It’s no secret that cops aren’t always welcome in some Miami neighborhoods. In Overtown, for example, the black community has been on-edge since last summer’s police shooting of unarmed DeCarlos Moore. In the six months following, Miami PD killed six more black men — most in Overtown, Little Haiti, or…
Miami New Times editor Chuck Strouse has won the Sigma Delta Chi award for the nation’s best columns in a nondaily publication.Strouse, a codger who writes so seldom that many people don’t even know he can hold a pen, topped all entries for five of his columns, including three about…
We know what you’re thinking: A porno begins when a guy in an ’80s-era muscle car pulls over next to an impossibly buxom blonde whose vehicle has broken down by the side of the road, and they exchange quips that don’t make sense, and then there’s an abrupt cut and…
Whipped cream is usually meant for fun, but our frothy little ice cream topping friend has a very dark side. The nitrous oxide is a well known source of a cheap, temporary high, and a couple driving through the Florida Keys with two kids in the backseat were arrested after doing…
Florida has one of the worst unemployment rates in the nation at a staggering 11.1 percent, but a recent deal struck by Rick Scott and Republicans in the legislature will slash unemployment benefits for those millions of out-of-work Floridians. Liberal MSNBC host Rachel Maddow doesn’t like that one bit, and…
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A 17-year-old girl is suing Royal Caribbean after one of its employees allegedly plied her with alcohol and raped her during a March cruise.According to the lawsuit, 31-year-old Francisco Piñeda Adames was singing in the band aboard the ship when, two days into the cruise out of Fort Lauderdale, the…
The troubled Paramount Bay condo building has become a symbol of Miami’s real estate misfortunes. Construction started shortly before the real estate bust, but the project went into a record-breaking $262 million foreclosure. Now completed the 47-story building sits empty and was auctioned off earlier this week. Now, the new…
Another Miami-Dade Police Officer has been shot and killed, but this time the officer wasn’t on duty. Officer Juan Aviles was visiting his mother in Puerto Rico, when a car he was traveling in with his sister was ambushed. Both Aviles and his sister were found dead with multiple bullet…
It was a long time coming, but LeBron James finally apologized to the city of Cleveland last night after the Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics in round two of the playoffs. James must have been in a bittersweet mood after vanquishing the Celtics. Sure, he’s made it to the…
Regular people will probably not see Osama bin Laden’s final glamor shots, the one featuring a bullet hole somewhere in his face. At least not any time soon, but a select group of congressmen will get a chance to view those photos. Because Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio serve on…
After his failed Senatorial bid, we’ve been wondering what former Congressman Kendrick Meek’s next step would be? Would he follow his mother into the lucrative world of lobbying? Would he join a think tank or non-profit? What about an appointment in the Obama administration? Nope. Actually he’s heading into the…
LeBron James has taken a lot of shit this year. Mainly because he decided to exercise his perfectly legal right to join another team through free agency. SO EVIL! And then he went and celebrated his signing with the Heat in front of the local fans with a fire works…
On a slow news day the blogosphere will take anything they can get, and a post on a pretty obscure blog wondered if Florida’s anti-bestiality law will forbid sex between humans, since, you see, humans are members of the animal family. Gawker, Newsweek, Mother Jones, The Buzz, and The Huffington…
Allen West, uncut
Teen porn star Bieyanka Moore’s disaster
Miami’s Paramount Bay condo cost $262 million and two lives
Nikki Beach exec and Turks & Caicos leader accused in rape scandal
Rick Scott should show his birth certificate
The average health care bill for a family of four living in the Miami area in 2011 will be $23,362. That’s more than any other major metro area in America, and a 120.5 percent, or $3,969, more than the national average. Considering that national average for health care cost has…
As the long summer sets in here in Florida, air conditioning businesses should see their business increase. However, one Florida electronics store isn’t just banking on the hot sun to increase profits, they also see potential sales happiness in a warm gun. Yep. United Electrical Systems in Plant City will…
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