For one brief but glorious term Orlando-area Congressman Alan Grayson was Florida’s most entertainingly loudmouthed congressman. Now he’s out of office and replaced in that role by ideological opposite Allen West (who never even bothers to be intentionality funny), but Politco discovers that even when no one is listening to…
Florida lets get ready to pop some bottles and celebrate, because we’re number one! Again! For the fifth straight year! Those other states can’t even compete. Ain’t got nothing on us here in the Sunshine State. We’ve got this mortgage fraud game on lock.Yes, Florida once again led the nation…
Here’s a fun game to watch play out as several announced and potential candidates for the Republican’s 2012 presidential primary start visiting Florida: will any of them meet with Governor Rick Scott, let alone seek his endorsement? Former Utah Governor and ambassador to China John Huntsman is making a stop…
Adam Tavvs, the former Miami Beach cop who was involved in two fatal and questionable shootings within four days back in the summer of 2009, has found himself on the wrong side of the law once again. Tavvs was arrested in Doral over the weekend and charged with battery and…
Burying a sleeping or willing friend up to their neck in sand is a time honored beach tradition, and frankly we didn’t know it could turn dangerous. Yesterday afternoon, a member of the Austrian Olympic swim team found himself accidentally buried in the sands of Pompano Beach, and rescue workers…
Start with a premier so corrupt that the United Kingdom actually shut down his idyllic island’s government. Add a sexy beach resort trying to move into new territory. Top it off with a glass of spiked wine, a beautiful woman, and allegations of sexual assault. You’ve got either the plot…
Paramount Bay’s luxury waterfront condo was scheduled to open more than two years ago. But stop by the 46-story blue glass building at 2066 N. Bayshore Dr. and you feel like you’ve wandered onto the set of some post-apocalyptic film.Bright orange cones guard the lonely front steps. Plastic barriers block…
The word “retard”: America just doesn’t know what to do with it. True, we should probably retire it for good from our vocabulary, but lets be honest: Many of us normal, untelevised folk still use it pretty regularly. And the Black Eyed Peas had a hit song with “retarded” in…
After roughly 5,836 days in between games, the Miami Heat finally resumed their Eastern Conference semi-final series against the Celtics in Boston. The end result wasn’t as awesome as Games 1 and 2, in that the Heat got creamed pretty badly.But the good news is Erik Spoelstra finally went with…
In March 2010, Jonathan Labrada, 27, is alleged to have entered Botellita’s Bar, a popular spot in the Allapattah area of Miami, pulled out a gun and proclaimed “someone is going to die tonight.” Labrada did end up fatally shooting security guard Luis Diaz and has been on the run…
Linebacker Travis Williams has announced that he will transfer from the University of Miami. Williams was one of four players believed to be suspended for infractions from the season opener, according to unconfirmed reports by subscription site InsideTheU.com. Three of the players were apparently suspended for an incident involving marijuana,…
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Florida residents are world renowned for being exceedingly logical and rational, and so now we bring you yet another tale of Floridians acting completely sane. Ellen Beth Wachs, a woman in Polk County, was feeling a little sick one day when her neighbor’s son started playing a loud game of…
As the HIV/AIDS epidemic enters its fourth decade, powerful antiretroviral drugs give patients hope at living long and relatively normal lives, but those drugs come with a hefty price tag and many patients rely on government assistance programs to obtain them. Florida’s AIDS Drugs Assistance Program has already instituted waiting…
Elizabeth Taylor was no stranger to life and love in Miami Beach, having lived and stayed here many times over her illustrious life. In fact, back in 1949 she fell in love with William Pawley Jr., the son of a Miami Beach millionaire, and now the never-before-seen love letters she…
The Miami Heat travel to Boston tomorrow to try and begin finishing off the Boston Celtics in round two of the NBA playoffs. Yet, the team still can’t shake it’s perception of the villains, and lots of Heat haters will be rooting for the Celtics to pull off a comeback…
Despite the fact the Republican-controlled Florida legislature has had to deal with a myriad of issues, including the economy, immigration, education and a crackdown on Florida’s deadly prescription pain pill problem, the legislators still found time to carve out a new round of anti-abortion measures. The legislature has sent a…
Last night, an unidentified North Miami man killed his wife, then failed in his attempt to kill himself. Police say that the couple’s three children, ages 4, 11, and 13, were home at the time. The children were unhurt, but one of the kids may have witnessed the father murdering…
A new court filing has exposed the identities of the adults involved in the production of a porn film that is believed to have starred a 15-year-old runaway- and even reveals the address where the shoot happened. Over repeated objections, Mauricio Botero, chief operating officer of Miami-based RK Netmedia- owner…
While the nation has been consumed by the debate over whether or not President Obama should release gruesome, post-mortem photos of Osama Bin Laden, we’ve got our own First Amendment controversy brewing in Miami Beach.Club Madonna, the neon-lit flesh palace on Washington Avenue where you can get nipple tassels galore…
On July 5 last year, Miami Police Officer Joseph Marin fired a single shot into the head of a 36-year-old, unarmed man named DeCarlos Moore during a traffic stop in Overtown. Moore’s death touched off a firestorm that has escalated in past ten months as MPD officers have killed six…
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