Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia Owes IRS Nearly $200,000
No wonder Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia made it a point in his campaign to plead for lower taxes. Not only is there a $1,803.41 state tax lien on his company, ZMG Media, which we reported about last week, but on June 8 the IRS filed a $198,672.75 federal tax…
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BBC Documentary Spurs Investigation into Conditions at “Miami Mega Jail”
Extortion. Beatings. Stabbings.When Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail first aired on May 22, the BBC documentary made it look like inmates — not guards — were really in charge of the Miami-Dade Pre-Trial Detention Center downtown.Corrections officials say the documentary is misleading, but the scenes were disturbing enough for county…
Miami Importer of Chinese Drywall Hit With $55 Million Ruling
Banner Supply Company was ordered Tuesday to pay hundreds of Florida homeowners $55 million dollars for selling them Chinese drywall that emitted sulfurous gases, according to Reuters. The gas smells horrible and is believed to have damaged wiring and appliances and caused illnesses in the homes where it was installed.The…
State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff’s Daughter Arrested on Drug Charges in Miami-Dade
Danna Bogdanoff, the 19-year-old daughter of Republican state Sen. Ellyn Bogdandoff, was arrested in Miami on Friday and charged with four felonies. Though the police report has not been released yet, it appears that the younger Bogdanoff was arrested for an incident involving a burglary and drug possession…
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Suggested Curriculum for Miami’s 2012 Porn Summit
Pornographers of Miami: Order more business cards.The XBIZ Summit — partially sponsored this year by the “PussyCash Affiliate Network” — is an annual three-day networking event for “online adult business professionals,” and it’s headed for the city next summer, according to adult industry news site XBIZ.com…
Lie: Rick Scott Infers He’s Better at Creating Job Than Obama
It’s one thing for a politician to twist facts and figures to support his own agenda. Unfortunately, it’s just business as usual for the political class. It’s quite another for a politician to have such little faith in the intelligence of his constituents that he straight-up lies about figures anyone…
305 Photo of the Day: Well, At Least Our Skyline is Still Better Than Dallas’
Today’s photo comes from Juggie305’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr group.Follow Miami New Times on Facebook and Twitter @MiamiNewTimes…
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Elderly Man Drowns in Biscayne Bay
A body found in Biscayne Bay this morning is believed to be that of an elderly man who accidentally drowned. A passerby had spotted the body floating in the bay around Southeast 15th Road and Brickell Bay Drive…
Santana Moss’ Miami Gardens Dry Cleaning Business Sued for $300K
A Miami business wants to take former Hurricanes star and current Washington Redskin player Santana Moss to the legal cleaners. The owners of a Miami Gardens shopping center claim that a dry cleaning business, operated by one of Moss’s relatives and partially owned by the football star, owes almost $25,000…
Report: Erik Spoelstra’s Job is Safe
Oh, no, Spo’ won’t go. According to reports from The Boston Globe (of all papers), Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra’s job is safe for next year. Its sources also claim that at no point in the season was Spoelstra’s job ever in danger…
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Best of Miami 2011: Best Politician
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best PoliticianFrederica Wilson…